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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1940
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star declares itself an independent newspaper printing news impartially. It states support for what it believes to be right and opposition to what it believes to be wrong, regardless of party politics.
Paul Satko, unemployed Virginia welder, towed an ark across the country and sailed from Tacoma to Juneau with his family to push opening the Eagle River Valley and Herbert River bottom lands for homesteading. He argues settlers could build a future and support Alaska’s growing military presence. Canada may cooperate and a highway project could serve defense needs in peacetime.
The piece argues Mussolini’s aura collapses as Italy’s military setbacks in Egypt and Greece deepen home unrest. It describes his boastful leadership as deflated and compares him to a fallen Caesar, with Italian forces retreating and British gains mounting.
Pittsburgh Press survey of Pennsylvania politics shows party spending likely exceeds Hatch Act limits. National party funds appear to cover state and local committees, with Joseph Pew and family contributing about 103 500 to 15 committees. The act’s ethics provisions face limited impact on office holder activity.
The statement claims Ntina will build all necessary defense capabilities independently, denying reliance on the United States or Argentina.
A child questions a department store Santa Claus about his authenticity and appearance. The poem contrasts the child’s expectations with Clement Clarke Moore’s description, noting unconvincing whiskers eyes and belly while Mommer insists the figure is Santa. The piece ends with a child’s doubt about Moore’s direct sighting of Santa.
A mother frets as her son Donald boasts of his father’s deeds and the other boys’ tales. The piece argues growth through minimal interference, urging fathers to be a steady, loving influence while guiding development with truth and honor. It promotes Patri’s philosophy, urging readers to request his booklet from the Monroe News-Star.
Washington Daybook chronicled Rush Holt 1930s West Virginia Democrat as a brash young senator elect who clashed with his party and toppled norms. He filibustered coal bills, attacked WPA, opposed Neel, aligned with Father Coughlin, and lambasted New Deal peers as defense policy neared. Kilgore will inherit Holt’s seat after a weak renomination.
A parade of relatives arrives for Christmas across the region. Mr and Mrs D N McKay come from Little Rock to stay with Mrs L A Austin in West Monroe. Mr and Mrs E R Strahan and son John visit Yazoo City. Fagan Cox travels to Houston to see daughter Kate Cox at Rice Institute. Herbert Levi returns from Texas University to family. Camille Lockwood returns from Mansfield Female College and Preston Lockwood from Jefferson Military College. Louis Hernandez is among homecoming students from Washington Lee University.
Burgess Thomas offered to help and floated bread with lard on the Schuylkill River. The loaf drifted upstream then circling, leading police to the drowned man’s body after a day of fruitless searches.
Hollywood dispatch reports Los Angeles designers offered Screen Actress Alice Faye a 25 000 dollar, 10 day aerial tour to model wardrobes and publicize fashions for a spring show. She has not decided yet.
In Cannelton Indiana Charles Goering recounts a hunting accident where two dogs tripped a gun trigger, killing the first dog as they chased down a hill. In Amesbury Massachusetts police respond to turkeys blocking traffic during the roundup with more rounds expected.
In Portland Oregon a west side service station worker mistakenly connected an air compressor hose to a city water pipe causing charged water to spout from apartment faucets. Sid Benedict, a water engineer, traced the fault to the station.
Wanda Adams, a Wayland College student in Plainview, remembered a Christmas gift forgotten at a store while in her car. She exited to go to a hospital for bruises and realized her vehicle was on a hydraulic system at a service station.
Sugar beet farmers in Scottsbluff Nebraska receive government benefit payments totaling 77000 dollars over the weekend. The first tranche of about 800000 dollars is to be distributed in coming periods.
In Rockford Illinois Paul Varble a post office worker who has been ill for a year receives a Christmas tree adorned with 150 one dollar bills from his fellow employees. The gesture honors his struggles and solidarity.
A snapshot of gossip with Norma Shearer courting George Raft and Jimmie Fidler reporting on Hollywood insiders. Notes on Isabel Jewel Field romance, Lew Ayres weather gear, James Craig at his mother’s bedside, and RKO courting John Carroll for Sunny while MGM weighs bigger plans. Includes Lana Turner Taurog birthday gag and tastings from Let’s Eat with a turkey Derby recipe.
George Tucker profiles Daeve Elman and his concept contact a radio storytelling venture focusing on a troubled youth who survives a suicide attempt after a riverfront rescue. He aims to help the girl involved while Madeline Gray’s Bright Idea club grows with 25 000 young members and varied inventions.
Eileen West 26 and her husband Nathaniel 37, both in the film and literary world, die in a Sunday collision near Centro California. Joe Dowless 27 of Somerton Arizona and his wife Christine 22 are seriously injured. Mrs West was the title figure in Ruth McKenney’s novel later to Broadway.
Radio Monday December 23 schedule lists Western Standard network changes, program names such as Life Can Be Beautiful Captain Midnight Tom Mix, Spanish Revue, King Arthur Jr, Captain Midnight repeat, F Waring Time, Amos and Andy, Burns and Allen, Dancing Music Orchestra, Lone Ranger, James Melton, Dr. No, Wake Up America, Show Boat of Radio, Blondie repeat and national program notes with various times and station tags.
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