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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1926
Page
4
Business leaders express confidence that the coming year will bring broad prosperity despite cotton price slumps. Farmers in Ouachita parish and nearby areas are urged to cut cotton acreage and diversify crops to counter oversupply. Building activity and industrial construction are expected to rise, with optimism about the gas field territory and wider regional gains.
A public call urges Congress to uncover the facts of U S policy in Central America. It questions a dictatorial approach by the State Department and warns that aggressive intervention risks alienating regional allies and harming long term goodwill. The author favors restraint and transparency to let Nicaragua develop naturally.
The Ouachita parish sheriff appeals to citizens and neighbors in nearby parishes to pay 1926 poll taxes to prevent voter decline. He argues poll tax payment is key to citizenship and that ballots determine if government is by a majority, urging all qualified residents to act and encourage others to prepare to vote.
A fragment reports excitement among global fans of ancient art as the Institute of Architecture proposed a project linked to the Monque of St Sophia in Constantinople. The text notes the edifice's historic Christian role and its age dating back to 638, with unclear subsequent details.
The London Daily Mail reports Turks may convert St Sophia from a church to a dance hall, a move Kemal Pasha allegedly finds no shock. A Western critic calls for lynching, while the Christian world debates Allied postwar arrangements that left Turks in European territory.
The piece argues the United States has shifted to a pagan worship of the body through sport and display. It traces admiration for athletes and beauty from Babe Ruth to Mile. Lenglen, Gertrude Ederle, and Miss America, noting sports and pageantry now dominate national life and culture.
Berlin reports say beer taxes will rise about five per cent to help guarantee reparations. Brewers plan price hikes though some officials doubt further declines in beer consumption. Michael Bohnen tours Paris and Berlin performing four operas in five days. The German rowing federation trains with new films for the 1928 Olympics. Legal fees in Germany may rise under new tariff proposals, with scales favoring the winnerless party. Felden's biography of Ebert casts doubt on Versailles and hints at alternative paths beyond armed resistance. A U.S. senator recalls speeches changing minds but not foes.
Medbury mocks the impending QUININE rush as bootleggers price weak liquor at seventy five dollars a quart. He notes widespread prohibition pressure, dry Broadway, and new ventures from aspirin franchises to bus routes to the poorhouse, ending with a city cleanup push like confetti handles.
Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson, Swedish born electrical engineer and GE RCA consultant, predicts people will see and talk across oceans within a decade. His high frequency alternator enabled 3,000 mile wireless messages at five times prior speed and supported New Brunswick station operations late in the war.
Samuel H Piles United States minister to Columbia born in Livingston Kentucky 68 years ago today Alexander Scott director of scientific research British Museum born 73 years ago today Frank B Willis United States senator from Ohio born Lewis Center Ohio 55 years ago today St John Ervine Belfast Ireland born 48 years ago today Prof Frank W Taussig Harvard University St Louis Missouri born 67 years ago today
The piece explains how cracking petroleum enhances gasoline output and expands the range of usable fuels from kerosene to coal tar and wood tar. Dr. Gustav Egloff cites predictions on future fuels, noting color and smell as indicators of purity and quality while stressing improved engine performance and piston life.
A year after the death of Sergey Yessinin, the Russian poet and former husband of Isadora Duncan, he killed himself in Moscow. The note details his death and public figures reflect on his life and influence.
Mrs Margaret Burton of Kansas City recalls years of infertility and suffering and now celebrates a daughter. She offers to share her happiness secret with married women who write her, with no products or sales involved.
The Film World notes radical headwear shifts among Norma Shearer Gertrude Olmsted and Claire Windsor with brimless tight fitting chapeaux in varied shades double and narrow brims high crowns Chanel red dominates color schemes and wasp waists are rejected by the movie colony. It also quotes director Hobart Henley on talent intelligence and genius balance and mentions Pola Negri W C Fields and a production tale from Wings including Rhodey Hathaway the assistant director’s father.
Marion Louisiana residents hosted relatives from Texas and friends over Christmas. Local teachers and students from Marion High School and nearby colleges were listed as spending holidays at home or visiting family. Notable names include Olive Wheelis and Mittie Mae Webb with Texas relatives, Fannie Lee’s Monroe sanitarium visit, and faculty members from Ruston Center Homer Choudrant and Shreveport among others.
Bobby Vernon began his movie career at age sixteen and appeared in four comedies. In one early film he acted opposite Louise Fazenda as an old man with a wig and full beard, showcasing his versatility on screen.
Mrs. Pryor and Miss Pryor along with Miss Jarmon and Miss Bernice were among cited visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick of Monroe spent Sunday in Marion followed by reports of other relatives and guests visiting from Arcadia Ruston El Dorado and Baat trop during the holiday period.
BASTROP Dec 22 Apathy prevails among poll tax payers in Morehouse Parish. Only one week remains to pay poll tax and only seven hundred have done so. This is less than half the whites who could qualify to vote and with only one morning left it is doubtful many will pay.
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