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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1935
Page
4
The article reflection on New Year’s significance argues the year’s start is arbitrary and urges practical resolutions anytime. It notes 1935’s lingering impact and suggests true life choices come from moments, not years, ending with a hopeful Happy New Year.
Freeland Pennsylvania school board allows teachers to attend night clubs and taprooms with a midnight curfew. The policy, intended to loosen restrictions, raises constitutional questions and potential discrimination between teachers based on distance from the taverns.
The chamber of commerce of New York state awarded 11 of 12 major prizes to girls in the essay contest on Why Am I Being Given An Education. Three young women, ages 17 and 13, spoke in the main hall while a Brooklyn boy won no top honors, a jab at male writers in a field seen as feminine.
Britain pledges to make the League of Nations a force for peace after the Hoare plan fallout. Stanley Baldwin warns France that if Britain must act alone to uphold collective security, France may be forced to choose sides if ItalyChallenges England over oil sanctions. Congress leaders seek a brief session.
John Blake argues sales ability matters more than looks. A small town store counterman exemplifies natural and cultivated selling, sizing up needs and guiding purchases. He notes salesmanship keeps money moving and people rise through understanding others.
Poem expresses a wish to find universal love beyond wealth or fame. The speaker seeks love of friends and all the world, praising love as life’s richest warmth and enduring treasure.
In a witty exchange Freemeter declares poets are born not made. Worrimore retorts that if poets could be manufactured they might be banned by law. The banter highlights the tension between innate artistry and censorship.
In a humorous exchange Mr Knosit notes Orient natives pack wine in goatskins. Mr Wetmore agrees calling the vessels unbreakable and recalls the risk of dropping a quart bottle of bourbon.
A conversation reveals that Perkins left five boys and one girl to an orphan asylum after giving all he had. The tale centers on the will and the fate of the siblings awaiting care.
Witty exchange hints at a scandalous household misadventure as a husband elopes with a maid. The remark frames the situation with sharp humor, implying the affair is tied to the maid's upcoming departure.
Dialogue shows Mr Hungerford Bah and Tilly the maid noting the cheese is unfit to eat and meant only to conceal a hole in the tablecloth. The scene hints at domestic mishap rather than a meal.
Mrs Benham speaks on practicing the touch system at the typewriter with a humorous cue to avoid overusing the dollar key in a lighthearted domestic moment.
A humorous exchange with a father and son about numbered hairs and bald heads, illustrating a playful dig at counting and certainty. The quip contrasts cosmic order with a child’s practical view, ending with a light joke.
A witty dialogue features Mrs Suds and Miss Kettles debating engagements and happiness. The exchange touches on Mrs Bullion hiring a cook and a quip about Italy's supposed death squadron bluffing Britain. An ironic note about success and contentment rounds out the humorous piece.
Washington columns describe turmoil over the Canadian reciprocal trade agreement especially the lumber clause. Pacific Northwest sentiment shifts against Roosevelt as lumber interests press for market access while pursuing quota maneuvers to appease the most favored nation rule.
The city building inspector issued permits on Monday to T. A. Keller to repair a garage apartment at 409 Ouachita Avenue for 400 dollars and to Mrs. A. Hawthorne to erect a two story garage apartment at 108 South Fourth with the building cost not stated.
At a special Ouachita Parish police jury meeting the one cent gasoline tax was renewed for another year to fund relief for unemployables. The levy, tied to federal matching funds, has collected about 65 thousand dollars by December and is expected to reach 70 thousand with December totals. Funds are handled by ERA's relief office under Mrs. Crandall, with tax collection by C. A. Hunt. Officials say the levy has greatly eased distress in the parish and federal aid would not have covered the need otherwise.
Mrs. Bertha Sanders of Helena Ark visits Mrs. S C Blackman in Billings Montana where Sanders once taught in the city school faculty. S C Blackman is honored with a Christmas scarf pin for eight years as Baptist Sunday school superintendent. Willis Griffith hosts a surprise party with siblings and friends in attendance at the event. Billings Mont prescribes three annual automobile inspections under city ordinance.
National Commander Ray Murphy of the American Legion warns veterans not to fund mushroom bonus organizations that claim to secure immediate payment of adjusted service certificates. He notes such solicitations hurt the veterans' cause and urges ignoring donation requests while Congress handles the issue.
Weather and holidays delayed dirt work on the new highway leading to the Sicard overpass near the Missouri Pacific line. Once shoulders are finished, the project will be accepted by the Louisiana state highway commission and opened to the public within a few days.
Oscar Dopson sold to Coy S. Simpson a tract of land in section 28 18 3 east for 50 dollars. The transfer was recorded in the clerk's office yesterday.
The Shreveport Times editorial calls for immediate cash payment of World War I veterans certificates, arguing the nation can afford to settle the debt now. It reviews history from 1920 to 1934, supports early action to aid relief and boost recovery, and urges Congress to approve the plan in January.
Hollywood critic Dan Thomas surveys upcoming science themed pictures including The Story of Louis Pasteur with Paul Muni, potential Marie Curie and Dr Edward Jenner bios, and notes on persecution themes guiding major epics like Mutiny on the Bounty and The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.
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