27 Mar 1920
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
1
Hoover told reporters he is not a candidate and does not seek the nomination. He said clubs honoring him have sprung up but he knows nothing of their finances, and he supports full publicity and limits on campaign expenditures.
In partnership with the Wo man’s club and city authorities, High Point launches Clean-Up Week to run from Monday. The plan aims to purify the city by collecting trash such as tin cans and debris, with wagons covering all areas edge of sidewalks. Officials emphasize reducing preventable sickness and infant mortality through thorough spring cleaning. Ministers have been asked to mention the effort at services tomorrow.
Local grocer G. K. Hutchens bought from A. B. Sapp two brick houses on Steele street. The exact price was not stated but believed near fourteen thousand dollars.
Aunt Fannie Hinton known as a mammy figure in High Point dies after a long illness at her home. The funeral will be held from Mt. Vernon Church tomorrow at 2 PM. The death shocks many in the community across races.
Paris report states Odessa, a major Russian Black Sea port, has been occupied by Ukrainian troops under General Paul Levenko, commander of the national army, according to information received today.
Havana charms visitors with busy commerce and lively streets while exposing stark inequality. The writer notes crowded cafes, varied car fleets, and a two tier society seen in funeral customs and land rents, urging reforms focused on children and animal welfare.
Governor Jickett appeals North Carolina citizens to donate a penny each for a France memorial honoring the first battle of the Maine. Schools will run the drive April 6 with teachers collecting family contributions. the plan seeks no large gifts. Paris reports allied finds of 3,500 field guns in Brandenburg near Berlin, suggesting German evasion of the peace terms.
Cambridge March 27 Mrs Jennie Cholakiany died after intense pain. An autopsy disclosed a five inch surgeon's clamp sewn into her head, apparently forgotten after a prior operation. District Attorney Tufts said there is no evidence as to where or by whom the operation was performed.
New York March 27 daylight saving will start at 2 am in at least 33 American cities and towns despite a congress repeal. Cities in New York New Jersey Massachusetts Pennsylvania Connecticut Maine New Hampshire Michigan Colorado Ohio Delaware plan automatic 50 mile regional observation. Railroads prepare to adjust commuter trains though New York and New Jersey consider repeal.
London reports Oxford University edged Cambridge in a track and field meet. Oxford won five and a half events while Cambridge took four and a half, highlighting a close competition between the two universities.
Lee McGee former Chicago and Cincinnati NL player through attorney Robert S Alcorn says he has sent formal charges about baseball gambling to NL president Heydler He names four NL players in gambling stories and will not speak further until his attorney permits.
A visiting expert who spent months in Russia reports confusion and wretched conditions. He notes no wheat or flax for export and wool scarce as sheep were killed for food. The expert, allowed to visit farming and manufacturing districts, declares the task of rehabilitating the country under Lenin is hopeless.
Chicago March 27 Illinois women will vote in the presidential preference primary on April 13 whether national suffrage is ratified by 36 states. Attorney General Braundage, on Governor Lowden’s suggestion, reversed a prior ruling denying women the vote.
A bold burglary occurred at the Overland Garage 11% Jordan Street as car tires were stolen. Police suspect the same gang has entered multiple garages in High Point and nearby towns over the past two weeks.
Cotton futures in New York opened steady as favorable south weather boosted demand. May 38.38, July 36.50, October 32.05, December 31.26, January 30.55. early decline to 4-10 points then firming with May closing at 38.47 and January at 30.68.
Joseph Grew of Massachusetts, counsellor at the Paris embassy, was nominated by President Wilson to be minister to Denmark. He would succeed Norman Hapgood whose senate confirmation failed.
Paris March 27 German foreign minister Kerman Mueller has refused to form a new ministry, while reports reach the French foreign office of intensified fighting around Wesel and a Hussar attack plan near Paris.
At the Commercial club yesterday the chamber of commerce and warehouse committee launched a new effort to establish a tobacco market in High Point. A. Sherrod chairs a new committee to attract competent buyers and possibly build two warehouses to draw farmers with better prices and local business benefits.
Henderson March 27 funeral services for P T Way editor and manager of the Henderson Dispatch will be held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church following his death after a stroke ten days earlier.
Four Atlantic Refining Company workers are dead and ten injured after a collision today between a passenger bus and a Philadelphia and Reading Hog Island train in Philadelphia. The crash involved a Reed Hog Island line service near the refinery district. Authorities report multiple fatalities and extensive injuries as rescue operations continue.
In Wesel on March 27 the working men’s forces recaptured Lippe castle after an hour of heavy shelling and advanced over a mile from the south. Government troops counterattacked southeast of Wesel, drove the besiegers from their posts, shelled retreating columns, and lifted the siege on the city as reinforcements including Death’s Head Hussars and the Uhlans arrived.
Reports from Wesel indicate German fortress defenders still resist as workmen's army in northern Rhine Prussia surrounds part of the city. Dispatches note anti-government forces moving from Münster to attack Wesel from the north. A fugitive and several correspondents say the workers’ ranks rely largely on Russians and other foreigners.
Washington learns the American government has informed the allies it will not oppose sending German troops into the Ruhr valley to restore order if needed until normal conditions resume, with no further occupation of German territory by the Allied powers expected.
Dover Delaware March 27 The Delaware legislature adjourned but campaigns for ratification of the Woman suffrage amendment continued with both sides active. A vote was expected Tuesday or Wednesday and if rejected Delaware would press four other states Connecticut Vermont North Carolina and Louisiana for ratification.
Maresse Charles Solomon, cited as one of the socialist assemblymen suspended by the New York legislature, was held in Philadelphia after a raid on a Mage meeting. Police broke up the labor rally protesting alleged injustices. several fights occurred but no injuries were reported.
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