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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1941
Page
4
Publication masthead shows Monroe News Star with World Publishing Corporation details and postal handling notes indicating second-class matter status at Monroe post office under 1909 act and 1879 act provisions.
Roger Payne travels the country at 67 living a simple free life while preaching Why Work He argues no one should work more than one day weekly and imagines a future where a productive economy supplies all needs Payne carries a 50 pound pack and camps in parks porches or church porticoes as he advocates a minimalist work model showing how small personal economies can still enrich life and hope.
Broadway gin rummy craze reaches juvenile actors in Watch on the Rhine. Howard and R Howard Lindsay differ, Lukas dubbed "heavy" then "star" by Shumlin. Boris Karloff at a Darien station exudes quiet intensity, a living presence off screen. Coconut products note ends piece.
Hollywood gossip covers Claire James and Busby Berkeley wedding plans. Will Hays’ visitor ban follows Fox buying a new touring bus. Rubinoff tops earnings, Gabin benches in Beverly Hills, Carradine and de Marco head for fashion and health notes.
Forehandedness applies to parenting as parents prepare children for the first day of school. The piece urges parents to familiarize children with the school, arrange meetings with the teacher, and ensure birth certificates vaccinations and clothes are ready. It emphasizes early planning to ease the child's transition and notes the mother bears this preparatory responsibility.
The Washington Daybook notes the House mute in debate as applause and laughter vanish from the Congressional Record. Rep Louis Ludlow recalls rare honesty moments and warns the new rule discourages genius, listing cases from Rep Robert Rich to Rep Luther Patrick and Rep Dewey Short.
Postmaster A A Thoman announces a third daily downtown mail delivery starting September with new carrier routes through West Monroe and Riverside Sanitarium. U S Senate hopeful J Y Sanders addresses a local crowd at the Saenger theater introduced by M C Thompson. West Monroe becomes a city with a four year mayoral term under the new charter. Mayor C C Bell to serve longer term.
Hold office until July 1 1930. West Monroe plans to act more like a city with paving on multiple streets. Paving will run from the end of the traffic bridge along Commerce to Wood to School street, with other streets included. A. W. Riggs has been named street commissioner.
Nine men involved in a dynamite plot to kill a pro British Japanese elder statesman during the 1939 Tientsin blockade were sentenced in Tokyo. Sentences ranged from 10 months to four years with six defendants given probation. The alleged ringleader Ikko Sasai received an 18 month suspended sentence.
Radio Monday August 25 schedule lists program changes due to last minute network corrections. Highlights include Jack Armstrong and Wings on the Watch from NBC red and blue, The Three Suns, Ireene Wicker Story, Wings on Watch reprise, Chandeliers of music, the Bartons sketch, Amos and Andy, and Lone Ranger drama in various time blocks across NBC CBS and MBS. Local news and sports segments punctuate the day with weather and commentaries.
In a tense scene Carol and Steve plan a dinner party with champagne and caviar while Carol fears public exposure as the "Murder Girl." Jeff and Haila discuss theater and a possible move to confront Philip Ashley in Salt Lake City over questions about his background.
Dr. J. O. Henry age 37, a noted Winnsboro dentist, died in a Vicksburg sanitarium Sunday after several days illness. He was son of the late Dr. J. P. Henry and was respected in Franklin Parish. Funeral services were held Monday at 4 pm at his residence with Lowry Funeral Home in charge. Survived by his widow, a son J. O. Jr, his mother Mrs. J. P. Henry, and four sisters.
Hymam and Mrs F P Miller, and Miss Mignonne Henry of Winnsboro, along with Miss Johnnie Mae Henry of Rus ton, referenced in a local social or charity notice.
The Domei agency reported from Keijo Korea that the largest dam in the Orient, nearly as large as Boulder dam, is complete after four years of work. Two dynamos are operating, a third will be finished this year and others within the next two years.
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