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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1938
Page
3
Raleigh dispatch reports Governor Hoey faces a large 1939 legislature with many incumbents and new candidates. Hoey’s influence may limit reforms such as repealing the absentee ballot for primaries, while seeking to preserve some voting law virtues.
A quick literacy quiz from A C Gordon asks five questions on common knowledge and history. Answers include salt, Artemus Ward, orange and blue as hardest to distinguish, about seven miles per hour, and Morse opening a telegraph office in Washington D C in 1844.
A reader asks how to stop a rattling window and the article suggests weather stripping fixed with glue to quiet the frame. It also offers quick fixes for removing pasted labels from pillow slips using a wet cloth and heat from steam or a kettle spout.
A solar related item notes that roughly 120000 known entities are included in the dataset. The figure suggests a large catalog or index is being referenced and may indicate breadth of coverage or scope of the tally. Further details remain unspecified in the fragment.
A concise guidance piece by Roberta Lee discusses proper greetings and introductions. It advises avoiding the phrase I am pleased to meet you unless genuine, offers alternatives, and emphasizes polite conduct including thanking strangers for directions and correct table manners with corn on the cob.
A compact lesson highlights common word usage and pronunciation errors. It presents a daily word, FARCICAL, defined as relating to farce or ludicrousness, with an example. The piece encourages vocabulary growth by mastering one word each day.
Ten schoolchildren move in four directions at once from a single point. The riddle asks how they can simultaneously descend backward and rise forward while moving together. The answer lies in their coordinated movement within a single plane or sequence rather than separate actions.
William E F McKenney discusses a bridge bidding idea from the American Contract League era. The article explains keeping options open and reserving chance as long as possible, illustrated by a sample hand with specific card layouts and bids.
In a bridge deal from Detroit, South opens to ease later bidding while East-south. Co W Churchill defends. A clever sequence uses ruffs and finesses to avoid a potential finessee by exhausting the trump and ending with clubs. Three diamonds are later cashed to secure the contract.
New York sports round up notes Elmer Layden mourning Dizzy Dean sale and cornices of shifting rosters. Joe DiMaggio linked to Braddock restaurant myth. Seabiscuit and Ligaroti teased for Seattle encore. Cornell seeks coach Vic Hanson linked as top candidate. Joe Savoldi buys a Michigan farm. Saratoga bans gambling dulls excitement at meeting. Hassett eyed for Polo Grounds transfer. Schumacher and Leiber trade discussed. Galento, Ray Wolf, and Joe Louis teased in various settings. Big Ten training tables reappear. Crosby’s Del Mar track losses offset by gambling gains. Armchair prognostications on Armstrong Garcia and Gehringer cited. Yankees push pennant drive with five doubleheaders. Fletcher comments on pitchers as they prepare to move to Yankee Stadium.
Milwaukee 8 Columbus 4 St Paul 8 Indianapolis 3 five innings due to rain Minneapolis 9 Louisville 3 Kansas City 7 Toledo 4 unclear additional details and standings.
Recursive standings show Hartford tied at .500 with five wins five losses, Elmira at 5-5, Trenton 6-6, Albany at 4-0 while Hazleton leads with six wins and Williamsport at 5, Wilkes-Barre 3-4. Binghamton sits 4-3 in a busy league snapshot.
Savannah defeated Macon 6 to 3 while Augusta out pitched Greenville 9 to 2 and Columbus beat Columbia 4 to 1. Jacksonville edged Spartanburg 6 to 5. A watch balance wheel can travel up to ten miles in a day.
A bridge puzzle where the hand shows the obligatory finesse. The text outlines the declarer ee at eee eee and how to make four spades. Duplicate-Neither value and the opener lead are referenced with specific card sequences and partner signals.
Results yesterday show Richmond defeated Charlotte 5 to 4, Norfolk beat Portsmouth 6 to 2, Winston-Salem won 4 to 2 over Durham, and Asheville’s game at Rocky Mount was rained out. In the National League Cincinnati beat St Louis 11 to 4 and Chicago 2. International League Jersey City 6 Toronto 2 Syracuse 8 Buffalo 6 Montreal 13 Baltimore 2. North Carolina State League Salisbury 10 Landis 3 Thomasville 5 Lexington 3 Mooresville 7 Gastonia 11 innings.
Boston faces Pittsburgh with Lanning and Hutchinson pitching against Klinger and Brandt. New York visits Chicago with Gumbert and Page. Philadelphia meets Cincinnati with Johnson and Moore. Brooklyn matches St. Louis with Tamulis and Wetland.
American League doubleheaders listed for Chicago New York Cleveland Detroit and St Louis Washington with pitchers and records. Minor league pairings include Mooresville Gastonia Landis Salisbury Newton-Conover Cooleemee Lexington Thamesville and a note that about 41 percent of the moon is never visible from Earth.
Raleigh reports Thomas Nelson dean of the State College Textile School says a nationwide upturn in the textile industry is underway. After a 12000 mile tour through the United States and parts of Mexico and Canada, he cites rising consumption and scarce shelves as signs of recovery and notes strong demand for State College graduates.
In Greensboro the junior singles semifinals were set with Melville Jordan of Chapel Hill as defending champion, Meyer Hendrix of Winston-Salem, Hughes Davis of Greensboro, and Stokes Rawlins of Greensboro. In women's singles, top seed Mrs. Harry Wilson advanced to join Mary Margaret Binford, Barbara Paine, and Cynthia Reeves in the semis at Guilford College.
In Knoxville on August 23 P Major Bob Neyland of Tennessee and Capt Bill Wood of Army forecast Dartmouth Pittsburgh and Fordham as the top Eastern teams Wood rates Dartmouth best among Ivy schools while Yale and Harvard may be stronger Pitt and Fordham expected to field formidable outfits Neyland also shared his selections after Wood's praise
In August heat players endure a long grind from spring training to the World Series. Yankees and Pirates lead while Cubs Giants and Red Sox suffer injuries and misses. Tobin pitched well as Pittsburgh beat Chicago 4-2 before a home stand, Derringer paced Cincinnati past St Louis 11-4, Feller shows form before the East swing.
The speaker asserts Alabama is the team to beat in the Southeastern Conference. He names Auburn close behind, with Louisiana State, Vanderbilt, Tulane, Tennessee, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss in varying order.
In Rochester Pennsylvania Squire William Brown orders veterinarian McKean Boyce to perform brood tests after Michael Lombardi accused of stealing two pigs from Armstoa Slaughter. Allman confirms the ache and confirms ownership of the pigs.
Pickets patrolling the sidewalks in front of the Moresom Gardens apartments wore taille and top hats to escort Patricia Harrington in evening dress. Four policemen in summer blue stood by as the strike continued.
Guisep Ballata lost his savings when a bank transfer error sent funds away. An unidentified man later returned the sock and money. Ballata credits strict habits for his luck and recovery.
Coroner Frank J. Walsh ordered 600 guns melted into plaques to honor public heroes. A sub machine gun used in the 1926 Weiss assassination is cast as one plaque. The first award goes to chef Lige Dehowski after being wounded in a 1925- era confrontation with a robber.
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