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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1950
Page
2
The Monroe Morning World presents itself as an independent newspaper that prints news impartially while supporting what it believes is right and opposing what it sees as wrong, without party political bias. This policy frames its reporting and editorials.
The United States provides 125 million dollars in credit to Argentina to aid banks and businesses owed by Peronist authorities. The plan keeps funds in U.S. institutions, sparking questions about moral hazard and whether Washington should underwrite foreign corporate losses. Critics urge connection to broader U.S. policy and demand strict terms if lending resumes.
The Louisiana civil service compromise between Governor Long and administration leaders and the Louisiana Civil Service League and legislators is praised as a sound settlement. It balanced fears of political meddling with the need for a stable civil service, with Governor Long aiming to restore early 1940s norms and improve from past lessons.
Walter Winchell outlines a global Soviet espionage network, from Lenin University in Moscow to O.G.P.U. operations in Leningrad, detailing spies like Klaus Fuchs and John Pepper, the fate of dissidents, and the high cost of covert warfare, including a dramatic tale of Barsov’s return to Russia and execution.
A humorous reminiscence recalls Gimpy the tar string submarine angler on New York City sidewalks. He snatches a locket from a grate near Union Square before Officer Fogarty warns him for obstructing traffic. The locket contains a dog photo rather than a baby.
Angelo Patri urges wise planning for a ten week vacation to avoid idleness and promote growth. He suggests group activities, adult supervision, home chores, and structured time with options like swimming, dramatics, museums, and gardening. He notes parental guidance and offers leaf let P22 for help with child relations.
In World War I Hessen Hart survived a battle accident that left him paralyzed, later rising to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The piece ties his career journey from Missouri to Colorado banking to national leadership and notes his links to Harry S Truman and the Argonne battlefield. It ends with a humorous wartime anecdote featuring Dwight D. Eisenhower in a Washington hotel.
Thurman Sensing laments rampant hypocrisy as citizens demand subsidies while railing against government control. He argues farm subsidies undermine free enterprise, urging leaders and chambers of commerce to oppose federal aid to preserve liberty and avoid regimentation.
New York columnist Charles B. Driscoll recounts how Ginger the collie thwarted a missing child crisis in Sulphur Springs Ark. Gary Setler wandered away for ten hours before Ginger signaled rescuers. Neighbors and the National Guard aided the search. A personal reminiscence follows of a watermelon patch misadventure ending with Steve Balch and Kate discovering the Driscoll baby and returning him home.
A friend neuro-surgeon uses psychiatric methods to locate a lost child in a memory tale. Two questions reveal how a neighbor couple found the speaker as an infant, sparking a wish to be lost again to relive that rescue. The narrator hopes Gary avoids similar nightmares.
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