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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1940
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star declares itself an independent newspaper printing news impartially. It states it supports what it believes to be right and opposes what it believes to be wrong, without regard to party politics.
Major A. P. de Seversky argues a sustained air offensive could aim to crush Britain's air power and morale without a full invasion. He says Germany would need continuous daylight raids, vast pilot and fuel supplies, and destruction of air stations to succeed. The piece notes uncertainties about whether Germany will land forces from France and Norway.
The piece notes Britain claims equal aircraft output with Germany aided by US imports, yet warns Britain may face a tougher air war. Estimates show Britain with about 5,000 frontline planes while Germany fields two to three times that, focusing bombing power.
The Civil Service Assembly census shows state governments employing 540000, up from 297000 ten years ago, while city workers rise from 718000 to 940000 and counties to over 500000. With defense spending increasing, holding employment growth may hinge on state and local sectors. Theodore Roosevelt nickname at the Philadelphia convention is noted as Young Teddy.
A poem in praise of Hitler turns doubtful as the speaker admits loyalty while lamenting the loss of lager beer. The narrator recalls cheering edicts, “Strength through joy,” and Mein Kampf, then questions whether faith remains when beer is banned and Europe’s boss becomes fearsome.
The writer jokes about reallocating 50 destroyers from England to Joe McCarthy and ponders a French court question for past leaders. The piece also notes Elsie the Cow's Hollywood presence and Harry James seeking her in the moos reels.
A paternal meditation on parental gratitude and child appreciation. The piece urges parents to show children what life lacked in the past through shared experiences and storytelling, argues that ignorance of hardship fuels ingratitude, and promotes teaching through example and effort. It also notes Patri's leaflet on arithmetic and how to request it from the Monroe News-Star.
Washington Daybook reports the 260th coast artillery unit of the District of Columbia National Guard faced delays on its march to Northumberland Pennsylvania. Only six of twelve trucks arrived, forcing 20 men into six vehicles and later using private cars for 80 more soldiers. Two trucks broke down, arrival was six hours ten minutes late.
A wartime dispatch reports the 260th Army unit enduring near exhaustion in a Pennsylvania wheatfield as tents could not be pitched. Luck favored them briefly with dry conditions, but the following night rain halted trucks and delayed bivouacking by six hours at Watkins Glen, New York, leaving men sleeping in mud.
Hollywood report Mary Francis 18 and Clayton Moore 25 met five months ago and vowed not to see or speak for three months to test their love. After the silent period Moore called and proposed, and the couple flew to Las Vegas for a quick wedding.
Mayor LaGuardia vows to treat obscene publications as garbage to be collected by sanitation trucks unless distributors withdraw the literature in New York. He spoke from a blackboard panel labeled filthy magazines to publishers distributors and dealers.
Fifteen years ago on August 20, 1925 Mr and Mrs J R Henry announced the engagement of their daughter Thelma to Russell B Stellwagon. The note records family news and social greetings from a small town era.
Georgia announces that Communists seeking public office will be barred from appearing on the November ballot for the first time in state history. Secretary of State John B. Wilson said it would violate public policy to list candidates from a party aiming to overthrow democratic government, acting on Attorney General Ellis Arnall’s advice with Governor E. D. Rivers’ concurrence.
Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy the noted French artist wed Katherine Sage of the Russell Sage art family in Reno after a divorce from Jeanne Ducroco Tanguy was granted. Judge William McKnight officiated the ceremony Saturday. the bridegroom’s former wife remains in France.
In Wanda Pennsylvania Ralph Picker ing keeps digging on the C. A. Pratt farm and finds a gold watch lost by Pratt's father twenty years ago. A day later he unearths a watch fob commemorating the fifty year anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.
Noise from about 100 fire alarm boxes warned of fires city wide at LaGuardia Field as a central alarm system broke down causing widespread sirens and bells. No single fire reported yet, officials investigated the malfunction.
PUNCTUAL PAYALLUP Fire Chief Chester Brakefield arrived at 2:30 for a dentist appointment after a fire he battled. The alarm rang, firefighters extinguished the blaze, and the chief joked about keeping time in the chair of Dr. M R Thomas.
Fellow workers joked about waxing the whiskers of Orveal Robinson for an old settlers event in Independence Missouri. They used rubber cement and the whiskers came off with the cement.
On the Cy Payne poultry farm in Danville two male turkeys intruded on a guinea hen by evicting her from the nest and taking turns hatching her eggs. Payne reported the birds showed motherly instincts and disrupted the hen’s nesting.
Five year old Billy Densford escaped with severe bruises after tumbling from his parents speeding car onto a paved highway near Hastings Nebraska. He is alive and thanking his luck.
William A. Young, 26, convicted of murder in Los Angeles, was sentenced to die in the lethal gas chamber at San Quentin Prison. He had helped build the chamber.
Jimmie Fidler surveys Hollywood trends noting that strong publicity often props up mediocre films. He warns the public may rebel against high pressure sales and predicts a broader industry slump if creative initiative fades.
In Monticola Virginia a Paramount unit films the technicolor motion picture Virginia on an old 1825 plantation house. Locals including Emily Notting and nephew Buford Nolting watch 275 actors crew pass scenery and equipment past the ivy covered brick home. Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll and Edward H Griffith oversee scenes as bridges are rebuilt for trucks and cameras while a nurse and young girl play.
Pope Pius XII received Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt's personal envoy in a farewell audience before Taylor departs for the United States. Taylor, convalescing from an operation, will sail from Lisbon to New York August 23 with Mrs. Taylor, and friends doubt he will return to his post due to fragile health.
Eastern standard time adjustments shift the lineup with last minute network corrections. The schedule lists serials, news, music, and public affairs from 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. featuring Jack Armstrong Yella Pess!, The O Neills, Li l Abner sketches, Paul Sullivan News, Dance Music Orchestra, and Amos and Andy among others.
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