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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1939
Page
7
Puzzle text lists clues and partial answers about radium discoverer Marie Curie and a set of linked definitions. The grid references people, places, and science terms across multiple rows, including celestial and everyday words, with several historical and cultural terms embedded.
Hollywood notes reveal Gene Reynolds struggled to cry for The Spirit of Cyrus or Spirit of Cyl or until co stars Jackie Cooper and Jeddie Bartholomew urged him. Joan Fontaine, cast in Man of Conquest, proved to resist May December setup as she prefers older men, nearly engaged to Conrad Nagel at 21.
Susie Lambert travels to Rivertown with Dick Tremaine and goes public with her transformed beauty. The pair share waffles as she explains the long quest for beauty, the role of a newspaper image, and a new identity that astonishes Dick.
This column answers etiquette questions about how a young man should greet a girl with How do you do instead of I am pleased to meet you. It suggests a dinner host should bring candy or flowers if unable to return the favor. It also notes sealing wax is fine for social letters but not for business correspondence.
A playful query asks for the missing halves of well known duo titles. Items include 1 Mr Hyde and 2 Fields 3 Odyssey and 4 Grace Anna Goodhue. Also notes a Lent question about a Biblical city tied to Christianity among Italians with answers on the Want Ad page.
The item notes publicists pushed a romance story between Howard Hughes and Olivia de Havilland after a flight with the Dodge City crew near Modesto. Hughes called the actress to deny embarrassment, while publicity men spread word of a flying liaison.
The Family Doctor explains that twins may be born days apart and that obstetricians act promptly after the first birth. If the second child stalls, doctors monitor heart activity and may use forceps or operative maneuvers. Deaths at birth are higher for twins and increase with larger multiples.
This note outlines common usage errors and pronunciations for English words. It highlights correct phrasing for not applicable cases and demonstrates pronunciation for Jeopardize, spelling quirks of subterranean, and synonyms for circle. It ends with a vocabulary tip and today's word humiliate.
Steps for mending a large sweater hole by basting a patch on the wrong side and darning through it to strengthen the repair. Enamel salt and pepper shaker tops with two coats after thorough drying. Improve dough rolling by wrapping muslin tightly around the rolling pin for thin, uniform sheets.
In Oakland City Indiana, coroner Roy Smith reports grasshoppers multiplying in his house due to eggs in potted plants kept indoors for winter. In Salt Lake City a three year old's alarm triggers a purse robbery by two youths who fled through a window.
In Turlock California Gretchen and Nigger two Doberman pinschers were brought to police to help track criminals. The dogs disappeared and police listed them as stolen.
Police tracked a bolt loving suspect after seats collapsed in several theatres. In the Princess Theatre a rusty bolt turned sparked bystanders and led to arrests, with a stash of nuts screws and washers found at his home. In Ames Iowa State College pranksters tied horses to a lobby rail sparking disciplinary action by faculty.
Uncle Ray explains ocean salinity and its causes. Sunlight cycles water into vapor leaving salt behind, while rivers carry more salt to the oceans. The average salt is about three parts per hundred, and the oceans contain vast salt amounts, with age estimates around 70 million years.
The opening two bid signals a tremendous hand and prompts a six part series on responses. Secretary WM B E McKenney outlines initial principles and strategic aims for players facing strong openers.
The article outlines a two or three loser defense, detailing responses to a two level opener. It explains that suit responses show the ace, two no trump denies an ace and less than one and a half tricks, three no trump shows at least one and a half tricks in kings and queens, and four no trump shows two aces. It notes a sample where two no trump denies an ace and a further trick and a half, justifying six hearts and a re doubling, with a simple play plan ending in a diamond ruff and seven-odd made.
Bridge problem from 1939 NEA Service opens with A5 AKQJ 1098 KQJ 32 432 A532 7654 s Dealer 765 10987 982 KQJ10987 None AKQJ10. The problem presents a sequence where the opener and responder share strong suits with no clear single line of play indicated.
A Raleigh conference of North Carolina State College horticulturists and potato growers from Pitt Martin Edgecombe and Bertie counties plus a Farm Security Administration official debated whether to build a sweet potato starch plant in North Carolina. The gathering weighed feasibility and potential impact on local agriculture and industry.
U. S. Commissioner Anna M. Paul ordered James E. Forrest held on $500 bond after a preliminary hearing in Washington on embezzling federal funds. Forrest is a former local postal clerk from Greenville reported March 7.
Answers list includes billiards as the game in Antony and Cleopatra Baltimore as Maryland’s largest city a plutocrat meaning one with wealth based influence ice hockey as the fastest sport and Belgium as the most densely populated European country
A conference reviewed the advisability of building a plant at Bethel while reporting on a Laurel Mississippi operation believed to be the only similar plant in the country.
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