The Monroe News-Star Masthead and Policy Note
The Monroe News Star publishes daily except Saturdays and Sundays by News Star World Publishing Corporation. It is a member of the Associated Press and reserves rights of republication. It presents impartial news and supports what it believes to be right, opposing what it believes to be wrong without party politics.
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Bright Christmas lights spread cheer across Ouachita parish
A local effort by the Monroe Garden Club in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and News Star and World offers prizes for best illuminated designs. The piece celebrates electric decorations that brighten homes and windows and promotes a modern, prosperous Yuletide spirit across Ouachita parish in north Louisiana.
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Monroe Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
News-Star and World
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Calendar craze hits shelves with Arctic mortgaged moose art
A satirical piece notes the 1937 edition of a best selling calendar arrives soon, featuring varied illustrations from moose in four colors to pink meadow cows and snowbound homesteads. It jokes that calendars fix time’s pace while hinting at 3rd century stone calendars unearthed in Colombia by Dr. Hermann von Walde-Waldegg.
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Colombia
Hermann von Walde-Waldegg
University of Boston
Inauguration Date Shifts Cut Short Roosevelt Term
Short term president Theodore Roosevelt will serve the second shortest term behind those who died in office. Moving inauguration from March 4 to January 20 saves 45 days. Washington’s first term was the shortest for a finishing president, delayed to April 30 due to Congress’ timing and travel.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
New York
Seaplane Basin Plan At Midway May Signal Transpacific Link
The Board of Army Engineers urges 500000 for a Midway Island seaplane basin as practical support for the transpacific airline begun by private interests. Rivers and harbors funds have long aided safer transportation and the Pacific outpost now holds a key role in commercial air travel with possible naval use, though the navy opposes direct involvement. Planes from Hawaii proceed to Gens then Wake and Guam.
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Board of Army Engineers
Midway Island
Overland Airways
Pacific Isle
Pacific
Navy
Midway
Caplone
Hawaii
Gens
Wake
Guam
Uncommon Sense Reflections On Victory and Credit
A friend explains that many share credit for successes while blame falls on one in failures. The tale parallels Marshal Joffre and a WWI victory, noting real doers seek no praise, only the knowledge of their part and the deed’s intrinsic reward.
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Battle of the Marne
Marshal Joffre
The
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The Glee Club By George Elliston
Poem explores wonder and kinship with nature through vivid imagery of sky, streams, trees, and stars. It reflects on fate revealing treasure in the world for those who see and dream. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about geometry and chores.
Conversation in a Scottish town writin room exchange
McPherson questions Sandy about staying at the hotel and visiting friends. Sandy explains he dropped into the writing room to fetch stationery and fill his pen.
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McPherson
Sandy
Poetical Prize and a Letter to Evangeline
Readers compare Evangeline to Longfellow’s verse as praise and speculation arise over a possible letter from Dumb Dave. The remark frames a literary feud over enduring poetry and reputations.
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Evangeline
Longfellow
Dave
The First Hundred The Hardest
A brief exchange shows a veteran remarking on 25 years of service. The reply acknowledges patience and longevity within a formal, ceremonial tone.
Study in Sparse Quips From a Quixotic Library
An odd collection of scattered lines discusses oil burner costs and installment counts, claims about ultra viruses per square inch, subway travel by Spanish gunners referencing 1898, Canadian torts versus tots, and girls seeking husbands with mentions of Elaine Barrie and Ariel warfare.
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Elaine Barrie
Debt talks in Europe tied to US policy shifts
European interest in reviving war debt talks with Washington grows amid the Spanish civil war crisis and neutralities debates. Analysts note Roosevelt's bid for a balanced budget and Johnson bill constraints limit newly available credits, shaping European strategies as ambassadors assess potential shifts with Russia.
