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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
4
Instructions list daily contact numbers for TF NEWS and MORNING WORLD including post 7 p m hours and department lines. It notes business office, factory room and mail room availability and Sunday access.
The NDAC coordinates civilian defense efforts and operates above party lines. Leaders like Knudsen Stettinius Hillman Henderson Budd Davis and Elliott present a unified national focus, resisting political pressure while urging bipartisan cooperation for wartime preparedness.
The national guard faces stricter training as leaders foresee 60 of 75 members retained if mobilized. Winter training would occur in home states before southern transfers, with regular army oversight. Enlistments jump from 9,492 in May to 23,442 in June and 31,958 in July as pace accelerates.
The piece condemns U S ambassador to Belgium Joe P Cudahy for loose London talk on Belgian misery under German rule. It cites ex minister James Cromwell to Canada as another reprimand case and argues ambassadors should foster goodwill, not provoke foreign ire, urging more seasoned leadership rather than politically rewarded posts.
The piece notes that wartime needs spurred U S chemical industry growth and declares that the United States is now producing bassoons for the first time in its 150 year history. It adds that domestic bassoons cost $35 less than imported Czech, French, and Italian models.
A satirical column discusses naming racing colts with references to John Kieran and various horse names. It also notes Wilbur Cross's possible fifth term as Connecticut governor and reports on Treasury data about Americans earning over a million dollars in 1938.
Old Ed Flynn argues there is no sin in a campaign book as he campaigns to win. The column presents Flynn's stance and tone reflecting his approach to political persistence and public appeal.
The reader recalls cannons from a Spanish warship near Al McDonald’s Tabard Inn and the old ball park where Al Weiss started. They are the region’s only coastal armament between New London and New York, unable to fire, with a limited range to the Southwest Ledge breakwater.
A meditation on the uncertainty of the mind and the individuality of children. Training must be personal and adaptive, listening to each child’s development rather than enforcing fixed schemes. The piece urges humility, patience, and belief in a child’s inner potential, with contact details for further inquiries to Angelo Patri at Monroe News Star.
Readers offer personal advice on pursuing work in Washington amid defense drive and discuss the tradition of presidential terms. The letters touch on hiring trends, civil service prospects, and historical opinions on third terms for presidents with references to Roosevelt and Coolidge.
15 Years Ago August 23 1925 Mr and Mrs E G Courtney returned today from White Sulphur Springs. R Downs Jr grand commander of Knight's Templar Louisiana returned today from vacation to Seattle for the national convention. Mrs Dave Trousdale Arkansas Avenue returned today from Virginia. Mr and Mrs E L Smith are in Hot Springs on vacation. Mr and Mrs D L Roper and son returned from Missouri Illinois trip with Roper's niece Viola Shelby Morehouse. Mr Robert Breard Sr Jr and Charles Schneider returned from extended West tour. Mr and Mrs G F Bell and children of Shreveport visited A P Cobb West Monroe.
Tampa Florida August 23 A P Uncle Sam moves to curb alien smuggling fortifying the Florida coast and the gulf to the Mississippi with stronger lines Frank Hornyak chief of the South eastern Immigration Patrol says ten new inspectors from Border Patrol School El Paso Texas are training for field duty and a 500 watt short wave radio will link patrols to maintain two way contact We are ready for them he adds
Twenty five years ago today report from August 23 1915 notes a German assault on the Dvina front with swift gains as Brest Litovsk Ossowitz and the fortress of Olita fall to German forces.
Orangeburg South Carolina warrants charge a vegetable buyer with passing 317 worthless checks to farmers for produce. The checks ranged from 30 cents to 200 dollars. Magistrate delivered the warrants to the sheriff.
Mrs John Wagner and her sister Miss Norma Heffly reunited after 18 years apart thanks to a mutual friend. They learned they had been adopted by different families and now live only 24 miles from each other in the Lancaster area.
Houston lineman K. R. Andrews swung at a yellow jacket at the top of a 30 foot pole. The insect attacked, he fell to the ground suffered two broken ankles. He told hospital attendants the jacket circled and returned repeatedly.
Lincoln Neb. County Judge Robin Reid issued four licenses in a single day to Dorothys Dorothy Glantz Dorothy Ray Dorothy Venter and Dorothy Ossen kop. The surge spotlights a unusual local clerical workload and the growing trend of petitions for licenses.
ELMCREEK Neb Archie Bell a Kearney policeman stopped two hitchhikers near Odessa and realized they were his sons who had been listed as A W O L on the road home story notes the unexpected family reunion and Bell's quick recognition of the men.
From Attica prison in New York a inmate requests a copy of Joyous Vacation Days a department pamphlet. The appeal was sent to the state conservation department and noted in Nashville Tennessee.
Isidoro Cardinal Goma y Tomas, aged 71, primate of Spain and renowned Church historian, died last night. The piece also notes the importance of aircraft in forest fire suppression, a practice established as early as 1925.
Chester Morris and Lillian Kenton Barker plan a soon date while Orry Kelly’s new book fuels rumors of a Warners split. Ann Sothern visits Roger Pryor, and many stars chase roles, tours, and headlines in a lively Hollywood snapshot.
George Tucker recounts Mel Adams visiting Hal Kemp in Cincinnati and the Beverley Hills Country club scene. He recalls Kemp’s new family news, fan favorite medleys, and a mix of entertainment figures. Also notes Larry Clinton aviation encounter, Franchot Tone, Madeleine Carroll, Kate Hepburn golf, and midtown chess pros.
New York report says 23 year old Wayne Forrest, a hair dresser from a Fifth Avenue salon, flew to the Bahamas to craft the duchess of Windsor's coiffure. His rum and egg shampoo recipe combines five eggs and two jiggers of rum with a hair mix.
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt's Vatican representative, leaves Rome by plane for a US visit to confer with the president on his return plans. He travels with his wife and a nurse after convalescing from an operation. Pope Pius XII granted him a farewell audience. There are about 408,000 retail gasoline outlets in the United States.
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