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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
3
Army communique reports French and Allied gunners repelling raids west of the Saar and Moselle. French and German patrols clash near frontier villages. casualties unspecified with both sides claiming advantage and air reconnaissance over eastern France.
German artist Emanuel Leutze painted a famed image of Washington crossing the Delaware with notable historical liberties. The piece features Rhine scenery and a washwoman model, while misplacing ice and vessel types. Despite factual flaws, the painting remains a Met Museum favorite.
A quiz lists five figures with options to identify their deceased roles. Herbert Munain likely a film comedian. Opie Read a humorist. J. G. Sargent a former U S attorney general. Havelock Ellis a writer on sex psychology. Gaston Means a Lindbergh baby kidnap hoaxer. A separate note mentions a mail plane flight of 212 miles in 67 minutes and London magistrate R E F Dummett being knighted.
In Thomasville on February 22 the W P A and Finch Institute resume the regular adult education classes at 7 PM. Mrs Bess Rosa from the Woman's College of North Carolina will teach in the former Red Cross offices on Salem Street. The free classes are open to the public.
A Spencer Iowa ordinance bans rude remarks to anyone passing on the street. The notice frames the rule as a public decorum measure enforced by local authorities.
James Steele, local engraver, demonstrated photo engraving at the High Point Camera Club meeting last night. The session at Service Craft engraving plant on North Wrenn Street covered half tone and related engraving steps with members urged to bring prints for the next meeting.
A three‑way collision near Durham durante last night claimed the life of Mrs. PD K Taylor 66 of Fayetteville and injured four others Joseph O Tally and his wife Mrs Joseph O Tally Taylor's daughter Frederick Barlow of Chapel Hill and Robert L Edwards of Durham were hurt and taken to local hospitals David K Tally the 16 year old son escaped uninjured The mold note about molten steel appears as unrelated text.
A notice announces a meeting to be held on the first Wednesday in March. Officials urge attendance and outline the time and location planned for the gathering.
Greensboro College Glee Club under Walter Vassar will perform Sunday at 7 30 p m at Main Street Methodist Church in Thomasville. The 43 member ensemble has included Thomasville on its tour for several years and will attend a Methodist Ladies Auxiliary supper before the show.
Resident Papua colony locals increasingly believe a distant conflict affects them and express interest in joining one of the belligerent armies. They are largely unaware of Adolf Hitler but sense the global war impact through news and displacement.
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