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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1938
Page
8
Puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues with numeric codes for words. Entries include clues such as 90 Pistol 11 Measure of area and 32 Constellation 13 Lairs, requiring cross filling to complete the grid.
A reader asks how big Pluto is and how far from the sun it lies. Experts say Pluto’s exact size is unknown but likely not larger than Earth, possibly as small as Mars or Mercury, and its average distance is about 3.7 million miles with its orbit varying over years. Professor C M Huffer notes the 200 inch telescope could help if Pluto’s diameter is large enough.
TAMES Co. PE TRILLO is Chicago’s park district commissioner and also leads Musicians' Local No. 10. Using influence from both posts he has built the free concerts in Chicago’s parks to unprecedented popularity.
Five statements test geography knowledge. The correct true items are that Madagascar is an island off Africa and the Monsoons are periodic winds in the Indian Ocean. The Danube drains into the Black Sea, Gatun Dam relates to the Panama Canal, and the Andes are a mountain range in South America.
Advice for painting window screens using a wooden block wrapped in cloth to apply paint to mesh. Also includes tips to remove scorch stains from white clothes with salt and lemon and steam, then wash. Also suggests heating a bread knife blade to cut fresh bread more easily.
Roberta Lef answers common etiquette questions. Do not add sentiment when autographing photos unless asked by a very intimate friend. The bride’s family typically bears wedding costs, and a man should offer his right arm to a guest at a formal dinner.
Q and A with answers including Lincoln and Washington as most biographical subjects, about four million illiterates in the U S, cotton as chief export, faux pas defined as a social error, and Denver Colorado having many federal buildings after Washington.
A compact vocabulary note teaching usage and pronunciation for the word scintilla. It contrasts hectic with exciting times and offers spelling tips for Cincinnati while urging daily word mastery.
A playful comparison estimates airplane travel times from the sun to the earth and to Pluto, noting 26.5 years and 1,056 years respectively. The piece also mentions a Selience scrapbook item about Famous Cities of Europe and a Venezuela coin bearing Simon Bolivar.
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