Review of Helene and related works in 1940s fiction
The piece surveys Vicki Baum's Helene alongside her earlier hits Grand Hotel and Secret Sentence. It notes Helene as a strong human portrait, likening it to Anne Vickers, while calling the novel striking but not deeply profound. It also mentions Charles Norris and other new non fiction titles, plus social notices and events in Monroe notices with numerous names and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicki Baum
Grand Hotel
Helene
Germany
Anne Vickers
Judith Lane advances on Rio Diablo dam controversy
Judith Dale faces pressure from Morton Lampere and Scoggins as geologist Kane reports possible oil on Scuthborne field. Judith weighs dam versus oil prospect, plans a cautious move while rallying allies Slim Sanford and Max Larson. She returns to confront Scoggins and decisions loom for Bevins heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Dale
Rio Diablo
Big Tom Bevins
Morton Lampere
Bevins
Judith
Big Tom
Lamaere
Scoggins
Kane
Slim
Larson
Lampere
Scuthborne
Max Larson
Mabhile
Mia Raving
Jackson B. Kane
South
Houston
Mr. Kane
Coming Events and Club Meetings This Week
Local groups announce meetings and social events across the week. W B A No 26 gathers at Hotel Frances Monday 7 30 p m. Methury society circle No 8 hosts Tuesday 3 p m at ob Mi e Woman's Council church. Mrs Fisher and Mrs Hayes listed as organizers. W M A First Baptist hosts Circle No 7 3 39 p m. A benefit dance at Missouri Pacific Booster's club invites public. Semper Fidelis club meets Wednesday at Mrs Faulk 10 North Secarid. Delta Sigma fraternity seventh annual summer dance at Riverside Country club 10 p m till. Charity ball Saturday at Riverside Country Oak, hosted by Junior Charley sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methury Society
Circle No
Ob Mie Woman's Council
Fisher
South A. E
D. Hayes
Trenton
Onroc
Fred Willis
First Baptist
Missouri Pacific Booster’s Club
E. R. Strahan
Circle Two
Semper Fidelis Club
W. C. Faulk
North
Secarid Street
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Riverside Country Club
Riverside Country Oak
Charleysue
Congressman And Beauty Admitted To Columbia Bar
Congressman William P. Conn of Lynn Massachusetts and beauty prize winner Mary Rose Deering were admitted to the Columbia Bar. Conn is a House labor committee chairman and previously an actor. Deering works for the Public Works Administration and is married to a lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William P. Con
Lynn
Mass
Mary Rose Deer
Cannery
Congress
House Labor Committee
Deering
Public Works Administration
Tie Nery
Breard Favers Marriage Draws Notables In South Louisiana
The wedding of Miss Dots Favers and Harold Breard drew many friends in South Louisiana. The ceremony at St Matthew's church featured pink decor and a reception as the couple planned a New Orleans honeymoon. Miss Favers is connected to local families and has worked for the News-Star-World. Breard hails from a prominent lineage and has a background in journalism and law studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dots Favers
Myert Coverdale
Hae Gear Favers
Harold Beeard
Azemy
John M. Zed
South Ee Gremillion
St. Matthew's Church
Verdale
Marguerite Les Honor
New Orleans
Teche
Edward Ryan Feltus
Woodville
Natchez
Charles Moreland
Tensas Parish
Louisiana
St. Matthew's Parochial School
News-Star—World
Breard
Monroe
Fort Miro
City
University of North Carolina
Tulane Law School
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Upsilon
Phi Alpha Delta
Sigma Delta
The
Morning World
Telegraph
News-Star
News-Star. Mr. and Mrs. Breard Will
Arkansas
Operator 13 Opens at Paramount Starring Marion Davies
Marion Davies stars as Gail Loveless in Operator 13 at the Paramount with Gary Cooper as Captain Gailliard. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Cosmopolitan film blends romance and espionage set in the Civil War south, directed by Richard Boleslavsky with support from Ted Healy, Russell Hardie, Jean Parker and Katharine Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer- Cosmopolitan
Paramount Theater
Miss Davis
Gail Loveless
South
Jack Gailliard
Gary Cooper
Gailliard
Robert W. Chambers
Richard Boleslavsky
Make This Model At Home Pattern 1946
A vintage home sewing pattern caption touts an easy project for pretty pajamas. The ad-like note highlights fashion at home and invites crafters to recreate the stylish sleepwear with simple steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star Daily
Anne Adams Pattern Book offers sewing guide and pattern
The summer issue features a women suit pattern by Anne Adams with a shirtmaker yoke design. Instructions show fabrics like silk cotton or flannel in colors such as sea green, sizes 12 to 16, with a 4 yard requirement and illustrated steps. Send 15 cents for pattern and 25 cents for book and pattern to Monroe News Star Pattern Dept New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Monroe News- Star Pattern Department
West Lath Street
New York City
Lake Providence Hosts Legion Auxiliary Bridge Event
Mrs. H L van Valkenburgh hosted a Legion auxiliary bridge afternoon at the lake home with guests including Ida Fisher W W Weldon R S Guenard and many Hamley Langhnais and Perry families. Prizes were awarded to high and low scorers as attendees socialized and some plans formed for travel and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. van Valkenburgh
Legion Auxiliary
Mesdames
Ida Fisher
W. W. Weldon
R. S. Guenard
W. H. Hamley
J. C. Bass
Charles Hart
Minna Lang
Vera Cohran
Harry Packard
J. W. Pittman
C. R. Evans
F. W. Schober
H. L
Tony Machell
J. Cangelosi
A. Cangelosi
Booby
Donald
Marguerite Greco
New Orleans
James Labbe
Newlywed Couple Embarks Steamer Trip to New Orleans
A couple from New York City sails to New Orleans by steamer and receives congratulations from numerous friends for a long and happy married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New Orleans
Mrs. Gilfoil Hosts Bridgem Bridge Tea and Visits
Mrs. W R Gilfoil entertained a Wednesday bridge party in compliment to her sister Mrs J M Moss of Pittsburgh. High score went to Mrs Moss who received silk hose. second high to Mrs Albert Sherwin with a kitchen set. consolation to Mrs Will Adams with a cake box. Readings of visiting relatives and club guests filled the afternoon with refreshments and prizes, highlighting a convivial social scene.
