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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
5
The speaker recalls a deep debt to France and Lafayette praising historic ties. A tribute to France’s wartime bonds and brave sacrifice, noting youth shed for the cause and praise for noble, durable rebuilding and shared memory.
Fifty public health nurses are assigned by the American Red Cross to zones around National army cantonments and naval bases. They will work under sanitary directors with local, state, and federal health authorities and serve in civil districts near camps including Truttiesboro, Fort Riley, Des Moines, Louisville, and Newport News. They aim to prevent tuberculosis and malaria, strengthen infant welfare, and support rural and city nursing nationwide.
President Wilson approves the organization of the Junior Red Cross among public school children in the United States. In a letter to Dr. H N McCracken of Vassar College he expresses interest and states the message will be read to the twenty two million school children joining the effort.
The notice lists Mr and Mrs Marshal Thacker and Mr and Mrs A B Hull attending a Greensboro theater. It names Dr and Mrs Houston B Hiatt and others at the performance of Very Good Eddie. It notes trips, visits, jury duty, and social engagements involving multiple residents of Greensboro and nearby towns.
Rutherford College plans a single day fund drive on September 23 to raise 25000 to build Weaver Hall a dormitory in memory of the late Dr. J H Weaver HW Ht Jordan president of the board of trustees has mailed letters to pastors in the Western North Carolina conference urging observance of Weaver Memorial Day in churches and Sunday schools The college aims to become a full junior college as soon as feasible
John K B Smithdeal pays 160000 to the internal revenue collector ending his part of the U S case. Judge Boyd signs the agreed judgment with Col Thompson and Hamner for the government and Holton for Smithdeal. Hartman Casper and McCoy still face case. Casper served a Leavenworth sentence in a Fort Smith origin conspiracy.
William J. Flynn heads the United States Secret Service in Washington and New York regions. The 48 year old veteran led raids against counterfeiters and helped convict two men in the 1903 Madonia murder counterfeiting case. Flynn’s career spans decades of police and detective work. He is married with children and enjoys gardening and baseball.
The South's chemical resources will be shown at the National Exhibition of Chemical Industries in New York starting Sept. 24. The Southern railway system along with Mobile and Ohio and Georgia Southern and Florida railways arranged the display, occupying 600 square feet with over 350 mineral and chemical specimens from southern states. The exhibit includes raw materials and derived products and features five large hand colored maps showing material distribution.
Charlotte reports heavy daily drill for new recruits with nine hours of training each day. Officials say early weeks focus on elementary drill and fundamental knowledge, with broader warfare training planned after arrival of more soldiers and organization.
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