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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1939
Page
2
A captioned notice highlights Peck ET Ee presenting a complete picture, outlining available services and potential collaborations. The item emphasizes clarity, breadth, and the provided scope of work for prospective clients.
A fragmented sports column discusses football focus and front page items with local teams and players mentioned in passing. It notes community interest in games and athletes, hinting at broader sports coverage and outcomes.
Superior Court Judge Clement Lo Srann of Los Angeles upheld a case involving a barefoot child. The judge barred foot coverings showing a desire to return to old living ways. The ruling notes the heritage of going unshod as a symbol amid changing urban life.
Franz Emil Sillanpaa, 51, Finnish writer, famed for exploring farmer life, wins the Nobel Prize. Born on a farm, he wrote fifteen books probing the peasant soul. He married a neighbor’s hired girl, who later died, and news says he announced engagement to his secretary with the prize.
A short narrative piece reflects on child readers and a classroom scenario with two boys Abe and Tom misbehaving, followed by a note about a leaflet titled Poor Readers by Angelo Patri offering parents reading improvement tips. The piece ends with an address for requests to Monroe News-Star in New York and a Bell Syndicate release.
Washington Daybook details a local civic note from The Breeton Creek area with brief mentions of community events and public notices. The fragment hints at a daybook style roundup of concerns, meetings, and civic matters affecting residents.
The article discusses domestic beet and cane sugar producers pushing to keep quota benefits, while considering lowering Cuban sugar tariffs. It notes the government’s stance against subsidizing quotas, the debate over returning to old quota bases, and growing regional tensions as producers in Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, California and the Rocky Mountain states threaten actions in the coming campaign year. It also mentions Cuba’s advantageous tariffs and ongoing debates in Congress over sugar policy.
A garbled fragment tells of a gypsy funeral turning into a wedding. It notes a widow and a man and implies a personal, intertwining tragedy and ceremony amid a tight community. Names and places are unclear but emotion lingers over a life remembered and vows made.
Transfers listed show Jor Hest selling lot 12 of Kik Woof JF Hearts first addition to West Monroe for 100 dollars. Dr T A Grant of Chatham County Georgia sold to AV Grant of Longview Texas several parcels in section 30 township 7 north range 1 east for 16 dollars. JF Wetwell sold to Victor Lewis Wolwins dot d of square 5 of Renwick addition to Meairoe for 140 dollars.
A panel by Gladys Parker titled Mopsy features Janie and a reference to a weighty joke about pumps. The strip presents a domestic scene with humor centered on Janie’s size and a punchy visual gag.
Readable fragments discuss health topics linked to Morris Fishbein and a family health angle. The item references a health columnist or authority and a local or dated medical angle, suggesting a society note or syndicated feature.
In a much read section of Hollywood gossip Dec 20, Halle McDaniel signals a return amid a flurry of hostile chatter from critics and peers alike. The piece chronicles public reception of her roles and the broader impact on her career.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt sends Christmas greetings to the Boy Scouts of America, praising scouting as a force for character and citizenship. The message honors 307 776 scouts, cubs, and leaders and notes Roosevelt’s long involvement and the movement’s decades of service.
City buses will operate an extra late run from Leop road to downtown Monroe for holiday shoppers. Missouri Pacific buses will skip a loop on South Grand and instead go via Central Savings Bank to Jackson, Gipmont, Grammont, and Catalpa streets to maintain regular service.
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