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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR lists telephone department hours and codes for the News Star and Morning World with stray letters and numbers. It notes daily except Sunday service after 7 p m and includes a mysterious aging figure 4800.
The Louisiana State University Bureau of Business Research finds November gains across most indicators in the Louisiana Business Review. Building permits up 97.6 percent, bank deposits up nearly 15 percent, and motor registrations over 20 percent year over year, with two thirds of 15 indicators showing gains. Farm income for October 1938 rose 44 percent from October 1937, while southern and national totals lagged behind. Monroe shows nine of 13 indicators higher in November 1938 vs November 1937, suggesting steady improvement and cautious optimism for 1939.
The piece notes Homburgs gain attention in New York show windows with both men and women modeling the style. It critiques English somber hues and praises Tony Eden influenced color and design, urging caution against overreliance on English fashion tones.
Igor I Sikorsky, veteran aircraft builder, says airplanes weighing 100000 to 200000 pounds will be in operation or under construction within five years. He believes such machines can be so stable that water in a glass would not spill in rough air, despite grand plans like China Clippers.
The Minnesota Supreme Court overruled its own prior decision and rejected the rule that lack of consideration invalidates debt settlements for less than full payment. It calls the doctrine a relic of antique law and embraces Brandeisian notions of trial and error in the judiciary.
A report notes the Statue of Liberty is undergoing general repairs and will soon be open again to visitors. The item hints at forthcoming commentary from Nazi propagandists about the statue and its status, while mentioning a 71-year-old sealed broth flask linked to Louis Pasteur and a survey on hookworm disease in Alabama.
A holiday spoof recounts a store slave awakened by a thieflike St Nick via a clatter from the airshaft. The intruder, loaded with a bag of junk, is jovial yet unwelcome as he loads gifts and departs up the chimney, leaving the narrator exhausted but amused.
A collage of quirky notes from 1938 cites ski fashion with mittens and gloves, jokes about exiled Alfonso and Pershing, hotel registrations, a marriage myth, and a playful take on Rio de Janeiro weather and Hawaiian writing preserved by priests.
Washington Letter notes New York City and State used a 10 year tax exemption of 5 000 per dwelling unit to spur home building in 1921 and credits Samuel Untermyer for breaking labor rings. It discusses three tax levels normal surtax and super surtax with deductions to spur new enterprises and questions broad relief without broader reforms.
Special officers of Jonesboro lodge No. 280 F and A M are installed for the year. J H Jordan is worshipful master W H McLaurin senior warden Guy Watson junior warden J W Hammett treasurer R E Bayes secretary John Swanson senior deacon E L Thompson junior deacon Bland Fain chaplain Walter Irvin master of ceremonies Dawson Barr senior steward William Coughlin junior steward B R Duck Tyler.
Tea experts say the color of brewed tea does not reflect flavor or strength. They advise using actively boiling clear fresh water and brewing five minutes to taste preferences.
Miss Armandine Renaud hosted a three to five Christmas party for her dancing class featuring interpretive dances and a piano solo by Ruth Easterling. The highlight was pinning a beard on Santa Claus, won by Ruth Easterling, plus hand painted slipper bags and brick cream with cake. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Downes Jr. hosted a weekend party for several guests from Louisiana and Texas. Mrs. Henry Bernstein traveled to New Orleans for a wedding. Miss Marjorie Oliver visits family in Muskogee Oklahoma.
Ellen Drew emerged from a clerk earning ten dollars weekly to Hollywood notoriety after winning a Kiwanis beauty contest. She moved with friends, waited in a confectionery shop, auditioned at Paramount, secured a stock contract, and acted in minor roles before her breakout in Sing You Sinners.
Marion Louisiana December 23 special report says Cotton Allen has been elected worshipful master for the coming year. Other officers include Craughan Smith senior warden M O Love junior warden S L Smith treasurer Ben M Lee secretary W R Whitaker chaplain H Ludwig senior deacon Harry Preaus junior deacon Troy Ham master of ceremonies Guy Ludwig stewards C L Ham and J W Breathwit
Fruit cakes gain richer flavor after ripening. Bake ahead of the holiday season for gifts or personal use. If icing or decorating, ripen first and frost just before use or packaging. A beetle Tarqae Berosus can survive nearly two hours in an alcohol solution.
A fragment notes Gladys Parker discussing Mopsy and a “long minute” moment. The brief hints at a public or literary spark without clear detail or outcomes. No dates or places are provided in the readable text.
The article urges hunters to wear gloves when handling rabbits to prevent tularemia infection carried by deer flies and wood ticks. It notes cases in midwestern states, signs of infection, and recommends cooking game thoroughly and avoiding eye contact.
Jimmy Thompson 15 month old son of Mr and Mrs J B Thompson of Rayville was treated at St Francis sanitarium after a ruler jabbed into his mouth at the Peoples Lumber company plant around 1 10 p m yesterday. The child, playing with the ruler, fell and tore the back of his mouth near a tonsil requiring five stitches.
Make mint icing by flavoring seven minute frosting with peppermint extract and tinting it green with vegetable coloring. For chocolate mint frosting fold in three squares of melted unsweetened chocolate after cooling the melted chocolate.
The article explains that fruit cakes stay fresh for a long time if tightly wrapped. It cautions cooling the cake completely in the pan before wrapping airtight in waxed paper for future use.
New York theatre talk notes Elmer Rice returns with American Landscape to a mixed reception amid critics. Philip Barry’s Here Come the Clowns draws sharp attention for its deeper probing, while Union Square nostalgia shifts to business district corners. Diamond Horseshoe sparks a quarrel over a supposed Diamond Jim Brady jewelry gift to Lillian Russell, and Grover Whalen promotes courtesy for World’s Fair visitors among New York cabbies and transit workers.
The author critiques a utopian view that criminals will be explained and controlled by science within a century. He argues society must reform legal and prison systems and avoid letting corrupt local bosses undermine expert psychology and neurology.
Schedule details NBC WEAF and affiliated stations across regions. Lists programs from afternoon to late night including Amos n Andy and Cesar Saerchinger with varied regional feed notes and corrections.
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