Mae West faces ban lift as sponsor seeks clearance
Hollywood gossip notes Mae West may win a weekly radio slot if the long standing ban from the Adam and Eve skit is removed. Jimmie Jordan’s illness limits him to three days of screen work per week. Helene Thimig funds revived Reinhardt School. Andre de Toth battles with Veronica Lake scheduling. Michael O’Shea buys Ventura ranch for cattle. Mickey Rooney’s induction prep, and Milestone honored by Soviet festival are among highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mae West
Jim
Fibber McGee
Jordan
Helene Thimig
Max Reinhardt
Reinhardt Dramatic School
Yvonne
Paramount
de Carlo
Dwight Edmondson
USMC
D'ja
San Francisco
Marguerite Clark
Dianna Lynn
Jascha Heifitz
Andre de Toth
Veronica Lake
Michael O'Shea
Ventura
Calif
Sam Dowell
Sigmund Hindley
Upper
New York State
Medicos
Claudette Colbert
Mickey Rooney
Hollywood Canteen
Lewis Milestone
Soviet Union
Ramsay Ames
Jimmy
Ritz Brothers
Monroe News Star tariff and staff masthead notes
Subheadings list subscription rates Daily and Sun World Week and five cent news items. Publisher notes include second class matter at Monroe post office June 1 1909 and Associated Press rights. The paper claims independence and impartiality with staff names and contact lines listed for departments and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Daily
Daily and
News-Star
Monroe
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Branham CO
Nations
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Dairymen urged to cut grain feed and boost roughage in 1944
Ouachita parish livestock leaders warn that national feed grain shortages will deepen. Dairymen should plant temporary pastures, silage crops, and sweet potatoes to supply two tons of roughage per cow annually. Emphasis on culling low producers and building silos, with June as ideal for sweet potato planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
J. J. Joyce Jr
Joyce
Louisiana
E. W. Neasham
Agricultural Extension Service
Louisiana State University
Mr. Joyce
R. A. Wasson
Unfinished Business in Pearl Harbor Inquiry Action
The Senate judiciary committee approves a resolution to form an army navy investigation of Pearl Harbor. Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short press for speedy trials as calls grow for fuller truth beyond the Roberts report. If negligence existed, families of nearly 3000 fallen deserve immediate accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pearl Harbor
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Congress
Admiral Kimmel
Homer Ferguson
Roberts Commission
Kimmel
Justice Roberts
General Short
Vision Tests For Drivers Critique Of Highway Legislation
The Better Vision Institute urges vision based driver standards for proposed express highways with 75 mph limits. Citing Prof. A R Lauer, the group favors licensing only for those with 20 30 vision in one eye or 20 40 in both and proposes 25 mph for drivers under 20 100 vision. It calls for integrating vision safety into a national traffic toll reduction program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Vision Institute
A. R. Lauer
Iowa State College
Remedy for Labor Disputes Urges Independent Agency
Robert Watt of the War Labor Board argues for a centralized independent authority to resolve labor controversies during wartime. He says vague powers burden the president and prolong decisions, risking unfair treatment of all parties and delaying essential war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Watt
A. F
War Labor Board
Watt
Congress
Navy golf links give wounded sailors new hope in D land
Lt Com Jock Southerland runs a shore golf center for sea disaster survivors at D land Florida. Navy clubs and a free course invite boys to learn golf with Pug Allen providing free lessons. Despite busy play there have been no injuries and many survivors take up regular rounds after their first try.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore D'Land
Fla
Jock Southerland
Armed Guard
Jock
Golf Links
Navy
Scotland
Pug Allen
Our Children By ANGELO PATRI
This piece extols garden helpers birds and toads as bug-eaters and beneficial allies. It urges kindness and shelter for birds especially in winter, notes toads sheltering near pools, and warns to protect them from dogs cats and snakes while avoiding killing the snake. It ends with a note about Patri’s booklet No 202 and how to obtain it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Patri
Monroe
Postoffice
Station
New York 19
N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Radio Schedule Corrections and Evening Program Lineup
A late-edition radio grid lists time adjusted programs for multiple networks. The schedule shows dramas, news, music, and variety segments from 5:45 to 11:15, including Captain Midnight, Jeri Sullavan, Lowell Thomas, Green Hornet, Burns and Allen, Fibber McGee Molly, and Chan moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrell
Cbs
Captain
Henry J. Taylor
Mercer
Nbe
Milton Bérle
Blu Fulton Lewis, Jr
John Nesbitt
Johnson
Cbs Broadcast of
Blu Frank
Mbs
Arthur Hale
Lum
Abner
Nick Carter
Judy
Judy Canova
Dbhs
Ed Gardner
Bia Pick & Pat
Nbc
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Cbs Famous
Biu
Charlotte Greenwood
Columbia Presents
Corwin
Raymond Gram Swing
Blu
Chester Bowles
Congress
Washington
Montezuma
Marines
Dancing Music Orchestra
Nhbe-Basic
the Music Shop
Nbc-West
Cbsa & Blu
San Quentin
Cone
Orchs
Nbo
Stamps Baxter
Kate Smith
Helen Trent
Gal
Dot & Smokey
Aunt Ernie
Goldbergs
Portia
Joyce Jordan
M. D
Doctor Malone
Mary Marlin
Irene Beasley
Dot
Smoky
Bill Costello
Dunn
Burl Ives
AP News
John
Edwin C. Hill
Jeri Sullavan
