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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1939
Page
4
On Christmas afternoon the writer reflects on lasting kindness beyond the holiday. Gifts speak of heartfelt wishes and devotion, not just money spent, urging a year long resolve to be more thoughtful and charitable for the less fortunate.
A historical reflection on winter's impact. It notes old sun worshippers' fears, modern ability to predict solar return, and the contrast between northern winters and youth's activities. It warns against overheating homes and suggests outdoor time to stay healthy as the body thrives with cold air.
Professor George J. Cox of UC Los Angeles argues art should leave museums and enter streets and public spaces. He says cities were built for utility, not aesthetics, but acknowledges room for improvement with more art in homes parks and buildings.
The piece argues that Allies may wait and rely on Germany collapsing while China resists Japan with 2,000,000 casualties since 1937. It notes China's isolation from outside aid, its grim endurance through guerrilla warfare, and warns allies not to bank on an economic blockade alone.
Six years after prohibition repeal the essay notes a drop in drinking and a shift from boisterous speakeasy culture to calm public bars. It contrasts past displays of power over alcohol with modern easy access and cites political mentions including Thomas Dewey’s advisers.
A parenting piece urges teaching children self reliance and inner strength. It argues against overprotection and urges parents to let kids face tasks, share needs, and pursue personal goals while offering support. It mentions a leaflet titled The Bashful Child and provides mailing details for a copy.
A nostalgic Washington Daybook notes holiday bustle at Union Station and Christmas travel, sketches Roosevelt family traditions and a possible radio reading of the Christmas carol, plus British and German diplomatic festives and a navy child party abroad. It ends with a playful Chinese reading quirk.
Christmas at the Louisiana Training Institute features a transformed assembly room with three trees and gifts for 225 boys for a 5 pm program. The Monroe Good Fellows report $1,342.50 raised for city destitute families but funds still fall short for meals and clothing. A Christmas Eve party hosted by Dr. John Schrieber honors allied workers and local officials including Mayor Arnold Bernstein and Judge Charles Schulze.
The article explains paresis as a late-stage syphilis complication caused by a spirochete invading the brain. It outlines onset years after infection, higher men’s risk, and signs from emotional instability to delusions, memory loss, and eventual paralysis and loss of voluntary control.
Lincoln Nebraska coaches describe the effort behind college sports. Football requires about 9 hours of public performance with 10 hours of spring practice, 60 hours in pre season workouts, and 125 hours in regular season practice. Basketball players tally roughly 200 practice hours and 12 public performance hours.
Earl Fitschen driving near Butte Montana encounters a large buck that leaps across the road and tumbles down a bank. The deer appears dead but recovers after a whistle and runs away at high speed. The incident unfolds amid a page of disparate notes and unrelated lines.
War guns drive Alsatian storks and other water birds from Alsace marshes and Vosges to Swiss villages near Lake Neuchâtel. Neufchatel farmers welcome stork nests in chimneys as a sign of good fortune. Nearby Baldhead Island adds tropical belt plantings with orange and lemon trees.
Hollywood column notes Rudy Vallee signs with Republic to produce two class A musicals a year, praised for talent scouting and showmanship. Mentions Alice Faye, Frances Langford, Charlie McCarthy, and Jane Withers, with light jabs at Jolson and other stars. Includes anecdotes about Christmas gifts in civics class and various Hollywood figures.
Joe Pani, famed restaurateur who counted Lillian Russell, Diamond Jim Brady and Irene Castle among patrons, returns to Horton Street style dining with a new premises after years away. He recalls Knickerbocker grill days, Castles by the Sea, and the Colony, hosting Flo Ziegfeld and Marilyn Miller era events, while drawing Mrs. Roosevelt and Hollywood names to his revived establishment.
A compact notice states that the radio program adjustments remove 0 Mr from CST and add 2 Mrs for MT. The correction clarifies title forms used in the schedule.
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