Lord Byng of Vimy Acknowledged as a great English leader
An appraisal lauds Viscount Byng of Vimy for his World War I commands from cavalry on the Western Front to leading the Canadian corps at Vimy Ridge. After retirement in 1919 he earned parlia mentary thanks a 30 000 pound grant a peerage and roles reorganizing Scotland Yard and governing Canada. He is praised as one of England’s great men for handling difficult tasks with distinguished success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Byng of
Vimy
England
Viscount Byng
Dardanelles
Canada
Lord Byng
War Fever Grips Europe as Nations Rapidly Arm
The article surveys Europe's tense buildup toward war with Germany expanding submarines planes and troops while France Russia and England bolster defenses. It blames lack of decisive leadership and warns that unchecked fear could lead to a global conflict. Mussolini's Ethiopia crisis is cited as a pretext for aggression.
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Europe
Germany
Versailles
France
Russia
England
Hitler
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Labor Leaders Urged to Target Wage Standards Reforms
The piece argues that wage cuts and longer hours are rising mainly in the south but calls for labor leaders to focus on employers who fail to conform to agreed standards. It warns against general strikes and urges targeted action to enforce fair pay and hours, aiding fair relations and potential market growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Blame in Boston Pedestrian Car Collision Reversed
A Boston municipal court judge holds the sober driver not criminally liable in a crash where a drunken pedestrian was struck. The judge says the drinker remains to blame as the cause of the accident, while the driver bears no fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Uncommon Sense From a Busy Healthful Life
John Blake notes that two elderly U S leaders, a newspaper proprietor and his general manager, stay active past seventy two and likely past eighty. He urges moderation, regular doctor checks, socializing, sleep, and openness to food as keys to a long, interesting life despite aging.
The Glee Club By George Elliston
The piece reflects a poet’s solitary reflection on self discovery and inner motives, contrasting companionship with a lone, contemplative life as the author seeks to harmonize heart and ambition through quiet moments by a pool. Grace Moore is referenced as a muse.
A Friend’s Plea for Comfort and Courage
A speaker pleads for a comforting word to lift spirits and ease pain. The request emphasizes the impact of kind words on morale and resilience through a friend’s support.
Banquet Toast Request From Farm Muster
A soda clerk asks what he can do as Farmer Brown asks for a toast mix for a banquet. The exchange centers on making a celebratory drink for an event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Brown
Sonny
Teacher and Boy Exchange Liberty Quote in Silly Riddle
A classroom joke turns on the famous line "Give me liberty or give me death" as a teacher asks who cried it and a boy answers that it was his dad when his mother wasn’t listening.
Market Quotes and Bookworm Roles Collide
A reader proclaims omnivorous habits while a market aficionado insists on only ticker quotations. The exchange of humor highlights contrasting passions between a word lover and a finance buff.
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Miss Bluesox
Mother Says A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned
Dialogue shows a mother urging thrift Robert recalls the classic adage while confronting the low pay for effort. Son questions the value of the remuneration, highlighting the economic consideration in a domestic exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Mamma
Marriage ends in peaceful terms dispute
The couple has had only one quarrel since marriage, which was about divorce terms, and they reconciled after discussing the matter and kissing and making up.
Winter vegetables thrive near Redhill amid old mine fire
A winter cultivation site near Redhill Worcestershire reports vegetables grown outdoors despite cold. A mine fire in drained galleries under farm accounts explains the unusual phenomenon. Historical etiquette from 1600 limits lifting food with more than three fingers. The Bank of France guards vast vaults with rock and a subterranean lake. On Anda islands theft by fire is the gravest crime, while aborigines lack fire-building knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redhill
Worchestershire
England
Bank of France
Radio Program Schedule Across Time Zones
Listings detail NBC WEAF and affiliates with music comedies dramas and news periods for panels from 3:30 to 11:30 PM, noting East Midwest South Mountain and Pacific regional blocks and programs such as The Singing Lady Orphan Annie Amos n Andy and Amos n Andy repeats with various orchestras and guest stars.