the World Today
Joseph Harsch
Victory Trio
CBS Lego
Bill Henry
Burns and Allen
Columbia
Tony Pastor
KWKH
Dinning Sisters
Buffalo
Jimmy Hilliard
Jap aircraft and troop losses in the south Pacific
About 4,800 planes and 150,000 men have been lost in the south Pacific theater since Pearl Harbor, reflecting heavy commitment and sustained aerial and ground losses for Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Radio Schedule And Quiz Q&A From War Era Broadcasts
A dense listing of radio programs across the day from KWKH Local and CBS affiliates including The Tennessee Hoedown The Sunshine Boys and The World Today. It also includes a question and answer segment about wartime information censorship and logistics with short trivia about light speed air navigation and the Americal Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dot & Smokey
KWKH
The
Tennessee Hoedown
Ozark Mountaineer
News of the World
Light Crust Doughboys
Sunshine Boys
AP News
Four Players Tee Up On The Green In Odd Golf Tale
The Scotsman Commander Southerland and pro Pug Allen watch as four boys tee up on the green amid rule bending. One lad tees in a sandtrap, another in the rough while the fourth moves a bunker bell to tee. The pair rue the breach of proper golf conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southerland
Pug Allen
Pug
Jock
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Midwest Anger Over Convention Lineup By Stinnett
Illinois Republican leaders voice discontent that the Midwest is underrepresented at the GOP convention in Chicago on June 2. They critique the lineup with Joe Martin, Earl Warren, Clare Boothe Luce, and Hoover highlighted, while noting Bricker and Spangler as key Midwest figures who may not be showcased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Midwest
Dwight H. Green
Middle West
Joe Martin
Attleboro
Mass
Earl Warren
California
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Hoover
Solid South
Republican Nations Committee
Harrison Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
National Part
Warren
Far West
Warner
Dewey
Confederate veteran leader returns from encampment
W H Awl commander of the local Confederate veterans post returns from the national encampment in Charlotte North Carolina despite illness. He recently observed his eightieth birthday. Louisiana Stores Company buys a lot on South Grand street for 12400 dollars adjacent to its Jitney Jungle store. Deed filed. Sam Stanfa sold the property. Local Methodists plan an afternoon picnic on Neal McHenry plantation on the Columbia road with church transportation arranged for 3 p.m. Pauline Tarver Ouachita Parish Health nurse reports high water conditions at Vidalia remain a threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Awl
Confederate Veterans’ Post
Charlotte
N. C
Louisiana Stores Company, Inc
South Grand Street
Sam Stanfa
Neal McHenry
Columbia Road
First Methodist Church
Pauline Tarver
Ouachita Parish
John Schrieber
Concordia Parish
Vidalia
Freezing Demonstration Planned for Twin Cities
Mrs Jewel L McQuiller parish home demonstration agent announces a fruit and vegetable storage demonstration in West Monroe on Wednesday June 14 at 9 30 am Miss Estelle Fournet state food preservation specialist will lead the session the new freezer racker project in the Twin Cities aims to teach proper preparation and container use for frozen produce
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel L. McQuiller
Parish
Twin Cities
Estelle Fournet
West Monroe
MecQuiller
Weather and air power drive Normandy invasion progress
War analyst notes sunshine and improved weather aid Allied assault on Cherbourg peninsula. About 10 000 sorties disrupt German reinforcements as Allied air superiority and sea control pressure Rommel’s defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Mackenzie
Atlantic
Dia
Cherbourg
Normandy
Europe
Western
Eur
Hitler
Rommel
Peninstar
Public invited to attend demonstration
The notice invites the public to attend a forthcoming demonstration. Details on date, location, and organizers are unclear in the fragment but emphasis is on public participation.
Puzzle clues list mixed with numbers and phrases
A condensed entry of assorted clue prompts and numeric hints including prices and terms such as seven dollars contends zero freezing point centigrade 42 and 43 American Indian 44 Make a mistake 46 Ruler 47 Cereal grass 40 Moves Distress call 62 Light four wherled carriages 66 Lower part of the leg 598 Gypey 6 Entrance 1 Color quality 62 White Vestment of Carry Particle i Affirmative.
Puzzle Decode and Miscues From Historical Clues
A garbled list of crossword like clues and scrambled phrases including references to roman poet dynamo region resin and legal terms. The fragmentary text mixes numbers words and partial phrases suggesting a now faded puzzle page with misread lines and mismatched entries.
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Jimmie Fidler
Hedda Hopper
Orson Welles
Monty Wooley
Roy Rogers
Ann Sheridan
Latin-America
Ruth Roland
Rudolph Valentino
Clark Gale
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Gene Kelly
Durbin Pictures
Warner Brothers
Mask of
Dimitrios
Sidney Greenstreet
Zachary Scott
Peter Lorre
Tom Conway
Audrey Long
John Carradine
Osa Massen
Republic
William Henry Beverly Lord
Marie McDonald
Ruth Warrick
Miss McDonald
Miss Warrick
OPA
Itar
Morning World
Monroe News-Star
Lannea
Wulius Caesar
Mopsy
Gladys Parkes
Eeek
Henry McLemore
Our
Radio
Lupe
Dy Boys
Germany
United States
Northwest
New Caledonia
Americal
America
N. Cal
Burma
By Hershberger
Jack Stinnett
Jay
Jes
Judah
Rome
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