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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
21
A brief notice in the Che Monroe News Star describes its publishing schedule as evenings except Sunday and notes Associated Press content rights and local news usage. The text mentions staff roles including president treasurer and members in association with AP coverage.
The passage argues that libraries and banks share many similarities in hours, records, accessibility, regulation, and funding. It notes comparable practices for loans and renewals, the need for fireproof storage, state supervision, and the mutual educational and commercial roles of both institutions within Louisiana.
The News-Star urges Riley J. Wilson to remain in Congress rather than seek the Louisiana governorship. It argues his seniority, committee roles, flood control influence, and river and harbor work would suffer if he left Congress. It warns Northeast Louisiana would lose federal flood relief leverage and Monroe would lose a watchdog against Ouachita pollution.
Judge Percy Sander warned against apathy in the push for permanent flood protection in Ouachita. He cited rising business activity and new projects in the Twin Cities later in the year, saying these pressures will complicate solving the flood problem.
Brand Lessing lauds Mrs. Lindbergh for refusing a $100,000 film role despite her son's fame. The piece argues a mother's honor and refined taste outrank money, contrasting with vaudeville and moving pictures as soulless money-making ventures. It commends the couple's stance against commercial exploitation of achievement.
The piece argues that flood rehabilitation costs for Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas may require outside assistance while Illinois Tennessee and Kentucky could fund themselves. It warns against delaying action and urges rapid construction of a flood proof parish with levees and drainage to attract industry, regardless of Congress.
A 1927 King Features gag humor column jokes about the perils of itinerant husbands. A traveling salesman husband stays away years, sends distant kisses, and returns home only to leave again, prompting a punch line urging a wife to marry a stationary engineer instead.
The Associated Press reports Fannie Brice will appear in three motion pictures depicting an east side girl. As preparation she plans to spend the summer abroad with Norma Talmadge to study the role and accent.
Bids opened for the St Francis sanitarium construction this afternoon with I T Davis of this city awarded the contract. The project costs are estimated at $75000 for building and equipment. Plumbing heating and elevator work were rejected but may be bid again later at another meeting.
Associated Press reports Woods, theatrical producer, is valued at more than a half million dollars in an affidavit seeking a Stay of execution for a judgment of 53,419.17. A later office figure lists 2,013,000 including 1,500,000 in real estate in New York and Chicago.
A year ago today nearly 3,000 were reported dead in Burma after a cyclone and tidal wave. The catastrophe drew relief concerns across the region as authorities recorded mass casualties and ongoing recovery efforts.
An American juridical expert, president of the American Chamber of Commerce of Paris, leads Geneva talks under the League of Nations to draft a convention for commercial arbitration. The plan lets trials occur in a chosen country with accessible witnesses and documents and enables enforcement in another country without a second trial. Jurists from several nations contributed to the drafting, aiming to ease global trade disputes.
Ben Ali McAfee, an American mining engineer back from six months in Africa, says modern big game hunting is a highly commercialized, deluxe, conducted tour with dangers mirroring a Paris stroll. He bought a baby lion in Rhodesia named Fido and warns that hunts are run like tours, sending trophies home to owners in Europe.
Chicago grand jury paid members twenty dollars a day for five days and delivered over 100 indictments. Four jurors reported writing seven figure checks, highlighting the wealth of participants in this unusual grand jury proceeding.
The article discusses spending within states, avoiding repudiation of debts, and proving domestic fiscal responsibility. It notes foreign debt concerns, scrutiny of Great Britain, and demands that settlements with domestic debtors be based on ability to pay with creditors as final judges.
For Better Health explains every child has a right to clean, well lit school rooms with good water and constant temperature, and parents must ensure proper rest and health checks. It covers annual eye exams, ear nose and throat checks, tonsil removal benefits, skin vigilance for contagious diseases, and seeking medical advice at the first signs of illness.
Historians debate whether Colorado’s first capitol, a log hut once at Colorado City, still stands or was torn down. Spencer Penrose bought the hut to move it to Broadmoor, keeping it open for visitors as a historic relic amid rivalry over its fate. The article notes an unrelated fact about silkworm silk production.
A brief note reports on a New York event where 365 people are involved in an unspecified activity. The item seems to note a communal action or challenge and mentions participants and location context without detailing outcomes.
The Franconia completed its world cruise returning with a cargo of 4 000 bottles of whisky six cases of wine and 49 000 bottles of beer stout and lager aboard.
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