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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1938
Page
5
In a tense scene at the Golden Bow, Bob Tait is shot by a figure in the crowd as the Cat's Beethoven performance unravels. The audience freezes while the killer is revealed amid torchlit chaos, with Lester and Myrna among witnesses and deputies converging on the scene.
The Paris bridge event presents a hand with four questions. Players score 100 points per correct answer, with a 10 point penalty for each incorrect reply. Experts add credits for brilliant play, totaling a composite score of 642.
An assortment of cliff notes blends bridge strategy with a crime plot. South opens one club while no trump is debated and diamond play hints at name players. The narrative shifts to Rusty Rogers and a murder investigation with Tait exposing a camera trick and Rogers as the killer.
A reader quiz presents five statements. Some are true and some false. A spell is claimed to be a fish, swine to have measles, Georgia as the turpentine state, more women than men in New York, and over 100000 people confined in U S prisons. Answers follow on the Want Ad Page.
A compact vocabulary note explaining raise versus rise usage for transitive and intransitive verbs, pronunciation hints for petite, common misspellings like occurred, and synonyms such as excel and surpass. It highlights ambiguity as doubtfulness in meaning and urges daily word mastery with clear, plain language.
A reader asks how to remove lemon juice acid stains from garments and de color changes from perspiration. the answer advises using ammonia. Another query covers cinnamon toast with a sugar mix and butter. A third item says grape vines should be transplanted in late November, cutting back to three feet and lifting with roots.
The column answers etiquette questions on brief street or public greetings after introductions. It notes conversations should be brief in public settings and that quiet unobtrusive greetings indicate good breeding. It also discusses wedding location choices as matters of personal preference and circumstance.
Emily P. Bissell designed the first American Christmas seals in 1907 and the initial sales raised about $2000 for charity.
Walter Winchell notes Egyptian eyes turn to Hollywood for beauty aids. Menthol fumes are used to trigger tears, while Kitty Carlisle favors perfumed grease paint to suit love scenes. Bette Davis is among few who cry naturally, but Jim Cagney Pat O'Brien Spencer Tracy and George Brent can weep instantly without aids.
The motion picture industry has shifted perceptions of female aging by nine years. Wiki examples of glamorous stars set a standard, delaying the sense of middle age from 38 in 1923 to 47 today.
The City Health Department announces a tuberculosis clinic at Thomasville City Hall on November 14 and 15. The event is supervised by the extension department of the North Carolina Sanitorium in cooperation with the Thomasville health department.
A circulated Nazi map outlines a 1938 1948 conquest plan across Europe and the Near East. It shows absorption of Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia and later Poland Yugoslavia Romania Bulgaria and broader expansion into Denmark Holland Belgium Switzerland France and race to dominate Europe under the Rome Berlin axis.
The Latest Farm Market Report covers shipping point data from U S and North Carolina departments detailing wholesale prices for Lettuce Grapes apples and a wide range of vegetables. It lists quality based price ranges for regions including California Martinsburg Washington New York and Philadelphia with specific consignments and units such as carloads bushel baskets and crates and notes varying demand from slow to steady.
The article states that apple trees develop and grow more rapidly than any other fruit tree, highlighting their vigorous growth and strong early development. It notes comparative speed in growth among various fruit trees, underscoring apples as the quickest to mature.
A note on comet sizes reveals that some of the smallest known comets exceed Earth's dimensions by substantial margins. This challenges assumptions about scale and composition in minor celestial bodies.
A leaflet excerpt profiles early aviation pioneer William Henry Stringfellow. At 49 he built a 20 foot wing monoplane with a steam engine, tested in a lace factory, achieving a June 1848 flight of about 40 yards. He later tried a triplane and inspired later aviators before pausing for two decades.
The five month old son of Mr and Mrs Clifton Bailey Clarence Eugene Bailey died this morning at his grandmother Mrs W E Hall s home 128 Council Street Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10 in the Main Street M E Church with Rev C M Pickett officiating Interment follows at Chapel Hill M E Cemetery south of Denton He is survived by his parents a brother Donald and a sister Doris
The British Museum houses a colossal atlas claimed to be the world’s largest book with 6-foot pages. It was presented to King Charles II by the merchants of Amsterdam in Holland.
City of High Point council amends the Building Zone Ordinance changing the area at the English Barker Streets intersection from Residence A to Residence B. The description sets bounds 150 feet from English and Barker, following Draughn Street to Phillips Street and joining the Industrial District boundary, altering zoning status.
Ordinance establishes prohibitions and penalties for violations, declaring offenses as misdemeanors and subject to court discretion. Effective upon lawful passage. City Council action dated November 2, 193 with Lois Welborn as City Clerk.
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