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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1939
Page
7
A long OCR style puzzle page with numbered clues across two grids. It features definitions and wordplay for many common crossword style entries including references to a famous inventor, various animals, objects and terms across multiple categories.
Studio notes reveal Mae West and W C Fields billed as rivals under Eddie Cline. Charlie Chan actor Sidney Toler photographed in a bath scene while production quibbles over wardrobe. Guild and union tensions bite studio offices as employment falls about 10 percent. Bits on Jesse James and Drums Along the Mohawk, plus Peter Cushing’s Y M C A room rent. Laurel and Hardy consider new partnership, Jessel and Talmadge rumors, Tugboat Annie talks, Sonja Henie’s ice show prep.
Joan Johnson, heiress and coed, fends off captors with Dan Webber, the key blocker behind Keith Rhodes who is lauded as a rising star. Rocco, Ed, and Sam scheme around a high stakes football game and ransom while public interest climbs to 70,000 fans.
Dr Margis Fishbein warns hunters to avoid careless handling of firearms as fatalities and injuries persist yearly. Advice includes not carrying loaded guns in vehicles or boats and never shooting unless certain of the target, to keep woods safe despite possible loss of sport.
A rapid column notes daily human breath 6000 atoms per minute and blood cycle every 23 seconds while linking famine relief in Warsaw to meals for Poles and Germans. It highlights savings bonds averaging over $2000 per minute in value.
In 1663 Samuel Pepys noted the plague spreading from Europe to Amsterdam. By 1665 London faced great sickness with many deaths and red crosses on doors. The Great Fire of London followed as the plague's aftershock and the tale ends with a request for a leaflet.
Bridge column by the secretary of the American Contract Bridge League offers analysis and guidance on play conventions and bidding disputes. The piece reflects on strategy, ethics, and club game improvements for readers.
Test yourself with five questions about 1938 sports heroes across baseball college crews tennis autos and golf. Other item notes living costs for laborers in Shanghai have more than doubled in two years and wage gains lagged behind.
INDIANAPOLIS Mary and Dorothy Zimmer sisters were married the same day but 4000 miles apart. Mary wed John Maynard Cusak in Indianapolis on Saturday. Her sister married Dr. Nicholas Beresel of Budapest in Paris where both have been studying.
Two youths accosted Senora Elia Portilla as she closed her case in Los Angeles. They demanded money. Portilla struck one man with a half gallon bottle and hit the other behind the ear with a jack handle. The robbers fled, portilla kept her money.
Answers to five questions include Eleven for U S presidents re elected William Cowper for the quote I am monarch of all survey Moscow for Napoleon retreat thirteen for a baker s dozen and the St Lawrence River linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
A brief copyright and distribution notice from a 1939 Esquire Features release. The text states reproduction is prohibited and credits Esquire Features Inc. The fragmentary line ends with a garbled question mark and unreadable characters.
A Q and A column explains how to handle answering calls for absent family members and who wears rings at weddings. It also covers acceptable table centerpieces with guidance that a bride places the groom’s ring after receiving hers and that a silver fruit platter makes an appropriate Thanksgiving or Christmas centerpiece.
A compact note on common word misuse and pronunciation with examples. It highlights adage redundancy, carousel pronunciation, and frequent misspellings like elasticity and curiosity. Includes a daily vocabulary aim featuring immanent and inherent.
At the national championships in Pittsburgh the week of December 4, the women’s four player team event draws top experts. The column recalls a hand from last year showing missteps and precise play including a triple squeeze after a sequence of club, heart, and diamond cashing, with trumps guiding the defense.
Across centuries hail has caused damage and nations seek protection. The article notes ancient Greek offerings and modern charms used worldwide to avert hail storms. Global hail losses are estimated at 200 million dollars annually.
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