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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1936
Page
4
Officials close municipal pool to finish levee link at Forsythe park. Government funds must be used now, delaying summer swimming. River swimming regarded as unsafe, urging children to stay away and seek backyard play until the new natatorium opens.
The piece argues young men chase quick money for flashy cars and resorts, seeking fast status and thrills. It contends such aims lead to crime and jail, urging interest in worthwhile work and pride in steady achievement.
A 1936 graduate wave brings renewed confidence as employers resume campus interviews. Carnegie Tech says all good students already have jobs with twice as many companies visiting campuses and four times as many recruiters. Technical schools report demand up 200 percent versus last year, while overall college demand rises about 25 percent.
An elderly court observer helps distressed girls in a women’s court by giving them care and practical guidance. She criticizes loving but ignorant parents who push daughters toward risky freedom and laments the hidden fates of other girls in the same room. Copyright 1936 by The Bell Syndicate.
A poetic fragment presents a speaker on love’s dominion and the guarded path of one ruled by love. The verses invoke Tibullus and timeless imagery of an enchanted grove, dreams, and happiness guiding the beloved through dangers.
Dialogue shows Captain Noah cautioning the Skunk about safe passage, stressing that good conduct is essential since the journey depends on it. The exchange highlights a maritime voyage moral instruction.
A warm exchange shows a grandparent noting a baby’s path to manhood while a mother cautions against predicting the child’s future and preserving his childhood.
A wife laments a toothache while her husband retorts she focuses on the one bad tooth among thirty one good ones. The exchange highlights a tense moment over dental pain in a domestic scene.
George Giraffe quips there is always room at the top while Darius Drake concedes heredity may help. The exchange suggests playful rivalry and jokes about status in a lighthearted moment.
A humorous exchange reveals Todson has not completed a year of marriage and maintains his wife has stayed twenty four since their wedding. Dobson challenges the claim, prompting the joke about time and age.
A collage of light satire and topical asides touches on Mussolini and Haile Selassie, Lindberghs, Roosevelt, Alfalfa Bill Murray, women’s suffrage, budget lawn mowers, and social mores. The tone blends wry commentary with playful jabs at public figures and society.
Harry Hopkins faced questions on the WPA request for 1.5 billion dollars but defended the program with detailed figures. He cited 170000 projects, only a few criticized as boondoggling, and presented examples from New York Queens to Louisville showing local sponsorship and benefits. He argued most projects were locally funded or partnership driven and emphasized labor and community impact.
Building committee of West Monroe First Baptist, W. A. Stephens et al, contracts with I. H. Hamilton for a Trenton street lot to erect a three story brick church of $60,000. Pastor H. L. Driskell leads a design mixing church use with community athletics and assemblies. Contingent travel notes and regional visits follow. Rio de Janeiro meeting approves meteorology and radioelectric education measures.
The article urges early training in health habits including eating, cleanliness, sleep and exercise. It stresses self feeding by age two, variety in foods, avoiding excessive sweets, chewing with solid foods, drinking water between meals, and regular meal times with limited coaxing.
Judge D J Garrett signs a judgment approving a joint petition by the Louisiana highway commission the Central Surety and Insurance company and Mrs Pauline Black Toombs in a death compensation suit over Highway Patrolman Arnold Keith Toombs killed in a March 1935 motorcycle crash The petition seeks 2911 02 lump sum for 239 weeks at 1494 weekly rate already 911 34 paid bringing total 3822 36.
Since the party’s formation six amendments were added under Republican presidencies and two under Democratic ones. One amendment was introduced under a Republican administration and ratified under a Democratic administration.
The article notes Hollywood staging tricks such as trucking trestles to film a ravine stroll in White Fang and fake backdrops for car, plane, and horse scenes. It highlights Bhagwan Singh, a turban wrapper and technical adviser from India, who can wrap 100 turbans an hour and has long influenced on set acting and storytelling.
Bandmasters and fans packed Manhattan for the first swing concert with Louis Armstrong and Stuff Smith leading the tempo. John Henry Hammond Jr. promoted swing as Harlem clubs and Stokowski attended, while Riley and Farley, key early promoters, were absent amid a shift toward Hollywood. Argentina and Brazil trade fruit volumes show reciprocal demand.
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