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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1934
Page
4
The article argues for expanded summer schools and 12 month teaching, urging teachers to study in summer programs and promoting a year round school with breaks. It notes city youth no longer need long farm summers and warns prolonged vacations can demoralize normal youngsters.
The New York Bar Association seeks to remove Municipal Court Justice Harold L. Kunstler amid questions over deposits totaling $166 660 in 44 months while his salary was $40 035. He explains closing bank accounts due to $3 monthly fees and describes an in and out borrowing pattern. A $3 000 loan from a car company head is noted as well.
The article notes Britain debates a stringent bill to ban lotteries and most gambling including greyhound racing. It cites a royal commission two year study and compares to U S laws. It warns gambling trends surge worldwide and lessons apply to the United States.
John Blake argues that curiosity drives learning from childhood through adulthood. He cites Isaac Newton and gravitation as examples of why questioning matters, praises teachers who foster inquiry, and predicts scientists and educated minds will lead future progress while poverty and crime decline.
Poem fragment describes springtime as balm for a troubled heart and dreams of renewal. The speaker finds joy in spring’s warmth and wishes tears to fit the season, hinting at healing through seasonal change. A final aside shifts to a playful line about a parrot and a person named Theodore.
Miss Gabbleby Maude Hollowneck boasts a 36 inch measure while Mr Unwise notes she claims to be 22. The exchange reads as light gossip at a social gathering.
Mr Mugge questions the clock after it ran fine. His wife jokes that next time, instead of checking the clock, ask her for the time. The lighthearted exchange frames a domestic quip on time.
A short, lively exchange shows a woman praising a dog named Turk as pretty while a boy, the owner, warns not to overdo it or it may affect the dog's efficiency. The scene captures a domestic moment with playful dialogue and light humor.
Mrs Fidgettes complains Willie whistles in the yard all afternoon. Her husband clarifies the sound is a bird, not Willie, and Mrs Fidgettes expresses affection for the feathered songsters.
A terse exchange unfolds over a poker win as Bill pledges to keep a promise to his wife while friends urge him to stay. The dialogue hints at personal conflict between gambling winnings and domestic duties.
Margie L asks in a June 2 1933 note from New York City if the Rotary Movement is forward or backward, directed to the Dumb Belles Lettres column of MIND YOUR BUSINESS.
Washington watchers discuss Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie resisting a U S senate run as pressure mounts from Millard Tydings and supporters. Tydings seeks to control the governorship via Radcliffe while Ritchie weighs a fifth term, with White House backing shaping the fight.
The physicians Adams and Graves purchased the Citizens National Bank property at Third and DeSiard streets for 55000. Miss Florence Yoraine, Ouachita parish high school graduate, left for Natchitoches State Normal this week. Eloise Larche, teaching at Rayville, returns home with guest Eupie Odom of Bernice. B A Trousdale Jr after a 90 day furlough heads to West Point Military Academy. Allan Scholars and daughter Charlotte return from St Louis where Charlotte attended Principia College.
Captain George Prince sells the Ouachita to Hornbrook Noll and Webster Transportation of Pittsburgh. The steamer will operate between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati on the upper Ohio. Built ten years ago, the packet has a long history from Vidalia to New Orleans and Natchez, later serving Natchez logs for National Box in Natchez.
In this humorous regional column J. P. Alley recalls Ole Tom’s boy vowing to move to New Brunswick to dodge chores at home he cannot perform. The piece uses dialect to portray stubborn family dynamics and local tensions.
In Chattanooga on June 5 1888 88 year old Adj Gen Harry Rene Lee of Nashville led the United Confederate Veterans reunion. Veterans travel by car for Friday’s parade while Camp Atkinson provides on site doctors and nurses. Homer Atkinson of Petersburg Virginia heads the group as commander in chief.
In Sicily Island, Edna Lee Egloff of Sicily Island married James H McGinnty of Toledo Ohio. The couple will reside in Sicily Island and are well known in the parish. Racing cars do not carry fans as fans would overheat the motors.
Coast to coast listings show day’s prime time programs across numerous networks including NBC and CBS. Various music orchestras dramas comedies and news periods are scheduled from 3:00 to 11:30 PM daylight time with local and regional station notes.
New York reporter Paul Harrison covers a gala at the George Washington hotel where Indians in mock regalia mingle with paleface guests. Chiefs and entertainers, including Princess White Deer and Chief Lone Bear, share jokes, dances, and lessons in sign language while debating sobriety and politics.
Hollywood close ups reveal Hazel Forbes the New York heiress declaring Hollywood as respectable as any city. She contrasts Hollywood and New York moods noting Hollywood’s frank vigor versus New York’s indifference to neighbors. Leon Errol endures a hot May day in armor while crew keep him cooled.
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