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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1949
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star offers subscription rates and advertising terms with a note on second class matter at the Monroe Louisiana post office dated June 1 1408. It declares independence and impartiality while outlining contact numbers for departments and offices. The text references The Associated Press and National Advertising representatives.
Historic gathering in Strasbourg marks the consultative assembly of the Council of Europe as it debates its role in economics and political unity. Observers note language and cultural barriers while urging cooperation in culture and other fields to foster peace and unity in Europe.
As the nation faces rising alcohol harms, Alcoholics Anonymous is highlighted as a vital, nonpunitive cure. Medical and welfare voices praise its peer support, rehabilitation goals, and human kindness, noting it helps alcoholics regain dignity and avoid jail, with growing public appreciation.
Senate testimony by Tighe Woods alleges Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan asked for fair treatment of friends to obtain scarce materials for a California race track. Six days later those materials reached Vaughan’s circle, depriving veterans housing supplies. The piece questions the president's military aide future.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, the gold fever drives a citywide rush to buy gold shares after a fresh strike near Winburg. Buyers abandon ordinary pursuits, real estate soars, and Union Stock Exchange activity reaches frenzied levels as wealth rumors spread worldwide. More millionaires per square mile fuel dreams of Rolls Royces and estates amid a booming mining market.
Hollywood columnist Shirley Temple reflects on regrets from her child star days. She recalls nicknames like Curly Top and Wiggle-Britches, memory gags on set, a missed Oscar moment, and moments from Gary Cooper and David Niven film work.
Angelo Patri argues that modern working mothers create work orphans who lose parental care when fathers or mothers work outside the home. He urges supportive family duty like grandmothers aunts and relatives to provide substitute parenting and home stability for children.
The Pan American union and U S census bureau plan a major regional census in the Americas. Groundwork includes training 1 5 million enumerators across Central and South America and standardizing census methods under a committee led by Dr Calvert L Dedrick. Challenges remain in maps equipment funding and local training.
Hal Boyle notes Douglas Leigh, the Alabama born innovator behind dazzling Broadway signs, plans larger spectacles such as a 175 foot bank sign in Minneapolis and a 220 foot stork sign. Leigh eyes even grander feats, including Empire State building advertising and aurora borealis inspired campaigns.
Washington dispatch notes lawmakers cut rent control funding from 26.7 million to 17.5 million, risking reduced enforcement across areas. Senator Douglas cites lack of understanding and debate, as Woods warns deeper cuts could end controls in remaining zones by next July.
A set of trivia covering Reconstruction districts after the Civil War, a 1924 endurance test between London runner George Hall and the horse Black Jack, pineapple symbolism in decoration, the 1865 founding of the University Club of New York, the kea parrot’s predation on sheep, and the first use of lightning rods by Benjamin Franklin in September 1752.
A crossword style clue list with multiple across and down entries. Answers include common words for poems tales letters and objects, plus geographic and linguistic terms. The grid references various categories from poetry to astronomy and geography.
DeWitt Mackenzie argues Washington's decision to allow Yugoslavia to buy a three million dollar steel mill and seek a World Bank loan boosts Belgrade's military potential. He says Tito defies Moscow but may use aid to counter Soviet expansion, making Yugoslavia a key eastern Europe defense line and a test of U.S. war-potential support.
In Pell City Alabama on August 22 a publicized Ku Klux Klan parade drew about 2 500 spectators but only 58 robed members participated. Speakers included Dr Lycurgus Spinks while a masked Klan leader urged defiance of spectators remarks and noted a new Alabama law. A 16 car motorcade toured town as Mrs William Hugh Morris wife of the jailed Klans leader rode in one car.
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