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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
8
Roger Greene reports New York braces for a 1938 New Year celebration with advance reservations totaling about 10 million dollars. Hotels and Broadway venues are bustling as 1,000 extra police prepare for Times Square crowds and merchants shield storefronts from the usual crush.
Richard Cromwell and Marsha Hunt perform at the Capitol today as Manhattan hosts a New Year’s Eve spree. Hotels and nightclubs list varied prices from six to fifteen dollars, with venues like Rainbow Room, Cotton Club, and Stork Club offering different packages and acts. Diamond Jim Brody’s Diamond Horseshoe recalls Lillian Russell’s 1900 era party as the finale.
London Dec 20 nearly sixty debutantes face a barred path to court presentation as the Ford Chamberlain rejects applications funded by cash sponsorship. The reform targets private gain in the 1939 presentations with letters of rejection to be sent soon. Two courts may be held in spring before the royal visit to America and two in summer after.
Amid talks of a Tangier like zone in Tunisia France shows resolve with two warships bound for Djibouti and Senegalese troops massed at Marseille. Italy eyed territorial gains but appears ready to abandon invasion while disputes over Somaliland frontier spark criticism from Rome and Paris. Pullorum noted as a poultry disease spread via eggs.
Paul and William, two orphans, climbed into the federal mint through a ground floor window after finding a partly open second story window. Mint guard captain George Maher and superintendent P J Haggerty expressed shock at how the youths entered what guards and barriers could not. They said the act was done for fun and could not have harmed anyone.
A discussion notes federal support for waterways and railroads at turn of the century. It cites nearly two billion dollars to inland waterways since 1890 and land grants to railways totaling about 500 million after credits. Railroads argue mail and troop transport at reduced rates justify the gifts, with estimates of land value and credits varying by source.
Official Kiwanis program outlines the 1939 officers to be installed with Mrs D N Hornung and Mrs Allbritton among presenters. Aesthetic dances feature Miss Jenne Ansell and Miss Ann Goodwin with accompanists. District Governor Frank Henderson delivers address as new officers are installed.
A report describes testosterone injections in hens causing crowing and dominance, with higher dosages producing stronger crowing that faded after stopping injections. The text notes hens may produce small amounts of male hormone and mentions limited human data. The drug is synthetic.
The speaker describes mass suicides in Germany among Jews, burnings of synagogues, desecration of Torahs, and harsh treatment of orphans. He cites Niemoeller's prison term as reflecting widespread but muted German opposition, notes Catholic persecution, and comments on food scarcity. He also mentions economists asserting US natural resources can sustain high living standards.
After two nights of subfreezing weather in northeast Louisiana officials report a minimum temperature of 3.3 degrees. The region faced intermittent rains on Thursday with forecasters predicting more rain tonight and near freezing conditions expected early Friday.
Advertises Creomulsion as a passable cure for common coughs, chest colds, and bronchial irritation. Claims to go to the seat of trouble, soothe inflamed membranes, and loosen germ laden mucus with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A new cold wave moves south as Oregon mountain roads close. Farmer-author Jack Tanner and wife, missing from Mission British Columbia since Monday, are sought in Fraser valley for material on a book. An airplane crew was fed via air drop to three men trapped on a Copper River boat near Cordova Alaska. Coast guard boat held by windstorm. Inland temperatures drop across many cities from Pembina to New York with readings from -24 to 20 degrees.
Temperatures rise slowly across the south but forecasts warn of a temporary relief before a new cold wave sweeps east and south from Canada. Overcast skies and rain cover the southeast from Oklahoma to western South Carolina and Georgia as ice threats loom in Atlanta. Some cities report freezing temperatures, with Florida enjoying sun and mild readings.
President for budget discussions faces questions on Murphy’s Michigan sitdowns of 1937. Senators hint they oppose harsh censure but note policy alignment with national administration. Murphy in Lansing defends actions, citing historical labor issues since the Civil War and rejecting prejudice. Crop experts forecast 1939 strawberry acreage at about 197000 acres, the largest since 1929.
An advertisement urges readers to use a 35 cent Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules package to flush poisons from kidneys and relieve bladder irritation. It lists symptoms of kidney and bladder weakness such as nocturnal waking, burning passage, backache, leg cramps, and puffy eyes.
Virginia Ruth Laurel seeks divorce from Stan Laurel after admitting possession of 274000 dollars in cash and property from a divorce settlement. She had 5 percent of his income from an interlocutory decree in 1936 while Laurel claimed eighty thousand dollars per film and two films yearly. He said tax payments and former wives reduced him to living on a 50000 dollar annuity. claims of a 4000 weekly contract were denied by friends. Plus, South Carolina peach production nears 3000 carloads in 1938.
J Frank Rice a Shelby County politician known for backing rural Tennessee measures and guiding Memphis legislation has died Crump recalls Rice saying he gradually shifted to overseeing Shelby County and Memphis statutes and favored rural road and school funding through the years
Trenton New Jersey December 29 Governor A Harry Moore announces he is stepping down from leading a non profit marriage bureau after reviewing a dozen lonely heart pleas from widows. He says with the legislature returning to session he cannot run the matrimonial bureau and notes most letters come from New York women suggesting New York Governor Herbert Lehman take over the matchmaking burden.
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