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Skiing Draws Winter Visitors to I^ake Placid ■fcL.'Wr 0 II I A group who are enjoying the popular winter sport at Lake Placid, N. Y. Left to right: Miss Edith L. Januschek of Peiping, China; Miss Nancy Page Carveth of Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Dorothy Trumbridge of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Jean Stanhope of New York city; Victoria Nebeker of Los Angeles; Nancy Perkins of Baltimore; and Marie Carveth of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Big Demand for Windsor Souvenirs Professor Steinberger is seen at work in his London studio on statu ettes of the duke of Windsor, for which there is now a tremendous demand. Thousands of such statuettes had been made for Edward’s coronation, and when he abdicated London business men groaned in anticipation of writing off terrific losses on stock that they could not sell. Instead of diminishing, the demand for the Edward figures has increased. HELPS UNEMPLOYED Baron Nuffield, who is Sir Wil liam Morris, head of a vast manu facturing organization including au tomobile plants, export companies, a publishing house and affiliated subsidiaries, donated $10,000,000 to stimulate employment in Great Britain’s “depressed areas”. EX-PRIVATE IS GENERAL Once a soldier, always a soldier, is an old army belief, but once a private, now a general, is a para phrase that fits Brigadier-General Kenyon Joyce, whose new rank was announced recently by President Roosevelt. General Joyce, once a ranker, now commands the “Presi dent’s Own” third cavalry troop at Fort Myer, Va. During the World war he won the D. S. C., Order of the Purple Heart, Croix de Guerre and the French Legion of Honor. Bernie Bierman Made Coaches’ Prexy Bernie Bierman, left, of Minnesota, new president of the National Football Coaches’ association, is greeted, and welcomed to his post by Tuss McLaughrey, of Brown, the “passing” president. Bernie was elected at the annual convention of the coaches in New York city recently. Trick Accommodations on New Soviet Plane An interesting photo, showing the arrangement of accommodations in the new Soviet army two-seater plane. Berths are arranged below the wings as shown. In recent tests, 16 persons were carried in this man ner, including pilot and co-pilot Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1—Dr. Frederico Laredo Bru being sworn in as president of Cuba, following thp ousting of President Miguel Gomez. 2—Leon Trotzky, former Soviet leader who has been given an exile haven in Mexico. 3—Chi nese National army that threatened civil war before the release of kidnaped Marshal Chlang Kai-shek. PRODIGY OF PIANO . Ruth Slenczynski, eleven-year-old prodigy of the piano, who, when she made her debut in New York at the age of eight, could barely reach the pedals of the piano, is shown above as she stretches her fingers—two notes over an octave. Wins Chicken-Eating Championship Using a two-handed, harmonica style technique with devastating ef fect, Mrs. Edna Mae Potter is pictured as she ate her way to win the Los Angeles county champion chicken Cater trophy, feature of a poultry show. Consuming 45 pounds of a roaster-dressing combination, she de feated four men for the prize. Madamoiselles Vie in Cross Country Race ■ —iWI—— — ■■III! HMIM III Hllll■lll■ll||||| II HU— II i III! Ill « 11 I I H ■ ■■■ lir'TTir W Shapes of all sizes, blondes and brunettes, tall and svelte, short and stumpy—the annual cross country race at St. Cloud, near Paris, France recently was open to all. Here you see the field charging over a stretch of rough terrain. Mile. Fanchon was the victor. Winners of Rhodes Scholarships Congratulations are in order and the four lucky ones;felicitate each other as the camera clicks. They are four collegians selected for Rhodes scholarships from the middle Atlantic district. Standing are Harvey Well man (left), of Perry, N. Y., student at Cornell university, and Nelson Leonard, of Mt Vernon, N. Y., a student at Lehigh. Sitting—Robert Hart man, o< Plainfield, N. J„ attending Yale, and James R. Gardner, of Baltimore, Hd., of Swarthmore. 75th Birthday of Finnish President Widely Celebrated President Pehr Evind Svinhufvud of Finland whose seventy-filth birth day was celebrated throughout the country with great enthusiasm re cently. He was nailed is the father of his country and praised for mak ing a protracted fight for the consti tutional rights of Finland against czarist Russian oppression. just pn a Little#! r" NOTES NECESSARY f A negro preacher caDed on * white minister and found the latter writing. “What you doin’?” asked the colored parson. "I’m preparing my notes for next Sunday’s sermon.” “I suttinly nevah would do that. Don’t you know the debbil is looking right ovah your shouldah an’ knows everything yo’ gwine t’ say? Now, * I don’t make no notes, and when I gets up to talk, neither me nor thl debbil himself knows what rm gwine t’ say.” A Different Matter f A If Alfey—How long has that hired man worked for you? Bube Barbe—About two days, I guess. Alf—I thought he had been her* more than a month. Bube—He has.—Exchange. Going Yet Solicitor—In that case ,you may have grounds for a separation. When did your husband desert you? Client—Last night. I stopped to look in a milliner’s window—and h* walked on! MODERN WIFIE Mr. Newlywed—Why have you * those fashion plates vout In addition to the cook book, my dear? Mrs. Newlywed—I thought I’d need both in making flannel cakes. Wouldn’t Blame Her . Sadie—My spinster aunt said if ever a man tried to make love to her she’d call in the authorities. Alma—Yes, the justice of tho peace and the chief of the Mar riage License bureau. — Chelsea Record. This Time It Was The telephone girl was on her vacation.- One day she was out fishing when some one in another boat called, "Hello!” Just then she got a bite. “Line’s busy,” she answered. Old Man 4 Old Lady—And how many are there in your family, my boy? Lad—Eight Old Lady—Mercy! And are you the oldest? Lad—No’m. Papa is. Drawing a Distinction "Every man is entitled to his own opinion.” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “but he shouldn’t be encouraged to express it in a way that constitutes it a public nuisance.” The Old Sport Rich Aunt—And when you grow up, little man, never have anything to do with the bookmakers. Little Man — Not likely. The mu tuels for me every time.—Lewis ton Journal. j Deliberation “Is a diplomat supposed to tell the truth?” “Oh, yes. But he is often per mitted to take his time about din- j covering it.” SOME DIFFERENCE Aunt—I understand Tom gives you plenty of money. Mrs. Justwed—No. What I said eras Tom thinks he gives me plenty. She Had a Laugh Jimmy—So Elsie told yon I was witty, did she? Toney — Well, she didn’t express / It exactly that way. She said she Sj had to laugh every time you opened J your mouth.
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