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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1938
Page
4
A 1938 column by John Blake criticizes city council broadcasts that spotlight boasting politicians. The piece argues hearings reveal officer efficiency, warn voters against self serving rhetoric, and advocate more public meeting broadcasts to educate citizens on governance.
Florida vindicates the South in the Treacle Cash kidnapping case. Franklin Pierce McColl was rapidly tried and sentenced to die in the electric chair after a prompt confession. Hoover G men aided swift action, with no mob violence and careful respect for legal rights.
England considers a bill to grant paid vacations to industrial workers and possibly farm laborers, potentially reshaping rural and city travel. The piece imagines farm hired hands gaining time off, risking a flood of rural kin visiting cities or seeking leisure, with a wary but hopeful tone.
A Rochester University professor told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that many college graduates discuss complex theories yet lack practical judgment. He warned against overreliance on intellect, noting graduates can debate politics but stumble in everyday work, and he cautioned about biases linked to global views.
Advice for parents on preparing older siblings for a new baby. Emphasizes love, fair treatment, avoiding jealousy, and sharing tasks without forcing older children to surrender for the baby. Advises matching playmates to development, modeling cooperation, and seeking support from neighbors. Includes note about a separate leaflet "Babs Carriages" and 1938 copyright.
A Washington letter surveys eight and more point GOP programs proposed by Hoover Fish Barton Aiken and others, noting the appeal of an eight point plan and detailing popular aims such as tax revision, WPA cuts, and limiting pump priming. It also reports on government film projects and Minnesota political maneuvering ahead of the June 20 governor race.
Kiwanis leaders Leon Sugar Professor T O Brown and attorney R O Randle are surveyed on priorities for the club. Sugar urges weed control to curb pests and malaria on vacant Monroe lots. Brown says helping idle boys is essential. Randle cites good roads as the era's need. A church fire destroys St James M E on Adams Street. Boll weevil damage threatens Ouachita parish cotton with over half a crop at risk if poison calcium arsenate is not used promptly.
Active boys favor rubber-soled footwear for strenuous play. A manufacturer adds an extended sole for skating and bicycling. Flex ible cushiony arch pads and shock absorbing insoles are new features.
Porter Hall, famed screen villain, fears his son David will hate his movies, as David prepares to see him for the first time in Men With Wings where Hall plays a newspaper editor. Hall began in college dramatics in Cleveland, appeared in ten Shakespearean roles, and his first screen role was the killer in The Thin Man. He enjoys exercise through gardening and is highly regarded on the Paramount lot, having received a Screen Actors Guild award in January 1937 for The Plainsman.
Bursa is a fluid filled sac reducing friction in joints and varies by location. Repeated irritation causes swelling, pain, and possible fluid buildup with occasional blood, swelling, and motion-related pain. Recovery comes from rest and heat, with options including aspiration, surgery, or X-ray aided breakdown in severe cases.
Hollywood gossip and industry snippets cover Bob Hope joking about Adolph Zukor, Germany's salvage plan for old film, reissues, Earl Carroll's club financing, actor leads in Garden of the Moon, and new rights to Life of Caesar. Rumors of triple weddings, adoptions, and Sid Grauman inviting Ritz brothers to cement footprints mix with production stats and salary findings.
The article notes whispers of vaudeville’s comeback as studios and chains in New York and across the nation consider mixing variety acts with films. It cites Billy Rose in Casa Manana and Lee Shubert’s Summer Garden revival, plus Skouras Brothers and Brandt interests, all signaling renewed interest despite two decades since The Jazz Singer.
A new light weight steel table folds compactly and adjusts from flat to tilted, can swing over a bed for breakfast, serve as a book rest, rest over chair arms, or be moved between porch and lawn. Finishes include wood tones red green or ivory.
Radio schedule details for WEAF WABC NBC and CBS across East Midwest South Mountain and Pacific nets outline programs start times talk shows dramas music and news periods with station lists and time blocks for AM and PM slots on Monday June 20 era listings note cross network compatibility and optional segments for RED BLUE and Canadian stations.
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