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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1948
Page
2
The account describes a speaker delivering a fierce press campaign against Herbert Hoover, dubbing him a dishonest actor and accusing him of plotting a bureaucratic overload to subjugate the government. It contrasts Hoover with Roosevelt, noting Roosevelt’s greater wealth but no indication of wrongdoing.
The West Monroe Lions Club led by Joe Preddy opened the district convention with a 2 p m session in Central Grammar School auditorium. Ernest C. Gibson presided after singing, with district governors Massey Hood and Staiger delivering reports and D A Skeen giving the afternoon address.
Wayne and Gerald Black were returned home after deputies nabbed them in Arcadia following a second attempted adventure. The brothers, ages 9 and 1, rode bicycles toward Ruston from Gibsland before being apprehended by Sheriff Prentice Oakley.
The youths completed their return home a second time, with the latter part of the week following a failed river voyage to New Orleans. They were turned over to Mrs. Willie Harris, juvenile officer, Sunday night.
The piece denounces Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, accusing Roosevelt of extravagance and anti Christian perfidy while alleging Hoover earned his wealth honestly. It claims Roosevelt shattered ethics, promoting a self perpetuating bureaucracy and severe corruption, and compares him unfavorably to Taft and Wilson. The author contends millions were morally corrupted by Roosevelt's influence and cites copyright King Features Syndicate 1948.
The piece reviews labor policy positions from a party platform, praising wartime labor records, criticizing New Deal agency handling, wage ceilings, and manpower controls. It calls for direct secretary of labor authority, supports Wagner act, wage hour act, and social security act, while noting likely brevity and Democratic criticism in the 1948 plank. The actual terms remain secret until publication.
The senate examined multiple measures including a pay hike for 1,330,000 federal workers and a 23 month extension for the Atomic Energy Commission terms. It also debated housing, health, social security, and civil rights proposals while confirming David Lilienthal as AEC chairman and approving regional defense talks.
The platform chairman said the 80th congress provides a clear basis for the Republican platform to stand on and win. The president called that congress the second worst in history as platform drafters finished the policy document and sent it to the 104 member platform committee for approval.
The Municipal Golf Club house in Forsythe Park was burglarized Sunday night. Monroe police report money and merchandise totaling $16.50 stolen after entry via a cut screen from a back window and a broken glass window.
Mr and Mrs Woodrow W Mc Daniel of West Monroe announce the birth of their daughter Virgie Bea on June 18.
An advertising claim offers a quick relief from itching and eczema with ONE APPLICATION of BLUE STAR OINTMENT. It promises up to 38 repeats if needed as nature aids healing and offers money back if the first use fails.
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