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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1941
Page
15
High Point merchants join nationwide observance April 19 to 26. The piece highlights spring furniture trends, color schemes, fabrics and finishes, urging readers to refresh their homes. It contrasts modern materials and manufacturing advances with older styles to emphasize progress in home furnishings.
The article notes changing furniture trends from General Grant and Early McKinley walnut to oak and mission styles, praising 1941 designs for beauty, proportion, and color. It urges buyers to consider durable, harmonious furnishings during America’s Home Week and compares home styling to auto shows.
Lucie Neville reports from Hollywood on The Great Man's Lady wedding scene being staged with wind, rain, and thunder under director Wellman. The article details Stanwyck and McCrea in western attire, Wellman's cueing, and the practical effects team producing natural storm elements on set. Nearby stock figures note U.S. canners produce over 100 million cans annually, Illinois competes with Town on hog totals, and yellow pine and Douglas fir forests supply significant lumber.
A hotel survey of 337 establishments finds 89 percent replace mattresses after five to eight years and 65 percent rebuild bed springs by ten. In homes, 33 percent of mattresses are over ten years old and 47 percent expect 15 years to a lifetime. Innerspring beds dominate hotels while pillows age around 25 years in homes.
Physicians advise a daily hour of rest for housewives to combat insomnia linked to fatigue. Check beds for hard or lumpy mattresses. Census figures show US bakeries produce 875,123,000 dollars worth of pies and 24,346,000 dollars in pastries annually. Cheese factories churn out half a billion pounds of American cheese each year.
The census reports 6 980 used car dealers sold second-hand automobiles in 1939, with total sales amounting to 193 790 000 dollars. The data highlights the scale of the used car trade and its economic impact during that year.
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