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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1938
Page
4
The article notes broad business improvement across most sectors through October and into November, despite recent stock market reversals tied to U S Germany tensions. Demand for basic products like steel outpaces production, inventories recover, and anti administration gains boost optimism for a conservative next Congress and moderated reform.
The article analyzes Section 7's hour ceiling and its uncertain impact on workers especially those with overtime above 44 hours. It notes Administrator Andrews warning employers against lowering hourly rates to avoid overtime, and discusses potential earnings effects and how firms may reorganize staff to minimize overtime without boosting hires.
The season brings cheerful Christmas news with strong spending and trade for merchants. Surveys show activity near 1929 and 1940 levels with some local gains above last year, and demand for Christmas trees hits unprecedented levels in New England as Vermont ships over 1.2 million trees. Canada’s population grows and exports rise, while under inflated tires wear on rough roads remains a concern.
A poem argues that Americans cannot understand why some justify cruelty, bigotry, and terror. It contrasts humane values with Nazi atrocities, questioning universal norms of justice, religion, and civilization. The piece presents a piercing critique of antisemitism and pogroms.
A critical essay urges parental guidance for adolescent girls amid family alcohol trouble. It argues for supervised youth activities and community leaders to provide healthy, moral environments and promotes Patri’s booklet on coping with disobedience. The piece notes the soybean’s long cultural role in the Orient and its rising prominence.
Washington discusses how the term national defense is used to push vast naval expansion. The piece questions what defenses are being protected and urges clarifying what “national defense” really means before approving further armament.
Handmade hooked rugs can be cleaned at home by brushing with a thick mild suds and dampening only the surface. Wipe away suds with a clean wet cloth and air dry in a shady place. Ammonia in suds brightens colors. Women wear back bouquets on Celebes island.
Mrs Walter Smith living near Sondheimer Louisiana was bitten on the ankle while feeding chickens by a rattlesnake three feet long. She was taken to a hospital where an antidote was applied and she was reported out of danger after initial peril. The piece also notes a mid winter poultry show opening in Ruston with entries from Monroe Farmerville Bastrop Rayville and other towns running December 2 to 7 with C P Van Wink of Dallas as judge.
Heather Angel, born in Oxford to Andrea Angel, has become the feminine lead in Bulldog Drummond pictures. After studying in England, France, and Switzerland she arrived in Hollywood in 1933 and is married to Ralph Forbes. She has acted in eight foreign films and plays tennis while speaking German and understanding Italian.
D Aubrey Haas spoke at the weekly Rotary club luncheon outlining Rotary information committee roles. He urged improvement in club service attendance and fellowship among Rotarians. Mrs Kate Allison performed two solos with Leon Hammonds on piano while Bill Reardon led club singing. An odd final line notes there is one car for every 28 people in California.
Fear is a protective human phenomenon with roots in the unknown. The piece notes how infants react to loud sounds and how improper training may influence fear. It discusses how fears develop with age, the common fear of the dark, night terrors, and the link to mental rather than physical causes, urging parents to educate themselves and prevent fears.
A guide explains washing bristle brushes with a mild borax or ammonia solution, wetting only the bristles, then rinsing and drying bristles down. It notes the American Philosophical Society as the oldest U.S. learned body, tracing its roots to Franklin's Junto in Philadelphia 1727. It also briefly mentions Bedouins of southern Arabia.
In Manhattan royal exiles work as private dancing tutors at Arthur Murray's academy. Princes and nobles teach tango and shag while demanding shorter hours and higher pay. The piece notes the bustling Broadway scene with Hello Poppin and Billy’s Gay Nineties, and mentions Brothers Krimsky at the American Music Hall amid the World’s Fair tie‑ins.
The reader recalls viewing Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter through a street telescope. October proximity of Venus and Earth, distances and sizes noted, with Venus’s bright glow and Saturn’s yellow light amid the blue night. The piece praises steady, nearby celestial jewels and the dependable motions of neighboring planets.
Six railroad boxcars on an Illinois Central side track near Milhaven road burned after a grass fire. Monroe firefighters spent three hours fighting the blaze. A trash fire caused three negro houses on DeSiard street to burn briefly, with minor damage. Additional grass fires and small blazes occurred citywide before firefighters quelled them. Thirteen millionaires die in England annually, per statistics.
A detailed daylong program note lists NBC and NBC WJZ blue and red network stations. shows and time blocks across East Central West and Pacific regions, with performers like Amos n Andy, X Cugat Orchestra, Ramona and Mer, Gene Autry, and Burns and Allen. Includes note on optional West/Blue Network stations and recurring serials and news periods.
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