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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
4
A collage of 1917 era clippings critiques about war coverage, headlines on Riga and Sweden, and a focus on Hoover’s food administration plan. It describes calls to boost prices and curb living costs, with Hoover’s program to monitor weekly food prices via local volunteers and bank involvement.
The piece discusses Premier Kerensky’s stance on General Korniloff and notes potential Siberian exile or imprisonment as solutions. It also weighs General Alexieff’s leadership, Russia’s winter strategy to hold German troops, and the aim to disrupt German concentration on the western front while preparing a spring offensive.
Sweden’s population equals 5 680 000 with universal suffrage since 1609 and a 600000-strong war force. Stockholm holds 382 085 residents. Sweden spans 172 876 square miles with 50 percent forest and state railways. Iron mines fuel premier steel. education is compulsory and well organized. Queen Victoria is linked to European nobility. Gustavus Vasa freed Sweden from Danish rule in 1521.
Tonight the council must decide whether Central Engineering will finish Cen tennial avenue immediately or hand the project to a capable firm able to lay pavement before winter. The choice hinges on completing the work promptly.
Eleven Red Cross drivers have sailed for France to serve in the Red Cross transportation service. Sixty one more men are being trained in motor car factories at Cleveland Detroit and Buffalo for soon sailing. Major Kayson M P Murphy called for expert drivers and Major Perkins coordinates the transport effort with Red Cross funds approved at 17300.
Henry A. Page appeals to North Carolina newspapers to back the food administration with continued support and practical suggestions. He praises prior help in production and conservation, requests chief emphasis on wartime cooperation, and promises copy will be concise and worth space. Excerpted by John Paul Lucas, Executive Secretary.
A blaze in Indianapolis Ind on September 18 destroyed the American Storage company premises at the edge of the business district. Estimated loss reaches 100000 with two fires in 12 hours. About 200 persons stored household furniture in the building.
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