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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1939
Page
3
North Carolina hosts about six poisonous snake species in the pit viper group. The moccasins and copperhead are common, with the coral snake noted as most venomous. Several snakes aid farmers by controlling pests, though many are harmless.
A set of misspelled or incorrect historical phrasing shows common errors: Iowa meets Michigan in a Ten Hockey game tonight. Cordell Hull as secretary of te misses attending a ting of the United States uncil of National Defense. Gasoline is combustable. Dora Spenlow is the lead character's second wife in Kens' David Copperfield. a frizette is a fried onion.
A compact guide highlights common word pitfalls. It notes per as both singular and plural in phrases like per cent. It warns on mispronunciations such as presen tion and mispellings like liquefy. The piece frames word study as effort and repetition.
Iowa City native Wiley Blount Rutledge is a liberal law school dean seen as a likely successor to Justice Brandeis. A 100 percent New Deal Democrat, he backed Roosevelt’s court plan and advocates human welfare, legal aid, and reform of child labor.
The word bilingual means recorded or expressed in two languages or capable of speaking two languages. It is used to describe a bilingual dictionary or a bilingual country and is pronounced with two syllables, bi ling gu al.
Secretary McKenney of the American Contract Bridge League notes success in rubber and duplicate bridge hinges on sealing your opponents. Today’s column recounts how most North and South players were content with their bidding.
Sir Derrick Wernher of Deal New Jersey with C B Pennebaker of Washington DC scored higher through an early double of two hearts in the national team of four championship. Wernher ruffed, East discarded, and after a sequence South and North won a 700 point penalty for the set of four tricks, outweighing the spade game given up.
Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions on slang use in conversation. She emphasizes good English and a large vocabulary, noting slang is unnecessary. She discusses social introductions and a guest at table signals, highlighting self consciousness when a guest toys with utensils.
In a two over one style layout with 1092 AKJ4 8653 554 Q9765 Q72 Ss Dealer AKJ 10876 108 Q873 KQJ54 1109, West’s bid of two hearts after South opens one no trump is evaluated. The double by South would be considered under standard rules, with implications for responder and declarer play.
Winston Salem February 21 Judge John H Clement signed an order in Forsyth superior court making permanent a temporary receivership of Mayor W T Wilsons public guardian accounts Wilson filed notice of appeal from the earlier order removing him from office as public guardian Embezzlement indictments involving the guardian accounts are pending against Wilson
A cloth dampened with a little ammonia or a soda solution should be used to remove corrosion around terminals of automobile batteries.
Voters in Richmond county decide if they will join 28th counties allowed liquor stores. Polls opened at 6 58 a m and close at 6 05 p m with church leaders leading a vigorous campaign.
Hollywood gossip and career notes from February include Hedy Lamarr's new look rumors, Be a Geste casting changes, Lassie fashion jokes, and jokes about star marriages. George Burns and Jack Benny are linked by onset friendship and legal issues. Studios scout Olson and Johnson for Hellzapoppin success, with OConnor moving to Beau Geste and Dillinger casting rumors. Amelia Earhart biopic work continues.
Negotiations were under way in Hickory to settle a projectionists strike that stopped shows at The Carolina and The Rivoli theatres yesterday afternoon. A patrolman stood at each theatre door, with no picketing observed. The workers reportedly demanded a wage contract.
Oscar Johnson of Scott Mississippi, president of the National Cotton Council, explained the group program to boost cotton use at a session of the North Carolina Virginia unit of the Spinubicle today in Raleigh.
Five trivia prompts cover vinegar acid identification Civil War nicknames jewelry weight system and bulb flowers. Answers list acetic acid George Henry Thomas Troy bulb propagation and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
A reader asks about preserving rubber with kerosene vapor and attaching a food chopper to a porcelain table using rough sandpaper under clamps. The guide also advises treating lightly scorched linen with onion rub and cold-water soaking. A Yosemite pack rat stole 118 dimes from the park hotel and hid them in its nest.
A doctor explains constipation causes and prevention through diet. The piece promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as the bulk source to keep stools soft, urging daily consumption with ample water. It is attributed to Kellogg's in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
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