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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1933
Page
4
The text notes that enforcement of the National Industrial Recovery Act includes jail sentences and fines, with penalties for code violations. It explains a blanket code, the shift to licensing powers, and penalties of 500 dollars per offense or six months in jail for violations. It emphasizes compulsory compliance and nonvoluntary cooperation.
Estimates of federal beer tax revenue prove accurate as prohibition ends. From April 7 to May 31 receipts totaled 20.7 million dollars, with May at 11.5 million from 21 states where beer is legal. Projected annual revenue could exceed 140 million, far above pre prohibition levels.
The article argues the federal treasury’s baby bond issue aims to fund refunds and the national recovery program while broadening public involvement. It cites oversubscribed issues at low rates and urges every American to participate, invoking World War II mobilization and figures like Roosevelt and Johnson to urge collective action. The text also notes state leaders’ salaries as part of broader economic context.
Uncommon Sense argues time is scarce and only wisely spent. Aimed at workers and students, it warns that delaying or misusing moments disrupts production, debts growth, and life progress. It urges planning, discipline, and nightly reflection to stop time leaks and improve success.
A speaker shares a personal poem praising daily toil as a gift to life. The speaker notes their daily work may seem small yet declares it their best, an opus placed on the world’s shrine. The verse urges that none can do more than give their best in faith.
Vivid mock exchange imagines Mrs. Rapp-Perkins stuck in a hole while Rapp and Perkins argue the impossibility of rescue with shrapnel and a bayonet charge. The humorous line plays on wartime bravado to underline stalemate.
A brief exchange notes three generations from modest beginnings to prosperity. The speaker claims the third generation often pursues leisure sports like golf and tennis.
A buyer and an agent discuss a car priced at $1200, with the agent offering it for $800 to start negotiations. The buyer remarks the price is too high, while the agent pushes the deal as a starter. The exchange highlights a bargaining row over value and affordability.
A clerk from the assessor's office is accused by an external party of under estimating real estate value by 20000 dollars. The dispute fuses threats and a suggestion to appease the complainant with a cigar while the assessor allegedly calls an asylum.
In a terse exchange, He recalls a June night of violence, claiming six bites. She refuses to forget, while Ethel suggests a direct cut, and Percy admits his attempt failed as the aggressor acted first.
A set of humorous exam captions pokes at race pride calendar myths and political titles. The lines touch on the Maoris as a superior race, a tongue in cheek take on the president as commander in chief of the bonus army, and a misstatement about Great Salt Lake’s salinity.
Washington voices debate whether inflation is in the cards as General Johnson urges to buy things. Professors Warren and Rogers propose a gold commodity mix to set dollar value while Tugwell notes policy forces may raise prices and reduce purchasing power across the board.
Winnsboro Louisiana August 14 officers for Diamond Hawthorne Post No 84 of the American Legion were elected at a community center meeting. W A Butler was named commander with Theodore Robinson first vice commander and John Dailey second vice commander. Delegates chosen for the state convention at Shreveport included W A Brooks and K E King. A resolution committee pledged cooperation with national commander Louis A Johnson in the NRA campaign.
Dorie Pearl Snowden, 21, was released on a $1,000 temporary bond after a habeas corpus hearing on murder charges connected to the stabbing of J. T. Strickland on the porch of the Snowden residence in San Antonio. Strickland died from the stabbing. A separate historical note recounts Plymouth Rock’s split and reattachment during the Revolution.
Fragmentary notes mention Ham Bone and Meditations at P Alley with unclear context or outcomes. No clear events, dates, or participants readable to confirm details.
Kilgore Texas August 14 Officers pursuing two heavily armed men who fled a log cabin hid in woodland near Gladewater after a Sunday pursuit. Rangers led by C H Platt closed in as one man vanished into timber. a woman at the cabin denied knowing the visitors.
Three black men Dan Pippen Jr Elmore Clark and A T Warren accused of killing Miss Vaudine Maddox 21 were seized from officers by armed white men and two bodies were later found shot near Blocton Alabama The incident followed a halted jail transfer and sparked a grand jury probe while the International Labor Defense faced criticism from Sheriff R L Shamblin and others over perceived interference in the case
Radio daylight program grid lists shows and performers for East West North South and Pacific regions with times from 3:00 to 12:00 and various orchestras bands and serials. It notes coast to coast reach and daylight time adjustments and lists many stations and program blocks.
George S. Overin runs a 1824 Houston Street whip shop now turning out about 20 000 riding crops yearly in 136 styles. The business serves polo players army posts and celebrities from Jay Gould to Winston Guest while also producing policemens billies and cowrie riding crops.
The first bale of 1933 cotton from Claiborne parish sold in Homer to merchant F. B. King for nine and one quarter cents a pound. Weighing 505 pounds, ginned by Caddo-DeSoto gin, the bale was produced by J. T. Coleman and Lamar Coleman Jr., sons of Lamar Coleman, living six miles southeast of Homer.
Bill Easter, who escaped from Eastham state prison farm on Friday, was recaptured and returned to prison by night watchman John Burnette at Riverside, Texas, on Monday. A second convict named Armstrong appeared with them while they waited for a train on Sunday.
Hollywood star Jean Hersholt and his wife Via Anderson marked their twentieth wedding anniversary while returning from Denmark. They met in Montreal in 1912 and wed a year later in San Francisco, raising a son before moving to Hollywood to start his screen career. Hersholt recalls a frugal early salary and shared savings that funded their independence. Ginger Rogers is shown as a modest contrast with her goal of earning one million dollars from her screen career.
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