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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
4
The United States notes that in 1929 a 37.7 million labor force had 36.1 million employed, while current figures show a 43 million labor force with only 33 million jobs. Unemployment remains high due to rising eligible workers, requiring better business conditions to absorb about 500,000 more workers annually and greater government-private cooperation to combat joblessness.
Reports from across the country say an unprecedented number of youths attend summer camps. They gain outdoors skills, learn to sail and canoe, identify trees and birds, and return home brown, strong, and self reliant, ready for good citizenship. Camps under responsible leadership are vital national assets.
The piece celebrates transatlantic mail and airship progress, noting the Yankee Clipper's quiet European to U S crossing. It highlights the Atlantic Clipper’s timely eastbound voyage and asserts the shrinking of the earth’s distances through rapid communication and education advances.
Columbia professors Arthur W. MacMahon and John D. Millett report from studying 62 units of 10 major departments that the federal service already operates as a career system. The typical bureau head is 58, with 16 years as chief, rising through government ranks and education, indicating substantial professionalization beyond a mere patronage system.
The piece argues that even if all taxable incomes were seized for a year, federal funds would cover less than 18 months of current operating costs. It critiques living beyond income, rejects new taxes, and urges reduced spending as the sole viable path to balance.
A fragment of The Once Over begins with a lost item note asking to notify the State Department about a Daniel Roper in distress at a royal reception. It then shifts to multiple Byler family notices and a quip about a waiter in revolutions and Tom Pendergast’s horse betting downfall.
The piece riffs on local chatter and humor about a dream horse, referencing Johnstown and a Preakness tale. It weaves jokes about onion soup and a missing lime sower borrowed from a Wooster family, while noting Mrs. Elias Compton as American Mother of 1939 and hinting at a lighthearted postcard tribute.
A mother asks how to handle her four year old amid playmates who imitate sexual acts. Angelo Patri urges patient guidance, shared supervision, and nonjudgmental outreach to neighbors. He stresses that goodness remains common and urges involvement, ideas, and gentle reform. He offers a booklet Annoying Habits for ten cents and provides address details.
Washington Daybook discusses drought impact on wheat and corn in the Midwest and how relief programs under Secretary Wallace and the Roosevelt administration could sway political fortunes in 1949. It notes carryovers of corn and pork, dairy supply strain, and potential barter talks with Germany, with references to Resettlement administration relief and past campaigns. It ends by noting Manchester's longest railway platform at 2,194 feet.
Theodore F Terzia was chosen as president of the Ouachita parish police jury this morning succeeding Charles Phillips who had served in that role for years. Boy Scouts at Louisiana Training Institute sell gladioli and sweet peas to fund a week of Camp Cheniere life for Monroe scouts. Mrs Fannie Livandais birthday on June 7 inspires a home party with 30 pupils presenting flowers and gifts. Mrs P L Perot leaves for Los Angeles to join Dr Perot on government work and spend the summer visiting friends across the west.
The FCC transferred the WBNO license from the Coliseum Place Baptist church to Senator James A. Noe of Monroe, the station’s principal stockholder. Noe, affiliated for over two years, expanded WBNO to 24 hour operation on 1426 kilocycles with 259 watts day and 100 watts night, heard statewide after 11 p.m. He described the transfer as the result of a hard fought effort.
Richard Washington, marked as negro, was fined 15 dollars or 15 days in jail for trespassing on Illinois Central railroad property. Two defendants paid 7.50 each for drunkenness and five others paid 1 dollar each for traffic violations.
A reader asks about ulcers of the stomach and duodenum and their links to indigestion. In a large clinic half of men over forty with dyspepsia had ulcers or gallbladder disease, some cancer. women showed similar associations.
A six foot snake with battered head was reported on Broadway at 78th Street. Patrolman George Casey transported the creature to Central Park 700. policemen speculated it resembled a young boa constrictor though its origin and purpose remained unclear.
Jimmie Fidler notes Hedy Lamarr’s brief screen career with two hit films Ecstasy and Algiers amid a wave of publicity. He warns audiences will compare her to future work and urges studios to pace introductions to avoid disillusionment.
In Long Island Jacques Bustanoby, famed in New York’s gilded era, opens a country club style eatery in Little Neck. Once a top impresario at Rector’s and Beaux Arts venues, he returns after Prohibition and Volstead era setbacks, serving Gallic dishes in casual attire to suburban diners.
The shopper can choose cottons with a vast array of patterns colors weaves and weights for nearly every outfit. Options include pre shrunk crease resistant water repellent colorfast fabrics treated to keep a crisp finish through many washings.
Eastern time shifts and last minute network changes mark a full radio day. Programs include Edwin Hill, Songe of Patricia Gilmore, Howie Wing on Aviation, The Johnson Family, and Joe B. Brown’s Comedy with varied musical ensembles and dramatic serials through late night.
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