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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1938
Page
8
A crossword style puzzle lists an array of clues for a motion picture actor, with numbered across and vertical entries. Answers range from film related terms to body parts and common words, requiring cross fill to identify the actor and related terms.
In the early days locomotives crept at five miles per hour, then near twelve miles per hour a century ago. Today trains reach 69 to 90 mph with two miles per minute in test runs. Safety First guides passenger service, despite many grade crossing accidents where roads and rails meet. England has few grade crossings, with trains passing beneath highways.
Roberta Lee explains that an elderly woman should initiate moving apart after introductions. She notes graduation gifts should be paired with a calling card or a congratulatory note.
Questions and answers by Anne Ashley give home tips on preserving delicate colors with Epsom salts in wash water, removing tartar with lemon juice and pumice, and cleaning spinach by rinsing under cold water then soaking in salted water.
A general interest piece presents language notes by W L Cordon. It includes usage tips on Who versus Whom and common misspellings, plus a vocabulary feature on orifice. It recounts automobile speed records from Day tona Beach and Utah salt flats, noting Capt G Eyston's 311 mph run and earlier 245 mph and 231 mph feats.
Representative Alfred N. Phillips has launched a drive for a one trillion annual lottery to net the federal treasury 250 million and the states 750 million. Phillips’ bill would establish three lottery commissioners.
A playful word puzzle asks to find the single incorrect word in each sentence. It lists five sentences with unexpected terms such as tarpaulin in a turtle parade and iambic hexameter, inviting readers to identify the misfit words.
A quiz page lists five questions with concise answers: element in humans is oxygen. Napoleon’s islands Corsica Elba and St Helena. numismatics is the science of coins and medals. no link between toads and warts. Yellowstone is the largest US National Park by area.
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