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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1921
Page
1
A brisk, lighthearted column surveys summer blues and small gripes. It pokes fun at vacations in Michigan, unlicensed dogs, mothers and youngsters, silk stockings and the high cost of living. The piece notes 206 peace treaties and reports American soldiers arriving in New York from Antwerp with German brides. It laments dissolved shows leaving chorus girls stranded.
At local gatherings women once dictated simple kitchen recipes with sugar and milk. Now men lead, detailing ingredients like a cup of raisins and two pounds of sugar, reflecting a shift in household roles echoed in casual conversation.
Management gains praised as Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, is raised to 25000 dollars annually. The article notes the union’s smart leadership, its Cleveland office building on land from New York Central, a planned 20 story structure, and a cooperative bank expanding from 626000 to 7824000 dollars in seven months.
The passage argues that prosperity for individuals and the economy comes from President Stone’s plans and from management. It asserts that ability seeks material reward and that labor must reward itself by investing in honest, capable, conservative management, as the best use of labor’s funds.
The piece lauds Premier Lloyd George for ongoing stamina and recuperative power as he bears the heavy burden of leading Britain. It highlights his resilience through war upheaval, claiming few peers in sustained statesmanship over generations, regardless of policy agreement or historical judgment.
The article lists military and civil pay in the United States, noting General Pershing earns 21000 per year, second only to the President. It compares chief justice at 15000, associate justices at 14500, cabinet officers at 12000, senators and representatives at 7500, and education commissioner at 5000, contrasting these with high scientific earners in government.
Lucinda Flynn of Life recounts a social encounter at a popular tea room where a brisk woman quizzes her with etiquette questions and club invite talk. The stranger pressures Flynn to join a parade and identifies herself as a well known New York club figure, prompting Flynn to decline and leave.
A writer muses on theft patterns noting yesterday sixteen automobiles were stolen in the city. Sixteen cars disappeared with nine of them being flivvers, while more luxurious autos sit unguarded around town. The author does not approve of auto theft but contemplates the lure of high quality targets.
Oscar Strauss new production The Last Waltz plans an early return to grand opera. Miss Painter, previously Dolores in Flora Dora, believes her musical comedy training prepares her for grand opera. The piece reflects a range of backstage anecdotes from actors, service campaigns, and a Custer era Chinese cook story.
More than ten thousand residents attended a memorial service on May 26 under the Memorial Festival Committee with President Harding as honorary chairman. Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas and Reverend Francis P. Duffy spoke, 2,000 New York school children sang, and a draped poppy-laden gun carriage led a solemn procession. The event reflected strong public interest and a hoped for annual memorial day across communities.
American legion members in Atlantic City deny endorsing Jack Dempsey. They say Dempsey’s wartime shipyard service contrasts with Carpentier’s Croix de Guerre, but Carpenter was warmly received at Dempsey's camp. Endorsement reportedly came from a different veterans group in the city.
Albert Grass aged 21, last chief of the Dakota Sioux, killed in France, was buried at Mandan. Indian rites blended with American Legion funeral rites as Legionnaires held a military service at Holy Hill sacred to the Sioux. Women of Port Allegheny sent 126 signatures seeking a unit of the Legion's auxiliary.
The annual American Legion convention in Kansas City will feature many World War I aces. Expected participants include Eddie Rickenbacker Dave Murphy Eddie Stinson and Major R. W. Schroeder who holds the world altitude record. Army planes and aircraft builders will contribute flying demonstrations under the Flying Club of Kansas City.
In Whigfisher County Oklahoma the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians hosted an All American Day celebration under regional auspices. Three beeves were cooked for the event and led by their organizers guiding the festivities.
Twenty five wounded veterans taking training under the federal board for vocational education at Memphis Tennessee joined a local post of the American Legion in a body. Every Minnesota American Legion post is entitled to obtain 25 from its county board to defray expenses of Memorial Day decoration of graves by law passed by the last legislature. A cemetery for ex service men will be buried will be established soon by American Legion post of San Francisco.
Testimony in the Peacock case features Dr. Peacock’s colleagues and officials from Thomasville and Lexington. bank cashier R L Pope and editor Archibald Johnson dispute witness claims while Mrs Taylor, widow of a former officer, testifies under distress. Solicitor J C Bower appeals for conviction, urging justice for North Carolina.
In Baton Rouge the constitutional convention approved a provision excluding aliens ineligible for U S citizenship from owning land in Louisiana. The measure passed 74 to 67, and opponents had sought to curb dissemination of racehorse information.
Paper money in Germany rose in 1920 from 60 billion marks to more than 80 billion marks as inflation accelerates.
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