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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1942
Page
2
Local newspaper fragment outlines publication schedule and subscription rates but lacks complete names dates or events. The text references the Monroe News Star and Start Publishing Corporation with scattered pricing lines and address fragments.
Joyce Murdoch faces a tense night as Delia Stewart arrives in distress after a nighttime confrontation. Perry Clarke and Ward Allen mix into a mounting family drama while a mysterious observer remains unseen on the lawn and a door to danger opens at the Murdoch estate.
After World War II the economy is seen changing with large gains in synthetic rubber and natural rubber from Latin America. Aluminum and magnesium production could rise sharply, challenging steel and other metals, while plastics and lighter materials threaten traditional industries. Regions may redefine centers of industry and population as these shifts unfold, urging communities to seek new opportunities.
Critics say Tokyo framed Midway as a breakthrough against American submarines to lift shares on the Tokyo exchange. Military experts label Midway Japan’s greatest naval defeat in a millennium, yet officials told citizens of a triumph to boost morale and markets.
George Tucker reflects on Irving Berlin's I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen. The piece praises Berlin’s hit with Kay Kyser’s intro and the Stage Door Canteen as a famed wartime haven for soldiers in New York.
Hollywood gossip notes Ann Harding plans to sign only one picture contracts to stay free for touring with husband Werner Janssen. She cites past Hollywood divorces as proof few marriages survive with career demands. Johnny Weissmuller Jr humor quoted. Burke jibe about John Sr. follows.
The article argues parents and teachers should sometimes say no to children to maintain bedtime, curfews, and family rules. It stresses consistent leadership, fixed routines, and keeping sacred bedtimes for younger kids and earlier nights for older children, plus firm values at home. It notes lasting benefits of disciplined upbringing.
Six months after the U S entry into World War II Washington’s face shows a drastic transformation. Union Station’s lobby is crowded with emergency booths and gates, while the Mall fills with hastily built temporary buildings. The White House fences and police mark heightened security as government expansion spreads to suburbs. Arlington and nearby areas gain government centers, Navy medical facilities rise near Bethesda, and historic estates like Friendship are cleared for housing and other uses. The Army occupies Marwood’s 33‑room chateau as Washington’s skyline changes before Pearl Harbor.
The 1927 news notes J. H. Leveck and Sons of Little Rock win the $400000 contract for an eight story modern Bernherelt office building to be completed in nine months with W. J. Riley handling plumbing. Louisiana tax officials propose a 50 percent reduction in assessments for flood inundated bottom lands in Ouachita Parish. A new medical clinic and maternity hospital building by Doctors Vaughan Wright and Bendel is planned at St. Joan and Oak streets, costing about $121000 three stories high with reinforced concrete and stone trim.
George Rapier of the state priorities board will visit Monroe on Tuesday and Wednesday. He will be at the Chamber of Commerce offices those days for questions and to distribute blanks.
A puzzle lists three questions about national flags and possessions. It asks which country with strong relations fits a four quadrant flag, and queries Foochow exports, plus Pondichery’s location. Readers are invited to page seven for answers.
A fiancé writes that she is arranging a camping trip on his furlough, describing plans to spend time together amid a period away from duty. The note hints at personal life during military leave.
Miss Clara L. Bynum, 85, died at her niece’s home on Wood Street Sunday night. Funeral services were held Monday at 2101 South Grand Street then at the First Baptist Church with Rev. L. T. Hastings officiating. Interment followed at Hasley Cemetery. Pallbearers included C. C. Calvert, Henry Montgomery, Judge David I Garrett, John J. Kelly, Jim Drew and Eugene Winders. She is survived by a sister and a brother.
The piece argues Rommel's capture of Tobruk tightens his hold on the Libyan front and could shift battles toward Egypt. It notes British forces in Cairo and Alexandria, British air power and American reinforcements as decisive factors, and warns of German air and armored reinforcements.
Charles A. Lindbergh has leased Belwood estate in Bloomfield Hills a secluded five acre plot guarded by trees. The English style one story house will host his family this week. Lindbergh serves as aeronautics consultant to Ford Motor Company since the U.S. entered the war.
The Little Harlem election held last Friday names Pruitt Caldwell as mayor James O Wilson as commissioner of public utilities N E Covington as city attorney Leroy Tetum as chief of police Jim Carter as city judge A C Thompson as secretary treasurer James W Patterson as tax collector R cis Jackson as city detective Lester Rhman as city marshal.
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