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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1939
Page
19
NEA Service reports lighthearted English cartoonists and jokes amid wartime strain. Two anecdotes show humor easing tension: a No Man's Land sandbagger miscounts distance, and a sailor drinks five pints in five minutes to win a five-pound bet.
Jokes from a wartime village show civilians coping with air raids and evacuees. A Medical Officer teases a recruit about teeth and leg length under fire danger. Grandfather jokes that Mrs Blank’s permission blocks raiders. Evacuee kids and a list of landlady’s Don’ts fuel light relief amid hardships.
New York November 4. Aircraft shares led a volatile session as aviation firms surged early then retreated, closing slightly lower. A 1,423,620 share volume marked the week’s second largest total and the biggest Saturday since September 9, with six aviation stocks peaking early before profit taking.
More than 20,000 motorists in Northern Ireland applied for gasoline rations amid fuel shortages. Authorities monitor data and allocate quotas to drivers as supply constraints persist.
American mills and factories rush to fill one of the strongest order backlogs in years as European war demand looms. Output rises across autos, steel, textiles, chemicals, and machinery while warnings persist that the recovery pace may slow. Carloadings fall from prior peak and builders show a seasonal dip.
Hollywood gossip column notes Anita Louise, once stuck as a perpetual ingenue, now appears in Reno as a sleek adult with a past. She rejects dull ingénue parts, defends acting range, and hints at an engagement to Metro writer Maurice Adler.
Permit issued by city inspector for National Lock Company to build a frame and brick office building and warehouse on Tomlinson Street between W Russell and Grimes. Contract awarded to Connor and Son for $2,000. Total value of authorized construction listed at $4,626. Other weekly permits include repairs, reroofs, and additions at multiple residences and offices across Steele Street Mangum Avenue Oak Street and more with varied costs.
A Pat Brown former automobile dealer was arrested on warrants accusing embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly misapplied 382 dollars entrusted to him as agent and obtained 150 dollars by claiming a land parcel was mortgage free when it was mortgaged, with bonds of 500 and 150 posted and the defendant released.
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