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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1940

Page

7

Ideas For Small Gardens Tie Porch To Ground With Shrubbery

Henry Pree explains garden planning to connect porch to yard using two neighbor examples. One uses rhododendron azaleas crabapple accent for height while softening the porch lines. the other keeps the house in order with barberry and Dorothy Perkins rose. Suggestions include flowering dogwood crabapple hawthorn lilacs and various evergreens and deciduous shrubs for corners and under the porch.

Henry Pree Dorothy Perkins Mentor Chenaulti Catesbaei Oregon

Wallace Beery eyes desert premiere for 20 Mule Team

Hollywood notes report Wallace Beery plans a world premiere of 20 Mule Team in Death Valley desert, with a projection setup in Dead Man's Cave Coffin Canyon and invitees from the graveyard shift. Other items mention Metro buying The Stars Look Down and Margaret Lockwood’s return to Hollywood.

Hollywood Wallace Beery Desert Dead Man’s Cave Coffin Canyon Funeral Mountains Death Valley Metro England Margaret Lockwood Miss Lockwood Paramount

Shanghaied Boxers Aboard Ship Spark New Scoop

Val Douglas forces Eddie Cavalier and his entourage into a stay aboard the Northern Belle. Captain Hansen imposes dockside discipline and secrecy while Val plans to file daily shipboard dispatches and stage a dramatic fight scoop with Massini as the bout nears.

Val Douglas Eddie Cavalier Val Steve Hensen Northern Belle Duffy Kelso Cavalier Hensen Mike Kelly Hansen Steve Hansen Steve Matey MacGregor Barney Frisco Stevie Captain Hansen Pop Grimes Prince Rupert British Columbia Johnny Massini Massini Duffy

New York Hospitals Pay for Illness in Real Time

A Howard Merrill passage notes rapid health costs in New York as patients drain public hospitals at a dollar per second. It contrasts in the United States with egg production, animal slaughter in Canada, rat baiting in Hawaii, and global economic figures.

Dominion Hawaiian Islands Soviet Union U. S U.S

Film Schedules Show Shift Away From Biographies

The industry cites scarcity of biographical films as exhibitors claim the public tires of them. Projects mentioned include Frank Lloyd's Tree of Liberty, Wesley Ruggles Arizona, Hal Roach Captain Caution, South of Pago Pago, Son of Monte Cristo, Edison the Man with Tracy, Incident in Java with Robert Taylor and Ilona Massey, and Dawn of Hope. Carole Landis nose job noted. Martin Dies cast as a Communist hunter.

Frank Lloyd Wesley Ruggles Arizona Hal Roach Captain Caution Edward Small Pago Pago Son of Monte Cristo Mickey Rooney Edison Tom Edison Studio Edison the Tracy Robert Taylor Ilona Massey Java Carole Landis Martin Dies

Rhodesian Statesman Crossword Clue Puzzle

A cryptic crossword list with horizontal and vertical clues referencing Rhodesian statesmen, Latin roots, and common crossword words. Entries include Englishmen linked to Rhodesia, various Latin phrases, and thematic terms across politics, anatomy, and geography.

Right or Wrong About Marriage and Mental Health

A psychologist argues that two married people often live saner lives than one. Unmarried and divorced individuals show higher rates of mental disorders, while some marriages fail due to incompatible motives. The piece suggests marriage can aid mental health if entered for sane reasons.

Donald A. Laird

Cranium Crackers Short Cuts Puzzle

Abbreviations are used freely. test yourself on the follow feces os mK Fe. 2.8, 3. H at Y B78. Answer: 5 on w ant Ad Page.

How to Keep Biscuits Crisp and Clean Stain Tips

Advice from a historical page covers serving hot biscuits on hot plates to prevent sogginess. It also explains removing putty stains from glass with strong hot vinegar and a method to minimize bruise discoloration by rubbing a fresh bump with wet starch.

Modern Etiquette Quiz From a Tea to a Letter Salutation

Q and A on proper etiquette. If asked to remove wraps in a adjoining room do so removing coat gloves but not hat. Do not let knife blade rest on butter pot. place knife on plate with handle on edge. Salutations in letters should end with a colon, as in Dear John:

John

LOOK and LEARN By A. GORDON

The questions ask which tree has roots binding soil with a fiber network to guard stream banks and ask for two gro ve. The text appears as a learning prompt asking for plant roots and growth terms.

Ancient Censuses in Egypt and Israel

UNCLE RAY'S CORNER traces early census practices. It notes Egyptian officials listing people for population counts and Moses leading a census during the Exodus. It cites tribal totals from the Book of Samuel and mentions David's later census. Tomorrow: The Roman Census.

Egypt Moses Promised Land Israal Reuben Simeon Judah David Israel

April Fools Day theme highlights a bridge defense

McKENNEY discusses a bridge hand where West leads diamonds and East overtakes, prompting a complex deduction on finesses and trumps. The declarer must read West's likely heart cards, and South correctly ruffs with the ten of hearts to clinch the contract.

West Declarer East South

History questions and vocabulary notes from a reader page

A page features quiz answers on Egypt history the quart count in a barrel the first postage stamp suggestion and the smallest Scandinavian kingdom Denmark plus English language lessons including usage notes mispronunciations misspellings and a note on Bermuda perfumery sales valued at 140000 last year

Egypt Moses and Joseph Sir Isaac Pitman Denmark Bermuda

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