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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star lists daily and Sunday subscription rates and advertising contacts. It notes post office delivery specifics, rights, and the newspaper’s stance as an independent paper printing impartial news and opposing wrongs regardless of party politics.
Washington notes reveal William S. Knudsen, chairman of the Defense Commission, favors concise memos on a single sheet. The piece satirizes government file culture, noting initialing routines and the hope his brief writings may yield a memorable line amid defense debates.
Photographs show Hitler and Mussolini well fed amid crisis while continental leaders face shortages. Italy’s wheat output falls, a fourth meatless day is ordered, bread rationing tightens as winter nears and blockade strains deepen. Strong imagery contrasts rulers with stricken masses.
A reflective meditation on handshakes as truth tellers, describing strong firm grips reveal courage and friendliness while limp or lingering grips expose fatigue or manipulation. The piece contrasts honest sociability with practiced, coercive politicking and self serving agendas.
Nebraska officials plan at least a 10 percent cut in state and local government costs to address rising federal expenditures and a heavier tax burden. The piece urges pervasive reductions, warns of tough times, and calls for public service through leaner government now.
A column offering astrological horse racing advice urges owners to consult Saturn and the Milky Way to boost wins and profits. It mocks reliance on charts and men and wittily notes stars influence outcomes while mentioning personalities like R. W. Rogers and Ed Chalmers.
A brief note identifies Martin Ragaway as released by The Associated Newspapers.
A city window view shows a mother forcing orange juice on a four year old while a farm family narrates kinder meals. The story contrasts urban hardship with farm routine and urges better methods for troublesome childhood habits. Send ten cents for Patri booklet Annoying Habits at Monroe News-Star New York.
The American Automobile Association doubts border travel trouble nationwide amid wartime Canada reports and notes a few are turned back for naturalization papers. The Hatch bill will limit campaign spending and staff, shaping the 1940 race, with Willkie and Roosevelt campaigns adapting yet the New Deal remains contested.
Fifteen years ago on July 31 Riverside sanitarium welcomed two baby girls born to Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Fiddison and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Baker. Frank Masling and son Raymond enjoy a ten day Houston visit. Palmer Kellogg and family buy George Love home on South Grand and plan September arrival. Herbert Millsaps to Clarksville for eastern tour with wife. Callahan of Simmsboro stays week with the Lees. Lucian Hughes visits Little Rock near Mrs. Walter Johnson.
Gay farmer James L. Whitaker accepted a tip from a visiting apple man and hammered nails into the trunks of all but one of his non bearing trees. Despite the damage, he must report that the remaining trees are loaded with fruit.
In Farmington Utah officials found the courthouse fountain faucet stolen. A 12 year old named J Golden Barton was drafted to haul water from a street tap to quench officials thirst as a one day solution.
In Los Angeles on August 1 a niece testifies that Mrs. Frances Lomax says her aunt Mrs. William A. Boyce believed she became a "superwoman" via journeys through ethereal planes with a spirit named "Sha Sha" She testifies for Dr Boyce who calls "Sho Sha" a co respondent in his divorce case The wife claimed Sha Sha reached her from the other world and the seance figure is said to have affected their home life
Coast Guardsman Alexander Majer was towed in after breaking an oar during a Nantucket harbor row on Wednesday. His face reddened from sun and spray as he struggled, but the rescue dispatched by the coast guard kept him safe.
Police patrols followed complaints in a restricted S St. Louis district before arresting a man described as suspicious with a club. He proved to be a recently hired private night watchman.
Two women tourists asked to see more monkeys at Yellowstone Park. Ranger George Kennaugh explained the animals could not survive the climate. A pine cone struck him as the monkeys, escaped from a traveling zoo, attacked from a tree. In Rocky Mountain National Park a similar scene with two elderly visitors occurred at the gate when Ranger Walter O'Brien returned a gun to others. They wondered if they would get a gun too, and he reassured them that Indians or wild animals were not park hazards.
Henry Hyde spent two weeks searching for a stray hog. He finally dug into a straw stack and uncovered a sow with nine piglets born while the mother was accidentally trapped during threshing. Separately the Santa Fe Trail area was explored by Coronado in 1541.
A long profile recalls Betty Grable's unlikely ascent from minor roles to stardom after a single San Francisco photograph impressed Darryl Zanuck and a New York producer. The piece surveys industry blindness to New faces, cites other stars, and notes era gossip and industry quirks.
A letter from a Shanghai reader dated May 10 comments on an essay about New York's Chinatown. The writer mentions global reach of a talc brand and a collector’s interest in names, plus notes on Morton Downey's new record album and a horse race. The piece also covers theater and Broadway figures, including Eddie Dowling and Paul Draper, and comments on fashion trends and hat etiquette in the street.
Dr. Joseph J. Johnson of California Institute of Technology reports discovery of a giant exploding star between the North Star and the Dipper. The supernova outshines hundreds of suns and was observed from Palomar Mountain using Caltech’s 200 inch telescope and an 18 inch Schmidt telescope.
In Caney Kansas on August 1 Mrs Jean Sampey met a brick laden truck and a brick fell from the load smashing her windshield. Her face suffered severe lacerations and she lost a tooth.
Eastern standard time shows listed for August 1 include Jack Armstrong and Li’l Abner sketches, news and music blocks, sports and dramatic serials, plus Bing Crosby and Horace Heidt programs. Notable stations CBS NBC WJZ and WABC referenced with multiple acts and orchestras.
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