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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star section lists pricing and circulation information for daily and Sunday editions, rates for subscriptions and advertising, and office contact details. It notes second class matter status, Associated Press affiliation, circulation bureau membership, and national advertising representation.
Washington debates a rubber czar with powers to speed synthetic production and conserve natural stocks as U.S. government holdings reach 342 000 tons with private stocks pushing total above 500 000 tons. imports may add 150 000 tons, yet consumption outpaces supply, threatening full self sufficiency by 1947 as manufacturers expand plantations in Honduras Liberia Philippines Brazil and Arizona with government help and Latin American subsidies.
George Tucker surveys Manhattan theater prospects as gas limits threaten transit. He lists top shows likely to draw June through August audiences, noting air cooled houses and a shift of a hit from Morosco to Booth as theater owners brace for summer demand.
In a brisk start to the wartime shipbuilding drive American yards report 106 ships completed in four months as the program gains momentum. Observers note Germany’s U boats will struggle to soothe the seas while American shipping remains active and expanding.
Hollywood gossip notes list Hedy Lamarr romance with George Montgomery, John Boles health rest, divorce whispers around Vic Mature and Paulette Goddard, Garson and Ney elopement rumors, plus Joan Crawford Glenn Ford dating fallout. The column surveys stars’ marriages, divorces, engagements, and industry humor with a stream of quick vignettes and sly jabs.
Dear boys and girls you will do without many things during these war years. You do not need them you only want them. You will live simply for the life of your country and people. We recall Plymouth Rock and 1620 to urge plain living, truth, and service.
Josephus Daniels at 80 acts as editor in Raleigh and, after eight years as secretary of the navy and stints as ambassador to Mexico, remains a unique figure. He mentiones Roosevelt as chief, criticizes army social rules, and has Congress watching his sharp editorials from Capitol Hill.
The Ouachita parish grand jury will convene Monday in a special session called by Judge Percy Sandel to probe serious charges. Focus centers on alleged criminal assault and murder against Vernon Scruggs. Red Cross officials Smith and Redmond report progress and one to two weeks remain in area relief work. Temple Bnai Israel to host finals class confirmation tomorrow night. Conservation dept. still feeding about 1,000 wild deer on Macon Ridge as floodwaters recede.
Lieutenant W. F. Miller and Aviation Cadet W. J. Milewski parachuted to safety after their plane crashed in the woods near Jackson Mississippi. Captain A. V. Lowe said the aircraft originated from Columbus field. The two airmen were recovered about a quarter mile apart.
A June radio schedule lists programs across time slots from 6:45 to 11:30 PM ET. It features The Bans Trio, Captain Midnight, Indiana Indigo, Chicago Dance Orchestra, Beverly Mahr, Lum and Abner, Jack Armstrong, World War broadcasts, Fred Waring segments, Dorothy Thompson, Bing Crosby music hall, Major Bowes auditions, and final news and dance hour. The lineup highlights war era coverage, entertainment acts, dramatics, and public affairs discussions geared to 1943- era audiences.
Quiz asks three questions from a wartime page: identifying a badge signification, naming the area commanded by Major General Bonesteel who recently replaced a British general, and explaining why sailors mock a “navy cocktail.” Answers appear on Page Eleven.
Washington June 4 The agriculture department urges urban heads of families to review bills for past peace time years. It reports April saw the average non farm family spend 22 percent of income on food, up from 24 in 1940, 31 in 1933, 27 in 1929, and 37 in 1920. Farmers now take 52 percent of consumer food expenditures, near the high since 1920, with a 31 percent share in the 1932 low.
Stephanie awakens in a grimy cell with iron cot and a drain. German voices and the threat of a powder ship loom as Henri de la Pagerie reveals a plan to halt the explosives shipment, tying her fate to her father’s Titan powder plant.
In DeWitt Mackenzie’s war column, the Dutch Harbor attack is assessed as a limited nuisance raid with possible propaganda value and minimal surprise. Washington confirms Dutch Harbor held, and analysts consider Japan’s broader aims to pressure Alaska and deter American operations, while diplomats note strategic stakes in the Aleutians and far west coast.
Washington reports that Treasury enforcement chief Elmer L. Irey explains how the government’s sugar tracing system, once used to trap liquor bootleggers, is now revealing sugar bootleggers. The records linked sugar sales to illicit whisky stills and are in the hands of the Office of Price Administration with arrests for sugar rationing violations.
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