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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1940
Page
7
A dense set of crossword clues and partial answers for horizontal and vertical entries. Includes references to late senators, gods, architectural terms, and geographic hints, with overlapping wordplay and theme indicators.
An orphan from a gambler’s world, Ann Brown unknowingly switches suitcases in a city apartment. The wrong case turns out to belong to Irene Temple of Temple jewelers, prompting a police escort and a tense reveal as Mr. Temple questions Ann about her actions and the staged room tests.
Ann asks Mr. Temple for a trial as a housekeeper to reform the failing household. Irene supports the idea while Blake and Plunket resist, and Ann moves into the rose and silver room on the second floor. She faces hostility from Plunket and staff as she begins her first day attempting to restore order.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes adolescence increases superstition especially among girls in small towns. He discusses dietary myths, claims acids from meats and eggs for alkaline foods from fruits and vegetables, and debunks uric acid as a rheumatism cause. Advertising for dental products and citrus fuels these myths.
The guide advises cleaning blankets thoroughly before storage and packing with moth balls and newspapers to seal entry points. It suggests moth proof bags as an alternative and provides home stain and cooking appliance tips such as using flour for silk stains and greasing pot rims to prevent boilovers.
Lessons in English warn against common misuses and mispronunciations. The note highlights words like improvident meaning not providing for the future and thriftless, with example on how improvident life can sweep away fortune.
The text presents a quiz with five questions and answers on railway gauge Sherlock Holmes Gunpowder dirigible meanings and cites a fact about Norway hosting over 20,000 silver fox farms, noting this nation leads Europe in pelts.
Hollywood snippets detail studio plans to use frozen foreign assets for abroad films facing hesitance from stars and a sea voyage risk. Bette Davis eyes Capra comedy, Lincoln film likely loses money, Lamour fears voice changes, Welles shaves beard, Rooney era drama and other tidbits about stars, directors, and industry quirks.
A reader quiz lists five familiar sayings and asks who is credited with each. The page notes answers appear on the Want Ad Page.
A compact look at rapid global commerce and activity. It notes New Yorkers consuming eggs, imports of rabbit skin, casket lumber, Italian fishing yield, fuel use, and US spending by the minute on cotton diversion and remittance abroad and musical instruments.
A kid recounts Hertz proving electric waves travel through space by sparking across a copper ring. He notes how Guglielmo Marconi, inspired by Hertz and Lodge, imagined sending messages wirelessly. The piece ends with a teaser inviting readers to request a leaflet.
Edmund Hoyle, the originator of the phrase Accord ing to Hoyle and the father of whist, reportedly earned a guinea per lesson in 1740 while turning card study into a profession. The piece reflects on whether he lived in luxury or died penniless and notes bridge requires thought beyond rote play. In today's hand East’s club play redirects to spades and hearts, illustrating strategic bidding and trick completion with a likely high success rate.
A reader asks about expressing anger at wrong numbers on the phone and receives guidance favoring patience. The column covers etiquette for hosts and guests, dinner conversational cues, child obedience, and a note on an Indian jumping snake with a red yellow and orange pattern.
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