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Wiw
Wee
Wtic
Wjar
Wtag
Wesh
Kyw
Whio
Wfbr
Wre
Wey
Weae
Wtam
Wwj
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Kid
Wmaq
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Wkbf
Northwest & Canadian
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Kfyr
Erc
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SOUTH
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Wwne
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Wfla
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Wiod
Wsm
Wme
Wsb
Wapi
Williams-Walsh
Press
Carol Deis
Billy
Betty
Gould & Shefter
Black Chamber
Easy Aces
Uncle Ezra
Richard Himber
Gypsies
Haydn
Eastman
Max Baer
Tom Coakley
Orch
Leonard Keller
Hoofinghams
Ben Pollack
Freddy Martin
Just Entertainment
Jim Brierly
Dixie
Bill
Orchestra—west
Orchestra—Dixie
O'Neills
Orchestra — Dixie
Buck Rogers
Knicknacks
Boake Carter
Fray
Braggiotti
Edwin Hill
Pick and
Pat
East
Harmonettes
Midwest
Black & Sully
Wayne
Xing Orch
Basic
Advisory Council
N. England
Abe Lyman
Sonny Woods
Frankie Masters
Orches
Ted Fiorito
Luigi Romanelli
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Wave Mountain
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Pacific
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Komo
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Kfsé
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Kex
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Kya Cent
Singing Lady
Orphan Annie
Tim Healy
Stamps
Press-Radio News
Harmony
Lowell Thomas
Amos
Andy
Tony
Gus
Kurt Brownell
Meredith Wilson Orches
Ray Knight
Cuckoos
Harold Stern
Amos 'N
Andy—rot
Ink Spots
Ray Noble
Shandor
Benny Kyte
William M Kleinsmidt Weds Mildred Farmer in Jonesboro
William M. Kleinsmidt of Hodge married Mildred Farmer of Jonesboro on June 11 at her mother's home in Jonesboro. Rev. W D Kleinsmidt officiated. Attendants included maid of honor Mrs. Harry Lang and bridesmaid Miss Hortense Smith. The couple plans residence in Hodge.
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Jonesboro
William M. Kleinsmidt
Hodge
Mildred Farmer
G. S. Farmer
W. D. Kleinsmidt
Harry Lang
Little Rock
Ark
Hortense Smith
Spencer Farmer
Minden
Sonny Mackey
Dolly Mackey
Mary Anne Lang
Pat McKlosky
John L. Dodge
Kleinsmidt
Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company
American Legion Post Meets to Nominate Officers
Barkdull Faulk post of the American Legion will hold a regular meeting at the legion home at 8 o'clock Monday night. A committee will report on officer nominations and the Monroe buy in campaign will be discussed. Linden Dalferes states service office hours in New Orleans are 8:30 to 4:30 weekdays and 8:30 to 12:30 Saturdays.
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Barkdull Faulk
American Legion
Legion
Monroe
Linden Dalferes
State Service
New Orleans
Confederate Veteran Gibson Dies in Tennessee at 88
Winfield Scott Gibson 88 a Confederate veteran who served with the First Mississippi Cavalry at Franklin and fought in the Siege of Vicksburg died at his son G T Gibsons Memphis home. He will be interred in Vicksburg Miss. He is survived by two daughters Mrs W L May of Vicksburg and Mrs K W Brown of Oklahoma City and another son J B Gibson of Vicksburg.
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Memphis
Tenn
Winfield Scott Gibson
First
Mississippi Cavalry
Franklin
Vicksburg
G. T. Gibson
Miss
Gibson
W. L. May
K. W. Brown
Oklahoma City
J. B. Gibson
Methodist Church Plans Summer School for Children
In Pioneer Louisiana the local Methodist church will run a four to fourteen year old summer school in the last week of June. Teachers include Miss Otis Gayne and Miss Julia Fay Halstead with games supervised by Miss Esta Bain. Rev. Jack Midgett will deliver a children's sermon at the program's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Otis Gayne
Julia Fay Halstead
Esta Bain
Jack Midget
Tallulah youth depart for Episcopal Camp Lansing
Rev. Shardon D Aubert and seven Tallulah youths left for Camp Lansing the Episcopal youth camp at Bay St. Louis Mississippi. Miss Marianne Ward and Miss Elizabeth Holt of Tallulah will serve as counselors with D Aubert as assistant director.
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Camp Tallulah
Shardon D’aubert
Tallulah
Camp Lansing
Episcopal Camp
Bay St. Louis
Marianne Ward
Elizabeth Holt
Rev
D’aubert
Scout Trail Reports Sought for Ouachita Valley Troop
Scout reports from Ouachita Valley units must reach the News-Star by 4 p.m. Saturday to appear the next Monday. A prize will be awarded to the troop submitting the best quarterly set of reports for the period ending May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Ouachita Valley
News-Star
Scout Meeting at St Matthew's School Sets Camp Appeal
The regular weekly meeting of troop 1 at St Matthew's School began at 7:30. Charles W. Biggar attended as troop committee chairman while Rev Father Gremillion announced camp Ki Ro Li applications due by Saturday noon. Wrestling matches followed the business session before dismissal at 9:15.
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St. Matthew’s School
Charles W. Biggar
Father Gremillion
Camp
Ki-Ro- Li
Scout Headquarters
Emancipation Day Observed By Monroe Negroes
Emancipation day June 19 will be observed by the negroes of Monroe. A moonlight picnic at Twenty six and Breard streets under the XYZ club auspices will be part of the entertainment. The program starts at 4 p.m. and at 8 p.m. a trip around the world is planned. Participants will wear costumes of the lands they represent.
