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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
3
St Louis faces severe air pollution from coal smoke blamed on 5,000,000 tons of Illinois soft coal used yearly. A civic committee studies action and aims to curb the acrid haze that costs the city millions, though an immediate cure is unlikely and coal communities threaten a boycott.
A smoke committee may push smokeless fuel from Illinois coal and the city could seek bonds to run processing plants. The legislature funded a 185000 study last year and estimates push 6 million to build plants to supply two million tons yearly. London’s smoke problem is cited as a long warning from 1200 years of fog. CRANIUM CRACKERS abbreviations quiz and ads note.
A reader asks how to lessen visible scratches on scuffed shoes and is advised to rub vaseline before polishing. Another query asks how to keep poached eggs from sticking, with the tip to add salt to the water. A third question covers stiffening delicate fabrics by adding melted granulated sugar to rinsing water.
A rapid digest notes per minute global spending on hair dye sugar bread sugar imports sarongs clothing wool medicine trade figures for Australia New Zealand and Finland. It frames a brisk snapshot of monetary flow and movement across nations before ending with a STOP READING cue.
Lesson notes teach correct usage with Confidant masculine and Confidante feminine forms. It defines a confidant as one to whom secrets are confided and cautions that vanity and talkativeness often form such exchanges.
Questions and answers cover Revolutionary War beginnings in Massachusetts, novelist James Fenimore Cooper, color theory on black, Count Tolstoy as a peasant life figure, and the United States territories Hawaii and Alaska. A closing line notes the American Legion’s 1919 organization in Paris.
A tactless remark about a person’s religion or profession is criticized as rude. A guest should not remove wraps before seating when entering a public dining room. the escort or waiter should assist after seating. Invitations are mailed two to three weeks before a wedding.
Col. Leonard P. Ayres of the Cleveland Trust Co reports a new business relapse looming as firms cut production and profits lag. He notes durable goods declines reduce inventory risk but urge large war orders to revive current consumption and capital issues. He cites three nearly equal factory production peaks since 1929 and warns profits per unit are shrinking at high output levels.
Personal to fat girls promote Marmola Tablets as a simple way to slim the face and body without strict dieting or strenuous exercise. The ad notes over thirty years of sale and twenty million boxes distributed, warns it is not a cure all, and urges consultation with a physician for diagnosis and thyroid-related conditions.
Raleigh February 15 Governor Hoey said he would not interfere with the scheduled execution of Nathaniel Bryant and William Young two Negroes linked to the death of guard J S Chesser. The men were reprieved in December to allow a full investigation of the case.
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