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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
4
A 1928 King Features column imagines school children outlining a parental curriculum focusing on Obedience Courtesy Seriousness Work Integrity and Altruism to shape responsible adults. The piece frames these traits as essential for social harmony and personal integrity, urging that heritage be taught by parents worldwide.
The Yearling, a cattle animal from Louisiana, was jailed in Pike county Mississippi after crossing the border from Louisiana to avoid importing ticks into Mississippi cattle. Officials note the incident highlights broader tick management tensions between states and the need for decisive action.
Ex Governor Pinchot labels Hoover domineering yet tactful in handling the Borah Fess quarrel. He entertained both at White House meals on a Sunday, with observers noting the feudists seem to have forgotten their debate on pseudo Republicans. The Springfield Republican questions the true extent of Hoover's patience and whether he might yet erupt.
Brookhart warns of a third party in the senate threatening republicanism. The piece recalls Roosevelt’s uprising and notes a potential real and potent third party surge. Signs point to ripe or rotten times for disgruntled agriculture, a shift the Democrats may welcome while party divisions loom ahead of 1932.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor sparked debate by urging aspiring engineers to adopt a snobbish attitude to advance in life. Reports vary as to whether he urged imitation of the snob or emphasis on a strong front and social climbing.
Washington observers describe Justice Holmes as liberal in his dissent on the Supreme Court ruling that Mme. Rosika Schwimmer is not eligible for U S citizenship. The majority held exclusion for her as an avowed pacifist with ties to Hungary. Justice McReynolds read the dissent by Holmes, with Brandeis joining in disagreement for different reasons.
The independence of thought long noted in Justice Holmes is illustrated in a 700-word Schwimmer opinion outlining his constitutional guarantees for individual rights. At 88, he is the oldest Supreme Court justice, completing 27 years of active service in December. Despite age, he remains highly active, attends sessions, notes during arguments, and records exact citations. He preserves a personal file of court proceedings and spends evenings at home. Since his wife’s death, he lives alone, preferring study in his library or frontier stories.
The passage recalls Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr and Jr in libel and tobacco cases. Holmes lightened proceedings with anecdotes about indictments lacking death claims and a banter about imported cigarettes. He remarks reveal legal humor and sharpness in historic trials.
The passage contrasts healthy social ascent with snobbery, urging graduates to cultivate will and achievement without resorting to pushing, scheming behavior. It defends the notion that a true gentleman climbs honorably, avoiding insolence toward those below and bootlicking those above.
A June letter from The Cabin in Rayville urges Richland and Ouachita parish police juries to install night visibility reflectors at dangerous highway curves between Monroe and Rayville. The writer argues the modest cost would save lives before highway paving and routing decisions are finalized. IVA HOPE supports the appeal, noting several sharp daytime turns become deadly at night.
A.P. Herbert contrasts London and Paris with New York, noting Europe’s shrinking nightlife due to prohibition and higher costs. He praises New York’s roof restaurants and summer housing shifts as visitors seek space and metropolitan luxury, while American travelers find European clubs dull in comparison.
The column notes conflicts between aesthetic hedges and traffic safety in city intersections where high shrubs block drivers’ views. It asks whether trimming is needed for protection or whether keeping visual appeal weighs more, inviting reader debate.
The speaker dismisses worries about governor recalls pending a petition to recall the Cabin. Until such a petition appears, concerns remain minimal as the mercury remains high, with no immediate action anticipated.
Fifteen years ago Mrs. R Grant of the west side hosted the Young Matrons Embroidery Club at her home lavish with ferns palms flowers nasturtiums and sweet peas. A confectionery luncheon was served and the guest list included Mesdames Clark Faulk R P Benson A E Hobson F Heard C O Free E C Drew F Mitchell Wm Mitchell C E Granberry T M Simonton and Mrs F W Kinney.
Central Standard time listed. The page catalogs multiple stations and programs with listed affiliated outlets. Notable items include Arabesque songs on 6:00 PM with 6:30 PM Marine Band and 7:00 PM Detective Mysteries, plus 9:30 PM Jack Albins Hotel Dance Orchestra and 10:00 PM Dave Bernie's Hotel Orch. Also features WEAF 454.3 and WJZ 394.5 with extensive station nets and a morning Uncle Bob's Cake Club segment.
A dense schedule lists NBC WGN WLS WJZ WEAF and other networks in Chicago and cities nationwide. Programs include orchestras, dance hours, news, Amos Andy, musical checkerboard, and late night talks. Several stations share or mirror WEAF and WJZ programming with local variations and station-specific hosts.
A satirical feature mocks social triumphs and dramatic failures in a 1929 King Features Syndicate humor panel. It parodies the pomp of public achievement through absurd line captions about bodily flaws and misfortune.
A report notes the English ban of Norah C. James’s Sleeveless Errand and its American reception. It outlines the novel’s themes of disillusioned moderns, marital infidelity, and a proposed drive over a cliff as an endgame. Also mentioned are Booth Tarkington’s Young Mrs. Greeley and W. R. Burnett’s Little Caesar set among Chicago gang life.
In a new biography Lloyd Paul Stryker portrays Andrew Johnson as a swift, objective figure who narrowly escaped impeachment and blocked Radical leaders like Summer Stevens Wade from the carpetbag agenda. The work frames Johnson’s defense of Lincoln’s plan as valorous, while noting how critics remember him mainly through Lincoln’s foes. Sergt. T. Secrett, a long-time valet to Earl Haig, offers a contrary view of Haig in Twenty-five Years With Earl Haig.
Metcalf Roof’s Colonel Smith and Lady blends personal correspondence from Adams family circles with romance and politics as a family biography. A new American translation of All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais by Samuel Putnam adds critical apparatus and drawings. The Houghton Mifflin prize, $25,000 for best war novel, is to be split between William T. Scanlon for God: Have Mercy on Us.
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