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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
8
Puzzle clues list for a crossword style outline map. Across entries include a South American country and its president, related geography terms, flora, fauna, scents, and timeworn quiz items. Down clues cover feathered scarves, backtracking, plant names, ancient terms, and common objects used in map games.
A May 3 Hollywood column notes Bob Hope seeks top billing in The Cat and the Canary and John Steinbeck may be retitled Of Mice In Men for film. It covers Dorothy Lamour, Warner’s Nazi Spy follow up, Mickey Rooney, Cocoanut Grove becoming an ice rink, Trocadero and Vendome changes, and Errol Flynn’s death scene mention in The Rains Came.
Sheridan Starr and Hope Kildar rescue Betty Mary Jordan from Luis Barro's ranch as Barro plans a mass crossing of aliens. Barro shifts the date, prepares 100 armed smugglers by horseback, while Betty hides under boxes awaiting nightfall and a safer return to El Paso.
Puzzle game item presents a format where opponents earn a fall for each correct answer. It lists questions about Ramburg as a principality, Tunisia’s population, Zara’s country, an anagram yielding Monrovia’s country, and a peak selection task with Mounts. Answers appear on the Want Ad Page.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains rabies hydrophobia in pets and humans. He describes symptoms in animals, virus transmission, bite severity factors, and prevention methods including quarantine and dog control. The Massachusetts Health Department guidelines to follow after a bite are noted as forthcoming.
A compact language note explains proper plural forms with dozen when numbers precede and the word desuetude meaning disuse. It covers pronunciation tips and examples like many words falling into desuetude.
Industry gossip notes Victor Fleming remains under contract with Metro and is now on loan to direct Gone With the Wind. Louis B Mayer asks about directing Logan S o for a fee. Fleming agrees with a simple okay.
Answers to five questions include the Galapagos tortoise living about 200 years, Lincoln taller than Washington, the eldest king of France titled Dauphin, John Paul Jones as the great American naval commander, and Sanskrit as India's literary language.
Practical tips include a thin bread and butter slice with cayenne for sleep, fresh air in the room, and full muscle relaxation. For linen shades, lay flat, wash with warm suds, rinse, and air dry unrolled. To prevent meringue from falling, keep the oven very moderate.
The graves of George du Murier and family at St John’s Church in Hammersmith England have a proposed nearby columbarium or sepulchral chamber with niches for urns postponed by the Consistory Court of London pending approvals and permission.
Firemen in top hats and striped trousers fought a blaze during a gala day in Havelock North, New Zealand. The Darktown Fire Brigade performers helped entertain a crowd until the alarm forced real fire fighting before returning to show duties.
The column explains nose structure and function, noting the bridge and turbinates, how air is warmed, and why mouth breathing is discouraged. It covers blowing one nostril at a time, ear connection, scent nerves, and how strong fumes affect mood, ending with a teaser about the sense of taste.
A rapid column details global and U S activity per minute with tobacco sales oyster catches travel spending and industry outputs. It notes tax and tourism flows in California Wyoming and Washington D C and states Americans spend on auto parts while highlighting columbium imports.
A reader asks how to curb tactless remarks and training to hesitate before speaking. The piece notes a bridegroom should not kiss at church ceremonies but may at home. It also says a young woman should rise when introduced to an older woman. The Indian election manifesto and Congress speeches are reportedly played in Bombay eateries.
The item presents a bridge quiz from Paris 100 with scoring penalties. It lists four questions and provides solutions: South rebids two no trump after North opens one diamond with two clubs. declarer’s play against three no trump involves a spade trick and re-entry. a line of play yields nine tricks by leading clubs and conserving the dummy. and East can demand a new deal only if West did not cut the cards.
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