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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1949
Page
4
Telephone all departments except Sunday from 5 pm to 8 pm to reach the business office editorial room mail room and managing editor in the morning world edition.
Barry Stanwyck’s makeup man lauds Barbara Stanwyck for punctuality, prep, and crew friendship on The Lie. He notes stars shape morale, with Barbara arriving early, knowing lines, and sharing meals on set. Cooperation boosts productivity and efficiency.
Washington Aug 29. Major General Harry H Vaughan, presidential aide, set to testify as the five percenter inquiry peaks. Witnesses describe Vaughan using his White House access to aid firms and individuals for a fee, with no proven illegal acts. The probe, led by Senator Hoey, has heard from business and government figures about influence peddling and contracts.
Major networks prepare for early court challenges to the FCC ban on give-away shows effective Oct. 1. Licenses may be refused for broadcasts after that date. The ruling centers on whether prizes qualify as lotteries, with $10 million in prizes and tens of millions of listeners on the line.
The piece notes Vice President Alben Barkley stirring crowds with jokes about plans for a queen of his own while Mrs. Carlton Hedley sits nearby. Observers doubt the sincerity of his flirtations and predict either curbed joking or forthcoming statements to reporters.
Henry M'LeMore describes a third day at Kruger National Park in Transvaal South Africa. He notes wild animals roam freely in a vast reserve and visitors must stay in cars, with elephants and giraffes causing playful damage to poles and posts. He reflects on the park’s scale, accessibility and publicity efforts as Pan-Am flights bring travelers from New York, ending with a promotional syndicated piece.
Angelo Patri notes that unusual eating habits in children may signal dietary gaps or medical issues. Some kids resist varied foods, clinging to milk or meat, requiring gradual training and expert evaluation. Allergies or other causes deserve a pediatric specialist, not forceful dieting.
Dark eyed Juanita Cansino, wife of Paco Cansino and Rita Hayworth’s aunt, recalls the family’s dance lineage from Madrid to New York. She says the Cansinos danced across Europe and the United States, with Rita launching a dance career at age 10 and relatives teaching in Hollywood and New York. Juanita aims to be seen as a dancer in her own right and notes the family’s splintered, ambitious chorus.
Movie goers will see a new noiseless rustle proof popcorn bag announced by the Grand Bag and Paper Co. The cloth like bag is porous so it cannot be blown up or filled with water for balcony bombing raids. Great Britain produced 14,877,000 tons of steel in 1949, nearly triple its 1931 output.
A set of concise trivia Q and A covering helium origin, Theodore Roosevelt’s Panama visit in 1906, the giant salamander as the largest aquatic amphibian, Chinese pictographs as unique writing features, high altitude flowers’ color due to ultraviolet light, and the Andes’ maximum height with Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina.
Hal Boyle recalls reader letters about dogs changing now and then. Jetty the Texan black mongrel helps a Dallas woman hear by listening on the phone while barking to signal missed rings. Pat the collie returns years later, sparking the bureau of missing dogs in Darlington, Pennsylvania.
A mix up of two men named Jens Jensen and John Jensen led to an erroneous AP report that Jens Jensen died at Sturgeon Bay Hospital. The 89 year old Jens Jensen is alive and improving after an internal illness, while John Jensen, 65, resides in West Sturgeon Bay.
DeWitt Mackenzie muses on English Channel swimmers as a test of will and private enterprise. He recalls Montague the journalist who joined WWI front lines, illustrating fearless spirit and individual initiative driving nations forward. He argues conquest of dangers fuels progress and a dull world awaits if pursuits stop.
A long list of across and down clues includes theme entries like Salamander and Chum with scattered phrases such as Mountain in Alaska and Norse god Thor. Several entries reference objects, actions, and descriptors across diverse categories for a traditional newspaper puzzle page.
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