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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
2
The advance guard of delegates arrives as the three day state Christian Endeavor convention opens in the high school auditorium at 7 30 tonight. Hosts seek homes for many delegates with hospitality urged and a list of volunteers ready to entertain at dozens of residences across the city.
The Corpus Christi feast was celebrated today in all New York Catholic churches with special services. Origin traces to Juliana of Liege who inspired Urhay IV to establish the observance in 1264, with annual ceremonies since, except for a few papal lapses. It is a religious and legal holiday in many Catholic nations.
Five hundred shipyard employees of the Brunswick Marine company walked out for one hour pay in a nine hour day. The plant shut down but there was no disorder.
A Paris dispatch notes high morale among French troops at Somme Argonne Aisne Champagne Alsace and Verdun with daring raids against German lines. Colonels authorize raids sparking swift prisoner captures and battlefield surprises while barbed wire and artillery losses are minimized through trained infantry strikes.
The American Leather Chemists association opens its annual convention in Atlantic City New Jersey with President Charles R Oberfell delivering the opening address. Delegates from many regions converge as the group plans to discuss anthrax control and disinfection practices.
Washington June 7 The re drafted war tax bill will not begin in the Senate until next week The Senate finance committee after two weeks of revision halted plans to finish Friday and now aims to complete its changes by Saturday Key taxation questions were deferred with only minor rates and details discussed Income and excess profits rates remain to be decided last
Washington June 7 government sold 200 million dollars in treasury certificates of indebtedness oversubscribed and closed the books two days early.
A tornado like wind storm near Johnstown Pennsylvania killed one man and injured three others. The group had sought shelter in a barn which collapsed under the force. Orchard and crop damage ran into thousands of dollars.
John Henry Wagner the star shortstop known as Honus Wagner signed a contract with Pittsburgh club president Barney Dreyfuss after missing the season start. He will appear at first base in today’s game against Brooklyn.
Salisbury June 7 Gorley Foster a Black woman jailed yesterday for cursing the government was released today on a small bond to await her October term federal court appearance. The release followed a suggestion from the district attorney after the case was presented.
Lord Northcliffe has accepted the post as head of the British war mission in the United States at the request of the war cabinet. He succeeds Arthur J. Balfour, who will return to his duties at the foreign office in London.
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