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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1943
Page
4
A naval ensign's glossary mocks military etiquette and seniority, showing how young officers resist bumptious rules. It notes phrases like forwarded and under consideration, then jokes about mislaid papers and entrenched phrases. The piece ends with quips about impressing reserve officers and a nod to President Harrison among stamp collectors.
Henry McLemore writes from London about rumors of a second front in World War II. He jests at weathered experts and presses the press for secrets while noting inflation, politics, and everyday life in a bustling capital.
Jimmie Fidler notes Maria Montez and other celebs often insult the crew behind the scenes while courting press praise. He urges Montez to build loyalty with grips and electricians, who hold power to lift or ruin star status. The column recaps quips about Barrymore Lamour Garbo Garson and Chaplin plus a war garden anecdote and radio comics facing draft realities.
Ridicule harms good causes and respected groups like Boy Scouts and ministers. The author urges choosing sides for or against gambling and condemns jokes about church members and youth leaders. He highlights how sarcasm drives youths from striving to be decent and notes a booklet offering guidance on training obedience.
Radio Eastern shifts timing by one hour for CWT MW and program corrections. Highlights include Portia Faces Life, Dick Tracy, Jack Armstrong, Captain Midnight, To Be Announced slots, News, World War commentary, Fred Waring’s Time, and various musical variety programs through late evening with multiple serials and guest appearances.
A dense radio timetable lists hours and program names across CBS Local and Local stations. It includes news segments, music, dramas, variety shows, and featured artists like Kate Smith, Perry Como, and Duke Ellington, with rhythm and sports updates sprinkled throughout the late evening to after midnight.
Questions and answers on wartime topics reveal damages in Germany's Ruhr as RAF raids breached the Eder and Morine dams, lacrosse technique cradling, a Japanese submarine attack called limitless savagery, and chlorine gas produced when electricity flows through salt water.
W J Sherrouse was unanimously chosen president with Sam Davis as vice president of the junior Chamber of Commerce at yesterday’s meeting. Plans for expanded membership and activities were outlined, with a largely attended session listing numerous attendees.
Emily Mayo of 2105 Flynn Street delivered an unusual egg to the News-Star on Thursday. The shell bore a bright red letter Y and figures resembling the numbers one half and five.
A F B I sponsored police conference in West Monroe on June 17 at the Strand theater at 9 30 a.m. features Dean C C Calvert of Northeast Junior College and discusses accidents and war information security. It cites National Safety Council data on 1942 deaths and injuries and the impact on production.
The Monroe initiative to hold a fall livestock show received publicity at a Hotel Frances luncheon hosted by the Exchange Club. Speakers urged advancing farming in northeast Louisiana. Club President Tom Firnberg introduced George D. Holland and J. J. Joyce Jr., plus R. M. Crown, LSU extension meat and swine specialist, who discussed the effort.
In Washington, officials report pervasive government surveillance of workers. More than twenty investigating agencies pry into private lives, with fingerprinting and past activity checks expanding beyond FBI and Secret Service. Officials warn of a growing, circular inquiry system among agencies.
Penny Vance flees Bert Stringer in a dusk haunted trek through pine and poplar toward Moose Creek, planning to reach Cleve, Marie, and Wolf at Fort St. John. She battles fatigue, fear, and self doubt, clinging to the hope of recovering films and reuniting with Powell Ward. The night ends with a brutal inner pressure to keep moving as she camps weary beside twilight.
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