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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1938

Page

5

Hull Warns Mexico on Expropriated Lands Payment Plan

Washington notes that Hull pressured Mexico to compensate American land seizures with 10 million dollars in claims and inter American arbitration. Mexico reportedly rejected a two man commission while officials called the note among the strongest in years as a move to secure prompt settlements.

Ashington See- Hull State Department Mexico Exico Hull Mexico City Ull

Winchell Critiques Editorials and Celebrity Flood

Walter Winchell argues symposia degrade news value, favoring padding white space with opinions. He condemns celebrity quotes and editorial bragging while noting the pressure for scoops and ads, and recalls past journalistic missteps and exclusive endings.

Eviction Fears for Citizens Across Western Republics

A fragment questions whether a citizen living in one republic of the Western Hemisphere can secure daily living amid possible eviction from home and loss of livelihood, highlighting regional insecurity and precarity for families.

Western Hemisphere

Nellie Bly Completes World Flight Arriving in New York

Nellie Bly finishes a globe circling journey in 72 days 4 hours 11 minutes arriving in New York after a fast train voyage from California to Chicago then Jersey City. Cannons and crowds greet her as the World prints the event as leading news with the headline Father Time Outdone. She later marries Robert L. Seaman and dies in 1922 nearly age 55.

California Nellie Bly San Francisco Oakland Fresno Calif New York Arizona New Mexico Colorado Missouri Tts Chicago Jersey City N. J New York City New York “World Neliie Bly Robert L. Seaman Brooklyn New York “Journal

Heat at 25 Miles Deep Melts Metals and Rock

A report notes that at 25 miles underground the earth’s temperature reaches about 2200 degrees Fahrenheit, sufficient to melt metals and rock. The finding highlights extreme geothermal conditions and their geological implications.

Look and Learn Q&A from A C Gordon

A collection of reader questions and practical answers on home economics etiquette language use and vocabulary. Topics include removing egg stains from linen and silk increasing room height with wallpaper seating at dinners mourning bands and general invitations plus a vocabulary quiz and notes on Virgin Islands demographics.

Ambassador's Wife Wounded In Spain

Reuters reports the wife of Italy's ambassador to the Insurgent Spain was wounded when a police patrol in San Sebastian fired on her car. The ambassador, Roberto Cantalupo, had presented credentials on March 1, 1937. he was unhurt.

London Reuters Spain San Sebastian Roberto Cantalupo Italy

When Did Jeweler Start Two Fast and Slow Watches

A jeweler started two watches yesterday morning both wound. One gains two minutes per hour and the other loses three minutes per hour. By 10 a m today the first is an hour and a half ahead of the second. The start time yesterday is solvable by rate comparison, yielding the time prior to 10 a m when the divergence reached the 90 minute difference.

Giant puffball spores count shocks readers

Scientists estimate a single giant puffball can release about seven trillion spores though the fungus remains rare in most regions.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Opposed to Entanglements

Columbus Aug 26 veterans of foreign wars adopted resolutions at the 39th annual encampment opposing foreign entanglements that might lead the US to war. They rejected calls to withdraw diplomatic relations with Russia boycott Japanese goods and condemn Mexico over oil expropriation. Royal Oak Mich and Upper Darby Pa won national bugle corps championships and $1000 prizes for senior and junior divisions.

Columbus United States Russia Mexico Royal Oak Mich Upper Darby

Ambassador Wilson Bypasses Predecessor to Attend Nazi Congress

United States Ambassador Hugo R. Wilson will attend the Nazi party’s Nuremberg Congress starting September 5 in Berlin, marking a contrast to predecessor William E. Dodd who did not attend the 1957 event. The piece also notes the historical figure Locusta as a poisoner and cites a claim on schoolchildren’s dental defects.

Berlin United States Hugo R. Wilson Nuremburg Wilson Willam E. Dodd

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