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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1933

Page

2

Radio Program Schedule for Tuesday August 15

The page lists daily network radio programming across regions East Midwest and Coast with detailed times showing shows such as Melodic Thoughts Nursery Rhymes Dinner Concert and Amos n Andy. It includes station groupings and coast to coast designations plus repeated west and east broadcasts.

Nbc-Weaf Orches Orch Schirmer Schmidt Shirley Howard Scotts & Orchestra Lum & Abner the Oldbergs Sanderson-Crumit Wayne King Ben Bernie Lada Taylor Holmes American Heroes Radio Forum Harold St2n Midw Rpt Ralph Kirbery George Olsen East Wjz Whbza Whbal Whain Kdka Wear Wir Wlw Wsyr Wmaly Midwest Weky Kyw Wear Wis Kwk Kwer Kail Wren Wmang Ksof Northwest & Canadian Wtmd Wiba Kstp Webe Wday Kfyr Erect Efef South Wrva Wptf Wivne Wjax Wilaswsun Wiad Wsm Wme Wsb Wapt Wjdx Kths Mountain Tioa Kdyl Keir West Prince — Ensty Floyd Gibbons Ernie Holst Phil Harris & Orchestra

A Larger Place In the Educational Sun

An agreement last Saturday makes Ouachita parish junior college a unit of Louisiana State University. The loaned college plant and equipment will be used while LSU provides the first two years of general education. The plan cuts costs for the parish and offers local graduates access to freshman and sophomore courses near home, with options to continue elsewhere.

Louisiana Ouachita Parish Junior College Louisiana State University Point University Louisiana Arts University Baton Rouge Uniy Fariy Conifornia Olsestia T. O. Brown Prof. Brown Monroe

Racial Eccentricities and English Eccentrics Compared

In a reflection on national quirks the author contrasts American restraint with English eccentricity. Noting figures like Dr James Graham and Romeo Coates, the piece muses on whether America will someday produce similarly flamboyant characters and public nuisances.

America James Graham London Aesculapius Robert Romeo Coates Bath Theater

Uncommon Sense by John Blake on World Unity

John Blake argues that humanity prospers when it hangs together and learns to cooperate. He cites Franklin, smallpox prevention, the Wright brothers, and Edison to illustrate progress through shared knowledge and communication. He predicts gradual, then rapid, improvement in global understanding, urging removal of old hatreds and prejudices for harmonious coexistence.

Europe Wright Brothers Kittyhawk Thomas A. Edison Samuel Morse India Timbuctu The Bell Syndicate, Inc

The Glee Club By George Elliston

A compact humorous verse and comic snippets from The Glee Club by George Elliston. Includes short rhymes about small kindnesses and light exchanges with punchlines from a classroom and street skits.

the Glee Club George Elliston

Clerk Hank Woggs Comments On Bookkeeping

A humorous 1933 bell syndicate panel sets a clerk and proprietor debating where to record a $2 purchase. Hank Woggs exits, noting he will not pay until next winter, prompting jokes about moving the entry from the day book to the year book.

Hank Woggs The Bell Syndicate, Inc

Fragmented excerpt on exploration and trade origins

A terse historical fragment discusses Australia before European discovery, Columbus opening knowledge of new lands, Canada’s frozen meat trade and fur industry, and a brief fable about sun and wind. It ends with a note of travel and wandering between countries.

Canada

Cuba's Political Veil Lifts From Machado Tyranny

Washington observes Cuba's drift after Machado as FDR weighs future leaders. Ferrara, Menocal ties loom in U S policy, graft and influence cloud prospects for honest governance. Barlow case sours State Department toward Machado’s regime and any reform.

Washington Roosevelt Cuba Machado United States New York Chicago Cubs State Department Menocal Orestes Ferrara Ferrara Thomas Barlow Barlow Havana American State Department United States Army

Rainfall totals reach 5.97 inches in four days

Government observer Kate Key reports 2.27 inches in the 24 hours ending Tuesday 7 AM, bringing four day rainfall to 5.97 inches. The heaviest 24 hours was 2.43 inches on Sunday morning, with Monday dry and a severe storm causing a lightning strike that damaged the Monroe negro high school building, estimated at 150 dollars.

Kate Key Miss Key

Tarver Warns Against Overloading Motorcycles

L V Tarver, superintendent of police, warns against riders piling multiple passengers on motorcycles. He cites safety concerns and a city ordinance, Section 6 of Ordinance 2550, prohibiting standing or sitting on non passenger design parts. The note also mentions an airplane airmail flight carrying a live black bear cub.

L. V. Tarver Mr. Tarver Quebec Province New York State

StLeo CQangriacht 198 Feud at Ball

A fragmentary notice references StLeo and an event labeled CQangriacht 198 within a local feud at Ball. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate a contested incident or match tied to the Ball locality. Entities include StLeo and Ball. dates and fuller context are unreadable.

Parents Still Seek Two Boys Missing Since Saturday

Milton Young aged 15 and Murrell Smith aged 13 have been missing from the Fred Peters place on Columbia road since Saturday. Police assistance is being sought. A relative hinted the boys may have been invited to Chicago by freight train as part of a plan discussed with Eugene Buss. Descriptions note blond, sandy hair. Murrell has a deep tan while Milton is fair. Arthur Tidwell saw two boys matching the description near the highway west of Rayville Sunday. one carried a small black bag.

Milton Young Murrell Smith Fred Peters Columbia Road A. E. Buss Smith Eugene Buss Chicago Eugene

Samaritan Home Seeks Adoption for Twin Girls

The Home of the Good Samaritan in Monroe Ouachita parish invites a family to adopt twin baby girls. Superintendent Rev J R Downes says the sisters should be adopted together to avoid separation. The twins are healthy, medium sized with brown hair and have never been ill.

Monroe Ouachita Parish Home of the Good Samaritan J. R. Downes

Revival Meeting At Spencer Continues

Large crowds continue to attend the revival at Spencer led by Rev. E A Bateman despite rain. Rev G E Goodman said services were moved to the school house Monday night. The meeting will run through Sunday with evangelist topics on The Mark of the Beast and The Land of the Beginning each night.

Spencer E. A. Bateman G. E. Goodman Goodman

Celery Growers Unite to Stabilize California Market

In Chualta Vista California American and Japanese celery growers joined forces to curb past glut and losses. The cooperative effort aims to stabilize prices and secure future supplies for the district through aligned marketing and production practices.

Chulta Vista Calif Celery

Captain Barthelemy and the Champlain's Living World

On the Champlain bridge Captain Barthelemy showcases a carved model of the first world lighthouse and a seven-compartment ship design for buoyant safety. He describes Atlantic views from the crow's nest and recalls war service, fame, and his circle of American celebrities aboard the French Line ship.

Paris Barthelemy English Channel America Wiley Post Ian Atlantic Champlain France Dardanelles Douglas Fairbanks Peter Arno Ina Claire Nicole New York

Hollywood Close-Ups: From dress seller to screen hopeful

In Hollywood Close-Ups, a Oakland lass Marjorie Timm, 22, trades selling dress samples for an eight week MGM contract after answering a San Francisco ad. The piece contrasts hopeful chorus girls with uncertain futures as she and many others chase film careers. Betty Compson promises new movie details in a life story, while Dorothy Herzog releases a novel about film life.

Hollywood Marjorie Timm Oakland Calif San Francisco Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Joan Crawford Marjorie Betty Betty Compson Dorothy Herzog

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