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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
4
A plan to create a new road between High Point and Winston-Salem stalls amid lukewarm enthusiasm and shifting priorities. Officials emphasize transportation gains but face funding and political hurdles delaying progress on the corridor.
A plan proposes spending fifty million dollars to improve North Carolina roads. The initiative aims to enhance transportation infrastructure and safety across multiple counties. Local officials support accelerating funding to boost economic activity and commute reliability.
The record notes that the late Col. Roosevelt has not offered support to any candidates through the ouija board. No endorsements are reported from his estate or associated séance sessions.
A column mocks escalating conflict, arguing it is better for Germans to fight among themselves than to war with others and warns against continued violence.
An epidemic of sudden death hits Chicago blamed on influenza aftereffects and whiskey scarcity. The article notes miners and coal operators working through tensions as spring approaches.
Paragraphers clash on how to say the name of boxing legend Georges Carpentier as pronunciation debates draw attention in media circles.
A sharp quip on journalism effort contrasts the labor of field workers with editors who draft lengthy analyses. The author evokes imagined parallel tasks, praising sturdy hands and disciplined writing while critiquing uneven resource allocation in newsrooms.
Mrs. Gierdner, chosen for the civil service commission by President Wilson, recalls first wanting to decline the post. Yet like many ambitious women, she could not disappoint the man who appointed her.
The Raleigh Times questions High Point city council plans to curb vaudeville quality and dress standards. It argues officials overstep and wonders if young people should be fed raw exposure, while proposing a committee of local merchants to decide good form.
The piece argues that Senator France is too liberal but notes the constitution remains intact despite autocratic tendencies. It defends the espionage law as wartime necessity, critiques prohibition for bypassing franchise rights, and urges a new party with higher ideals than drink, led by reformers who empower the common people.
Observers expect the San Francisco Democratic convention to avoid making the Versailles treaty or the league covenant a campaign issue. They doubt full party unity behind Wilson and predict Democrats will focus on rallying against Republican defeat of the treaty rather than elevating it as a central issue. The treaty may not drive the campaign.
Admiral Sims reveals his real self to the nation by discussing confidential views, undermining trust and embarrassing the British nation. The piece contrasts Sims with Benson and general reporter discretion, blaming Sims for the public lapse and regretfully noting the damaged image.
A Republican senator says the other side is injecting politics while a Democrat accuses Republicans of playing politics, remarking that readers now know who is politicizing the issue.
The Chicago bank forbids clerks from marrying unless their monthly pay tops 125 dollars, a rule that practically guarantees marriages as a reaction. The policy, seen as employer control, prompts debate over its fairness and practicality.
The article reports a surge in flour and bread prices post armistice, focusing on Standard Milling Company. It traces profits, stock dividends, and asset growth showing increased margins despite higher costs. It notes prior and postwar earnings per share and hints at future exposes on baking firms.
Timeline of notable events and deaths with multiple entries from 1601 to 1918 including Edwin Booth property loss in 1867 a U S senate treaty rejection in 1870 and Rose Pastor Stokes arrest in 1918. Other items cover Puerto Rico slavery abolition 1873 the 1892 Canadian Pacific strike end reinstate of workers and religious freedom bill in Hungary. Charlotte Yonge death 1601 New Albany hurricane 1817.
The text notes nitrogen about 78 percent and oxygen about 21 percent in the air near Earth. It cites the United States oldest zoological garden at Fairmount Park Philadelphia established in 1859. It claims DC as most densely populated per square mile with 5 5175 people per square mile in 1910.
The text states Pharaimonid began his reign in 420 A D and was the first king of France. This line presents a historical claim about early French monarchy and identifies the figure associated with the start of the royal line.
The original thirteen states saw Delaware first to ratify, followed by New Jersey and Georgia. New York and Rhode Island approved by a narrow margin of two votes.
Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas gains national notice as a potential presidential candidate. The article highlights his Kansas industrial court legislation to avert utility disputes, his Pennsylvania roots, education at Baker University and Washburn College, an honorary A M degree, and his journalism career leading to ownership of multiple Kansas dailies and his reputation as a radical voice against social injustice.
The only U S presidents who served two full four year terms before Wilson were Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson and Grant.
The text notes William Henry Harrison as the oldest man elected president and Theodore Roosevelt as the youngest. It also states Harrison had a large White House family with six sons and four daughters, the most for any president.
The name Connecticut comes from the old Indian term Quonecktacut meaning Long River or River of Pines, reflecting its geographic heritage and historic language roots.
The date marks the 35th anniversary of the Northwest insurrection led by Louis Riel. Canadian and U S political events span Republicans in Connecticut and South Dakota primaries. Trials proceed in Tupelo for J. E. Marshall and his sons charged with a January murder.
The arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain first enacted June 4, 1908 ends on June 4, 1928 with possible renewal. Australia, the largest island on the globe, has an area of 2 946 651 square miles.
The Mauretania set the fastest Atlantic crossing in January 1911, covering 676 knots at a rate of 27.04 knots per hour. In the 1916 presidential race, California backed Wilson with 466,284 votes to Hughes's 462,516.
The House of Commons consists of 207 members while the Coalitionists hold a dominant total of 471 seats.
On June 360, 1919, New York state had 67,424 factories employing 1,384 SSS persons.
The Whites in Hungary burn large bonfires of books from public and private libraries removing works by Marx Bebel and Jamres. The action aims to erase these ideas while the Whites are criticized as equally foolish as the Reds in their methods.
George R. Raymond of the Raymond Film company New York arrives to shoot Who's Who in High Point a local celebrity portrait feature. The Broadway theater will show it for a week with back views first then faces as a key, offering a cash prize to best guess. Filming proceeds immediately with plans to move next to Charlotte.
Paris March 23. The doctors union of Mont-de-Marsen struck back during the general strike by refusing to treat railway men except in urgent cases after government gas stores were requisitioned. Dentists joined in, denying aid to suffering strikers.
In Geneva on March 23 Swiss military leaders warn pacifist groups tied to League of Nations influence could lessen Swiss armed forces to impotence. Colonels Sarasin Fevier and Lecomte publish pieces opposing any cut and urging a drive to reorganize for greater effectiveness.
Bids will be opened Monday April 5 in Resinkaees for two and a quarter miles of hard surface road from High Point to the Davidson county line and for a section between Thomasville and Lexington. Specifications require concrete base with asphalt surface or rock asphalt or broken stone base.
Report notes about one million foreign-born laborers have departed the United States for Europe since the armistice, reflecting postwar migration trends and employment shifts as economies adjust after the conflict.
Cardinal Bourne, archbishop of Westminster, born in Clapham England 59 years ago. Viscount Milner, tasked by Britain to pacify Egypt, born 66 years ago today. Prof Franklin H. Giddings of Columbia University born Sherman Connecticut 65 years ago. Hazel Dawn actress born Ogden Utah 29 years ago. Gary Cravath manager of the Philadelphia National League club born San Diego California 38 years ago.
One year ago today President Wilson visited French battlefields while Secretary of the Navy Daniels arrived in France. A warm welcome greeted Ohio troops arriving from Europe at Hoboken signaling wartime ties and allied cooperation.
The Des Moines Iowa Laundrymen's Association and the Milwaukee Wisconsin Gas Association begin their conventions today with attendees expected from across the region. Speakers and schedules outline industry updates and networking sessions.
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