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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
4
Snippets critique wartime attitudes and public figures as readers compare speeches, strikes, and patriotism. The piece notes mixed sacrifices from homefront volunteers and questions genuine patriotism amid debates on fuel, bonds, and duty.
The Asheville Evening Times columnist argues Berlin cannot mount a giant blow on the western front. He cites troop transfers to the east and notes U S entry shifted power. warns Germany may strike near Macedonia or Italy rather than Belgium or France. It urges citizens to sacrifice food and limit consumption as a patriotic duty.
The Wilmington Dispatch announces a new 20 page Hove Rotary press the largest and fastest in the area enabling four to twenty page editions with full color. Under W E Lawson and his staff the paper has grown and aims to remain one of North Carolina’s hottest afternoon papers delivering 27 000 copies per hour.
The committee on public information reports regular supply of German and Austrian Hungarian newspapers. It may provide translations of select stories to illustrate political, industrial, and living conditions in the central empires.
The Deutsche Tageszeitung notes war economy needs flax fiber curb thrashing and use rippling combs. Flax straw price 50 pfennig above fixed rate, quality dependent. Officials warn of Shortage of agricultural machinery and skilled workers hindering production and distribution. Machinery Protection union criticizes centralization and calls for reliable production statistics to target scarce equipment.
A fragment notes concerns that nonessential work distracts from primary duties in government offices. Authorities urge focus on core responsibilities and avoiding encroachment by auxiliary tasks.
Serys Correspondent reports sun after rain at Muddy Camp Sevier Oklahoma. Three to four days of fair weather expected to firm ground and restore travel. Mail service interrupted by sodden roads. Greenville postmaster arranges trains to stop for mail delivery to the camp and stores.
Erstwhile boss of the dismembered depot brigade, Brig. Gen. L. D. Tyson of Knoxville Town, is named permanent commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade at Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina. Brig. Gen. W. B. Scott has been away on detached service and Lt. John J. Ingle has been ordered to provider duty with the 30th Division.
John N. Armour of Abbeville South Carolina and Thomas G. Bard of Lemis California were enlisted yesterday at the camp recruiting office. Armour assigned to the machine gun company of the 118th Infantry and Bard to the 115th Field Artillery.
Private Lawrence Smith of Company A 120th Infantry died late Monday in the base hospital. He was 22 and his father R. S. Smith lives at Stanfield.
Frances Cox of the Salvation Army credits a new herbal medicine called Dreee with alleviating long standing rheumatic pains and digestive troubles after she could not drink cold water. The advertisement touts Dreee as a plant based remedy and states it is sold by local druggists including Ring Drug Co. in High Point.
The Berliner Vossische Zeitung reports workers in Kiel shipyards and Vulcan works Hamburg along with thousands in the Rhenish Westphalian districts walked out on Monday.
Train timetable notes multiple routes from Birmingham to New York, Augusta to New York, and Washington to Atlanta. It lists departure times such as 2:30 a.m., 7:00 a.m., 1:40 p.m., 5:55 p.m., and late-night departures. services between High Point and Asheboro show daily departures.
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