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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1949
Page
4
Jimmie Fidler reflects on Charles Laughton and American audiences driving better pictures through box office. He notes sub par films flop, praises genuine hits, and highlights bad publicity stunts and Soviet Robeson plans. He mentions extras praise from Keen Negulescu and Bogart’s uncooperative award remark.
Fragmentary notice includes postal filing, Associated Press rights, and subscription rates. Mentions Munroe Louisiana post office entry date June 1999 and advertising offices in major cities. Contains boilerplate copy about republication rights and contact details.
Hal Boyle reflects on turning 50 in 1950, weighing advances and flaws. He notes progress in science and education, the shift from horse to engine, and social gains for women, yet warns cancer, heart disease, and spiritual unease persist. He calls the UN an uneasy balance between hope and fear, and praises the era as the best yet lived.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer plans a committee to study monopoly and unfair trade practices and to clarify legal boundaries. He argues big business may benefit living standards and urges rigorous examination while contrasting anti-trust fears with actual economic facts. Me Too Republicans in California loom as James Roosevelt seeks governor nominees. Steel price hikes may hit consumers through pension costs. Public talk on socialized medicine wanes as apple crops shift focus.
A citizen asks General Douglas MacArthur to advise on China and Formosa, urging clear U S policy. The letter condemns radio installment plans and mocks popular song imagery, contrasting artificial beauty with natural traits, reflecting midcentury public opinion and media critique.
Miss Merrie Smith oversees a formal luncheon for Hollywood moguls in the Motion Picture Association of America HQ, a restored Washington mansion donated to the Library of Congress. Decorated in federal and English-inspired style, the tour features a 71-seat theater with Greek busts, mirror fittings, and pastel murals, while a $300 paneling replacement marks renovations.
Angelo Patri advises mothers to give a young child simple, safe toys to explore alone and with supervision. Provide light, non sharp items to stimulate senses, gradually increasing complexity as the child grows, and maintain organized play spaces.
A quick Q A style item answers varied questions from minnow size to friction matches in Maryland and notable landmarks. Topics include Stone Mountain, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, Gibraltar as a British colony, and Hindemith’s Matthis der Maler referencing Gruenewald and the Peasant War.
A speaker rejects romantic descriptions of women with eyes likened to diving boards or canoes. He argues such idealized imagery unsettles singers who fall in love, warns that intense passion can paralyze and harm, and prefers genuine, natural beauty over sensational metaphors.
Puzzle style list clues span across political terms and geography from Despot to Desert Region. Includes references to legislative assembly, island south of Connecticut, Egyptian deity, famous race horse, and various down clues with diverse wordplay.
The Nation Today reviews multiple causes behind child sexual offenses, including feeble mindedness senility brain disease and social upbringing. It notes variable prognosis for treatment and urges early medical care and custody for offenders while debating federal crime expansion and police involvement.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes England’s tax pressure on the landed gentry, focusing on King George VI's nephew the Earl of Harewood. The 26 year old heir faces heavy taxes on a 24,000 acre estate valued around 2.2 million dollars, forcing sales and loss of a traditional way of life. The piece reflects on broader declines among the aristocracy and a shifting British social order.
The United States denounced Communist Bulgaria for subjecting American legation officials in Sofia to indignities and false charges. Undersecretary James E. Webb summoned Bulgaria's top Washington representative to the State Department for a formal protest. Webb questioned Bulgaria's intentions regarding normal relations, while a spokesperson declined to comment on possible diplomatic rupture.
S M Mapel, 48, liquid gas dealer and father of several grown children, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge R H Rowe to 20 years in state prison for an incident involving an eight year old Black girl. Indicted last October, mistrial declared November 1, retrial led to conviction. Attorney William R filed notice of appeal to the state supreme court. bond set at 5000 dollars was posted.
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