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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
4
Disjointed notes reference Russia law practice, Congress pay raises, Bolshevik actions, and labor issues including Porto Rican cigar makers returning to work. Mentions Lloyd George comments, Governor Bickett, and Garfield with fleeting remarks on political theater and record publication.
A Byron County opinion piece urges all Americans to contribute to the war effort by conserving coal and supporting government measures. It argues for church attendance and shorter store hours to save fuel, and praises the fuel administration while criticizing the speed of plant shut downs.
Rev James A Clark pastor of First Baptist High Point writes a weekly editorial for The Enterprise. The first piece appears today, urging national focus on conserving food and fuel to hasten the war's end. Clark is a well known local divine whose writings are eagerly anticipated.
The committee on public information receives regular copies of important German and Austro-Hungarian newspapers. It can provide translations of selected stories to U.S. newspapers showing political, industrial, and living conditions in the central empires.
A Braunschweiger Volksefreund article quotes a petroleum expert urging Germany to curb civilian oil use. It praises prior rationing and wartime production control, notes improved Galician and Romanian oil, but warns crude output remains insufficient. Rising demand for benzine and lubricants for U-boats and aircraft increases lighting oil scarcity.
Officials explain German petroleum supply will be sharply cut this autumn due to wartime needs. Imports from Austria will shrink, petroleum imports limited to 940 wagons for four months and oil fuel to 1 000 wagons. Compensatory petroleum remains available for farmers and home workers, while general trade supplies will be restricted.
At Camp Sevier Greenville five men enlisted this week. Charles R. Hager of Charlotte joins Co F 105th Engineers Renegineers. Robert W. Barton of Cleveland Mississippi Battery 115th Field Artillery. Henry C. Menzies of Hickory 105th Engineers Train. Olin C. Lynn of Chester South Carolina. Nelson A. Arrington of Greenville South Carolina enlist in the Quartermaster corps National Army.
Elis who for five years worked with the Carolina and Yadkin River railway resigns to join Reynolds Tobacco in Winston Salem. Mr and Mrs Ellis and their son leave this morning for their new home.
Partial OCR snippet lists numbers and addresses. It mentions SOY No 29 and No 141 with names and an office location, but lacks complete context or events. The fragment provides contact identifiers without a clear story, date, or action.
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