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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
2
A store urges customers to leave old shoes which will be sent to the Foreign Relief Committee for distribution to Allied civilians. The appeal notes millions of Belgians and French Allies rely on American aid for footwear.
Local exemption board issues new call for limited service volunteers focusing on spruce production work for aero planes. Washington aims to place not yet in unlimited service into clerical and related duties. Officials urge widest publicity and listing of qualified registrants. if volunteers fall short, involuntary inductions will follow after June 7.
High Point prepares for a week long chautauqua with lectures and concerts. Dr. Carolyn Geisel speaks on Miss Columbia M D and Kerry Singers perform with evening lectures by Dr Geisel. The program may move to the high school auditorium if weather fails. Season tickets offer access to all events for about 16 cents per performance.
Chicago reports the pigeon section of the signaling department faces slaughter risks as experts train in hundreds of lofts nationwide. Investigations by the department of justice are under way and Congress has set a $100 fine and six months imprisonment for killing government pigeons.
Schedule notice for April 1 1918 shows High Point Winston Salem Greensboro routes with special trips. Timings include departures from Elwood Hotel and Zinzendorf Hotel and Greensboro Guilford Hotel with frequent morning and afternoon runs. Fares are six cents per mile with one free suitcase, extra suitcases 25 cents. express service offered and drivers characterized as sober. Phone 58 for daily operation details.
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