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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1936
Page
14
In ancient chronicles Xerxes, son of Darius, ascended to the Persian throne and sought to punish Greece for past defeats. He reportedly raised a vast army and ferried troops across the Hellespont after ordering bridges built, only to have them toppled by storms.
An old history excerpt describes the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae delaying Xerxes, the naval battle of Salamis, and the subsequent Greek victories at Platea. It notes Persian losses, Greek resurgence, and Persia abandoning plans after incurring heavy costs.
A stray man with a son begged at a Palos de Rabida convent in 1484. Columbus sought aid for a westward voyage and stayed over a year while friars arranged a meeting with Queen Isabella. A Maso painting of Columbus at Rabida inspired a 30 cent stamp in 1893.
A crossword style feature presents a mixed list of horizontal and vertical clue numbers with multiple definitions. The reader is invited to solve by matching terms such as sun god for 1 down and a variety of everyday or descriptive words across both directions.
The Republican national committee attacked a WPA news reel claiming New Deal propaganda would force African Americans into virtual slavery. They quoted Col. Arthur W. Little of the Harlem Hell Fighters criticizing Democrats for alleged bribing black voters with taxpayer funded benefits.
October 23 Burlington report says 11 year old W. D. Hurley suffered a skull fracture after being struck by a taxi. Melvin Gideon, alleged driver, was held on $1,000 bond.
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