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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
4
London records King George signing a military service bill to enroll every able bodied man aged 18 to 41. His message praises voluntary enlistment efforts totaling over 6,041,000 and asserts the move will strengthen the fight for civilization and Europe’s liberation with Allied victory.
A Senate resolution introduced by Sen Lewis proposes that the President seek a world peace mediation by urging warring European nations to declare a truce. Each side would nominate a neutral country to form a board of arbitration presided by the President or a designee to hear claims and work toward an equitable adjournment.
Washington The House Military Committee sent the army appropriation bill carrying 145 million dollars to the full chamber. The measure includes Hay Chamberlain reorganization provisions and funds a council of executives to coordinate wartime industry and resource cooperation.
New York social spotlight Evelyn Nesbit Thaw once again links with Jack Clifford after a swift trip to Baltimore. The pair announced their Maryland marriage following Nesbit Thaw's recent divorce from Harry K. Thaw last month.
A new motorcycle unit of the United States Army begins operations in El Paso Texas marking the first such company in the service. The unit will support mobility and logistics roles across regional assignments and training sites.
New York reports that during the first four months of 1916 Britain exported 125,000,000 yards of cotton cloth to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Colombia, versus 65,000,000 yards in the same period of 1915.
Secretary Baker reversed his prior plan and announced that 116 Texas National Guard members who did not report for muster into federal service will face immediate court martial under current law. Baker had earlier intended to sign a new bill and act under its provisions before presenting it to the president.
The 1914 value of NC products reached 289.4 million dollars, up 33.6 percent since 1909 as establishments rose to 5,507. The report cites capital at 253.3 million, value added by manufacture at 119.5 million, and salaries plus wages totaling 56.3 million with 8,541 salaried workers. A soybeans interest note and a fish law update accompany state civic items and a summer school program at the university offering 99 courses.
First statements of campaign expenditures for state and congressional candidates were opened after filing. The next and final report for the primary due twenty days after June 3. Listings show governors, secretaries, treasurers, and other offices with sums for each candidate. Bladen county holds its health commencement on June 24 in Elizabethtown led by Dr. T. M. Jordan as part of a pellagra campaign. A new $10,000 state hygiene laboratory building is planned in Glenwood, ready by November 1, with current agronomy projects focusing on tobacco reforms.
A joint meeting of the North Carolina Pine Association and the Lumbermen and Boxmakers groups from Virginia and the Carolinas condemned hap hazard legislation. Speakers from Washington Baltimore New York urged business leaders to curb ill advised laws.
The Asheville city commissioners pass an ordinance prohibiting weeds over four inches high within the city limits aimed at reducing hay fever weeds and making Asheville a sneeze free mecca. In Kannapolis Mount Gilead and Concord vaccination days the Cabarrus typhoid campaign vaccinates 1412 people setting a state record.
Tar Heels from Raleigh visited Muskogee Oklahoma on May 20 for a Hyde Park picnic. The NC Society hosted other state groups with speeches and a flag and song souvenir distribution by Col Olds. Charles A. Cook and J. L. Wagner spoke and thanked attendees.
A High Point Milling Company notice praises its white frost and luxury flour as the best for baking. It emphasizes superior wheat quality and claims the flour yields the best bread cakes and pastry.
Schedule in effect October 14 1914 shows daily southbound and northbound trains with approximate arrival and departure times at High Point Thomasville Gordontown Denton and High Rock. Times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice. W E Price agent.
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