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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1934
Page
4
The piece argues that despite constitutional guarantees, an administration pushes centralization and censorship. It cites attempts to bar reporters from state rooms and to edit debate transcripts. It warns such censorship harms press and American democracy.
In Illinois a proposal to cut 100 counties to six faces strong support as a bold experiment. In New Jersey a plan to abolish municipalities and create 21 regional areas also gains backing. If successful, both could spread nationwide as cheaper government formats.
Russia already surpasses U S and Canada in gold production and ranks second to the Transvaal. Last year output reached 100 million golf rubles, about 100 million at current rates, double prewar production. Officials say transportation limits hinder growth but will be remedied.
A column urges self reliance over dependence on friends when facing trouble. It warns against seeking constant help and becoming an echo or parasite. Readers are advised to think and plan independently, becoming their own boss within life's limits.
Poem tone speaks of lifting hope through nature with cloud castles and whispering leaves. A contrast line follows about two speakers Algy and Percy joking after New Year with a comment on a past blunder and sobriety.
Hicks says he is back from his native state and notes it has improved since he left. Wicks agrees that such improvement would help.
A bystander jokes about a man, misidentifying him as obese. The other person corrects the mislabel, naming him O Rourke and challenging the insult.
Elia He is described as well preserved prompting a terse exchange with Stella who quips I canned him. The brief remark hints at a domestic or personal dispute with lingering ambiguity about intent or tone.
A 1931 letter from Ms. G to a Linoleum Conetta in Butte Montana asks for linoleum for a parlor soon to become a den. She explains her husband leads a male quartet that practices with straight chairs and prefers a carpetless room for his music. The note invites the supplier to visit and offer color advice, hinting at a future meeting of the quartet.
Officials discuss a global warm trend as a potential trigger for drought. Chief Meteorologist Joseph B. Kincer explains the hen and egg relationship between heat and rainfall variation. He notes solar influence and wind moisture shifts across Canada and the Atlantic affecting U S rainfall patterns.
Members of the Barkdull Faulk American Legion auxiliary and the Caldwell unit host a meeting at the Legion Memorial home Tuesday night at 1 30 in honor of Mrs. Robert Ramos state president of the Louisiana American Legion auxiliary and Mrs. Bessie Lyon fifth district president Invited posts include Barkdull Faulk Sterlington Fairbanks West Monroe and Columbia Mrs Ramos and Mrs Lyon will be introduced after the business session Mrs Wayne Huckabay heads the arrangements committee
Two 1919 Monroe ordinances restrict driving by anyone under 17 and require rear lights to illuminate the license plate. A celebration in honor of victory and youth is planned for Friday with meals and supplies listed for 10 000 attendees. Mr and Mrs L H Peevy from Calhoun visited Monroe yesterday. The standard time remains the Earth's rotation period.
London reports negotiations between Germany and Great Britain begin Wednesday at the British treasury. A German three-member delegation led by Dr. Fritz Berger will discuss the German debt moratorium and possible lower interest rates in Britain. Neville Chamberlain heads the British negotiating panel as both sides weigh concessions and the risk of a trade dispute.
Harold St. Clair, who confessed to killing Dr. Homer L. Meyers near El Dorado Illinois, was held in Saline county jail after arrest in New Orleans. Authorities seek motive amid theories of extortion. Evelyn Anderson, companion of St. Clair, is jailed as an accessory to murder.
The Forest Service will establish a new regional office in Atlanta to oversee national forests across North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma east of the Indian meridian. Regional Forester Joseph C Irchen will lead the Atlanta staff with H D Eberly continuing oversight in the Gulf states from New Orleans.
Coast to coast listing of programs across NBC CBS and national time blocks includes daytime and evening slots with orchestras comedies dramas and concerts. Entries mention many stations and regional networks like East Midwest and West plus repeated To Be Announced slots and daylight time references.
New York theater folk crowd Longacre Square and Broadway corners seeking work, ribbing each other with jokes and pranks. The piece notes standers around, agents, music houses, and the Palace as a hub, plus anecdotes about hot-foot and ribbing among actors, musicians, and small-time gamblers.
Dan Templin a former Las Vegas newspaper man spent a year and a half pitching a Boulder dam backdrop idea. Warners bought his story The Cinch for Jimmy Cagney and hired him to write the screen treatment. Also praised is Margaret Sullivan’s Little Man What Now directed by Frank Borzage with strong performances.
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