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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1942
Page
5
A guide to self competition through twenty events for personal athletic growth. It emphasizes data tracking, regular testing, and consistent practice to improve overall fitness. The program includes pull ups, push ups, jumps, throws, sprints, serves, sit ups, and balance moves with substitutions and scoring tips.
The Kitchenette features a candy recipe from Carolyn Dellman of Vallejo California. Readers under 18 submit recipes for a weekly prize of one dollar in Defense Stamps. The magic fruit candy mixes milk dates nuts and coconut, bakes, then is moistened with grape or fruit juice before slicing.
Felt is a durable material that can be repurposed into useful items like purses. Learn to clean worn hats and pennants and sew two snaps onto a purse flap lining without visible stitches, preserving initials.
Instructions describe cutting two felt strips to form a small purse with a pointed end and stitched edges. It covers gluing, buttonhole stitching with contrasting yarn, embroidering initials, folding to shape, and sewing sides to maximize coin space. Also includes a mini anecdote about a child’s craft, a teacher’s affirmation, and a 100 prize for letters.
Phyllis Lanane of Columbus Ohio wins this week’s defense stamps prize for her money making lapel pin idea. Her entry features a half English walnut split and painted face, reflecting the inventive readers section in our paper.
In Wings for Youth, I R Hegel notes gulls’ suspected awareness of approaching aircraft aiding ARP observers. Anecdote recalls a La Guardia gull collision with a failing windshield and a respondant who, despite 6 foot 6 inch height, joins the Army Air Corps after Navy limits.
In a playful exchange a junior asks for a parade, noting Sister’s absence. Mother responds that Sister is upstairs waving her hair, while the junior jokes about affording a Raw.
A vintage health advisory cautions readers about sun exposure. It warns blondes to avoid heavy tanning, urges gradual exposure, and recommends olive oil or lotion plus sunglasses. The piece notes sun can cause illness and skin damage, then promotes Defense Stamps for youths.
The page asks about dangers to national defense from a pictured scene and directs readers to other content for the answer. A woman at a fish market asks if the fish are fresh and a peddler responds with a brisk retort. The 이어 answers to posers list baseball figures Jimmy Foxx Hack Wilson Hank Greenberg Rugy Fork Ped Williams Phil Rizzuto Lefty Grove Dizzy Dean and Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians.
A Washington tale contrasts two officials in a regulatory agency. One stays friendly with a reporters service, the other ignores him. The journalist’s favorable treatment from industry executives leads to a high paying job for the friendly official, illustrating the dividend of helpful conduct.
Katherine Houison shares party ice breakers for big gatherings. Create split cards with tasks like Give a college yell, match halves, and pair couples. then play Guess the Title as a follow up to keep guests engaged and competitive.
Johnny Frazier provides eight baseball questions for readers. Topics include all time home run leaders, single season records, monthly records, batting averages, pennant winners, 30 win pitchers, and the youngest major league manager.
A housemaid Bridget confirms the goldfish have not drunk the fresh water for two weeks, puzzling the lady of the house who questions if any water was renewed recently.
The watchman in a botanical garden dismisses visitors questions about oak knotholes by pointing to a tree with a nameplate and replying with the quip What kind of tree is that Wooden The exchange ends with the humorous misfire about the tree being wooden.
A wartime emphasis on healthy exercise boosts morale and readiness. Physical fitness strengthens defense, aiding resilience and self protection. The piece argues exercise is essential to sustain military effort and personal welfare during conflict.
Riddle column volunteers share four questions from readers. Answers hint at wordplay and everyday items in a light column tone. The page invites more submissions to this newspaper, listing riddles about cobblers preachers soldiers and others with quirky solutions.
A fragmented note salutes the nation’s soldiers as Memorial Day nears. The jumbled hints mention a puzzle editor and a sequence from one to two, inviting a salute in a creative wordplay context.
The readable lines present a crossword puzzle with across and down clues. Across includes Fighting man gone male pronoun age in the direction of straight possessive pronoun light touch sweetheart Old Testament abbr stick personal pronoun five hit cured pork boundary down list includes rest olive drab abbr challenge printers measure rodent edge negative mistake mimicked snakelike fish sticky substance instead of null border small snap possesses Italian river hour abbr where you find soldiers you often find a fort. The second word above the third is a town in Neva and the fourth is a slow run. For answers to last week puzzles I. Crossword Puzzle Solution. ror Rome omen want Car Acti read eddy Tiandelion violet pange Jonquil dafodit sladiolz orchid.
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