Subscription Rates By Carrier And Mail
Rates listed for Daily Sunday and News Star combinations by carrier and by mail Northeast Louisiana. Includes monthly and yearly figures with separate columns for Daily and Sun and for News Star combinations. Publication details note second class matter status and Associated Press rights.
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Monroe News-Star
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North Second Street
John D. Ewing Wilson Ewing
Dally and Sun
Daily
Sun Daily and
Sun
News
Star
Nation Wisk
Mail
Sun Daily
Daily and
News- Star Combination World
Monroa Lo
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Aba
THE
Branham CO
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Memphis
Arena
News-Star
Morning World
Truman arms aid plan targets Europe Asia and China area
President Truman seeks 1.2225 billion dollars in arms aid for a year, with 1 billion for North Atlantic Treaty nations, 120 million for Greece and Turkey, 27.5 million for Iran Korea and the Philippines, and 75 million for the general China area. The piece argues the Southeast Asia focus and China’s loss, urging clear backing for anti-communist efforts.
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Mr. Truman
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Malaya
U. S
Truman
Drive-In Theaters Fill Real Need in 1950s Movie Scene
A trade survey shows hundreds of the nations 19,000 indoor cinemas folded in six months while outdoor drive-ins rose to 2205, more than doubling since 1949. Drive-ins solve sitter and parking issues, appealing to busy families. indoor theaters face possible extinction without adaptation.
Dark Glasses Week and Greeting Cards Spark Merriment
Henry M'LeMore recalls seeing a greeting card labeled To my sister in law on Mother's Day and mocks the gullibility of American life. He laments silly cards and imagines a nationwide Dark Glasses Week, joking about everyone wearing glasses day and night. He calls the U S A a cheerful, confident republic despite the silliness. Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
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George Washington
Poppa
Mt. Vernon
Republic
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Hollywood Stardom Then and Now in a Popular Portrait
Hollywood columns reflect on the 1945 Box Office Magazine popularity poll. The top 12 female and male stars are contrasted with their status in 1946, noting Bergman’s decline, O'Brien’s child-star trajectory, Barrymore’s health impact, and overall postwar durability of stardom amid keener competition.
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Hollywood
Box Office Magazine
Greer Garson
Ingrid Bergman
Bette Davis
Claudette Colbert
Judy Garland
Irene Dunne
Margaret O’brien
Jennifer Jones
Ginger Rogers
Lana Turner
Joan Fontaine
Rosalind Russell
Bing Crosby
van Johnson
Humphrey Bogart
Gary Cooper
Spencer Tracy
Cary Grant
Clark Gable
Bob Hope
Joseph Cotten
Alan Ladd
Walter Pidgeon
Lionel Barrymore
Miss Bergman
Margaret O'Brien
Angelo Patri advises reading delays and early testing
The article urges testing vision and hearing for children struggling to learn letters, stresses following specialist directions, and suggests patient, stepwise phonics drills. It warns against premature drilling and notes Dr. Patri’s leaflets offering guidance for parents and teachers.
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Pete
Italian Official Sees ECA Plans Aiding Italy’s Recovery
Count Paoli Mancini, a 1,000-acre Tuscany landowner and Italian government volunteer, coordinates ECA technical aid programs in the United States. He praises Marshall Plan benefits, cites Italy’s over population, and envisions longer project funding and broader worker exchanges to ease postwar reconstruction. He previously hosted agrarian technicians here and may survey Italian conditions again.
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Washington
Paoli Mancini
Tuscany
Italy
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
U. S
Palestine fertility in modern times debated in Q and A
Questions and Answers discuss Palestine's current fertility compared to Biblical times noting the land's need for fertilizing and scientific planting. The piece cites progress in modernization of agriculture. It also recalls Civil War officer Elmer Ellsworth, killed in Alexandria on May 24 1861, and Lincoln's order for his funeral in the White House east room.
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Elmer Ellsworth
New York Zouaves
Alexandria
Lincoln
White House
Number of railroad unions and worker representation
There are 21 standard railroad labor unions or brotherhoods in the United States. It is estimated that between 85 and 90 percent of all regular railroad employees are represented by labor unions.
Largest artificial lake in the world by volume
Lake Mead in Nevada ranks as the largest artificial lake by volume with more than 32 million acre feet of water. The reservoir was created by the Hoover Dam and serves regional water and power needs in the southwestern United States.
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Lake Mead
Nevada
Racial makeup of Hawaii population
The population is roughly one third Caucasian and one third of Japanese ancestry. Of the remaining residents, about 11 000 are Polynesian Hawaiians, descendants of the original settlers there 2 000 years ago.
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Hawaii
Russians May Have Tank Advantage In Cold War Gamble
Hal Boyle notes American defense officials fear Russia holds a superior tank force. Pace at West Point admits U S tanks lag behind Russian models, while planners anticipate future warfare with guided missiles and atom bombs from artillery. General Collins warns against matching tank counts, hinting at a shift to technological warfare.
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New York
United States
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
America
Hitler
Army
Frank Pace, Jr
Air Forces Transport Command
United States Military Academy
West Point
Russia
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
Normandy
Supreme Court and Segregation Through the Ages
A concise history of how the Supreme Court upheld segregation since 1896, noting Dred Scott, the 14th Amendment, and narrowly ruling in cases across education, travel, and public accommodations. It highlights Justice Harlan's dissent and the pattern of rulings that chip away at segregation without overturning its basic premise.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Dred Scott
Missouri
Scott
Free North
U. S
Louisiana
Justice Harlan
The
Southern Railroad
University of Oklahoma
Jean Harlow Died 13 Years Ago in Hollywood Lore
Hollywood remembers Jean Harlow born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City who rose from bit parts to stardom after a daring letter of introduction. Her life intertwined with Howard Hughes and marriages to Paul Bern Hal Rosson and William Powell ending with her death June 7 1937.
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Hollywood
Penny Singleton
Miss Singleton
George Montgomery
Montgomery
Montana
Melissa
Martha Tilton
Miss Tilton
Jean Harlow
Kansas City
Jean
Harlean Carpenter
Howard Hughes
Paul Bern
Beverly Hills
Hal Rossen
William Powell
Mackenzies Column on Missions in China Under Communist Rule
Clarke Beach reports that 1600 to 1800 Americans remain in China, mainly private missionaries and relief workers. official channels are closed, businesses retreat, and the Communist regime tightens control over education and religious work while allowing limited private relief through missions with money flowing from American banks.
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Clarke Beach
Associated Press
DeWitt Mackenzie
America
China
United States
Goverment
Europe
Truman
Laramie
Wyo
Shanghai
Russia
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