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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
4
The Monroe News Star is described as an independent newspaper printed by Wee ws Star World Publishing Corporation at 14 North Second Street. It pledges impartial news, belief in right, opposition to wrong, and nonpartisan stance.
The piece argues Germany may exploit a Prague torture report to justify aggression against Czechoslovakia. It warns of a planned escalation amid Nazi and Fascist aims, noting Ukraine, Spain, and broader Soviet-German-Japanese tensions. It cautions democracy in Czechoslovakia and Belgium-like fate if provoked.
President Roosevelt and Senator J Hamilton Lewis urge a federally financed medical system to aid the poor. They question whether the middle class bears the burden of high medical costs and warn that government control could undermine medical science and patient individuality.
The piece contrasts detective fiction with real police work and urges readers to read analytically. It discusses how genuine investigation relies on hard work, experience, and mundane clues rather than clever deduction alone. It warns against seeing life through stories and urges checking how beliefs are formed.
A six year old Mary gathers smiles by giving smiles and finds double joy in return. An old fashioned worker shares pride in work for joy not praise or pay. Mrs Newewed debates a restrictive social rule, then answers with a quiet retort about companionship.
A brief rural exchange features a farmer asking if the other has farm experience and a city hand replying with a joke about chauffeuring the wagon. The light dialogue captures rural humor and character.
A light exchange features a young man asking for a kiss and a witty response from a woman, followed by a humorous boast from a real estate salesman about the house and its ideal location far from the city. Jones comments on the neighborhood and distance, framing a charm-filled domestic vignette.
A noted New York educator says women must learn to speak for themselves while a lighthearted exchange about marriage licenses, two dollars, and three dollars frames a playful column. The piece ends with a quip about old fashioned terms of endearment and the idea of sugar in relationships.
A 1937 column discusses the submerged third, focusing on small farmers and workers in tiny stores and factories. It argues New Deal policies burden mountaineers with payroll, social security, and sales taxes, hurting buying power and livelihoods. It links tax impact to regional disparities and hints at Supreme Court politics tagging Roosevelt.
Alaska, bought from Russia for 7.2 million dollars, has yielded minerals valued at more than 600 million dollars since 1880. The figure highlights the territory's rich resource output and long development since statehood consideration.
Residents in the southern city section report serious damage to homes from an undetermined atmospheric source and will hold a mass meeting at 8 p m Friday at Lida Benton school. A W Pickens arranges. discussion will cover aiding investigation and steps for redress of damages.
Fifteen years ago contestants in the Saenger theater bobbed hair contest included Misses Johanna Caspari Rosalind Lieber Emma Lee Rodgers Louise Woerner Blanche Halcomb Hulda Wexler Fannie Wexler Mamie Arnette Laura Monroe and Mrs Blanche Granaham. Special selections went to Ada Faulk Mamie Arnette Rosalind Lieber Edna Wilford and Edna Crisp.
The axolotl, a salamander native to Mexico, lives in larval form and produces offspring without undergoing metamorphosis. Researchers note its unique biological path preserves juvenile traits as it reproduces.
A playful wartime style note records Hambone's Meditation of an "eight-year-ole" kid bringing home a bag of tokens and claiming there will be no more birthdays. The piece preserves a folksy voice and local color.
An overview discusses daily calorie requirements by height weight and activity. It notes bed bound 150 pound men need about 1500 calories, while active laborers may need up to 8000. It cautions on women's weight changes with age and childbirth and debunks temperament as a major cause of overweight.
East Carroll parish police jury rejects bids for a new courthouse and jail in Lake Providence Louisiana. Bids to be reread with plans changed to reduce cost by about ten thousand dollars. Project total set at one hundred thousand dollars including engineers fees. J W Smith and associates of Monroe to revise plans. Bonds totaling fifty five thousand dollars sold to the U S government at four percent. Government grant for construction is forty five thousand dollars.
W. D. Renfrow sold to Mrs. W. M. Renfrow his interest in Renfrow's store on Trenton street West Monroe for 8000 dollars as filed Wednesday at the parish clerk of court. Twin City Stadium Inc filed its articles of incorporation Wednesday at the clerk's office without specified property holdings or capital. The board of governors includes Dr. T. A. Bruke president Sam Rubin vice president Mrs. Marie Renois secretary treasurer Mrs. Charles Bruscato Dr. H. C. Hughes and L. E. Ducote.
A Hollywood feature recalls Agnes Grundstrom’s memories of Pola Negri including her temper and romances. It notes Negri’s strict studio rules, liquor quirks, and a pool scene from Artists and Models with Ida Lupino.
A New York column surveys a noisy city scene with a soapbox critic of Stalin, garden irritants at Rockefeller Center, street blood pressure scams, a noisy pneumatic drill worker in sneakers, and a bus tout noting cooler air. It also notes a Broadway ushers strike, a rooftop dining dispute, a melancholic baby alligator, and rhymed park grass warnings. The piece shifts to stage comebacks and theatre education, citing Ana Carlo, Louise Hovick, Katharine Cornell, Tallulah Bankhead, and academic playwrights influencing Broadway.
A dense schedule lists NBC and CBS broadcast networks with station call letters, regional divisions, and time slots. Programs include music, drama, soap serials, news, and variety shows across East Midwest and West regions, with notes on optional stations and time zone adjustments.
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