Monroe News-Star Heritage and Publication Notes
The Monroe News-Star is a Sunday edition published by The News-Star Publishing Company with offices at 110-114 North Second Street Monroe Louisiana. B Faulk and J W Worthington serve as president and secretary treasurer. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and records local news under AP rights.
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News-Star Publishing Company
North Second Street Co
B. Faulk
J. W. Worthington
Associated Press
Noise and Crime Link Examined by Health Official
Health commissioner Shirley W. Wynne argues noise may affect nerves and fear responses, potentially influencing crime. He notes urban children endure constant noise and questions the idea that gangster behavior stems from environment alone, asserting free choice plays a major role.
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Shirley W. Wynne
Health Commissioner
New York
A Duty of Society
A Newse-Star editorial argues that dumping jailed drug addicts outside the city reflects crowded jails and the need for a state institution to help addicts. It contends many addicts lack willpower and suffer pain, portraying them as social cripples deserving society’s care and cure.
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Newse-Star
Health inventory urged by Rotary speaker at meeting
Dr. R W O'Donnell urged Rotarians to perform an annual thorough physical examination. He said health inventory can extend life by eight years and advised making yearly exams part of New Year resolutions.
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Rotary Club
R. W. O'Donnell
New Year’s Day All Star High School Game Set
Fans anticipate a big New Year’s Day football clash at Forsythe Park between state wide premier Class A and Class B prep squads. The game unites top Louisiana players and aims to attract a record crowd and become an annual event.
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Forsythe Park
Louisiana
Nepalese Maharaja Bir Chandra Shamsher Jung Dies
The Detroit News notes the death of Nepal's premier General His Highness Prajya Nepal Taradhish Ma haraja Bir Chandra Shamshere Jung Bahadur Rana. A San Diego Union pessimistically suggests Hoover could keep executives in conference to revive business. An unclear line about a street lamb and wool appears.
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Prajya Nepal Taradhish Maharaja Bir Chandra Shamshere Jung
Bahadur Rana
Nepal
Detroit News
Hoover
San Diego
Right Angles in Maine Two Wealthy Wireless Brothers
A humorous portrait of two elderly unmarried brothers in Maine who live frugally on a farm, run a butter business, and hoard wealth. The piece satirically likens them to misers and argues true happiness lies in family love over money, urging wives and children to bring culture and joy.
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Maine
New
Croesus
Captain Kidd
King Features Syndicate, Inc
White House bouillon and Coolidge shopkeeper tale
A historic note describes the White House bouillon reserved for state events, detailing beef veal and vegetable ingredients and preparation. It also covers Calvin Coolidge once buying a shoe in Washington, paying with a check bearing his signature that the clerk framed and keeps on display.
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Washington
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Secret Service
F Street
The
United States
Christmas reverie and political theater in a newspaper fragment
A fragmented reminiscence blends a Senator Heflin Santa Claus tribute with humorous radio and stage chatter. It includes Harold Lloyd and a vivid Baton Rouge meeting between Arthur Shires and Huey P Long, revealing political banter and personal anecdotes amid a sleepy ending.
Imagination Soars Over Meeting Of Shires And Long
A curious letter from West Monroe ponders a rendezvous between Arthur Shires the baseball and boxing figure and Huey P. Long the governor. The writer imagines the two modest men facing each other and speculates on possible outcomes.
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Arthur (the Great
Huey P. Long
Frances Alda's View on Opera Longevity and Critics
New York reports Frances Alda, after twenty two years at the Metropolitan Opera, has left for radio. She argues musical training has declined and cites several stars who faded young despite great voices. She believes critics and the public worship youth and notes her own best voice at 45. Her professional name has always Alda, not Adler.
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New York
Frances Alda
Metropolitan Opera House
Madame Alda
Melbha
Convent Garden London
Fanny Adler
Alda
Adler
Aldo
Opera Scores Staged For Broadcast Use By New York Library
The New York Public Library music division works to secure opera scores which are rented not sold and aids radio studios. A Rimsky Korsakoff lost opera was partially reconstructed from a music book in the library, enabling a radio program to proceed.
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Opera
Metropolitan
New York Public Library
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Early pop songs of 1880s spark memory at library
The piece notes Harry Kennedy as the Irving Berlin of the era authoring songs like With All Her Faults I Love Her Still Cradle's Empty Baby's Gone and A Flower for Mother's Grave praised by the Prince of Wales. It recalls Harvard holding the first copy of Over There after Leo Feist bought George M. Cohan's war song for 25000 dollars before royalties.
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Irving Berlin
Harry Kennedy
Prince of Wales
New York
Harvard University
Leo Feist
George M. Cohan
Balloon sounding for aviation study in Vicksburg
Residents search for weather balloons launched by the United States Weather Bureau for upper air observations. A $5 reward is offered for the return of each recording instrument.
