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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
5
Puzzle lists across clues from NET STAR HORIZONTAL to VERTICAL with hints on sports figures, animals, objects, and abstract terms. Notable entries include a 19 year old tennis champion, various everyday items, and linguistic wordplay across six rows of clues.
A federal grand jury indicted 39 oil companies and two associations for conspiring to fix gasoline prices in violation of the Sherman Act. The firms, all California based, allegedly purchased from independent refiners at set prices to curb competition and shared fixed quotas to limit output. The scheme reportedly affected markets in California and extended into Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Major firms named included Standard Oil Co of California, Texas Co, Richfield Oil, Shell Oil, Tide Water Associated Oil, Union Oil of California, and General Petroleum Corp of California.
The transportation department of the Chamber of Commerce supported creating a dedicated truck lane around Charlotte for carrying gasoline and high explosive materials, voiced at a meeting last night.
The article notes a trend toward authentic locations away from Hollywood as studios shift from Griffith Park backdrops to far flung sites. Examples include Abe Lincoln in Illinois shot in Eugene Oregon Utah for Drums Along the Mohawk West for Northwest Passage and Beowulf style projects set in Arizona New Mexico Georgia Mexico Panama and Florida Everglades.
Latest Oddell farm market report lists Wednesday wholesale prices across major markets. It covers sweet potatoes, cabbages, apples, radishes, beans, and potatoes with regionally varied bids from New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Washington markets and notes on quality and shipment totals.
London notice that the German steamer Leander of 989 tons was captured by a British cruiser and her crew of about 30 interned.
A promotional note suggesting a tonic priced at $8.8 to boost appetite and improve red blood cell counts, claiming it strengthens resistance and aids recovery from a run-down condition. It urges buyers to obtain the product from any drug store and warns against substitutes.
Sergeants Howard I Walker and Jud H McDonald from the Marine Corps Recruiting Service will interview white, single men aged 18 to 31 at the Winston-Salem post office from November 20 to 23. Eligible applicants must have at least an eighth grade education, be in good physical condition and of good character. Selected volunteers will receive transportation to Raleigh for enlistment.
Five carloads of hooded men confronted about 30 residents in Greenville South Carolina last night announcing they would ride all night. The robed group stood in groups for 38 minutes then departed claiming they sought a dangerous Negro while police watched.
A note states transfer to the Marine Barracks on Parris Island for training ahead of assignment to a service school foreign station ship or Marine Barracks for duty.
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