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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
5
Finnish soldiers report drifting airmen make fine targets as reports from Moscow and Helsinki show parachute drops by infantry suspected of scaring civilians. The piece argues wartime fears over parachute assaults are being reassessed as they miss the real threat.
The article notes Soviet parachute landings in the far north and argues that while parachutes can supply isolated troops and support espionage, they remain risky and difficult for forming lines of battle. It cites Japan and the United States experimenting with parachutes and recalls Germany's wartime use for blitzkrieg.
Practical tips from a period guide explain moths won’t attack fur if pepper or tobacco is sprinkled, then shaken out before wear. Lettuce leaves can be kept intact by removing the core with a sharp knife and rinsing under a cold-water faucet to avoid tearing.
The column traces playing cards from Apache deerskin to early printing use, notes U S government card tax near four million dollars yearly, and discusses a Blackwood slam on a featured hand with a club finesse. It also hints movable type’s first link to playing cards.
To remove coffee and tea stains from linen soak the spots in glycerine. Allow to stand for several hours. Then wash in the usual way.
The note explains proper usage and pronunciation for terms like caliber versus type, mispronounced Sas katchewan, and common misspellings lend and fend. It promotes daily vocabulary growth with a focus on the word circumspect meaning watchful and prudent.
A light earthquake at 12:08 a m woke hundreds of sleepers across northern California. The quake was felt in Sacramento Grass Valley Nevada City and surrounding areas with no damage. Hospital patients and downtown hotel guests were awakened as hundreds fled but no harm occurred. Duke summer school set to open June 12 for the 22nd session.
Washington reports a joint effort by Canada and the United States to clear the eastern border for anti spy patrols. Storms and fallen trees impede patrolling and threaten border security against saboteurs and explosives. Canada has increased frontier guards while American officials seek a clearer line to enforce neutrality.
Fatally injured Catherine Adams 36 of Southern Pines after an automobile train collision in the town. Oil discovery reported in Netherlands New Guinea.
A compact Q and A on social conduct. It advises that a man with eccentric habits should change them, warns against women leading dances as it makes them masculine, and states table cloths should hang four to five inches from the floor.
The WPA announced plans to start February 22 on a bathhouse and well for a $47,120 Fort Macon State Park development aimed at opening a saltwater beach this summer. The project, near Atlantic Beach in Carteret County, marks the state park division's first saltwater beach. Meanwhile in Wilson hearings will begin next week to review complaints from North Carolina tobacco farmers on 1940 AAA allotments.
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