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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star, an independent newspaper, explains calling numbers for business, editorial, mail, and managing editor from 5 p m to 8 am, with listed extension codes. It emphasizes impartial news and a stance against wrong, irrespective of party politics.
A critical essay argues that judging historical periods by current beliefs distorts truth. It notes how wartime Soviet ties and 19th century ethics are misread when modern standards color interpretation, urging context and era‑specific scrutiny to evaluate actions properly.
The Bill of Rights is not a fixed set of amendments but a living legal framework like Magna Carta, expanding since 1791 with six later amendments such as abolition of slavery and women’s suffrage. Vigilance is urged to prevent nihilistic challenges, while notes on vaudeville and economy hint at broad cultural shifts and changing times.
Henry M LEMORE recounts a letter from Captain Alan McCracken of the U S Navy that roasted his writing and mocked his ideas about Admiral Sherman. He jokes about interrupting work with doors open and welcomes visitors to his home office while at the typewriter. He ends with a salty quip about piping the captain on board or overboard.
Jimmie Fidler notes a Hollywood studio shelved The White Tower after spending much on rights and publicity then released a film under a different title after a national poll misled audiences. He recalls other studio anecdotes including Brando's late night gym session, Deanna Durbin, and Barbara Bates yacht hobby, all illustrating Hollywood publicity and personalities.
The piece urges buying age appropriate books over pricey ones, praising picture books for beginners and recommending reading familiarity for older readers. It advises matching books to the child’s spirit, with guidance from teachers librarians or the child, and notes a Bell Syndicate leaflet by Dr. Patri on fear.
Mrs Max West of Berkeley recalls writing Infant Care for the Children's Bureau in 1914. The pamphlet sold 15 cents and is still published alongside four other child care booklets. Print runs grew from 63,000 in the first year to about 1.6 million copies in 1949.
A series of Q and A items tackling topics from corn origins to lighthouse power, Antietam’s designation as a bloodiest battle, Nobel Prizes origins, Forest Service summer homes, US wire tapping legality, John Quincy Adams inauguration attire, and Washington’s birth date shift due to calendar reform. Includes Hillsboro Inlet lighthouse power and prize amounts.
In New York City Ivan Mestrovic, head of Syracuse University's sculpture department, explains his stance on Marshal Tito, Moscow, and the case of Archbishop Stepanic. He backs Tito against Moscow but insists on religious and political freedoms before returning home, calling for Stepanic's release as a marker of acceptable conduct.
Frances reads from a married couple’s memory notebook to tally Roger Boyle’s flirt with New Year resolutions. The round of promises covers getting home on time, dining out, seeing plays, and cutting back on indulgences, with amusing miscounts and a growing sense of trouble.
A playful exchange between a couple unfolds as a notebook of New Year vows and diet jokes is traded. The narrator jokes about losing weight, while Frances taunts with a fur coat reference, leaving the catalog of broken vows in his pocket and pondering how to end the resolutions with something cute.
James Marlow explains the Federal Housing Administration will not insure loans on properties where a restrictive covenant is made a matter of record after February 15. If recorded before, loans may still be insured. FHA cannot force individuals to rent or sell to anyone, and enforcement falls to lenders and owners.
Yesterday in Monroe state court Judge David Garett presided. Defendants faced varied penalties including two $200 drunk driving fines for John Q. Whitlock Jr. and James M. Andrews who also faced hit and run charges and received 30 days in jail. Reckless driving caused minor fines for Richard J. Loomis, G W Smith Jr., and Leon Williamson plus three months for J W Holloway and Philip Cote in theft cases.
C R Jones Jr and others sold to Sherrouse Realty Co Inc lot 8 block 35 unit 6 Booker T Washington Addition Monroe for 150 dollars. George Everett Ingram sold to C E Buckley land in township 18 NR2 E for 100 dollars. N B Murza and wife sold to Doyle F Grigsby and wife lot 6 and 9 Crescent Bend Addition Monroe for 700 dollars. Lonzo D Hart sold to A L Burson and wife land in section 24 township 18 NR2 E for 1950 dollars.
A jumble of crossword style prompts covering people places and objects. Items include Greek letter tantalum symbol and several clues referencing literature science and geography with no coherent narrative.
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