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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1917
Page
4
The piece discusses Hoover as food administrator and calls for national thrift. It notes public worry about supplies, urges saving bread and meat, and links food policy to shortening the war. It mentions press sentiment, the need for cooperation, and the impact on prices and daily life.
A civilian letter from Columbia notes sharp price increases since the cantonment opened. It cites examples from show tickets to rent and claims officers pay up to 500 dollars monthly for housing. The writer calls for investigation or boycott if prices are inflated.
Citizens urged to back paving of two block section on Main Street between Commerce and Poglish before street becomes a quagmire. Advocates say High Point will gain a fine street system and deserve quality roads, prompting property owners to pay their pro rata share.
William English Walling accuses British pacifists of hypocrisy and intellectual cowardice, arguing their antiwar program supports German aims. He condemns the Union of Democratic Control and its M.P. signatories, links pacifist rhetoric to betrayals of subject nations, and cites Wilson’s stance against forced sovereignty.
The government plans a widespread effort to influence German public opinion and seeks global reach to restore confidence after the war. Officials argue the pressure apparatus must be placed beyond borders to sway a wary international community.
A North Carolinian earned a French decoration for service at the front. Edge Winston proclaimed North Carolinians go wherever there is work, noting High Point furniture as fit for kings and emperors.
A wartime remark notes it is better to die in the army than be foolish enough to die resisting the draft, reflecting sharp attitudes toward conscription and sacrifice during the era.
A. J. Sack, head of the Russian news bureau in New York, says U.S. papers overemphasize I. W. W. and pacifist actions in Russia and that Russian readers would see America as more troubled than it is. He urges reporters to focus on cooperative and constructive moves to avoid sensationalism.
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