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Washington
Italy
France
London
Congress
Uncle Sam
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Europe
Roosevelt
Treasury
Davies
Russia
Bullitt
Woodmen of America elects Magnolia lodge officers
Fifteen years ago on December 7 1921 Magnolia camp Woodmen of America elected officers for the ensuing year at a well attended lodge session. Named were J R Petagna past consul Louis Baur consul W B Carroll adviser Dr J T French physician D T Flannagan banker D K Lenard sentry W E Freeman guard J B Brown clerk S H Awl J R Stewart and S B Hutt trustees. Joseph Biedenharn Coca Cola Bottling president elected city commissioner to succeed A V Miller at the election yesterday. Lone Star Route association accepts routing highway with Great Southwestern International Highway association to run via Chicago St Louis Poplar Bluff Little Rock Monroe Alexandria to Brownsville Texas. Meeting held in Poplar Bluff. Mrs Alice Nelson Briggs to return from Jackson Mississippi Saturday with niece Mrs Craig and daughter Mary Virginia. Mrs Craig to stay with her parents over holidays.
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Magnolia Camp
Woodmen of America
J. R. Petagna
Louis Baur
W. B. Carroll
J. T. French
D. T. Flannagan
D. K. Lenard
W. E. Freeman
J. B. Brown
S. H. Awl
J. R. Stewart
S. B. Hutt
Joseph Biedenharn
Coca-Cola
A. V. Miller
Lone Star Route Association
Chicago
St. Louis
Poplar Bluff
Little Rock
Monroe
Alexandria
Brownsville
Tex
Great Southwestern International Highway Association
Lone Star
J. B. Foster
Alice Nelson Briggs
Jackson
Miss
Mrs. Craig
Mary Virginia
Preventing Ear Infections In Children Through Hygiene
The article explains how the ear can be examined with an otoscope and how infections travel from the nose through the eustachian tubes. It cautions against prolonged swimming for children, notes tonsil and adenoids as infection sources, and stresses timely removal of tonsils and adenoids to prevent recurring ear infections.
Ship strike boosts actress contract in Hollywood
Australian actress Worth thanked the Pacific coast shipping strike for shaping her Hollywood career. Returning from London with a liner to Sydney she faced a strike bound voyage and a wait of weeks. Film scouts noted her Australian film appearances and she soon secured a long-term contract at RKO.
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Hollywood
Constance Worth
London
Los Angeles
Sydney
RKO
Roosevelt Studies Congress Message At Sea
President Roosevelt aboard the Indianapolis cruised past Pernambuco Brazil at 24 knots en route home from South America. He used the voyage to study material for his message to Congress next month while the ocean voyage afforded rest away from daily callers and engagements. He attended church services and observed distant fishing boats offshore.
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Roosevelt
Brazil
Indianapolis
Washington
Congress
South America
Pernambuco
Hollywood Sights and Sounds in Paradox Departmen
Paul Harrison details Hollywood quirks where stars own assets they rarely use. Janet Gaynor lacks driving skill, Jeanette MacDonald swims poorly, and Clark Gable bets nothing on his racing horse. The piece spans studios outside Hollywood and satirizes wealth, fashion, and vanity in Tinseltown.
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Paul Harrison
Hollywood
Janet Gaynor
Jeanette MacDonald
Frances Langford
Fred Perry
Beverly Hills
Charles Ruggies
Stanley Laurel
Victor McLaglen
Signal Corps
North Hollywood
Burbank
Culver City
Broadway's Road to Stardom Tales of Chance and Change
In New York legends of how actors arrive on Broadway unfold through stories of Leslie Howard Donald Ogden Stewart and Ethel Mer man. John Halliday crediting Nat Goodwin for his rise Gypsy Rose Lee and Carl Brisson also feature as examples of fate shaping a theater career and fame.
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Broadway
Leslie Howard
Donald Ogden Stewart
Ethel Zimmerman
Astoria
Ethel Merman
al Siegal
John Halliday
Mr. Halliday
Klondike
Chance
Nat Goodwin
Carl Brisson
Rialto
Mister Brisson
Maxie Baer
Brisson
Asell
Gypsy Rose Lee
Miss Lee
Radio Program Schedules Across Regions And Times
A dense listing of coast to coast radio programming with regional nets and time blocks. It lists NBC WEAF and BLUE networks with East Midwest South Dixie and Pacific stations, detailing shows from 4:00 pm to 12:30 am including Amos n Andy Fibber McGee and Mollie Jack Masters Wilderness Road and Wayne King Orchestra, noting station groupings and airing windows.
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Dol Ohman
John Gurney
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Andy
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Lewis
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Ray Noble
The
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Ans
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Kathryn Cravan
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Little Brown Book
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Dorothy Gordon
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