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Bridge
Inlaw
J. K. Rundell
Delhi
Mesdames A. P. Surles
Eugene Whittington
C. E. Greer
L. W. Myers
F. W. Schober
Harry Packard
S. L. House
Oren Russell
Margaret Whatley
Sue Pinkston
House
Greenville
Miss
Frank Meek
Mesdames J. C. Surles
C. B. Mitchell
J. S. Johnson
Leon Harbin
C. M. Bass
Sterling Merrill
Roy Abernethy
A. G. Frost
W. R. Gilfoil
J. M. Moss
Pittsburgh
Moss
Albert Sherwin
Will Adams
Gilfoil
Will Adams, Jr
A. L. Sevier
J. H. Hughston
Robert Moncrief
Mason Spencer
J. H. Devine
Ed Adams
R. L. Baily
E. A. Buckner
W. C. Starrett
W.D. Buford
M. M. Lewis
Maxwell Yerger
Eula Gilfoil
Elizabeth
Cornelia Kell
New
Colvin Todd
W. M. Murphy
Gus Irving
Sondheimer
R. T. Campbell
Leo Shields
Shields
Mike Winberry
Harold Monk
Nathan D. Gaston
Monroe
Todd Home
Wesley Fellowship Group
The
Methodist Church
Home and Farm Demonstration Office
Mary Pierce
Coffeeville
Olive Emory
Myles Hopkins
Ora Spinks
Ferguson
C. K. Smith
Anna Thompson
Minga
Louise Thompson
Betty van Zelfden
Regina Bethea
Charlotte
Laura Sevier
Allie Leeves
A. F. Graves and Sons
Frank and
Robert
Paul Barber
Alice Lou Linton
Radium Shrinks Quintuplet Tumor Amid Health Update
In Callander Ontario Dr Edmund Kelly reports radium treatment on the 184 day old Dionne quintuplet Marie shrank a thigh tumor once thought a birthmark. Treatment began two weeks ago with 44 minutes daily and may leave only a small scar. Dr Campbell Goodwin notes all quintuplets in good health and near normal birth weight within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callander
Marie
Edmund Kelly
Baltimore
Kelly
Howard Kelly Hospital
Campbell Goodwin
Rockefeller Institute of New York
Goodwin
Mussolini to assure Austria support in Florence meeting
In Florence tomorrow premier Mussolini will promise Chancellor Schuschnigg united backing from Italy France and Britain for Austrian independence. Diplomatic exchanges among Rome Paris and London indicate a reinforced common front since Austria established its new government after Dollfuss's assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Kurt Schuschnigg
Italy
France
England
Florence
Associated Press
Paris
London
Dollfuss
Women Resting Nicely After Major Operations
Miss Lucy Jones of Monroe and Mrs. Elias Bashette of Monroe were reported Monday to be resting nicely after appendicitis operations at Monroe General hospital. Mrs. V. C. Dupree, treated there earlier, recovered enough Sunday to leave for home in Delhi. An ancient Greek myth links the anemone to Venus’s tears over Adonis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Jones
Monroe
Monroe General Hospital
Elias Bashette
V. C. Dupree
Delhi
Venus
Adonis
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Irs. H. Own
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Yvonne
Ruth Yeager
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Aline Newsome
J. C. Hearne
Luke Covington
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Crockett
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Hull
Frank Kelly
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Leora Johnston
E. K. Reeves
I. L. Yeager
Hutchins
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Lazarre’s Point
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Alfresco
Henry Hinkle
Elizabeth Casper
Francis Barnett
Mi Joel Nichols
Robert Harris
Elva Harris
John Harris
Lillie Thompson
Bob Dunaway
Doris Jeeman
Mr. Kennedy
Happy Tidwell
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Johannie Cox
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Louis Coesper
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Chic
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T. T. Howe
Mrs. J. T
Iday
Chicago
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Vy Peters
Sil
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Jeanne Bowman
Chapter
Slim and
Narnia
Judy
Hotel Frances
Columbia
Breard-Favers
Paramount
Marion Davies
By Cohine Adams
Lake Providence
Vicksburg
John J. Nelson
Vicksburg Infirmary
Nelson
Arlene Howell
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Laura Turner
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Dorothy Bradley
Nobie Roy Whitaker
Carl Howell
Oak Grove
John Harvey Robinson
Hadley Levell
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Louis Dal
Quintuplet
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