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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1940
Page
7
A vertical and horizontal puzzle grid lists clues and answers such as famous artist, Mexican dollar and various descriptors. The page presents a crossword style challenge with numbered items, spanning terms from celestial to linguistic entries.
In a hospital room, Mary Carroll undergoes plastic surgery by Dr. Lenox restoring her identity after the Moravia disaster. Vincent Gregg arrives, torn between Carla Marchetta and trust, as Mary explains the masquerade and their shared longing, amid wartime suspicions and lingering secrets.
In four centuries Russia expanded from Europe into Asia forming Siberia as frontier and sending convicts there. Some explorers colonized coastland and a Russian captain helped acquire Alaska, later sold to the United States for 7.2 million dollars in 1867. The czar Nicholas II ruled 1894 to 1917 and fought Japan with Japan taking the lead in battles. the era ended with Russia losing influence in Asia.
A medical column explains how minor ear infections can spread to the mastoid bone behind the ear through improper nose blowing. It warns that untreated mastoid involvement risks significant complications but notes that with proper care and early drainage of the drum, full recovery is likely.
A reader asks how to minimize the disagreeable odor from cauliflower. The suggestion is to place a piece of stale bread atop the cauliflower after starting boiling and not to cover the pot.
A prompt appearing as a quiz asks to match dishes to nations. It lists five foods Lutfisk ravioli smorgasbord borsch sauerbraten and asks to write the nation each evokes, then says answers on Want Ad Page.
Hollywood reports detail the making of Northwest Passage led by King Vidor with Spencer Tracy and Robert Young. The six month location shoot in Idaho’s Payette Lake included 125 burning buildings, two forts, 364 Indians, and vast prop fleets as crews rebuilt a frontier world for the Rogers expedition saga.
A compact note on common word usage and pronunciation. Today’s focus is imploration as an urgent supplication, with guidance on proper pronunciation and usage.
The text answers five questions about historical and literary facts. It notes Jesus coined Render unto Caesar, Pompeii buried by a volcanic eruption in 63 A.D, Congress can override a veto, Canterbury Tales is a major narrative poetry collection, and Ireland is linked with Emerald. It also provides tips on pumpkin seed bait and velvet cleaning methods.
A pictograph compares the current circulating money with previous years and shows that if the total 7.5978 billion dollars were divided among all Americans, each person would receive 57.71 dollars. The article questions who holds the bulk of the remaining currency.
A rapid montage lists minute by minute economic and production feats across nations. United Kingdom imports munitions from the U S at 75 dollars per sixty seconds while France imports 50 dollars per minute. The U S yields fats from whales at 19 000 pounds per minute. Parliamentarian spending and industrial output surge in wartime.
A Q and A section notes avoid friendship with someone who derides others as they will likely insult you too. It also says placing a tray under the sirop pitcher is proper to protect the tablecloth. It adds that a man should wear gloves with evening dress at the opera balls or ceremonial dinners.
McKenny on Bridge presents a hand from Fishbein and Appleyard showing how overestimating the ace in clubs can ruin defense. The article details West opening spades, second hand low, and scenarios where the king of clubs or East’s ace of clubs alters the contract and potential downing of the rubber.
Guilford County real estate changes include multiple transfers across High Point and Jamestown townships. D H Solomon and wife transfer to Marvin Wade and wife. W W Church to J R Lindley. C A Case to Alice Case Barrow. Z H Howerton trustee to EB M Reddick. G W Millershaw to Bradley Williams. J W Blackwell to M B Motes. Walter E Miller to H C B Guthrie executor. L Tucker to E Z Tucker. M L Hollowell to G G Hardison.
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