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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1942
Page
8
A how to on making a viewing box and a pill box observation chamber for examining small specimens. It explains materials, construction with a reading lens, sliding light cover, black interiors to reduce glare, and labeling directly on the box tops. It also covers perforated boxes for living insects and field use for hikes and trips.
By Ray Black II a six foot 200 plus football tackle keeps his doll hobby private yet proudly describes his latest acquisition a magnet hand doll. Dialed into doll of the month clubs are Americans of all ages with growing interest in portrait dolls of F D R Eleanor Roosevelt Johnny Appleseed and others including rare Indian Eskimo Amish and Little Women figures.
Phosgene gas is described as smelling like new mown hay and forms when carbon tetrachloride decomposes to fight very hot metallic fires. It gives no warning and should be kept away from close proximity to hot fires to avoid danger.
A brief item notes a wartime stamp campaign where a single quarter purchase is linked to patriotic duty. It emphasizes resolve against the enemy and frames the stamp program as a small but strong contribution to the war effort.
Berlinda La Plante suggests two fillings for a versatile recipe. Prize of War Stamps sent to Berlinda at Rt. 4 Box 261 C Phoenix Arizona. INDIVIDUAL CHICKEN SHORTCAKES mix flour baking powder and salt with shortening and water to form soft dough bake in hot oven then fill split shortcakes with hot creamed chicken or mushrooms and optional fruit with a spoonful of sugar for variation.
Karl Notz of Muncie Indiana a Boy Scout wins the week’s War Stamps prize for best contribution to the war effort. He and two other boys gathered two bushels of aluminum pots and pans 411 pounds of waste paper and $56 for the Red Cross while aiding Selective Service registrations. He saves metal tubes and builds model planes for the Navy including a Japanese Gento fighter a B 26 bomber and a German MB L10 fighter bomber.
A guide by Katherine Houison explains hosting a hat shop party for girls. Collect cardboard boxes and craft supplies, set a table, and invite guests to help create hats. Include a prize for the prettiest and craziest hats and finish with a quiz about hat-themed questions and headwear trivia.
A lighthearted dorm exchange ends with the Freshman asking for more than a dollar, the Sophomore questioning the request, and the Freshman revealing he is broke. The brief snapshot captures campus humor about budgeting and social dynamics among students.
The text lists riddle answers such as The scales and A dirty double dresser. It includes a garbled line about the waves and wind and a forum to send riddles to the newspaper’s Riddle Man, noting they are new and will be printed with names.
The success of a woman flyer rests on adapting training to a ground career. Bobbie Trout parlayed endurance flying into a rivet sorting and cleaning business after spotting discarded rivets in a California factory. Helen Duffy also found success selling engines through aviation expertise. Flying and business mix well. books for women on flying and defense appear.
Margaret Fhurn a 12 year old from 969 Kirby avenue Columbus Ohio earns money selling corsages made from rosebuds violets and other small flowers priced five to 13 cents each. She ties stems in green wax paper and wraps them neatly earning about 15 per week. She invites other girls to try the idea and won this week's one dollar War Stamp prize for best Money Maker.
A collector notes that the collection of stuffed animals is valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The article asks what material was used to stuff the toys.
A safe and sane war game divides players into three army camps with a prison corner and a central battlefield. Soldiers move to capture opponents as they try to keep troops in reserve, avoid capture, and prevent their own imprisonment. The game ends when two armies are imprisoned, leaving a remaining force winner.
Readable fragments show a person named Bill facing illness after swallowing a tea spoon. The text asks if he is in bed and notes an inability to stir, implying a medical or distress situation without further details.
A friend explains that some people are poor listeners due to self centeredness and constant talk. The piece urges readers to listen when others speak, stay silent and alert, and learn more from ears and eyes, benefiting manners and knowledge. The Editor.
In this novel juggling effect a performer uses a table knife in his right hand and balances a half-dollar on the edge of the blade after asking a spectator for the coin. The feat concludes with the coin held upright on the knife edge.
A magician explains balancing a quarter and a half-dollar on a knife blade using chewing gum as a hidden connector. The half-dollar rests on the coin attached to the blade, creating the illusion from a distance. After the reveal, the quarter is removed and the coin is returned to its owner.
A list of five humorous riddles and jokes attributed to readers Varcaret Gaioni Jack Sawyer Joyce Damon Jimmie Bertagrolli Joen Anson. The items ask wordplay questions such as which part of a fish weighs the most and what a sailor with bad hygiene would be called.
A cryptic prompt asks what in a pictured scene threatens national defense, hinting the answer lies elsewhere on the page. It also notes dogwood trees are identifiable by their bark, signaling a puzzle-like set of clues rather than a direct report.
A classroom item presents seven Columbus questions on his native city why land was doubted who financed the voyage what he hoped to find crew size ship names and his famous quotation plus how many voyages he made. A science joke follows about immersion in water and a ringing telephone.
Answers to posers include Genom Ikaly as item 1. Item 2 is absent. Item 3 claims world was Mat. Item 3 cites Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Item 4 cites a shorter route to the East Indies. Item 5 notes 88. Item 6 lists Nina Pinta Santa Maria. Item 7 quotes Sail on my men and on and on. Four cited.
Puzzle style clues cover across and down entries with wordplay and abbreviations. Answers refer to a Pine state nickname and a range of short phrases including professions, plant names, prepositions, sun god references, and common prefixes plus Maine geography and terms.
A cryptic line hints that the capital of a state is involved and forms a word puzzle. It mentions an alcoholic element, a vagabond character, and a few lettered positions, inviting readers to deduce the hidden term from the described clues.
Augusta thrives on farming and manufacturing as its chief occupations. Its beautiful scenery attracts vacationers yearly. Readers can form a real word by changing WOOD to FARM and HILL to LAKE through word-chain moves.
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