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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
3
Washington reports that at 11 tonight the production of whiskey ends nationwide under the food control act. While some distilleries will shut, larger plants will continue for denatured and industrial alcohol, with revenues rising from higher taxes and a shift to commercial alcohol.
New York theater headlines David Belasco's season premiere of Polly With a Past at the Belasco Theatre starring Iaa Claire. George Whiteside returns to Japanese roles in The Yawn at the Button Theatre with Shubert backing. Prolific schedules include The Country Cousin at the Gaiety and De Luze Annie at the Booth. Joe Weber and Lew Fields plan a reunion at the Army Athletic Fund show to aid New York troops. Fred Stones explores a Jack o Lantern character with a large company including Kelen Falconer. Leo Ditrichstein's new The Judge of Zalames heads to Chicago then New York. The Man Who Came Back continues at Playhouse with Turn to the Right closing at Gaiety after 54 weeks. War film demand remains strong with Virginia Pearson, George Walsh, and Dustin Farnum in new releases.
Maine voters go to the polls Monday to decide a proposed constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage after a decades long effort. The campaign featured active groups on both sides with the Maine Equal Suffrage League and Suffrage Referendum League promoting approval while the Maine Anti Suffrage Association led the opposition. Eleven American League and seven National League batters are named among 300 top sluggers.
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