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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
4
A jumble of opinion snippets on coal, prices, Blue Laws, Liberty Loans, and foreign policy. References include Mr Garfield, the Russian peace talks, German policies, and North Carolina soldiers in camp. The piece hints at public discontent and wartime policy debates.
Furniture manufacturers meeting at the Commercial Club under President R. J. D. Terry voted to close plants at midnight to support the fuel administration’s coal conservation order. They declined protests and urged employment protection while the nation faces coal shortages amid wartime prices and the broader war effort.
Dr Charles Russell, addressing about 3000 in Durham's Academy of Music, denounced disloyal Americans and urged expulsion of disloyal representatives and senators. He urged stopping unpatriotic utterances in private homes or Congress and criticized ongoing investigations into unpatriotism.
The Enterprise endorses Carfeld's suggestion that plant owners pay full salaries to workers during a five day shutdown in line with the administration's order. The piece notes the measure is sensible and not the workers' fault.
A war dispatch claims German submarine crews and cruiser crews mutinied at Wiel naval base. About 30 officers reportedly killed. unrest attributed to German public pressure for peace. Submarine service cited as especially dissatisfied amid the mutinies.
The 1917 food campaign united ministers and congregations to curb waste and track each food item meal by meal. The First Presbyterian Church of East Orange reported rising participation and increased wheat and meatless days, noting substantial potential savings for the Allies through detailed weekly reports and mindful consumption.
The Hamburger Nachrichten notes post Russo-Japanese shift in alliances as Japan and the United States cooperate to supply iron and steel for a new shipbuilding program. Japan relies on American money and materials while expediting construction to counter wartime losses and rival Britain.
The committee on public information notes regular supply of German and Austrian-Hungarian newspapers. It enables translations of selected stories for U.S. newspapers, highlighting political, industrial, and living conditions in the central empires.
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