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Monroe
Embry and Knight Wed in Hodge Household Ceremony
Miriam Embry of Hodge and Miss Helen Knight of Port Arthur Texas married June 8 at the home of Mr and Mrs Bob Gregory. They will reside in Hodge where Embry is connected with the Southern Advance Bag and Paper company.
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Hodge, la
Miriam Embry
Hodge
Helen Knight
Port Arthur
Texas
Bob Gregory
Embry
Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company
Vacation Bible School Teachers Are Announced
Homer Louisiana June 17 Special The Daily Vacation Bible school staff for the local Baptist church has been announced with J Pugh Woodward named educational director and superintendent. Primary leaders include Lucille Kendrick Enos McClendon Jr Yvonne Gerhardt Mary Earl Kinder Clara Ellis Tuton Henrietta Fortson pianist Marion Dorman chorister Junior leaders include Mrs J A Jones Doris Walthall Florine Kendrick Winifred Knighton Sarah Schley Ray Fortson Elizabeth OBannon Mrs W L McKee pianist Nel Dorman Intermediate leadership features Ruth Kinder superintendent with Mary Heard R G Etzel Jr and Mrs J P Woodward as pianist General secretary Miss Ruth Cook Playground directors James Lyman Kendrick and Robert Carroll.
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Homer
J. Pugh Woodward
Woodward
Lucille Kendrick
Enos McClendon, Jr
Yvonne Gerhardt
Mary Earl Kinder
Clara Ellis Tuton
Henrietta Fortson
Marion Dorman
J. A. Jones
Doris Walthall
Florine Kendrick
Winifred Knighton
Sarah Schley
Ray Fortson
Elizabeth O'Bannon
W. L. McKee
Nel] Dorman
Ruth Kinder
Mary Heard
R. G Etzel
Dr J Q Graves Returns From Medical Meeting
Dr J Q Graves returned to Monroe Sunday from the American Medical Association convention in Atlantic City New Jersey where he served as a Louisiana State Medical Society delegate. He praised the program and exhibits noting about 8000 attendees. He spent a day in New York before going home.
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J. Q. Graves
Monroe
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Louisiana State Medical Society
Faulk Hosts Breakfast for Fluker Faulk Wedding Party
In 1920 E N Faulk entertained wedding party members at a breakfast at their home. Miss Mignon McLeod of Ruston arrives to visit Aunt Miss Lucille McLeod at 205 North Third Street. Plunge party for Miss Mary Guillory of Lake Charles includes Etta Tidwell Stella Courtney and others with chaperones Mrs. Paul Keller and Mrs. Tidwell. St Francis auxiliary met in the afternoon with Mrs Albert Horuff presiding.
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E. N. Faulk
Fluker- Faulk
Mignon McLeod
Ruston
Lucille McLeod
North Third Street
Emma Peters
C. R. Tidwell
Mary Guillory
Lake Charles
Etta Tidwell
Stella Courtney
Emma Andrews
Jessie Hollis
Laura Henry
G. Bernhardt
Willie Davis
Robert Broadnax
J. E. Peters
R. L. Becheler
Tidwell
Paul Keller
St. Francis
Albert Horuff
Eye clinic aids incoming students in Tallulah
An eye clinic for indigent children entering school next session was held at the high school Saturday led by Dr. Hugh Johnson of Vicksburg. Thirteen children from Mounds were examined for glasses with nurse Mrs. Lionel Naylor and Mrs. C. A. Sparling assisting. The event was sponsored by the Tallulah PTA summer roundup committee and financed by the Madison Parish Police Jury and other agencies.
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Tallulah
Hugh Johnson
Vicksburg
Mounds
Johnson
Lionel Naylor
Madison Parish
C. A. Sparling
Paris Roast and Political Tangles Color New York Column
A satirical slice on a New York consulate scene with a bitter young man hosting junketeers at home and dreaming of an expense account. Anecdotes cover a botched Paris dinner, a drunken New York bar encounter, and a late night guessing game among intemperates.
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Paris
Hollywood Close-Ups: Social whirl in Hollywood
Dan Thomas notes multiple film figures in motion with Louise Dantzler and John Offield teaming up again. Lucille Langhanke returns to nightlife, Dorothea Heermance awaits a girl, Richard Van Mattimore and wife plan a cross country return, Ruth Davis works evenings at Clover Club, and Nancy LaHiff shops for summer wardrobe after three films.
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Hollywood
Louise Dantzler
John Offield
Louise
Lucille Langhanke
Dorothea Heermance
Nancy LaHiff
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Jack Armstrong
Orchestra
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Judy & Jesters
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Joseph Rivoire
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