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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
4
The Roanoke Rapids Herald works with several American newspapers to showcase about two hundred photographers worldwide. More than a hundred serve with armies and navies across warring nations. Weeks will present their best and most interesting pictures for Herald readers.
Wanda Rinwita Ostrowski, director of the Polish Red Cross in Siberia, appeals for help in repatriating 8,000 wounded and invalided Polish soldiers sent to Siberia where they suffer cold, hunger, and inadequate barracks.
United States census bureau officials bear the brunt of planning the decennial population census begun by 27,000 enumerators on January 2. From left to right RE. W. Kock chief of population division William L. Austin chief statistician agricultural division C B Sloane geographer and Wm M Steuart assistant to the director of the census in charge of the decennial census.
Lord Fisher and Sir William Watson describe an autumn holiday at Dungivel Lanarkshire. His fondness for beauty is seen in his room filled with red roses thought to compensate for their odorless decay. He paces while dictating Memories, advising not to walk long to think.
The discharged soldier you engaged for the band won't play the kettle drum. He says the combination reminds him too much of his kitchen pole days.
Representatives of greater nations convened in a memorable session to establish the League for Peage. The meeting focused on laying foundations for cooperative peace efforts and outlining initial goals and governance.
Representatives from France Great Britain Italy Greece Belgium Spain Japan Brazil and others met in Paris to chair Leon Bourgeois presiding. The council elected Bourgeois as chairman and confirmed Sir Eric Drummond as general secretary. It appointed a commission to trace Saar Basin frontiers on the spot. Bourgeois urged American participation and noted Washington’s delay in final decision.
Alfred M. Hubbard, a nineteen year old in Seattle, says he invented an atmospheric power generator with a six inch coil, a permanent magnetic core, and no moving parts. The device allegedly powers an incandescent light without primary batteries. A separate report notes Pudsey manufacturers introducing a new silk waste textile rivaling shoddy pricing for men's wear, claimed to be strong, hard wearing, and tear resistant.
Bits of fact record Syria's pistachio output about 100000 pounds annually. A healthy person has roughly 90000 hairs. In interior China locals dislike hen and duck eggs, burying them in lukewarm rice to daily use. Two English words contain all vowels in order: abstemious and facetious.
Chicago reports 525 new influenza cases and seven deaths in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m. Local officials warn of virulent spread as city fights the outbreak. Separate Moscow dispatch confirms capture reports of Admiral Kolchak, head of the all Russian government in Siberia.
Saloniki report states Turkish authorities at Marzifoui Anatolia received a telegram claiming Germany and Turkey are about to conclude a new military alliance. The Greek source note adds that the alliance would bind the two nations in a coordinated effort amid ongoing regional tensions.
United States Marines and Haitian gendarmerie repelled an attack on Port au Prince by about 300 bandits. Over half were killed wounded or captured after the pursuit outside the city.
The Japanese foreign office announced that a formal note will be sent to China requesting the appointment of a commission to negotiate with Japan over the Shantung issue.
Douglas Ariz report says Mexico’s government will buy or condemn oil lands within fifty kilometres of the frontier held by foreigners. The move targets lands in the zone defined by the constitution, according to El Tempo, a Cananea paper.
Paris premier Georges Clemenceau loses to his rivals in a caucus of the senate and chambers of deputies choosing a presidential candidate. Senators and deputies after the caucus say the vote marks the exit from public life for the "father of victory" as Clemenceau is not a senator or deputy.
Rear Admiral Sims told the Senate committee that the greatest handicap of the American navy is the lack of constructive criticism and officers being barred from publishing without Navy Department approval. He argued the restriction hampers free discussion of naval decorations and their conduct.
Washington report says the Republican congressional committee will decide soon whether to investigate the recent ninth North Carolina district special election. Representative Fens Grfo, committee chair, notes lawyers will determine if funds may be legally used for the inquiry.
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