This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1939
Page
3
A crossword style list with horizontal and vertical clues including names such as Rohde to fill a grid. Entries cover topics from government figures to chemistry, geometry and geography with references to titles and abbreviations.
In Hollywood Richard Dix discusses career highs and lows from Not Guilty to Cimarron and Man of Conquest. He explains how one hit can restore stardom, recalls changing agents and choosing sam Houston roles despite initial rejects, and notes offers across film and radio with RKO.
The Gazette receives a phony tip of Duke Martin’s murder prompting editor Crossie and staff to rush a background piece while chasing a witness. Tuckie Thompson discovers Martin’s body, a detective questions her, and a gun goes missing as officers search the apartment and street. The case promises sensational publicity for the paper.
A playful poem asks to define words ending in oon. The chef takes a macaroon to his patroon while a dark handsome dragoon banqueted with his platoon, hinting at a Want Ad Page answer and a light cryptic ask.
Answers cover rapid sound travel, water versus air, Zui der Zee location, equinox definition, Oliver Twist as the Dodger’s source, and the Ganges as the Hindus sacred river. The water option notes faster sound in water, with the North Sea gulf in Holland as context. The equinox is the twice yearly day equal to night, and Zui der Zee refers to the Zuider Zee in the Netherlands.
Columbia South Carolina June 3 A new law signed by Governor Maybank bans selling fresh water game fish in the state. The measure makes it illegal to offer such fish for sale within South Carolina.
The interview traces an actor’s career restart after doubt and burnout. He recalls doing minor films like Blind Alibi and Twelve Crowded Hours and admits the lure of acting blood. He dismisses pretension about art, notes fear of missteps at previews, and reveals sobriety and a preference for Swedish roles.
Dr Morris Fishbein presents five self test health questions with answers. Topics cover air oxygen eyes cinders doctor selection exercise goiters and iodine. Emphasizes practical home guidance and the role of medical societies.
Roberta Lee answers readers about selecting congenial weekend guests, avoiding envelopes with flashy linings, and proposing a buffet luncheon after an afternoon wedding with guests serving themselves.
The excerpt outlines correct usage and pronunciation tips from W L Gordon. It explains commonly misused phrases, such as I want to see you badly versus very much, and mispronounced words like artisan. It defines potential as existing in possibility, not actuality, and encourages daily vocabulary growth.
A fragmented passage describes rapid events unfolding as a world moves in real time. The text hints at a minute of global happenings and the sense that news emerges from ongoing actions rather than static reports.
A rapid roundup shows New York’s Sing Sing costs 2 dollars per minute to run while Germany consumes 700 pounds of fishmeal each sixty seconds. US air navigation, Dutch wages, and Brazilian carnauba wax production also circulate in these minute by minute snapshots. The world population rises by 70 people per minute, and every American earning over ten thousand dollars pays about $2000 per minute in income tax.
Chapel Hill June 3 The University of North Carolina 144th commencement program opens tomorrow with a baccalaureate sermon by Dr Wyatt Aiken Smart professor of Biblical Theology at Emery University. Glass wool known as angel's hair used for Christmas tree ornaments is being produced in large quantities in Germany for various inflation purposes.
James M. Todd a retired United States steamboat inspector and longtime Great Lakes navigator died last night in Buffalo at age 82. He served over 50 years in the industry and was a veteran of Steamboat navigation on the lakes.
Clergymen protested as a mock air raid occurred at 10 58 am Sunday over Wembley England to test all departments of the local Air Raid Precautions.
YANNE ASHLEY answers reader questions on shoe care and glassware polishing. She suggests rubbing a small amount of vaseline on patent leather before wearing to protect dust collection and wiping excess before reuse. For cut glass, add turpentine to cleaning water, about one tablespoon per two quarts.
Prices have fallen for years yet do not lure American children to choose ecod liver oil, while Norwegian dealers report shipments to the United States are down versus a year ago.
A reader asks if the compass existed in St Paul’s time and how sailors crossed the Mediterranean. The letter explains there was no compass in Europe for about 1,300 years after his death. ancient navigators relied on the sun and stars, shorelines, and coastal routes rather than open-sea travel.
A reader requests to join the 1939 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club through The High Point Enterprise. The letter asks for a Membership Certificate a leaflet on making a Corner Scrapbook and a printed cover design with self addressed stamped envelope.
McKenney presents four bridge problems with solutions. West should bid one diamond, North opens hearts then bids hearts, declarer draws trumps and clubs, counts West’s hand to infer spades, and ends by finessing the spade ten for game.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.