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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
4
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Public protest continues against printing slain soldiers names in France without home addresses or next of kin. The Washington Star proposes a solution to publish names and kin addresses while withholding enemy-useful details, arguing families deserve identification and honor.
A North Carolina judge requests permission to attend the electrocution of Earl Neville to better understand murder trials. Editorial opinion is mixed with some praising the potential educational value and others deeming it improper curiosity.
State Insurance Department and State Health Department urge authorities and residents to observe Clean-Up Week from April 15 to 20. They call for clearing all waste and debris from homes, businesses, and factories to reduce fire risk and disease, with free disposal facilities and broad community cooperation.
The food administration fined or shut down 56 New York cafes and restaurants for ignoring a meatless day order. South and northern readers react with differing fervor as citizens comply and protest. London reports Britain frees Luftwaffe propagandists Schul t z and Weekey amid government pressure over harsh treatment.
Ottawa announces a wartime agreement allowing US fishing vessels to enter Canadian ports without licenses to sell catches and obtain supplies, reciprocal rights for Canadian vessels at US ports, eliminating prior delays and barriers to seafood production.
Milk buyers are asked to leave bottles on the porch due to a shortage of milk bottles and a freight embargo. This request aims to prevent delays and ensure a bottle of milk is ready when delivery occurs.
From December 1 to February 15 Munich bans lectures concerts and public meetings as coal supplies are exhausted. City council requires venues not to supply coal wood or peat for gatherings, reflecting the worsening energy crisis.
Advertisement from Bremer Buerger Zeitung dated November 22 1917 promotes game sale by dealers and butchers. It urges rich buyers to stock up for winter and dismisses meat cards while implying the poor cannot afford through insulting language.
Friends in the city learn of the deaths of Mrs. Sisson's father and Mr. Sisson's mother within three days. The Sissons, returning from her father's funeral, learned his mother was seriously ill near Charlottesville, Virginia, and arrived to find she had died hours earlier. News reached the city via a friend who saw Mr. Sisson in Washington and Charlottesville.
New York on March 14 reports young Jewish men continuing to enlist in the British army battalion bound for Palestine to fight Turkish rule. A second contingent sails March 21 via Canada to England, with further groups forming in Boston Baltimore Cleveland and Philadelphia. All recruits come from neutral countries and avoid the draft. The Fast Side branch of the British and Canadian recruiting mission announced ten recruits for Palestine service.
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