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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1930
Page
4
Forbes Magazine portrays executives as valuing profit over people noting layoffs as easy cost cuts. The piece argues leaders pursue productivity with minimal labor, while government ignores unemployment trends and leaves breadwinners without opportunity.
The New Jersey Republican contest shows Dwight W. Morrow leading a repeal platform against a mixed slate with “moist” Frelinghuysen and anti prohibition sentiment. Fort’s congratulations imply alignment with a national shift toward replacing prohibition with moderation and strong public service credentials.
Advice to swimmers repeats to avoid long sessions or diving in crowded pools. Health Commissioner Wynne says a first swim should not exceed fifteen minutes, with risk emphasis on diving, cold water, exertion and post eating readiness. Swimmers should gauge personal vigor and caution in crowded municipal pools.
A Briton protests degraded English in the United States while Prof Wisetelly notes Australian pronunciation quirks. In London examples emerge of misread words and phrases. Einstein and Edison are quoted on space, government efficiency, and tariff law, with no stated link to new tariffs.
Elsie Robinson extols Mahatma Gandhi and the nonviolent resistance in India. She argues meekness cowed British authority, with thousands laid down, sang, and faced arrest while remaining calm and focused on their goal.
Washington daybook notes describe the Netherlands legation on Fifteenth Street as a full replica of Dutch taste. The building uses Rotterdam materials and workers from the same port while architect and decor were chosen in Amsterdam.
The article notes Dutch influence dating back to Washington's 1789 inauguration with Dr. Jan Hermaen van Royen as the Netherlands minister. It describes Dutch-style interiors and art in a ceremonial residence and highlights van Royen as a popular diplomat after three years in Washington.
Mme. van Royen sustains Dutch customs at the Washington legation on Fifteenth Street as her son serves as attache. Walter Damrosch urges radio to preserve family life amid automobiles and social change. Credit car sales rise sharply with heavy indebtedness. A Boston Adams family anecdote recalls shifting views in school histories away from New England focus.
The Cabin argues that Governor Long resembles Mussolini in creed and tactics, though problems differ by nation. It warns against demagoguery, cautions readers to observe the path he marks, and notes the risk of circumventing democratic norms while avoiding taking sides.
The piece discusses obesity as a health risk aging adults over 35 face higher chances of high blood pressure arteriosclerosis and diabetes while noting heredity diet and exercise influence weight. It cautions against self stated weight loss without medical checkups since obesity may accompany organic disease.
15 Years Ago Mr. W. L. Morgan of Shreveport visited the city yesterday as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stevens. Miss Mary Owens of Guatemala, guest of Mrs. J. J. Potts, left for New Orleans with Mrs. Potts. Miss Carrie D. Drew travels to Shreveport then Minden to join Miss Marion Fuller and Miss Ruth Page. W. E. Atkinson, state highway engineer, visited Monroe last night. Mrs. J. E. Doughtie hosted a river party aboard the launch Myrtle-Anne for Leon Hammond, bound for Shreveport. The piece reflects on self-government and political discourse.
New York reports a new wedding consultant profession thriving in June as society wedding budgets grow. Consultants hire musicians, caterers, arrange florals and manage invitations and cake design, charging generous commissions amid lavish prewar parties. An $85,000 Ritz party and a $75,000 affair highlight extravagant decor costs with whispers of a costly bill seen by a gossiping guest.
A translator and author, George Halasz, faced ruin after his cleaning woman and a substitute burned two manuscripts in his studio fireplace. The episode highlights a common author habit of keeping scraps, and critics urge maids be trained to discard only truly worthless papers.
A party left the river landing to celebrate, traveling upriver to a sand bar where they swam and enjoyed lunch before returning at 11 30 p m. The group included Mr Hammond honoree Miss Mandel Miss Smith Mesdames Lanning Harn Blackmon Whitfield and others. The visit accompanies a working arrangement to remain in the city until the handsome new theatre in Alexandria is ready for a permanent position.
Radio schedules in Central Standard Time list programs and stations including WEAF New York CBS chain and WJZ Chicago NBC/ABC affiliates. Entries feature daily blocks such as Frontier Daye Or Orchestra features Landt Trio and White and various music programs with multiple affiliates like KDKA WKRC KMBC WCCO and WGY WENR.
A 1930 King Features Syndicate humor column collection features jokes on marriage money efficiency ethics bootleggers chiropractors and romance. Notable quotes include lines about wives seeking money and bachelors returning to single life.
Advice on managing invitations when status and finances shift. Don t invite old friends who cannot match newer circles, or risk embarrassment and awkwardness. Tact and consideration help you avoid offending either side while preserving courtesy.
Albert C. Mulledy, 35, a New Orleans census enumerator, was arrested on a charge of padding census returns for financial gain. Bond set at $1,000. Officials allege several hundred fictitious entries amid an intoxicated appearance at the census office. Mulledy denies intention to defraud, claiming errors instead.
A daily passenger plane service between Tulsa Oklahoma and Memphis Tennessee via Fort Smith Hot Springs and Little Rock will be inaugurated Wednesday by the Oklahoma Short Line Airway Inc. The announcement was made from Little Rock Arkansas on June 24.
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