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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
4
Article notes Ersatz meaning substitution and describes petroleum by products yielding rubber. Oil company claims can produce rubber with tree based properties in unlimited quantities as fast as plant capacity allows, boosting American self sufficiency and broadening material sources for machinery needs.
A survey for the Polish relief commission warns famine will follow the war in northern France Belgium Holland Norway Denmark and Poland. Food shortages rose from 44 percent with wartime conditions worsening, driven by blockade loss of farming capacity and severe winter. The piece blames Hitler for the widespread misery and famine.
A historical reflection on the tank as the decisive weapon in the Battle of France. It notes how German tanks transformed warfare since 1914, the use of dive bombers and motorized infantry, and estimates about 4,000 tanks could be deployed for a Paris push.
The piece urges immediate repatriation of at least 100 Americans stranded in Ireland due to lack of funds. It condemns delays by US diplomats and consular staff, notes ships were financed by government loans, and calls for government provision of passage with settlements to follow with steamship lines.
Paul A Hughes delivers a blunt critique of American naiveté before World War II. He says England France and the U S underestimated Hitler, warning that complacency and isolationism risked civilization. He urges immediate armament and action, calling for national resolve.
The piece celebrates American youth and 4 H clubs while warning against elders who hinder progress. It highlights youths raising steers to fund college and a boy working to pay his way through medical school by minding children. Patri promotes self-help and offers a leaflet titled Helpful Habits.
Washington observes wartime paranoia with humor noting fifth column fears on Peace advocates in Pennsylvania Avenue, debunked rumors of Indian uprisings, and wild weapon schemes. Senators clash over war powers while American families spend about 20 million pets daily costing roughly one million dollars in food.
Mrs Henry Briggs and Mrs Richard Sadler plan North Carolina summer. Mrs J L Powers and daughter visit Fort Worth relatives. new home ground broken for G B Cooley on South Grand. Louise Graves and friends to Camp Nekanawa Tennessee. J L Petagna to Milwaukee for Modern Woodmen convention. Mrs A A Gunby hosts bridge for Olive Guthrie. Anthony Gibbon returns from Urania Petroleum trip to New York with uncle de la Barra.
Joe E. Marx of the Chamber of Commerce urged Fifth district wholesalers to attend a Baton Rouge hearing on House bill 917. The bill would levy a 1 to 2 percent license tax on wholesale firms selling $200 or more to any one person in a month. He warned the tax could destroy wholesale business in the district.
Demand for beer in the southern commonwealth supports the war effort. Despite a 13 percent excise tax increase at the war’s start, beer revenue rose about 30 percent in the last six months, totaling roughly $4,000,000 annually or about one tenth of Australia’s war budget.
Walter Having presents career guidance for young job seekers at Lord & Taylor New York. He stresses growth through responsibility, practical sales experience, and timely planning before graduation, noting women’s suited roles in merchandising and advertising and urging clear, evidence of capability over promises. He points to next: State Vocational Guidance Service.
In Asheboro North Carolina a couple Mr and Mrs H G Edgerton on a farm with dairy sales explain we just love children by adopting five more children joining their four own.
Jimmie Fidler argues Paramount misjudged talent as Gary Cooper Cary Grant George Raft Carole Lombard Randolph Scott Jean Arthur Ann Sheridan all left for rivals. He cites Deanna Durbin and Mae Busch Vivien Leigh as examples while urging stronger front office judgment and better exploitation of established stars.
New York profile of Douglas G Hertz labeled Barnum on Horseback reveals a globe trotting magnate with a polo obsession and wild ventures. Born in California he claimed varied exploits from guiding Jack Johnson to organizing a Pan American oil cartel and producing films. He lives at Pegasus Polo and Hunt Club on Rockleigh New Jersey, runs a vast indoor arena, dreams of polo coast to coast, and says he spends years on grand schemes while sleeping little and drinking heavily.
Ethel Sohl, 22, Newark police daughter, and two other inmates escaped from the wall-less New Jersey state reformatory for women after serving two years of a life term for murder. Catherine Russo and Louise Stadler, both previously sentenced for larceny, fled with Sohl. Genevieve Owens did not participate.
Austin June 17 An emergency statewide oil hearing in the Texas house of representatives scheduled for 2 p m tomorrow was ordered by a majority of the Texas railroad commission Commission member Jerry Sadler disclosed the action reflecting urgent energy concerns.
A detailed Monday June 17 radio grid shows hourly programs across CST and MT zones with network corrections. Highlights include The O Neills, Little Orphan Annie repeats, Captain Heary Stamps, Blondie and Dagwood, Sam Kaye, Amos & Andy, and Guy Lombardo orchestras with multiple news, sports, and talk segments scheduled through 11 PM.
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