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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1938
Page
6
A fragmented crossword style item lists ball terms and clues about a game on a diamond. It includes both horizontal and vertical entries with references to outs bats and field concepts and hints at related sports vocabulary.
In a Saturday note Uncle Ray describes making five compasses from four steel needles and a strong magnet. He magnetizes needles by rubbing them with a magnet and then mounts one needle on a safety matchstick to float in water, forming a basic compass that eventually orients with north and south ends.
A reader writes to join the Uncle Kay Scrapbook Club in 1938. They request a Membership Certificate, a leaflet on making a Corner Scrapbook, and a printed design for the scrapbook cover, sending a stamped self addressed envelope.
John G. Winant of the International Labour Office in Geneva and former governor of New Hampshire is likely to be named director at the International Labor Organization session on May 29. The appointment would put him at the helm of the global labor body.
Puzzle page asks to find the single wrong word in each sentence. Sentences include math expression about Nine-minus-one times six-minus-two equaling 32 and statements about colors of light, mercy, Paris as capital, and Calliope as a Muse.
Question and answer style quiz lists five items. The largest statistical bureau is the U S Census Bureau Jonathan is the Biblical figure associated with David The fifth wedding anniversary is called the event of quit Three fourths is the proportion of world cotton produced by the United States The Gates of Hercules refer to Gibraltar and the opposite African heights
A Years-Back etiquette Q and A covers glove length for gowns with puffy sleeves seating for a bachelor dinner chaperone, veil with hats, fat removal from soup, cleaning parchment shades, and removing silverfish from bindings.
A column by W L Cord on word usage and pronunciation. It includes a reader’s note about making a floating compass needle from grass stalks and magnets, ending with a closing to General Interest and Uncle Ray.
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