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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1939
Page
7
The page shows a serial story border adventure by Oren Arnold and a crossword style clue. It mentions a versatile actress and a picture caption from the High Point Enterprise dated April 26 1939 in North Carolina.
Betty Mary Jordan visits Luis Barro at Casa Hermosa near Juarez to probe when Barro will smuggle aliens. Hope Kildare orders roses for Betty Mary and worries as she vanishes from El Paso, while Sheridan Starr hints at a romance between Hope and Betty Mary.
Harrison surveys how film crews faced noisy neighbors near Culver City and on a studio lot. A family series led 20th Fox to film near an actual street, then on studio property. Disruptions included radios and kids. hush money followed and a neighbor with a cornet was silenced by hiring him as a whistle signalman.
A playful set of claims tests readers on truthfulness with statements about esoteric terms and literary figures. Readers must pick which three are false and identify the true statements, as hinted by the note “Answers Elsewhere in Paper.”
The article explains infra red and red rays, their heat effects, and limited tissue penetration. It notes heat aids inflammation and pain relief, raises body temperature, and aids waste elimination. Heat is useful for back and chest pains with known causes, and infrared therapy calms restless patients.
A compact note depicts rapid global events as they unfold in real time. The text emphasizes swift reporting and the sense that news arrives while happenings occur, capturing a minute of world activity.
A studio plot unfolds as a singing teacher rents a top floor apartment facing Hollywood offices and attempts to attract pupils by singing loudly. A studio official interrupts his plan, asking about payment to keep quiet or move. The anecdote ends with the maestro claiming he is moving tonight.
The text reports massive smuggling to avoid duty into Tientsin with 200 dollars of goods every minute, rising opium production in China, missionary and BBC spending per minute, a silkworm rate, chromium production, Montreal turnover, and rivers carrying six thousand tons of matter per minute, all in rapid succession.
Advice on dressing within budget, stressing character over clothing and noting that clothes do not define gentility. It states that both spouses may acknowledge invitations jointly, and recommends avoiding cocktails before a meal that will feature wine.
Do not boil fabric with vaseline stains as it sets. Saturate with turpentine for at least thirty minutes before washing. For Russian dressing mix one cup mayonnaise with two teaspoons chili sauce one can pimentos finely chopped and optional grated cheese.
Today's focus defines INTERCEDE as to act between parties to reconcile differences. Example shows friends interceded for them and peace was restored.
Manufacturers claim that perfect efficiency in cars would yield about 200 miles per gallon of gasoline. They explain that the theoretical limit hinges on eliminating losses from friction, weight, and engine inefficiencies.
In a building scene, Isaac Edmunds explains eighteen years in plastering and describes the process. Workers mix lime and sand for the rough coat, haul 150 pound mortar up a tight ladder, then apply the first coat in a room in about an hour. The final coat requires careful timing and a smooth finish, with specific mixing ratios noted by Mr. Edmunds. Tomorrow: The Tiler.
In a bridge quiz, South opens one spade, West overcalls two diamonds, and West leads the ace of diamonds. The key play is West's five of diamonds to signal ruff and return a club, a suit preference tactic. The article also notes March 1939 context on ship and car registrations in the US.
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