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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1940

Page

2

The Monroe News Star Independent Paper Statement

The Monroe News Star declares it is an independent newspaper printing news impartially. It supports what it believes to be right and opposes what it deems wrong without regard to party politics.

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Avila Camacho's Inaugural Era Signals Stable Mexico Ahead

Mexico begins a six year term under Manuel Avila Camacho with a calm inauguration. The United States hopes for steady reforms and closer ties as Camacho faces rebuilding an economy, reassuring business and labor gains, and resolving the long oil dispute, while seeking to strengthen the hemisphere link with 21 American republics.

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Fairness to draftees urges pre-induction fitness checks

Editorial argues 20 percent of men passing local boards are later found unfit by army physicians and sent home. It urges conducting final physical exams before induction to spare draftees the humiliation of quitting jobs and saying goodbye, and to avoid upheaval in men’s plans.

Tomato can savings gag stirs banker letter column

A Chicago bank president urges depositors to bury savings in tomato cans, blaming government monetary policy for poor investment opportunities. Readers mock the idea while speculating about fictitious commissions and regulations, noting wartime headlines and public humor.

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Our Children By Angelo Patri

The piece urges giving books as essential Christmas gifts for children alongside toys. It highlights classics for boys and girls, lists recommended authors and titles, and stresses reading aloud as family time. It also notes consulting the American Library Association and contacting My Path at Monroe News-Star for guidance.

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Farm technology survey shows gaps in rural homes and power

Washington Daybook reports a government survey titled Technology on the Farm exposing limits in farm homes. It notes many farmers lack radios, telephones, electric lights, indoor toilets, and mechanical refrigeration, with large portions of counties lacking hospitals and poor diets among lower income families.

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Social notes highlight regional visitors and guests

Forty lines list Mr and Mrs Henry Co Mehan and family of El Dorado Arkansas guests of Mr and Mrs Leon Moederis Boo. Donning of Cleveland visits with his mother Mrs M S Dunning. Mounnie Fagin of Lexington arrives to stay with her sister Mrs John Sanders. Frances Midler, a Mossopy College student, visits after Christmas. Miso and Mrs C Mo Flowers are weekend guests of the DS Flowers family in Alexandria. Lucide Felsenthal of Baton Rouge visits Louise Woerner. Mrs RO Reynolds enjoys a few days with Mrs J O Perkins of Winnsboro.

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Hollywood gossip spans Ginger Rogers to Jack Benny

The column surveys Hollywood chatter with Ginger Rogers and Howard Hughes rumors, Benny weighing a single yearly film, and Charlie Butterworth arranging to adopt a baby in New York. It notes Mary Martin caring for flu-stricken husband Richard Halliday and other industry miscellany.

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Nazi Leaders Tie Knot in Berlin Union

The marriage of Germany's women's leader Gertrude Scholte Klisk and SS corps head August Heismeyer was announced in the Völkischer Beobachter. The couple plans to wed December 6 and share a home for their ten children. Scholte Klisk is 38 and Heismeyer 43.

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Mystery Story Mystifies Lancaster Library Visitors

In Lancaster Pennsylvania on December 6 a little girl and her mother visited the Free Public Library. The child brought back a book she had checked out and declared it a mystery story. The librarian asked what kind of book it was and the girl answered that it was a mystery story and returned the Ugly Duckling.

Lancaster Free Public Library

Demand to Reestablish Air Safety Board After Crash

A midwest crash prompts calls to restore the independent air safety board. Congress and aviation groups push for reestablishment after the Civil Aeronautics Authority shift and a spate of fatal accidents. Investigations are launched by local, corporate, and federal safety offices.

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War relief drive seeks funds for missionaries in Europe

A Presbyterian Church group in Atlanta urges a Sunday appeal to raise 25 000 dollars for relief of about 64 missionary families displaced by the European war. The aid would go directly to missionaries via the National Christian Council in their field offices. Other denominations have begun similar fundraising to support missionaries cut off from parent churches. Domestic air travel figures show July revenue passengers at 275 847 and 30 142 230 miles flown.

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