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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
6
A compact notice signals ongoing world events with a focus on the Southland region. Readable paragraphs summarize key happenings in concise form, reflecting the era’s newspaper style and urgency. The item emphasizes timely, location tied reporting without sensational detail.
Russian forces pressing toward Warsaw clash along the Polish line with hand to hand fighting noted. A state of siege is in Warsaw as civilians are barred from streets after 10 pm and cafes close by 9 pm. Poland pledges help from the world and seeks United States aid while French notes express accord with American views on the Russo Polish crisis.
The interstate commerce commission reports an extension until September 21 of the order requiring railroads east of the Mississippi to prioritize coal mine shipments. The disclosure follows scrutiny of policy amid broader wartime logistics and congressional tensions.
A Tennessee Senate vote of 25 to 4 approved the suffrage amendment and sent it to the House, expected to pass soon. Gouvernor Bickett urged North Carolina to ratify the federal women high rights amendment. An array of political and social items follow including a Boston stock-office riot, a Maryland double murder near Emmitsburg, and Roosevelt campaigning in Chicago.
The article notes daily losses over 1,000,000 at Norfolk and Newport News from an unbalanced system of rail, coal, and export shipping. It highlights 300 idle vessels in Hampton Roads and attributes the bottleneck to inadequate transportation despite coal supply and rising industrial output.
Washington. Former Massachusetts governor Samuel M. McCall who recently declined a tariff commission seat is reconsidering the offer at President Wilson's request. The move follows his brief decision not to join the commission and reflects ongoing discussions at the White House regarding panel membership.
Washington announces the armored cruiser Pittsburgh and a destroyer are ordered to the Baltic to protect American interests. They are currently at Cherbourg, France, and will proceed immediately to Russian waters.
London premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons the government warned General Baron Wrangel that any further attacks on Soviet forces must be undertaken on his own responsibility.
In London Baron Beatty, commander of the grand fleet, informs American ambassador John W. Davis that official duties prevent him from accepting Franklin D O Her invitation to attend the American Legion's second annual convention in Cleveland next month. He expresses flattered appreciation for the honor.
Berlin reports that on receiving a note to the German peace delegation in Paris the German government instructed its representatives in London Paris and Rome to present a protest to the supreme council and to the capitals against demarcation that would cut off East and West Prussia from the Vistula.
A severe rainstorm in Toledo, Ohio, during the progress of the weather event, is estimated to have caused $1,000,000 in damage. Paving was floated away, cellars flooded, and traffic paralyzed as sheets of rain fell during commuting hours. Automobiles at curbs floated or had flooded interiors.
Cleveland coal operators in the central competitive field refuse a $2-a-day rise for day and monthly workers and ten cents per ton for pick and machine mining but offer to adjust the contract by raising day and monthly wages to match the coal commission award given to pick miners.
Governor Cox and his Democratic presidential campaign party faced an attempted arrest on speeding charges near Jacksonville Ohio as four cars were stopped by motorcycle officers. Cox identified himself and ordered the convoy to proceed, saying authorities could reach him at the executive office in Columbus. Roy E Leyton said the arrest attempt was designed to embarrass the nominee.
In New York Hugh Gibson the United States minister to Poland sailed for his post in Europe. He departs amid formal ceremonies and diplomatic duties as he takes up his assignment in Warsaw.
The ministry of posts closes a contract with German-Lloyd airline to carry mails by air from incoming steamers to Berlin. This agreement binds the postal service to use air planes for rapid mail delivery and strengthens link between sea arrivals and Berlin dispatch.
A preliminary peace treaty has been concluded between the Russian soviet government and Armenia according to a wireless dispatch received in London from Moscow.
More than 400 German immigrants departed Hamburg aboard the steamer Cuyaba for Brazil. They form the first contingent of 2,500 settlers financed by the Brazilian government, marking the initial phase of a large colonial migration program.
Detroit inmates Allen Kellar and Joseph Lara, each about thirty five years old, face mandatory hospital treatment to cure alleged criminal instincts after court orders. The case places them under medical care rather than continued imprisonment.
Senator Harding plans Labor Day remarks in Marion Ohio likely from his front porch. The speech will highlight labor issues the league of nations agricultural policy and tariff as the campaign themes for his first address outside Ohio.
Warsaw reports Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prince Eugene Sapieha declare Poland will not accept armistice terms involving disarmament. They emphasize the nation will resist with all means, even if Soviet troops stand forty miles from Warsaw.
Austria enjoys respite from severe winter privations as early fruit and vegetables promise abundance, with the big American flour credit still aiding daily bread. Fats remain scarce, but demand eases. meat is limited and costly despite improved weather.
In Mount Airy the Sparger Orchard Company notes Surry County’s fruit program has grown into a major Western North Carolina enterprise with 6,000 acres and 100,000 peach plus 300,000 apple trees bearing. The 1920 crop is valued at over 500,000 bushels of apples and 60,000 bushels of peaches, mainly Elberta and Georgia Belle. Harvest runs into November, with varieties including York and Imperials. The article also covers tributes, local education, and political notices across Western North Carolina.
The North Carolina State labor convention adjourned in Charlotte after three days with officers elected. A resolution opposed repealing the state primary law, urging adoption of the Australian ballot to protect workers and farmers, and warning of disenfranchisement in the upcoming legislative fight.
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