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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
10
Pope Pius XI urged belligerents to honor humanity and protect non combatants in war. He spoke on his name day from the Vatican, extending his appeal to both German and Allied nations and urging humane treatment in occupied areas.
Mary Martin named Fruit Salad with Raspberry Mayonnaise as her preferred study in local Salad Celebrity Week. Restaurateurs promote refreshing, healthful galad-time menus with Raspberry Mayonnaise a colorful addition to fruit dishes. The recipe blends Best Food mayonnaise raspberry jelly lemon juice salt and whipped cream yielding about one cup.
A peculiar armadillo migration from Texas into Louisiana fills western levees and swamps as conservation officials study the influx. The nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus Nomencinctus Texanus Bailey, spreads from Oakdale to Tallulah, with scientists finding armadillos beneficial to quail and resilient against traps.
The article notes armadillos emerge at night for food, leading to numerous captures during nocturnal fox hunts. It praises the meat as a prized delicacy and reports state supplies meet demand as the herd grows. It recalls a thirteen year old prediction by William J. Tucker of the Texas fish and oyster commission.
Three agencies the Civil Aeronautics Authority the Navy and Douglas Aircraft probe the Saturday crash of a nine ton DC-5 naval transport on its first test flight. Four Douglas employees died including pilot Harry Bogen and inspector James Jewart. The high wing craft with a 60 foot fuselage and 78 foot wingspan aimed for 250 mph.
The text states Darwin argued humans and anthropoid apes share a common apelike ancestor rather than humans descending from current monkey species. He suggests this ancestor could be classified by a naturalist as a monkey.
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