21 Feb 1945
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1945
Page
1
The Monroe News-Star proclaims itself an independent newspaper printing news impartially. It vows to support what it believes is right and oppose what it deems wrong without regard to party politics.
Paul Henreid laments being pigeonholed as a great lover and worries it could threaten his career. He recalls how slush press affected him after his first film and argues for varied roles to avoid typecasting, while the Hollywood Parade and various fan chatter follow.
The article compares the Crimean report to a serialized cliff-hanger with three key players Russia, Japan, and world peace left dangling until April. It outlines voting options for the new international security council and notes Russia’s demand for unanimous verdicts may doom enforcement, while urging cautious anticipation of the next installment.
A humorous critique contrasts two portraitures of Mrs Henry McLemore and the Laughton collection. It riffs on decor, clutter, and a Daytona Beach setting with banners from Harvard and Cornell, discarded allegiances, and a tongue in cheek chase after rare objects and midcentury artifacts.
A reflective piece discusses how mood shapes teaching and learning. It contrasts quiet, focused readings with lively lessons and notes mothers' busy lives and time limits. It urges preparing the classroom and lunch moments to sustain appropriate mood. It ends with fragmented notices about distribution and a note on a Sweden airlift ban.
A radio schedule on KNOE 1450 details morning program blocks from Rise and Shine to News Local and NBC segments. It lists NBC associated shows and local music programs including Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra and bands, with varying times and a focus on NBC network and local time slots.
A scrambled log lists KMLB programming from dawn to late evening, naming local news, music, and variety shows. Programs include Hoosier Hot Shots, Rhythm Revue, Aunt Jemima, Connie Boswell Songs, Ted Matone, Lum and Abner, and Counterspy among others.
A pasted KWKH Shreveport broadcast log lists daily programs, local shows, news bulletins, and CBS network slots. The messy OCR mentions The Breakfast Cabaret, Ozark Mountaineer, Fairifeld Four, The Sunshine Boys, Deark Mountaineer, Kate Smith Speaks, The Goldbergs, Joyee Jordan M D, and CBS news.
A fragmentary 1930 political column references figures and events unclear in places. It mentions Hoover era themes and anticipated policy debates as February 21 references surface alongside disjointed notes on government and public concerns.
Washington's birthday will be observed as a legal holiday Thursday with courts banks and financial institutions closed. Monroe post office will close all day with only special deliveries in Monroe and West Monroe.
Harvey S Mangham and Joe Inerhen, both sons of Beacon- News and Rayville families, embark on an American steam ship traveling from New York to European ports. The vessel was scheduled to depart earlier but faced delays before the voyage began.
A frontline medic PFC Millard Cupit writes from Somewhere in Italy thanking civilians back home for suffering through war. He explains soldiers will send their cigarette rations to civilians in need and offers sympathy to those at home, noting the shared hardship.
Fragmented OCR text shows a public forum amid Italy related mentions and varied local notes. The garbled passage references Sicily and Italian places, plus scattered references to people, dates, and events with unclear connections or outcomes.
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie notes the Allies coordinate a joint offensive across eastern and western fronts. Weather and flooded rivers slow operations, but Eisenhower presses forward while Montgomery and Patton strike German flanks to force Rundstedt toward the Cologne plain and the Rhine crossing potential looms as a major landing plan.
James A. Wilson, district manager of United Gas Corporation, stated the company will aid its employees. The plan aims to support workers and their families, with measures allied to wage and benefit improvements.
Real estate transfers recorded yesterday in Ouachita Parish include Sopia Nox selling to Peoples Homestead and Savings Association, lot in Lovers Lane, then deeded to Leon Fontar for $1000. Essie L Oliphant et al. sold Riverside Heights west half to Peoples Association, then deeded to Lela S King Breard for $4500. Several other parcels and entities such as Suburban Gas, Cotton Mills, and Biedenbarn Realty appear in the list with varied prices and parcels.
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