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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
14
A complex word puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues spanning nautical, linguistic, and cultural terms. Readers decipher a network of definitions from airship to Japanese sash, with entries like enemy of the gods, laughter sound, and feudal superior, forming a linked crossword-style challenge.
Uncle Ray explains the daily work of central operators and the switchboard. Operators, mostly women, manage cords and doors to connect calls while lighting signals indicate if a recipient answers. Dial phones are new, using a rotating dial to send signals to the central office for routing calls.
A quiz titled Look and Learn by A Gordon presents five trivia prompts. It lists answers: Cincinnati Red Stockings won 81 games in 1869, Ulysses S Grant as the general turned world traveler after two terms, hurricane speed of 90 to 120 feet per second, Canada as leading fur producer, and presidents' pensions answered as No.
A compact reader notes common usage errors with expect pronunciat ion and spelling hints. It defines analogy as resemblance of relations and urges daily vocabulary growth through one word practice.
Readers ask how to save time removing pictures from walls using a long stick and notch to hook wires. Advice notes custard curdling from high heat or excess sugar and recommends baking in a water bath. Ink stains on handkerchiefs should be treated by soaking in milk soon after staining.
Roberta Leppett addresses etiquette questions about naming a widow Mrs. Frank Harris, taking the last serving, and christening invitations. The guidance favors the formal Mrs. Frank Harris form, notes the last helping should be taken to avoid implying shortage, and recommends inviting only close family friends to a christening.
Raleigh May 27 Thirty nine county jails in North Carolina held 116 children under 16 in April per the board of charities and public welfare census. The attorney general had ruled that the statute bans jail confinement except in unusual cases. Of the 116, 33 were white boys 9 white girls 69 negro boys and 5 negro girls. The March total was 149. Fingerprints serve as identification and 4 000 000 sets are on file with the DOJ.
The author traces telephony history from Bell’s 1876 long distance test to Boston Providence 1880 and New York Boston 1884 then Bell’s 900 mile 1884 call to Chicago. He notes rapid expansion to cross continental and transatlantic links via relays and claims Australia dialing.
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