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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1933
Page
3
The News-Star marks its fortieth birthday reflecting on its 1893 start in Monroe then a modest city. The paper pledges renewed devotion to public interests and predicts further progress and prosperity for northeast Louisiana in the coming decade.
The NRA faces weakness from wage and hour code violators and profiteers. General Johnson reports findings from a nationwide field visit and supports speeding up enforcement with public hearings in Washington starting December 12. Consumers, retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers will present complaints as the enforcement test intensifies.
Eugene L. Vidal of the commerce department asks pilots and mechanics via a 34000-name survey if they would buy a two passenger baby plane priced around 700 dollars. He notes 7000 licensed aircraft and suggests low cost planes could boost popular flying and profits, with manufacturers to receive results.
John Blake urges readers to stop criticizing others and focus on self discipline. He argues that meddling in others faults wastes time and energy and that personal growth through industry and self-knowledge leads to a happier life. Copyright 1933 Bell Syndicate Inc.
A fragmentary piece contrasts dreams with material gain as the speaker rails against societal focus on money. It ends with a jagged exchange where a beggar mentions a speeding arrest and a judge’s nickel warning. The passage mixes lyrical imagery with a street vignette about value and consequence.
A light exchange shows the sausage king and a prince of good fellows discussing lineage while a letter from Charles taunts with Xs. Marion asks about the marks, Auntie notes hygiene, and a student recalls outsmarting a teacher when a tack was suspected in class.
Mabel questions marriage to Jack while Edith weighs the option, declaring Jack a suitable husband yet impractically foolish as a brother. The exchange hints at family tensions and social expectations.
A lawyer asserts a claim against a road for hitting Brown’s car, while an adjuster replies with a counterclaim that the car was carried 200 yards after impact. The exchange signals a disputed auto accident case from 1933.
A playful note about humorous exam lines describes an autobiography as the life of an animal written after it dies. It adds a pun on abstract nouns being unseen and an incomplete thought dubbed a frays.
In Houston Texas on December 1 John C Kinser 41 shot and killed Mrs Gussie Broadway 32 the divorced woman across from his home then killed himself His wife cried out warning Justice of the Peace J M Ray ruled murder and suicide A note found in Kinser pocket blamed lack of honesty and hinted at public reaction The affair had been ongoing since Broadway moved in after divorcing three months prior
More than 10 physicians and surgeons are expected to attend an important session of the Fifth District Medical Society this afternoon at Hotel Frances. Chief speakers include Dr FE Cary of Dallas and Dr Fred Rankin of Lexington Ky, both national figures.
The Riverside Country club hosted the second fall dance by the Teflis Grotto Masonic organization on Wednesday night with a large attendance. It featured a rustic floor show by Mrs. Harry W Rice's School of the Dance and a tacky dress theme. The next dance is set for December 16 as the holiday season nears.
Miss Louise Theus hosted a Thanksgiving palet party with a luncheon and floral table. Prizes in early evening games went to Frances Stubbs and Pauline Allen. Attendees included Pauline Allen, Frances Stubbs, Lilly Blanks Clarke, Emily Trousdale, Louise Grisham, John Theus, and Harold Dixon. Captain W Courtney Oliver of Camp Pike visited relatives. Mrs J M Brothers hosted her sister from Dass as a guest. Mrs R W Germany ill with influenza.
A play titled Who Killed Earl Wright will be reproduced Friday at 7 30 PM at the Crosley school auditorium in West Monroe by the Allied Forces of Prohibition. Cast includes The judge E S Eby sheriff Milton Coverdale deputy sheriff Prentiss Clark prosecuting attorney For Hines defendant Earl Becton star witness Elsie Aulas bootlegger Leon Fife coroner Harry Durgin and mother Mrs W C Curry Monroe and West Monroe ministers act as jurors.
Tyler Texas December one report shows a mistrial in the murder case of Mrs Alma Baker over the May shooting of J W Thompson near Lindale The twelve jurors were deadlocked six for acquittal and six for conviction after 25 hours of deliberation Mrs Baker testified she fired during an attempted attack claiming temporary insanity
Oklahoma City December 1 4% Oklahoma national guardsmen were used to staff ticket booths at the University of Oklahoma Oklahoma A and M game in Norman. Gov Murray ordered the guards in uniform to oversee ticket sales amid claims athletic money is being misused. Bennie Owen the athletics director said the arrangement was acceptable and tickets accounted for by the university auditor M R Garnet. The action marks a rare direct government role in collegiate affairs as Murray critiques salaries for professors of balls.
The Federal Trade Commission report notes chain stores can cut prices by absorbing losses from weaker outlets and charge higher prices in noncompetitive locales. It warns that such variations may cross from competitive advantage to an unfair method of competition and cites no specific recommendations yet.
Sam Newsom said a record attendance is expected for Friday evening’s Brotherhood meeting at the church basement with luncheon at 7 PM. He emphasized concise program content and urged every member to attend.
The policy will become law when repeal takes effect next Tuesday. The agriculture department is setting up liquor manufacture and importation regulations to enforce the new framework.
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