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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star proclaims itself an independent newspaper printing news impartially. It states it supports what it believes to be right and opposes what it believes to be wrong, without regard to party politics.
The piece laments the old compressed Christmas rush and praises a longer season starting at Thanksgiving. It notes orderly preparation, thoughtful giving to the less fortunate, and calls for a year round spirit of Christmas to improve humanity despite wars and conflict.
William J. Cameron of Ford Motor Company urges viewing driving on public highways as a sport with a code for hunters and drivers alike. He credits improvements by engineers road builders and insurers for safer cars roads and education but notes jaywalking and reckless driving still kill thousands. He questions whether the public seeks safety or continued street disorder.
Two firsthand accounts from a refugee editor in New York and an American observer in Cleveland support the claim that most Germans oppose the persecution of Jews and Catholics. Leo Wernd recalls a German official sparing him at a death list, while Thomas B. Grandin notes about 80 percent of Germans share world horror and sympathy for Jews, yet risk punishment from officials if they show it.
The passage recalls ancient Romans arguing over bans on exposing slaves to arena risks for sport. It contrasts claimed rights with the public’s supposed enjoyment of brutal spectacle, noting the supposed concern for “the people” while illustrating cruelty and irony amid references to model birds and the Chicago fire.
A fragmentary evocative piece recalling childhood scenes on Wooster street and East street in a city, with references to docks, Yale crew at Quinnipiac river, and Civil War cannons, interwoven with poetry on cycles of violence and social reflections from Helen L. Linn.
The American Legion presses Secretary Perkins to act against Harry Bridges while noting Miss Perkins does not cross her Bridges. The 1937 census records 130 215 000 people in the United States, with a gain of 958 000 since the last count, hinting at tax evasion. Ernest Thompson Seton suggests returning parts of several states to American Indians as buffalo grounds, warning the rest may follow if conditions improve.
A column by Angelo Patri urges parents to withhold rewards for tantrums and domination by the youngest child. He argues against spoiling infants and stresses consistent discipline to foster self control, reason, and lasting affection. Patri promotes a new booklet Eating No 303 with practical feeding advice.
Washington Letter notes that breakthrough ideas often emerge by accident rather than targeted trials. Charles Kettering and Willis Whitney stress long-term work, curiosity, and unexpected results as roots of major advances, from X rays to radio and flight. Edison calls electricity an infant.
A doctor notes that electricity has barely begun to influence daily life, contrasting it with how society manages tax flow. The remark highlights optimism about inventions yet to come and the challenge of aligning rapid innovation with governance.
Emma Louise Biedenharn returns from Boston schools with brother Bernard. Edie Blanks from the University of the South joins family in Sewanee. Carolyn Cahn returns from Cincinnati Conservatory. Sophie Newcomb students Mildred Levy Rosalia Kaliski Elizabeth Hemson also come home. Mrs Bishop Pipes visits in New Orleans. American Legion auxiliary elects officers: President Jennie O Kelly. VP C E McKenzie. 2nd VP R L Wood. Secretary J E Lockwood. Treasurer Mae Faulk. Chaplain Mrs Johnson. Historian Mrs J T Bryant.
Bob Baker grew up in the west and studied in Antlers Colorado Glebe and Phoenix Arizona He learned guitar from border cowhands traveled with Christy Brothers circus as fancy roper and bronco rider rode from El Paso Texas to Prescott Arizona served as a deputy sheriff and passed Red Cross life saving tests His hobbies cabinetmaking leather tooling and gun collecting He is married with two infant sons and his latest film is The Phantom Stage.
When starching dark fabrics tint the starch to avoid white specks. Use commercial color tints or bluing for a blue cast, or coffee for dark browns. The United States offers 820 basic truck models from manufacturers.
The article explains how carbon monoxide binds to blood, displacing oxygen and causing widespread harm. It outlines symptom progression from headaches at low levels to life threatening effects at high concentrations and advises exiting to fresh air and resting when exposure is suspected.
Isiah Johnson was fined 10 dollars for drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon. Robert Smith paid 17.50 for fighting and drunken disorderly conduct. Clyde Fields received 1 dollar or 15 days for trespassing. James E. Watson alias Joe E. Wade was fined 20 dollars for profane language and drunkenness. Five traffic violators summed 14 dollars and three defendants were each fined 7.50 for being drunk.
A square electric washer in white suits small spaces with rolling design under a table. The wringer tucks away behind the unit and the ironer works on any surface. It handles about 35 pounds of laundry per hour. The piece notes unlikely automotive materials from corn sugar cane hogs flax and straw.
Elizabeth Neumann leads a group of Viennese exiles who fled Nazism and started the Refugee Art theater in New York. They seek American citizenship, shift away from Alt Wien styles, and aim to integrate with English instruction and American culture while facing financial hardship. Kurt Weill’s royalties are seized by Nazis, contrasting success with confiscation. Scotch playwright Paul Vincent Carroll returns to New York, living modestly while awaiting his next work.
Dr George W Crile compares the coeliac ganglion to an abdominal brain and links its size to energy and work capacity in humans and animals He notes high blood pressure risks when oversized and cites 274 patients with 91 percent symptomatic improvement The columnist jokes about grafting extra ganglia and personal desire for more such brain tissue.
Modern women choose stationery with care, matching cosmetics and wardrobes to reflect personality. Christmas options include evergreen bordered gay paper, hollyberry red, light air mail paper in smart colors for early greetings, or classic linen and vellum. The piece also notes the Holy Cross National Forest cross formed by two snow-filled crevices in Colorado.
A dense OCR page lists NBC WEAF network programming across regions East Central and West with detailed time blocks from 3:45 PM to 11 PM including serials Dick Tracy the Detective Girl Alone and Amos n Andy and musical segments featuring Bing Crosby Rudy Vallee and Bob Howard Orchestra. Also notes changes and corrections to station lists and interchanges among RED BLUE and optional stations across the country.
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