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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1934
Page
3
Poetic farewell to the year references wrap around Christmas mood and a New Year eve social at Lake side Country club and Frances hotel. Monroe residents plan church watch parties while Grace Moore sing at Paramount Theatre and a quiet family wedding proceeds with restrained attendance.
Guests gathered for egg nogg and fruit cake after a Friday night service followed by a Christmas tree and small gifts. Local notables and visitors shared in the festivities. Upcoming radio coverage will broadcast California's Tournament of Roses parade and a Rose Bowl game on New Year's Day from 11:30 to 12:30.
A roundup of social events lists New Year’s Eve dances at Y M H A Lakeside Country club Cherokee Terrace with performers and hosts. Community meetings include Delphian chapter Monroe hotel at 2:30 p.m. Presbyterian and Methodist circles plan January activities at various church and civic venues.
The largest air express shipment ever received at Glendale California weighed 1 004 pounds and included 137 boxes of electrotypes bound for California newspapers British Guiana announces an extensive road improvement program.
A pattern guide for sewing a smart coat frock suitable for school days or Sundays. Includes fabric choices, cutting layouts, and step by step finishing tips for a clean tailored look. Prospective makers can adapt length and details for formal or casual wear.
An enthusiastic ad describes pattern 2094 for a girl’s coat-frock with short or full sleeves, belt back tie, pan collar, and a bow at the throat. Sizes 6 to 14 with 3 yards of fabric for size 10. Includes illustrated sewing instructions and Anne Adams designs. Order Winter Pattern Book. price fifteen cents pattern and book together twenty five cents. Mail to Monroe News-Dispatch Pattern Department, New York City.
Mrs. L. A. Matthes, Shreveport, president of the Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association, offers a New Year message urging PTA members to unite in service. She notes 17 000 members in 190 units across eight districts and calls for cooperation between home and school and other agencies to meet rising responsibilities and evolving civilization. The address emphasizes continuing educational service, high standards, and constructive thinking to improve communities in Louisiana.
A December 27 ceremony at the Wood home united Miss Gwendolyn Wood and Mr. Earl Turner in a simple service conducted by Rev. E. E. Huntsberry. The couple will reside in Sterlington where Turner works for Louisiana Light and Power and Mrs. Turner teaches at Sterlington school.
Grace Moore stars in One Night of Love at the Paramount with operatic arias amid romance and comedy. Laurel and Hardy star in Babes in Toyland at the Capitol with a comic caper about saving Widow Peep’s home and Bo-Peep’s hand.
Mrs. David Kaplan and Mrs. Charles Snyder hosted a Friday afternoon reception in the Kaplan drawing room to honor Miss Bertha Alyce Masur, a bride-to-be, with elegant gowns, candlelit dining, and a crowd of over a hundred attended in ceremony and fashion.
The film follows Stan and Oliver foiling Villain in Toyland with La ughs and escapes. Bo Peep and Tom Tom join the rescue, with Victor Herbert musical numbers and vivid settings. Charlotte Henry as Bo Peep shines alongside Henry Kleinbach as Barnaby Felix Knight and Virginia Karns as Mother Goose.
Washington year end review forecasts better business and higher farm incomes in 1935. Government data show industrial profits rising 70 percent in nine months 1934 and wages up 25 percent in ten months. Agricultural payments and rental benefits are projected to lift farm income, while railroads express renewed hopes for the year. Public works reports cite 3 billion hours of employment in 1934 and 2 million direct PWA jobs with indirect benefits to 5 million.
Clyde Blakeney 28 of ward nine southwest of Monroe suffered a severe head and arm beating with a .22 rifle stock. Doctors at St Francis sanitarium report his condition favorable though arm amputation remains possible. Joe Strange and Charlie Blakeney were jailed as suspects. The incident followed disputes over removing fence rails to build a pig pen.
C. B. White has been appointed deputy debt moratorium commissioner of Louisiana and opened an office in Room 220 at the Bernhardt building. The act aims to relieve debtors by halting harassing judicial actions as property often sells below real value. Copies of the act regulations and application blanks are available at White's office.
More than one million railroad workers will receive a payroll increase of about 3.25 million dollars monthly starting tomorrow. The raise lifts part of a 10 percent cut imposed February 1, 1932, with a final 5 percent restoration planned for April 1, 1935. Brotherhood leaders vow more wage fights and seek a six hour day and a full crew bill to add helpers and brakemen on trains.
Monroe Council of Social Agencies extends appreciation to numerous firms and organizations for cooperation in its Christmas toy program for underprivileged children. A total of 108 families and 1,582 children received toys through the effort.
Reporter Marian Gordon from the Morning Dispatch hurries from the courthouse after William Brown is acquitted of taking a bribe over defective schoolwork. Her friend Bilver Henden's divorce is granted, then Editor assigns Reno assignment. Cliff has shot himself, and Silver’s celebratory mood reveals the truth.
Marian reads a impulsive handwritten letter from Cliff Almasive revealing a costly divorce settlement and his plan to shield Silver from their community. She urges a hospital call to spark Silver to reconcile and save him, while Silver rejects help and plans flight. Bowen agrees to a controlled newspaper reveal to aid Cliff.
John G. Crawford reports he was robbed of his coat by a male Black assailant who used a knife and cut him on the throat near the corner of Adams and North Fourteenth streets shortly after daybreak Sunday.
G B Watkins drove from a downtown filling station to the Central fire station when the car seat caught fire early Monday. Fireman G Toombs extinguished the blaze with a hand extinguisher. The fire was probably started by a lighted cigarette.
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