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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1921
Page
4
The piece notes a stubborn focus on sports over public affairs and warns that sobriety may follow if the Pointers win again. It observes how people retreat into family histories and ritual alcohol rituals as time passes, portraying life’s sad sight of hoarded whisky bottles for farewell kicks.
In 1920 the United Kingdom recorded 2 600 fatal accidents in public places caused by vehicles of all kinds and 44 of these were charged to horse drawn vehicles. The horse remains present in the United States with 4 460 horse driven public carts in 1914 and 9 700 in 1919.
In 1920 Germany faced scarce beer supplies and reduced coffee use to one third of 1913 levels. Cigar output fell to half of prewar figures, while cigarettes rose above 1913. Total expenditure on beer wine coffee tea and tobacco reached 23 billion depreciated marks.
The richest men are not driven by greed alone but by broader vision. They continually see larger projects and ideas beyond their current capital. Their ambition outpaces their resources, making satisfaction with wealth elusive.
The Nation's Business notes the Supreme Court has refined its definition of income for federal tax purposes. Income now reads as a gain from capital or labor or both, including profit from sale or conversion of capital assets.
The court decided that gains from investment sales are income, rejecting debates over capital growth versus income. It also noted hardship where owners sold below cost but were taxed on gains only when selling price exceeded 1913 market value, prompting New York to amend its income tax to fix the issue.
The article notes Germany and its financiers acting to stabilize the exchange at a modest level, marking a serious effort to curb paper issues. It cites Germanys growing money supply from 1.9 billion marks after war to about 70 billion by May this year, arguing corrective measures follow Allied reparations and are needed to restore economic health.
A decisive House vote supports removing some penalties of the Clayton act for farmers organizations. The aim is to empower federated farmer cooperatives to engage in interstate and foreign commerce, boosting marketing and distribution while limiting middleman losses. Critics fear consolidation, but historical success by Wisconsin cheese factories and California fruit sectors suggests potential gains for farmers and consumers.
Secretary Mellon states that any allowance of beer as medicine requires explicit Congressional approval, via amendment to the enforcement act or new legislation. Congress shows little likelihood of acting. Palmer’s prior ruling allows unlimited pre prohibition beer by family physicians. Daugherty has not challenged it, while Mellon prepares to issue beer permits once the new revenue commissioner is in place.
Vets monitor impact as field enforcement is cut due to lack of funds. Congress could have passed a deficiency appropriation to maintain the staff through July 1. The simultaneous firing of the field force and grant of beer permits marks a serious setback for prohibition.
Treasury experts forecast higher turnover in real estate and securities if a revenue bill lowers surtaxes on large incomes to around 50 or 40 percent. Secretary Mellon says current rates of 56 to 60 percent deter disposal of profitable holdings, and a cut to about 30 percent would boost transactions and government tax receipts.
Letters to the Republican national committee report nationwide complaints about President Harding’s golf hobby. Critics say it diverts time from duties and worry golfing friends influence may undermine democratic ideals.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace says the agricultural depression has largely erased sectional tensions between the north and south. He argues the hard times have driven farmers in both regions to unite in a common struggle for mutual interests and better understanding.
The issue of Yap is only quiescent not dead and will reemerge when Europe’s pressing matters are settled. State Department hopes to begin addressing Far Eastern problems as soon as the European situation allows.
A quotation attributed to Bishop Frederick Burgess of Long Island criticizes the decline of sexual morality in America, comparing it to ancient Rome and warning that current trends threaten societal standards.
The Newark Episcopalian bishop argues that Sunday recreation should hold a larger role than in earlier eras of harder more monotone work, urging modern society to adjust leisure norms.
A Texas congressman compares a bucket shop to an exchange and equates the gap to that between a cheap beer hall with a plate glass mirror and a refined mahogany bar salon, illustrating a sharp contrast in quality and credibility.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Zionist leader, asserts that every 50,000 Jews settling in Palestine accelerates another 100,000 arrivals, framing immigration as a strategic catalyst for the Jewish state.
U S Senator Ken Yon asserts opponents of war over Yap were not in position when combat began. He argues those urging confrontation would not be found near Yap in the heat of battle.
A nascent city is being formed in the Province of Saskatchewan on Lake Maskakee. The new municipal area aims to establish governance and infrastructure as settlers organize.
A high point writer appeals through the Enterprise for funds to buy a gospel tent for preaching work in High Point and nearby places. The author requests readers to send donations to A Newell RBF D No 5 Box 44 High Point NC.
George Cook the Australian heavyweight champion bears a resemblance to Joe Beckett though his last bout featured Tommy Hurns. The report notes the striking likeness and recalls past encounters in the ring.
Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, dismisses Mr Edison’s inquiries as dull and unremarkable during a brief exchange.
Florenz Ziegfeld notes a rise in alcohol use among chorus girls in New York, claiming drunkenness has doubled compared with levels before prohibition. He frames the trend as a challenge for the musical theater scene and suggests industry response.
Police Commissioner Enright reports New York state is 75 percent dry and growing drier by the minute as weather conditions shift.
Massachusetts Attorney General J Weston Allen warns that ignoring the Volstead Act endangers the country and urges citizens to uphold the law. He frames refusal to enforce prohibition as a threat to national stability.
A. H. Smith, president of the New York Central, says American railroads have a record of satisfactory war service and should be entitled to settlement with the government on a liberal basis.
Concordia Kansas May 20 Bishop Francis Tief head of the Concordia diocese plans a monument and bronze tablet at the spot or Padilla s murder near Junction City to honor the first Christian martyr in what is now the United States Historians trace Coronado s 1542 route through Kansas and Coronado Heights at Lindsborg is being developed as a historic tourist site with new trees and a fest house to attract visitors Geologists note the chalk formation at the elevated site has yielded fossil skeletons of prehistoric animals
In Paris at the Invalides Marshal Fayolle spots Marshal Foch in civilian clothes among veterans. Fayolle jokes about his place and Foch answers he wanted to see how a marshal looks to a civilian. Petain admires Shakespeare and attended Copeau’s Twelfth Night four times.
In London a dramatic change lowers the Bank of England discount rate to 6 1/2 percent. The decision is announced only after a private meeting of governors and bank directors with a ceremonial messenger presenting the new rate to staff and press agencies.
On Mayo Island in Richmond Virginia a new baseball park for the Virginia league club is completed. The grandstand sits on piles over the James River and can seat about 10 000 spectators. Fans may cast lines into the river from the stands before games start.
South Bend Idaho May 24 August Desch a Notre Dame sprinter and hurdler and U S Olympic team member has been elected junior class president.
Former Emperor Charles, seeking to regain the throne of Hungary, fled Steinamanger when five Hungarian reporters approached him. He hid in trees and bushes while Bishop Mikes reassured him, then met and dismissed the journalists in a tremulous voice.
Berlin reports a 2000 percent rise in crime since the war per statistics from 50 insurers. Experts warn that higher crime rates will push up insurance costs and premiums across the country.
The narrator recalls Katherine Miller dead in a coffin and reflects on women who betray wives’ rights. He notes Katherine’s beauty spared her aging power and contrasts her fate with other women who misuse love. He then follows Chrys’s guarded secrecy and a brokered plan involving revital gems and a Berlin banker amid a Russian prison plot. TO BE CONTINUED.
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