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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1932
Page
5
The piece recalls a story from the Rollo books where two boys earn money for moving sand and the wiser choice is to share. It argues Americans must shed egotistical snobbery and adopt cooperative spirit, noting monopolistic price gouging during shortages and urging genuine democracy through mutual cooperation rather than personal riches.
A Columbia neurological institute project gathers 59 researchers to explore causes of criminal behavior. The team aims to identify how heredity environment education and time shape a person from infancy to adulthood and when a person becomes a social misfit or dangerous. The effort seeks interdisciplinary input from biologists neurologists educators and other experts to understand the making of the ordinary man into a criminal type.
A 1932 Bell Syndicate column advises readers hit by economic distress to start anew with planning and self improvement. It urges learning from past mistakes, avoiding gambling, preserving confidence, and focusing on future growth for themselves and dependents.
In December the Interstate Commerce Commission will hear the Sea train case filed by railroads and Seatrain interests. Railroads claim the sea trains are interstate commerce and should face regulation, noting subsidies, taxes, and loan rates. Seatrain supporters argue lines are ship operations under shipping and mail subsidies.
Poem fragment urging focus on the present and action today. It emphasizes seizing the current hour rather than delaying for uncertain futures. The speaker insists that today holds power to shape dreams and opportunities if one acts.
Martha jokes about her fiancé's work in mining humorously naming calciminin as the type. Mrs Jones questions the field, and the couple banter over the term in a light domestic exchange.
A frequent visitor to the office compliments the collector for stylish attire while discussing a bill dispute that has persisted for five years. The caller remarks on the collector's appearance, joking that others might mistake him for a wealthy customer.
A prisoner named Sylvester faces solitary confinement during his stretch. Everett Wrest-Oh appears idle with no activities, and meals must be brought to him.
A playful exchange hints at a romantic link and a birthday clue. The unnamed Miss Passe suggests a birth secret while Miss Pickles underscores the date. The dialogue centers on identity, fate, and a mysteriously tied romance.
A sharp exchange mocks a doctor's competence asking if he is a good oculist and quipping that he could not be trusted to treat the eye of a potato.
A fragmentary humorous note discusses satire in magazines and public figures. It ponders imitation of Pepys diary style, jokes in sermons, and the cost of education contrasted with legal fees.
The article explains how solar radiation influences nutrition and bone development, noting rickets as a disease of impaired calcium deposition. It cites the sun’s role in producing vitamin D, an essential element for skeletal calcification in children and animals.
A brief humor note from The Humorist presents a mother punishing her disobedient child to imprint discipline. The son objects that his mind’s position may be misaligned, prompting a comic exchange. This item captures a light domestic joke reflecting playful characterization.
Richard Halliburton made his star debut in Walter Futter’s Jade with rain sequences first. Betty Compson remains Mrs James Cruze officially, Hollywood says they are divorced, and Buck Jones shifts to a civilian role in Child of Manhattan. John Wayne shows open space stardom in Sucker with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Dolores Rey seeks film success, Kate Smith’s coast broadcast costs Paramount 3200 weekly, Julie Hayden to play opposite Richard Dix in The Great Jasper wearing a wig. G B Stern’s The Man Who Pays the Piper may inspire Ann Harding vehicle. Stern prefers initials Peter.
Fifteen years ago on December 12 1917 items list Mr M W Stroud returning from Oklahoma business trip Mrs B S Stanley and baby visiting Lake Charles for holidays Frena Prophit ill for days Mrs Wm Harper enters sanitarium for operation Mrs A G McBride Bastrop and Mrs J C Bain Portland Ark visit Monroe Mr and Mrs McBride hosted by C H Godwin Miss Olivia Bain hosted by Mrs J J Potts Mrs Cecil Thompson takes city school post vacated by Sallie Humble health impaired Vanderbilt student Wharton Brown to spend holidays at home Mrs Frank Ford returns from Meridian Miss Helen Horton takes stenographic job at Monroe Grocery Co Mrs Wilmer Ellis and mother Mrs Snyder go to Jonesville to visit relatives John B Downes of Penselaar Polytechnic Troy NY to spend holidays at home.
Broad schedule lists NBC WEAF WJZ and other networks with music talk and drama blocks across East Midwest and West regions. Programs include The Hutchinson Family, Irene Beasley, Skippy, The Goldbergs, Lawrence Tibbett, and Melba outfits with orchestras and light entertainment.
Editorial notes sharp divisions before Borah committee on the St. Lawrence waterway improvement treaty. Support comes from northern grain belts and lake cities, while rail carriers and New York interests oppose. Clause allowing arbitration over Lake Michigan sparks fears of international control. outlook favors no quick ratification this session.
The readable portions mention cultural topics and figures such as Chaliapin and Carnegie Institute of Technology, plus political figures like F H LaGuardia. It also references Santa Claus stories, job loss, retirement, and a New York press role, but the text is garbled and lacks a coherent event or narrative.
The piece notes Americans resist a 30 a week raise tied to an eight hour day and five day week. A French scientist claims gargling a drink can produce the same kick, urging less secret drinking. Christmas color remains despite tough times and festive tie makers' influence.
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