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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
3
Washington reports thousands of women wives mothers and sisters of soldiers are organized in a military fashion to assemble and test gas masks at a secret plant. They undergo special training in face pieces and divisions under women leaders, with discipline and competitive output, aided by lectures on gas warfare and reinforced by welfare facilities.
In France on April 24 the Associated Press notes every British air service pilot is trained as a wireless telegraphist. Limits arise from engine noise and weight, yet wireless expands aviation use in warfare, notably for artillery coordination and battlefield movement with two-seater planes.
The text notes that noise is a major difficulty in receiver design. It compares signal clarity when signals travel across the ground station or during turns with the clearer signals when moving directly toward or away from the receiving station.
Advertises intercity car service with special trips between High Point Winston-Salem Greensboro. Schedules show departures from Elwood Hotel and Zinzendorf Hotel, with six cent per mile local fare and free initial suitcase. Emphasizes sober drivers and prompt courteous treatment. Operating daily. phone 58.
This timetable shows expected arrival and departure times for trains at listed stations. It notes that actual times are not guaranteed with northbound No 211 and No 22 running daily except Sundays, stopping at High Point Thomasville Cordontown and High Rock Denton.
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