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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
12
A concise note references Sabbath advocates and their vision for the nation, suggesting drastic cultural shifts likened to a United Paints or similar reform, inviting public discussion.
A Kincheloe Kentucky representative trips and breaks his see. Matty congressmen have stumbled and broken their promises.
With the surrender of Captain D An nunzio the figure fades from public print. The departure for South America ends his visible presence in the period's news.
With Christmas over the speaker notes a father facing mounting expenses from the butcher, the baker, and the coal man alongside new income tax. The excerpt hints at family finances tightening after holiday spending.
Officers in Chicago posed as women and carried revolvers in hand bags to catch street thugs. If a thief grabs the bag the gun would be exposed, allowing officers to respond and detain the suspect.
The essay reflects on twenty first century progress, highlighting U S growth in population wealth and global production shares. It notes the United States now leads in wheat cotton corn iron steel gold coal copper oil and automobiles, produced by 6 percent of world population on 7 percent of land, while war is a dominant but smaller part of the story.
The passage contends that the new year will bring greater growth than the past and that 1921 will exceed 1920 in progress. It emphasizes a nation poised for a brighter future and a robust century of scores to come.
An article imagines future farming where planes sow seeds using a 36 foot wide tload, powered by compressed air from the plane. The slow flyer would seed a square mile in six hours, potentially covering 1000 acres daily for a large grain community.
A High Point taxpayer urges the city council to reconsider building a slaughterhouse on Archdale Road. He notes a petition by fifteen to twenty nearby property owners opposing the site and warns of possible damages and lawsuits if constructed.
A chronological list traces major 1919 1920 events including Wilsons stance on treaties French and Mexican leadership changes Harding Coolidge and other political shifts late 1919 notable tornadoes strikes suffrage milestones and League of Nations sessions with key deaths and arrivals across nations.
The Administration Council of the Socialist party in Poland resolves that the time has come to end the coalition government and calls party members to resign from the present government. The resignation of Vice-President Daszynski is the most important immediate result.
A British wartime record notes 1700 cemeteries across Europe dedicated to British soldiers. It highlights the scale of commemoration and the reach of Allied military burial sites during the conflict.
Marion Ohio December 31 Warren G Harding keeps a demanding schedule similar to Edison rising by 6 a.m. breakfast before 8 a.m. reads papers an hour and often arrives at the office before 7 a.m. He meets his private secretary George Sh Christian at 9 a.m. and plans the day. He hosts a daily reception for visitors and works on correspondence late into the night.
A statement declares that every U S army soldier will be issued a gas poison package as part of standard equipment raising questions about safety, training, and deployment implications.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue will aid taxpayers nationwide in filing 1920 income tax returns. Revenue officers will visit counties, with offices announced via press or inquiries. Forms will be mailed to prior filers, and assistance will be provided at offices and banks. Filing runs January 1 to March 15 1921 with payments due in four installments.
General John J. Pershing earns a yearly salary of 21000 dollars as the United States army’s ranking general with an additional 7500 dollars allowance for quarters heat and light.
The September foreign trade of the Philippine Islands favored American shipping over British in the carrying trade. American registry vessels carried imports and exports valued at 9.537 million dollars, while British ships carried 9.045 million, compared with 6.5 million and 7.27 million for the prior year. Total Philippine trade reached 21.7 million dollars, up four million from September 1918.
In American naval history no ship has ever fallen into mutineer hands. The remark underscores the unique absence of mutiny as a successful transfer of command in U.S. naval vessels.
The Piedmont Building and Loan Association calls its stockholders to an annual meeting at 7 30 P M on January 17 1921 in the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Directors Room. Secretary and Treasurer Ww C Dok signs.
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