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Associated Preas
Monroe Oil and Gas starts drilling first test well
The Monroe Oil and Gas Co began drilling the first test oil and gas well in the Monroe field from John T. Cole’s property near Forsythe Park. Two experts recommended the site and results are expected in 60 to 90 days as a capable crew works to push the test. Meanwhile several locals travel or relocate, including C. C. Bell, Mrs. Douglas Myles, Tom Standifer, and the Madden and Walters families.
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Monroe Oil and Gas Co., Inc
Monroe Field
John T. Cole
Forsythe Park
C. C. Bell
West Side
Deerfoot Lake
Tenn
Douglas Myles
Douglas
Ruston
Tom Standifer
New Orleans
Thomas Gunby
Hungarian Star Lukas Triumphs Over Language Barrier
Paul Lukas, once a Budapest stage star, learned English with two diction teachers and eight hours daily study to conquer talkies. After a seven month pause, he returned to Hollywood in a speaking role in Halfway to Heaven and now stars as a German officer in Young.
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Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Garbo
Paul Lukas
New York
Mrs. Lukas
Pola Negri
Lukas
Audi
Wall Street
Budapest
Heaven
Radio Program Schedule Highlights From Major Networks
Central Standard time listings show a dense slate of program names across NBC CBS and CBS chains from WEAF WJZ WABC and others with multiple time slots. Notable acts include piano twins concerts and orchestras with names like Guy Lombardo and Amos Andy. coverage spans New York Chicago Detroit and other hubs with numerous affiliated stations and frequencies.
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WEAF
New York
NBC Chain
KSD
Washington
WOG
WEBC
WSAI
KWOO
WDAF
WOW
KGO
KGW
WGY
WWI
KYW
Woo Wow
WIOD
KTHS
WSMB
KSTP
WTMJ
WJAX
WHAS
WSM
WMC
WSB
KPRC
WDAIL
WKY
WEIC
WTAM
WFAA
WWJ
WGN
Family Party
WTM
WBAP
WDAI
WABC
CBS Chain
Leviton Ensemble
WDOD
WISN
WBRC
WFBM
Wowo
Waddc
Hoenry
George
WADC
WMAQ
WKRC
WHK
KOIL
KMOX
WSPD
WGL
WCCO
WCAC
KMBC
WGHP
Couriers
Henry Burbig
Paris
Guy Lombardo
WJZ
Roxy’s Gang
KWK
W8sm
WREN
KFAB
WIBO
Shavers
WJR
WLW
KDKA
WOAI
Wren Webc
KWKEK
WOAIL
Amos
Andy
WLIB
Chicago
Nighthawks
Quin Ryan
Dan
Sylvia
Amos-Andy
Cincinnati
Central
Far West Nbc Chain
Rudy Seiger
KPO Kft
KHQ
Komo Kgw
Amos 'N' Andy
Koa
KECA
KOMO
Jolly Rovers
Choristers & Orch
KGO Ae Komo Kgw
KFI Ksl
KGO Keca
KSL
Far West
Bernard Levitow
KLZ Kvi
Voice of Columbia
Momentous Moments In Mayhem Between Lion Tamer And Pekingese
A collage of humorous quips from 1929 cataloging oddities and social blurbs. It includes lines about a lion tamer bitten by a small dog and satirical takes on marriage, morality, and modern life with a vaudeville flavor.
Fagles Reworks Contract Following Buddy Rogers Rise
The article notes Fagles again teams with Buddy Rogers and reports a contract renewal secured recently, signaling a key career move and ongoing collaboration.
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Fagles
Buddy Rogers
Louisianailliteracy effort gains federal role designations
A second Louisianian is picked for a national illiteracy survey. Dr. M. S. Robertson of the Louisiana Department of Education, director of the state campaign, is named to the National Advisory Committee on Illiteracy as part of a technique committee. Secretary Wilbur previously named T. H. Harris as a member to explore expanding the national program.
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Baton Rouge
M. S. Robertson
State Department of Education
Louisiana
Secretary of the Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Woman Accused of Using Rubber Checks in Mail
Daisy Thompson of Smith County was charged with using the mails to defraud and carried to Meridian by Deputy U S Marshal Jasper Boykin. She allegedly supplied worthless checks to pay for goods ordered from mail order houses in Chicago and other large cities.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Daisy Thompson
Smith County
Meridian
United States
Jasper Boykin
Boykin
Chicago
French youths face brutal crimes and harsh sentences
Paris reports a spate of adolescent killers within a week. Marcel Morice, 19, faces the guillotine for murder and robbery. Hesie and Guen, 20 and 17, receive twenty years for murder. Jules Duc, 16, gets one year for parricide defense amid drunken abuse claims. Bernard Lagane, 19, admits throat slashing over romantic rivalry.
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Marcel Morice
Hesie and
Guen
Leopold and Loeb
France
Jules Duc
Duc
Bernard Lagane
Duta
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