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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1939
Page
7
The list presents a large set of crossword style clues with numbers for across and down entries including terms like Feather scarf Yellow Hawaiian bird and Minkel. It appears to be a shared puzzle grid with multiple overlapping definitions and language hints for solving.
Hollywood reports eerie Argonne sequence for a war film with Jeffrey Lynn on a mock grave and troops advancing under flare light. The set features rubber coated barbed wire, craters and dummies as director William Keighley coordinates a climactic night assault to align with Armistice Day filming.
Joan Johnson and Dan Webber are trapped in a casino house plot as Rocco and Big Ed scheme to exploit Dan and Keith Rhodes. A front page reveal shows Joan as daughter of J G Johnson an eastern utilities magnate stirring unexpected romance and danger at Tech. Dan admits deep feelings as the caper tightens with a $10,000 reward and a city escape plan.
In this brief item readers are invited to consider the ages of the Cranium Crackers. The column hints at a playful quiz with mentions of the group and its members, noting curiosity about their ages and a lighthearted puzzle tone.
Dr Morris Fishbein cautions hunters about tularemia or rabbit fever. He notes the disease spreads from tick and flea bites to humans via skin breaks after handling rabbits and details its progression from ulcer to swollen glands. Tularemia originated in Tulare County California and has appeared in many states.
A 1939 Esquire minute recount describes wartime changes in production and demand. It notes Britain’s output, Norway’s imports, rising US coffee consumption, rubber demand fall, and high income tax yields per minute, illustrating a rapid global economic pulse.
Peru plans to increase imports from the United States, boosting trade with American suppliers. The move aims to diversify the economy and strengthen bilateral commerce through higher volume purchases.
Standardization of electrical frequency in Mysore India is expected to save the government and consumers from 75000 to 150000 dollars annually.
Brides in England marry helmeted men in registry offices protected by sandbags and piles carry gas masks at the end of ribbons.
Officials warn hunters to avoid rabbits that appear ill or dazed as they may have tularemia. Do not let scratches or sores contact rabbit flesh or its storage containers, burn wrapping paper from dead rabbits, wear rubber gloves when preparing rabbits, and seek medical advice if any infection develops.
A compact etiquette piece explains common misuses and pronunciations for words such as suffuse and mesm erize. It also offers guidance on introductions and dining room etiquette with brief Q&A on French phrases and host guest order.
The group stages a mock assault with flares and explosives as Keighley directs actors through trenches and mud. Stunt man Harvey Parry doubles for Jimmy Cagney as a blast erupts beside him, prompting a grim quip about “War is hell” while cast and crew joke between takes.
A compact quiz item lists questions and answers on anatomy history and government including lower jaw bone knee cap John CabotMatthew the President and Switzerland. It notes potential rail timetable ripple affecting 300 trains and cites Honduras crop diversification campaign and Giovanni Casanova born April 2 1725.
A reader asks how to keep stepladder feet from slipping. Answer: glue rubber strips cut from a discarded automobile tire to the four feet to help prevent a serious accident.
Reported sandlot football mishaps left 23 players hospitalized in one day. Most incidents stemmed from faulty or absent equipment allowing injuries across local games.
Real estate transfers show B N Smith and wife to Jimmie Grace Hancock in Oak View. B N Williams and wife to Norman Hester in Lee I Church property. J W Shackelford and wife to J L Shackelford adjoining Gidd George lands. Harry W Schiffman and others to John L and Rosa Lee Vines on Dudley Street. H M Lloyd and wife to C R Ward on East Market Street Extension. David J White and wife to Matthew M Holder on Glenwood Avenue.
Nearly 10 million rivets were used to construct the hull of the Queen Mary, the famed trans Atlantic liner, reflecting the massive scale of its engineering.
Numerous American factories turn out more than 10 000 watches daily or over 3 000 000 yearly, highlighting a booming timepiece industry and large scale production networks across the country.
Uncle Rays Corner recounts Samuel Pepys diary notes of the 1666 Great Fire in London. It covers the fire’s spread from Pudging Lane to the City, fuelled by wind, attempts to pull down houses, and the King’s orders to spare or destroy properties, with Lord Mayor and Cann Street scenes.
The notice lists the secretary of the American Contract Bridge League, McKenney, with responsibilities for organizational affairs and event coordination within the bridge community.
In the 1938 Western States Championship at the Gatesworth Hotel St. Louis Alvin Landy of Cleveland clinched the pair title. The hand shows precise maneuvers as Landy ruffed and cruised to victory by timing clubs and trumps, defeating misdrafts and East’s defense.
The cornerstone of the Washington Monument contains copies of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence among other articles. A separate note mentions Martin Luther wrote 37 hymns with Ein feste Burg as his masterpiece. The text also references South Africa police rounding up rifle suppliers and the dangers of wood alcohol causing retinal damage and blindness.
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