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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
4
Hollywood chatter scales age and glamour as Jimmie Fidler notes 30 year old actresses look youthful, crediting studio makeup and fashion progress. Humorous vignettes include Harold Lloyd sighting in Albuquerque and Sinatra phone woes, with Elsa Maxwell tales and Bing Crosby quips peppering the column.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes Allied forces break through in Normandy as Germany pulls back toward a potential great retreat. He cites Russian pressure in the east, looming Brest capture, and British Canadian American efforts driving in Brittany and toward Paris. German divisions and overall troop numbers remain uncertain, with estimates suggesting large forces in Normandy.
Dr George Gallups poll shows three of four voters formed minds early leaving a small undecided minority in which armed forces voters may sway outcomes. The piece argues independents weigh heavily and that heated rhetoric mud-slinging harms calm decision making.
The article applauds Bradley Dewey for proposing the abolition of the Office of the Rubber Director and credits Dewey and William Jeffers with notable achievements in synthetic rubber. it notes ample rubber supply but ongoing shortages in manpower and materials like cotton and rayon cord, with $75 million in new factories coming online later this year to address capacity and labor challenges.
In 1944 Idaho City, once a booming mining camp, is fading as gold loses value amid war. Idaho City dies while Boise eyes moving the county seat to Horseshoe Bend on key highway routes, stirring Boise residents with nostalgia and practical concerns.
Angelo Patri argues that active children need few toys and that unused items clutter the home. He advises restricting toys, observing the child’s interests, and seeking medical or psychological evaluation if a child shows persistent disinterest or inactivity. He promotes letting active play continue with minimal props and urges reading Infant's Play, P-16, for guidance.
Idaho reminiscences recount a deadly feud linked to Ford Patterson a Oregon gunman who killed Sumner Pinkham in Warm Springs. Patterson avoided conviction by stealthy flight only to be killed in a barbershop by a policeman who was the sister’s suitor.
A detailed August 3 radio timetable lists program changes due to late network corrections, with hours block by block from 6:30 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. and multiple serials, dramas, news, and music shows. The piece ends with a quiz: What is the opposite of octane, and will civilian automobile costs rise when production resumes?
A partial broadcast timetable lists programs and stations from 5:00 to 1:05, featuring Local and CBS networks. Entries include News, Breakfast Cabaret, Ozark Mountaineer, Fairfield Four, and musical interludes with various named acts and hosts.
A Q and A survey reveals Bonin Islands derive from Munin but named by Ogasawara Sadayori in 1593, Japans call them Ogasawara Islands, the Foreign Service marks twenty years, gold is the first metal used by man, and the army’s goon gun is a 42 inch chemical mortar with other gas shell guns the 75 105 and 155 mm howitzers.
The National Capital Park and Planning commission led by Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant II outlines postwar decentralization for Washington. Projects include four new Potomac bridges, a massive General Accounting Office building, and relocation of offices away from a clogged Mall area toward Virginia and Anacostia, while keeping government numbers steady and expanding residential districts.
Ground was broken on South Grand Street for a large Packard and Hupmobile sales rooms built by N F Jones Inc on land owned by T E Flournoy. The 75 by 140 foot showrooms will feature elevated displays and no posts, ready in 60 days at an estimated 25000. J H Jordan plans a DeSiard Gin Company three miles out De Siard road adjacent to railway tracks near Loop and Island roads, his fifth gin with operations in Mer Rouge Bastrop Rayville and Delhi, ready by September 1. A Mars flying boat has over 70 dials on its engineer's panel.
In Portland the estate of two elderly bachelor brothers yields $6,000 in coins from maps guiding searchers through their old house. Officials suspect $7,000 to $10,000 more may be buried on the premises. About $2,000 in silver coins were found in bureau drawers, $300 in silver in an unlocked safe, $276 in pants, and a $3,000 jar of $20 gold pieces was found in a basement stove.
Transfers recorded by the Ouachita Parish court show Helen Wallace Cash and others selling half interest in a Turnley land lot and a Nan Carrow headright strip for 2500 dollars. C Alston Prophit sold to George Varino a lot on Jackson street for 10000 dollars. Alvin Zimmer sold to Peoples Homestead and Savings Association the south 42 feet of lot 4 in West Monroe. Peoples Homestead sold to Burt Ryals west 50 feet of lots 11 and 12 in Ouachita Cotton Mills addition for 2400 dollars. Austin Eby’s New Western Addition property transferred to Simion Wade for 1700 dollars. The jet fighter paragraph is unrelated to transfers.
A large youth group attends daily Bible classes at Camp Ki-Ro-Li with activities including swimming and sports after lunch. Dr S T McKinney leads an evangelistic hour each evening while Dr H H Lindeman presents church history slides. The seventh annual conference runs the first week of August.
Stonewall Lodge of Knights of Pythias reports 400 members with 100 in armed service and one gold star for Milton Coverdale Jr. Leo Marks Mayo is missing, William Stokes Heard and Robert Carter injured. Past chancellor commanders Wesley Walter and Donald receive emblem rings from J Nor man Coon. Regular meeting Thursday at 8 p m. Dokeys meet Monday at 8 p m. Members urged to attend and submit membership applications for September initiation.
In Dedham Massachusetts on August 23 Buster the eight year old tiger cat may not receive the $100 000 bequest once reported as left by his late owner Woodbury Rand instead only $40 000 is confirmed by executor Charles N Rogerson The housekeeper Marg et T Thomson once entrusted with Buster now may inherit the windfall Rogerson notes the original $60 000 for the cat and $40 000 for the keeper were combined into a single $40 000 sum and Rand edited the will amid pen and ink codicil changes The probate clerk is informed of the interpretation that the cat and housekeeper share the reduced bequest.
Lester Scharff, Ouachita Parish Chamber of Commerce president, urged residents to holiday at home. He cited Office of Defense Transportation data showing peak rail and bus travel since the war began and warned that unnecessary trips could hamper the transportation system.
Dr. Allen W. Moore, 40, pastor of First Methodist Church in St. Petersburg Florida, named to succeed Bishop W Angie Smith as minister of Dallas First Methodist Church. He will begin duties on the first Sunday in September after a Birmingham born education and seven years at St. Petersburg.
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