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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
4
President Dodds of Princeton urges graduates to seek the good life beyond material success. He warns life is hard but yields to courage and discipline, urging emphasis on religion as guidance in an incomprehensible world. He cautions against living by bread alone and Champions spiritual aims.
A public safety notice urges cautious Fourth of July observance. It warns that many lives are lost to accidents across air, land, and water due to carelessness and holiday excitement. Parents should protect children with safeguards and everyone should follow safety rules to reduce casualties.
The article notes a Houston labor shortage with over 1,600 skilled workers removed from relief rolls, bricklayers to masons in short supply, signaling a recovery pattern not only for Houston but mirrored by Atlantic City and Detroit and echoed in national trade analyses.
The preplanned strike by miners aimed not at wage demands but at political leverage to push Congress toward the Guffey bill. Industry leaders and operators reportedly preferred the exposure to Congress as a remedy, hoping the bill would heal years of distress in the coal sector.
Uncommon Sense by John Blake explores mental control and concentration. It urges readers to focus on a single problem, retrain thought patterns, and practice discipline to gain mastery over the mind, even when distractions arise.
The poem requests peace from a shadow clock that counts time and blocks wind and rhyme It seeks calm and a quietude to soothe a temper torn and to steady dreams amid defeat The speaker pauses beside the clock hoping to find oneness with silent hours and tranquil rest
Guest asks for the best room in the country hotel. Clerk replies that the previous occupant will want another room, ensuring the request is met.
A dramatic street scene unfolds as a reproachful bride questions her partner about debt and unhappiness, while the Roadster-Hoboken figure stands nearby. The exchange hints at hidden finances and strained relationships in a candid, old newspaper voice.
The speaker recalls being nominated for president on the Socialist ticket. He asks if they were elected, reflecting on a past political moment and the outcome of that campaign.
A terse exchange reveals Cholly intending a canoe trip with Dolly tomorrow if the weather is agreeable and then asking for marriage. A married friend wishes him well but jokes about the rain.
A curio of sayings ranges from a tailor made joke about bubbles and balloons to critical notes on voting rights and public expense. It cites narcotics usage estimates and playful lines about bagpipes and national affairs.
Washington column discusses the $1,100 per man work relief limit under President Roosevelt. It notes Senators Johnson and McAdoo urging lifting the cap for the San Joaquin Sacramento water project and the administration’s debate over indirect employment and regional relief effects.
The article argues that programs will stall as projects become scarce and the cost per worker cannot exceed 1100 dollars, warning of delays in employment initiatives through the coming months.
S A Moss elected second vice president of the Monroe Kiwanis club to fill the vacancy from Ralph Corn's resignation at the regular Wednesday meeting in Hotel Virginia. Moss, agricultural committee chairman, led the successful lower and vegetable show with Ouachita parish women's clubs. He is a Missouri Pacific agent in Monroe. The program featured Kiwanis activities by Hugh Wallace A L Peters and Guy Campbell with Rabbi F K Hirsch in charge and solos by Mrs Clarence Norton.
Thirty six pieces of property were sold for delinquent state and parish taxes in Monroe by the sheriff Saturday. Officials say this is the smallest delinquent tax sale in the parish's history. Various social notices follow with guests and visits from Mrs. Files and others. Columbus Kentucky identified as center of population in 1821.
A humorous reflection notes that strangers may offer a solid start in life advice though close friends disagree. The piece uses dialect to poke fun at differences in wisdom between insiders and outsiders and ends with a lighthearted general lesson.
Billy Wainwright 14 of 212 Seventh Street was found safe after a search at Bayou DeSiard north of the city. His mother reported him missing, and firemen with an American Legion truck and ambulances went to the scene before discovering the boy already at his fishing pole.
Deeds filed Wednesday in the clerk of court cover right of way for paving on Highway 200 known as Brown Paper mill road. Several entities and individuals including Brown Paper Mill Company and Dr E G Calvert transfer parcels. one lot sold to City Drug Company. J N Knowles sells to Dr Calvert multiple quarters totaling 395 acres for 6000 dollars.
A residence at 405 Mill Street in West Monroe occupied by Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson was wiped out by a fire about 9 oclock Tuesday night. The loss was estimated at 2000 dollars. The origin could not be determined since no one was home. Mrs Wilkinson and other family members were at a movie and learned of the blaze after crews extinguished it.
Two Black men, Jesse Brown and Jesse Byrd, were arrested Wednesday on charges of stealing 10 cent cakes from a store. Police allege prior shoplifting incidents by the same individuals.
Comprehensive timetable shows NBC WEAF and affiliates delivering daytime and evening programming from 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM including Women’s Radio Review Ward and Muzzy piano numbers Children’s Program Parents Teachers Kay Foster Jolly Journeys and Stubby Gordon Orchestras with cross region broadcasts across East Midwest Mountain and Pacific zones featuring bands orchestras serials dramas and news periods to June 27.
Three weeks have altered Broadway with a celebrity influx and widespread labor picketing. The scene shows new gala openings, Klieg lights, and tourist driven decors while long-standing theaters face demolition. Oscar Hammerstein architects and the Rialto era fade as Times Square changes accelerate.
Walt Disney's Who Killed Cock Robin features Silly Symphony humor with Jennie Wren parodying Mae West and Keystone Cop bugs. A wise old owl judges, a bird chorus jury, and the cartoon impresses as a strong paired feature in performance. Isabel Jewell, newly minted Kentucky colonel, received a box with a false mustache a sword a medal and a mint julep recipe.
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