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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
4
The Monroe News-Star proclaims its stance as an independent paper. It vows to print news impartially and to oppose what it views as wrong, without regard to party politics.
In a letter to a New York congressman, President Eisenhower then Columbia University president opposes universal federal aid for teachers and school costs. He supports grants to the neediest states to raise educational opportunities, while warning against a flat nationwide grant and centralized government. The piece notes political realities behind compromise plans and the likelihood that broad equalization may be sidelined.
Henry M Lemeore laments the relentless din of New York, noting tens of thousands of workers create noise. He details subway rumbles, taxi horns, and nightclub chaos, then mocks racket makers who smash plates, play Wagner on trash bins, and prize open manholes, keeping mornings awake.
Jimmie Fidler reports on Hollywood events with studio workers at 20th Century Fox clashing with Local 47 over a proposed kids music act at the annual studio picnic. The piece notes stars buying property, industry battles over TV and radio, a Crain dental mishap, Esquire vs Proser, Ravenna Theater advertising ire, and rising demands for new faces in films.
The piece uses a family scene with Laddy a three year old and Sonny, showing self centered behavior. Granny steps in with a practical method to teach sharing by giving the spare lolly to the neighbor and framing the act as a habit to grow with age. The author guides gentle persistent reminders and explicitly notes future growth, urging age appropriate teaching and to use simple phrases. It mentions Dr Patri and leaflet P-15 on lying as related guidance and provides a method to obtain a copy by mail.
The passage laments hotel room disturbances above thirty five stories, where faulty faucets and noisy occupants drive a man to smash light bulbs for quiet. It invokes Rip Van Winkle, noting how his peaceful sleep would be impossible in modern New York, even fifty miles away.
The U S Children's Bureau released a rewritten edition of Prenatal Care to explain why and how pregnancy developments occur. It includes embryo and fetus drawings and notes hospital birth trends, urging regular physician visits and viewing maternity care as continuous medical supervision. Copies are free from the Children's Bureau in Washington DC.
The Union Parish Singing Convention will be held in Marion’s high school auditorium on Sunday June 26 at 10 a m. C L Allen president of Marion will be in charge and the public is invited.
The Cheniere Home Demonstration Club will meet in Mrs. C. C. Street’s home on Friday. All members are urged to attend.
A compendium of trivia covers America’s leading hobby retirement age for Supreme Court justices life of a dollar bill Strauss in America and Independence Hall. It notes Rhode Island’s late ratification and the magnetic poles location in Boothia Peninsula and Antarctica.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst notes Pravda praises the Paris conference as easing the atmosphere, though real conflict between isms continues. Western democracy countermeasures curb Red drive. USSR aims to keep gains. Truman cites progress toward an Austrian treaty. Renner sees hope for Austria joining the UN and maintaining peace despite pressures. Austria seeks balance between Russia and the West with religious values seen as incompatible with communism.
Hal Boyle notes artist Charles R. Knight recalls tasting mammoth marrow and reflects on prehistoric life. Knight, 74, shaped modern paleontological art with murals in major museums, counting Morgan and Pinchot among collectors. He argues Cro-Magnon humans were equal to modern man intellectually and emphasizes a spiritual shortfall in contemporary society.
James Marlow outlines President Truman's push to reorganize federal agencies by moving the Bureau of Employment Security from the Federal Security Administration to the Labor Department and placing the Public Roads Administration in the Commerce Department. He notes the Civil Service and Maritime Commissions as examples of overlapping structure and aims for clearer leadership and accountability.
In Hodge Louisiana Local No 2546 and workers of Davis Brothers Lumber Ansley held a fifth anniversary fish fry for about three hundred attendees. Morning ball game Quitman versus Ansley and an afternoon talk by Dennis O Spears UBofC and Louisiana State Council Carpenters followed. Final game featured Ansley versus Chatham. Refreshment committee members J C Johnson W C Anderson and S Steward assisted.
A compact puzzle list with across and down clues including public lodging house reverence sacred image and Pullman car attendant among many entries. The scrambled list features varied clues from geography to attire and chemicals, inviting readers to fill a themed crossword grid.
F R Rogers was re-elected president of the Union parish police jury at a recent meeting. Clarence Nyegaard was re-elected vice president and Charles Stewart was named secretary of the body in Marion Louisiana.
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