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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1939
Page
3
The House Ways and Means Committee approved measures to raise old age benefits by about 1.2 billion over five years and extend coverage to widows and dependents. A reserve fund would support the plan amid higher current costs, with benefits starting Jan. 1, 1942 and a long term goal of stabilizing the system.
Dr John F Fulton reports a brain strip under the frontal skull governs the ex tensor muscles that keep humans upright. The area differentiates humans from lower animals and directs posture while also influencing other brain regions to control voluntary movement.
A compact guide highlights common word errors and proper forms. It explains omitting extra phrases in sentences, pronouncing family with three syllables, and distinguishing terms like Dane and deign. It also notes synonyms for temperance and defines gratuity as a free gift or donation with an example.
A dialog on patience etiquette and proper address in letters. Mrs Arthur Davis signs as Ethel Davis without enclosing her husband’s name, and a birthday toast suggests living long and then choosing one’s own path.
The text contrasts two Social Security types. A single man with 40 years of coverage and an average monthly wage of $100 would receive $35 monthly under the proposed plan versus $51.25 under the present law, while a parent would receive $12.88 per month.
In astronomy the equinox is when the sun is over the equator and day and night are equal. The Merchant of Venice stars Portia. The President appoints U.S. Cabinet Officers. America's first financier is Robert Morris. Antwerp answers Belgium.
State Auditor George Ross Poll brags about his long list of posts while Charlie Johnson and Thad Eure also hold numerous titles. Raleigh hosts the North Carolina Youth Exhibit and Conference at Memorial Auditorium and the 10th annual statewide Industrial Safety Conference at the Sir Walter Hotel, marking a decade of safety progress.
Hail rarely occurs at night due to cooler earth temperatures reducing rising air currents. This lack prevents raindrops from rising high enough to freeze into hailstones.
Dr Carl V Reynolds was unanimously re elected state health officer for a four year term by the State Board of Health. Governor Hoey approved the re election. Reynolds, a native of Asheville, joined the health board in 1938 and later became board president in 1933 and health officer in 1934.
Read in sixty seconds as events unfold in real time. The piece presents rapid news reporting by Howard Merrill, emphasizing live moments and a world in constant motion.
The text lists rapid per minute production figures across countries and goods. It notes 19000 tin cans and 900 pounds of soap chips in the U S, 3 dollars saved per soldier per minute, Texas wool at 160 pounds per minute, 4000 units of electricity in Scotland, and 200 pounds of Quebracho tannin produced each minute in Paraguay.
A Raleigh resident quoted about spring arrives in North Carolina asking when real warmth will come. The remark notes Wilmington’s Cape Fear locale and contrasts morning comfort with midday labor, reflecting local sentiment about the city and work.
Answers cover removing grease from stone surfaces using washing soda and fuller’s earth paste left overnight, cooking times for mutton and lamb per pound, and preserving broom flexibility by scalding in boiling suds weekly.
The text claims the Gutenberg Bible eclipses modern printing with delicate marginal decorations and illuminated scrollwork that appear hand worked, giving an aesthetic of artisanal craft.
A brain teaser asks how tall an ordinary 8 by 11 sheet would be after 20 30 and 50 folds, noting the impossibility of 50 folds and directing readers to the Want Ad Page for the answer.
A four man board of inquiry investigated the crash of the Navy's largest non rigid air ship the K-2 at Lakehurst New Jersey after it struck a tree during landing following an overnight observation flight Commander Jesse L Kenworthy and eight crew members escaped injury though the gas bag was punctured by branches damage was slight and repairable at little cost
About 300 juniors and seniors attended the annual Junior-Senior banquet at the Davis-Gobbel skating rink the largest turnout in the high school’s history. Miss Mary Gordon presided as toast mistress with Miss Joan Sink replying. Ned Betts and his Albemarle orchestra provided the music.
In Tallahassee on May 17 the Florida senate rejected the Townsend Plan funded by a two per cent tax. The proposed $200 monthly pensions for residents 60 and older aged at least five years would have been distributed monthly but were voted down 28 to 8. Senator Holland read a Townsend telegram dismissing state efforts as doomed to fail.
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