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High Point Enterprise in High Point, North Carolina
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
12
Pearl divers and dhow fleets in the Persian Gulf
Mr. Richard Davis describes pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf where sheiks own about 500 boats called dhowe each with 30 to 50 men. Divers train from birth and work at depths of 18 to 560 feet using nose clips and stones. Hindu merchants buy pearls. disputes arise as both sides feel cheated. each port guards its own shoals leading to clashes.
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Richard Davis
Persian Gulf
Look and Learn Qs and Answers by A C Gordon
Question and answer set about common knowledge topics. It presents two devices sharing a name radiator for heating and cooling, identifies Baltimore as the largest U S city south of the Mason Dixon line, notes the Pacific coast has higher tides, gives an annual egg consumption of about 832 million dozen in the United States, and states Columbus never reached the North American mainland.
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United States
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Columbus
North America
Baltimore
How Can I Wash a Chamois and Save Butter
In this reader Q and A column Anne Ashley instructs on cleaning a chamois by soaking in ammonia water then drying in sun without wringing. She also explains restoring butter by soaking two hours in cold water with bicarbonate of soda. A third tip suggests using pressed yellow soap as a temporary solder substitute for leaks.
Modern Etiquette Q&A on seating and color balance
A Roberta Lee etiquette column answers questions on formal dinner seating placing the woman guest of honor on the host's right and second in importance on his left, color pairings blue with orange green with red yellow with purple, and that bridal attendants should not linger in the church vestibule after the ceremony.
Lessons In English Lesson On Word Usage By W L Gordon
A compact note on English usage focusing on commonly misused words and pronunciations. It includes guidance on prognosis and related terms with a dated quotation illustrating the theme and urges daily vocabulary growth through mastering one word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Charles
la Bruyere
Cranium Crackers Quiz Puzzles on Classified Page
Quick quiz questions about Cleo patra’s Needles British premiers since WWI World Court member US Catacombs and a math puzzle ask for one fourth of one fourth of a ream of paper Answers appear on the Classified Page.
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World Court
County trustees back perfume plant as WPA project in Los Angeles
County supervisors approve a request to develop a perfume factory as a WPA project in Los Angeles, noting the climate suits aromatic plants. Botanists praise the favorable conditions and suggest industrial potential for local agriculture and employment.
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Los Angeles
Slave Trade in Doha and Arab Market Described
The speaker recalls reaching Doha in 1985 and seeing about 100 slaves loaded with goods into warehouses. He describes a slave market scene with slaves grouped and pushed by owners, noting they were mainly Saudanese Nubians Persians with some half bloods, sold in small lots for cattle or livestock.
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Doha
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