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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
4
A reflective piece on gift giving stressing sincere joy and mutual warmth. The author urges givers to express genuine pleasure and receivers to value thought over material value, arguing true meaning lies in remembered kindness rather than wealth.
The United States agrees to limited cooperation with the Chaco peace process. A league advisory committee and neutral American nations supervisory group will be formed with U S involvement kept modular and constrained. Secretary Hull will join two groups but not the advisory committee. The move aims to reassure Latin American partners and avoid entanglement while supporting settlements both belligerents accept.
London reports hint that the Hurlingham and Ranelagh polo clubs may be taken by the London County Council for housing. The move signals pressure on aristocratic recreation amid crowded city districts, heralding changing times for leisure and urban planning.
A collage of satirical lines on poets, Hitler, budgets, and ethics. It riffs on wages for poets, German minority rule, budget questions, a birth value for men, taxation fears, and cynicism about dictators, honesty, grammar, and revolutions.
John Blake argues the nation endures hardships but recalls Valley Forge hunger and the current prosperity. He praises a nonwar republic, industrial progress, and honest governance in New York City and the United States, urging optimism despite European troubles.
A reflective verse piece recalls a magical night that deepens friendship and marks a sacred memory, with a dreamlike ring of light and lasting appeal. A cheeky note follows about a cat not touching food, contrasting newlywed life with a devoted husband.
A humorous exchange about Jones from Pigville Center as the subject. The second Credit Man questions honesty due to Jones paying in cash. The brief dialog highlights skepticism toward cash transactions.
Dialogue notes a hungry woman saying she could eat anything. Hobio confirms the hash is everything. A stranger asks if it was an accident, the owner replies it is a regular thing as his wife was driving.
Jones jokes about money from Christmas and a beggar replies that he has received many presents, but notes the true wealth is in the gifts given.
Judge W. M. Harper addressed Monroe Kiwanis on Good Sense in Motor Driving urging stricter enforcement of traffic rules. He warned that leniency fails and urged defensive driving, proper braking, and caution at intersections to prevent fatal collisions. The talk supported the city safety campaign.
The Neville High School Library Club planned a Christmas basket for the poor at its third meeting of the year held Monday night at John Henry Vaughan’s Bres avenue home. Miss Baugh announced that pins for members were ordered, followed by a social period and a Christmas tree ceremony with carol singing.
O H Blackstock an Arkansas Natural Gas Company employee at Sterlington was treated at St Francis sanitarium for two broken toes on his right foot when a six inch pipe toppled from a loading rack and crushed his foot. He was loading check valves in the yard when the accident occurred about 230 o clock.
In Collinston Louisiana on December 20 special releases list the officers elected for Harry Vaughan chapter No. 125 Order of Eastern Star and Collinston lodge No. 357 F and A M. Elected officers include Mrs Trudie Stone as worthy matron Ed Morris as worthy patron Mrs Rhenpayne Criffin associate matron Leland Standford associate patron Mrs Helen V Howell secretary Mrs Elizabeth Mason treasurer Mrs Bertha Boyd conductress Mrs Katie Dal garg associate conductress Mrs Mildred Robinson Ada Mrs Cora Harper Ruth Mrs Lena Puckett Esther Mrs Gertrude Goodnight Martha Mrs Inez Standford Electra J Russ Harkness chaplain Mrs Casie McKain organist Mrs Pearl Brooks marshal Otis Wentworth warder Arthur Harper sentinel and for the Masons J Russ Harkness worshipful master Torris Eldridge senior warden Otis Wentworth junior warden H H Haynes senior deacon Leland Standford junior deacon Arthur Harper steward John Spier steward M J Pittman secretary Ed Morris treasurer J N Walker chaplain Guy M Boyd marshal Fielding L Keller master of ceremonies J T Howell Tyler.
Stockholders voted to raise capital to 250000 for the Ouachita Hotel project. A committee led by Sam Kaplan will oversee construction with members Stubbs Atkins Flournoy Downes. A. A. Swayze sublets a store space from L A Powers for five years starting July 1 at 16250 monthly.
Louisiana cotton producers cooperated in the 1935 cotton production adjustment program will rent 481000 acres to the secretary of agriculture under the 1935 contract provisions. Estimated total payments amount to 5,070,700 with 3,222,700 in rentals and 1,848,000 in parity payments.
Yesterday in Ouachita Parish clerk of court recorded transfers including A J Criswell to Criswell Bros Inc for lots 19 and 20 block 3 A and F investment sub Lake DeSiard addition for 2512 dollars. A J Criswell to Criswell Bros Inc for lot 16 block 3 same subdivision for 3677 dollars. Ben Merritt of Natchitoches Parish to Neat W McHenry southeast quarter section 16 15N 4E for 100 dollars. T J Haynes Inc to Mary Haynes Ober and Allyne H Marshall half interests in lots 5 6 7 8 square 45 Breard addition Monroe for 20000 dollars. An unrelated note on cormorants follows.
A New York physician Dr Leo Michel shares anecdotes from his office. Tales include a blood transfusion pay scale, a taxi misbelief, and a mirror taped incident. A pair of actors Patricia Heaton and Tom Curley are cited as stage colleagues in a party chat.
Hollywood studios trim Central Casting lists from 17 500 to about 7 000 with more cuts planned. Dress extras at RKO drop from 1 000 to 200 after a studio board review while paid 15 dollars daily when employed. Stepin Fetchit stars in Will Rogers new film The County Chairman and eyes a move to England for his next project.
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