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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
11
A puzzle style item lists clues across horizontal and vertical axes referencing literature themes and biographical hints. The grid invokes a biographical figure noted for children’s novels and translations into many languages.
Roundup covers Henry strong story in Hollywood talks and a possible mid title bout, Harlem's strong “Ink” and bets on big tournaments like Houston’s event with 126 teams. It notes 20 homer club records for Yanks, Rays trade hopes for Vanderbilt line, St Paul baseball comeback, and Warren Harding high school football seeking post season games.
The international softball tournament began second round play after a long opening day with 55 games scheduled across four stadia in Chicago. Mayor Kelly welcomed teams as Liteinger Motors beat Briggs Beautyware 1 to 0 in 16 innings, while Cleveland Numnum defeated Curlee Clothes 11 to 6 in the women's division.
New York Yankees management announces future recruits must be at least five feet six inches tall and weigh 150 pounds or more to be eligible.
The Lexington Winston-Salem and High Point horseshoe courts league finals begin at 7 30 tonight on the Winston Salem court. Luke Rumsey of Lexington, AAU champion, is among the stars attending.
Guilford County transfers show J A Anderson to Bevan Anderson on Silk street in High Point Township. D A Shoffner transfers to Jessie Edna Starr Lowdermilk adjoining Mrs Mollie Phipps. J F Dunn guardian to Jessie S Forkner on Harvard avenue. Dewey C Fields transfers to Calvin F Smith on Asheboro street. A L Brooks transfers to Martha Alice Morehead in Nocho Park. Engineers estimate replication cost of the Great Wall of China exceeds 250 000 000 dollars.
In Asbury Park New Jersey Sherman Frearns and Morrie Elis won the National Masters pair title. Wingate Bixby and Walter Jacobs faced an opening pre emptive bid and chose to reach and make a slam after correctly deducing Norths diamond length and a likely singleton club.
In a duplicate bridge problem South must make six hearts after losing the first trick. South wins the opening lead in dummy with the heart queen, covers with king, and Bixby wins. A diamond comes back, another trump leads, and a finesse drops North's last trump. The rest becomes routine as South wins the ace of spades. clubs give poorer match point scores.
Within the 200 foot eighteen story Perisphere visitors will ride a magic carpet two miles above a garden city of tomorrow. The 4.3 million pound steel structure is completed and the dioramic exhibit aims to show a bustling future community.
In Chicago Davey Day 138 outpointed Harvey Woods 131 in a 10 round bout. At Pairmont Scotty Biffie 180 stopped Pietro Georgi 175 in 4. In Oakland Lou Nova 202 knocked out Phil Brubaker 198 in 1.
The complaint to the National Labor Relations Board alleges a $100,000 bribe to a union official to place 12,000 film workers under the Producers Association control. Jef Kibre filed on behalf of the Motion Picture Technicians Committee, naming William Bioff and George Browne in the dispute.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 15 o clock the weekly story hour sponsored by the Projecta committee of the Junior Service league will be resumed at the public library announced by Mrs Nancy K Poston city librarian. The story hour will continue on each Friday afternoon through the fall and winter season.
The article notes a drastic reduction as producers ordered employment limited to those in a specific rank, shrinking the workforce from 115 members to 12 000. This reflects strict staffing controls impacting manpower and operations.
Miami patrolman John Thomas ordered a motorist to dim his headlights at an automobile inspection station. The driver admitted he did not know how to dim the lights, despite twenty years of driving and four years with his current car. The motorist’s name was not released.
A historical note recalls The Spectator, a daily paper from two centuries ago, which barred news as unimportant and avoided reporting current events on its pages.
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