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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1933
Page
4
An essay argues against rapid advancement urging natural growth in education work and city development. It cites students employees and cities, warns rapid promotions and rushed projects lead to failure and inefficiency, while slow steady progress yields solid results. It cautions Americans to think before acting and favor deliberation over haste.
Surpluses of wheat and cotton raise government concerns and lender pressure. The economic conference seeks world curtailment to lift prices, while a CFRC loan to China funds purchase of millions of bales of cotton and bushels of wheat. U.S. departments urge farmers to cut acreage to stabilize 1934 prices.
Travelers Insurance finds a 40 percent rise in fatal accidents linked to defective brakes tires lights or steering in the first four months of the year. Defective brakes 29 percent tires 33 percent steering 60 percent. Replacement of old cars expected but delayed by recession and economic constraints.
John Blake discusses happiness as a moving target and urges striving for progress. He weighs various aims from love and wealth to public stature, noting humanity’s evolving blessings while questioning true contentment and the role of effort in a safer, more civilized future.
A poem questions what to store in the heart amid wealth cities and friendships. The speaker, an optimist, vows to save happiness despite worldly pursuits and distant dreams.
In a light exchange Mabel says bachelors should be ashamed, while Marie replies they would be if they had wives to remind them. The banter showcases playful social humor.
In a lively storefront exchange, the bowler and a comic duo trade rapid quips about strikes, a round head, and ear fiddling as Sam Ebony jokes about lending Mose Parker a dollar on security. The banter sketches a humorous slice of everyday city life.
Fragmented dialogue shows pledges planning a tea event and fraternity members proposing a hop as entertainment. The exchange hints at campus social activities and student group dynamics.
A comedic exchange unfolds as a patient boasts of travels through all states except two. The doctor hints at alcohol’s role, while a jailer notes the man arrived in a patrol wagon driven by gasoline fumes.
The writer vents about depressed trade and shaving woes while announcing his wife has died, expressing gratitude for support. He cites a reformer in a drunken epiphany and ends with a cryptic line about a man without clothes wrapped in attention, implying social satire or personal grievance.
Washington observes the new corporate tax law as a vast lottery shaping fortunes. Businesses weigh present valuations against future profits, balancing 12.5 percent base profits against a 5 percent excess tax, while experts predict a surge in advertising under the industrial recovery act and Johnson’s policy to curb price chiselers.
Louisiana highway commission applies to US engineers in Vicksburg for a 440 foot bridge across Boeuf river at Mason. Plans show a swing span of 160 feet and two fixed spans of 140 feet with 60 feet channel clearance. No public hearing expected. comments due by July 5 1933.
Tampa reports 17 000 Indians 23 000 Cubans and 5 000 Spaniards. Key West has 5 000 Cubans and a few Spaniards. Tarpon Springs hosts about 2 500 Greeks per the Latin mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church South led by Rev J A Phillips.
A humorous item features Miss Lucy urging more judgment and less time for others to decide. The piece riffs on impatience and wit, highlighting playful social commentary in a Hambone meditations column by J. P. Alley.
In 1917 June 2 issue Mr and Mrs B C Blackmon will leave Saturday on an auto trip to San Antonio Texas joined in Shreveport by Mr Blackmons brother and sister in law. Glenn Walker son of Mr and Mrs W A Walker injured in an auto accident Sunday is improving. Monroe Public Library executive board met with Mrs J E Doughtie presiding.
West Monroe, across the river, forms a new American Legion post and lists its charter members led by W C Norris E R Norris Ford Hines George Moore and others. Meetings are set for the second and fourth Mondays each month to avoid conflict with the L B Faulk post which meets on the first and third Mondays.
Ronald B. Robertson and Clark C. Conner of Sioux City La sue the city of Fort Worth seeking 5000 damages each for alleged unjust arrest on April 29 and one night in jail They claim they were driven to the police station with three African American women forced to stand all night in an filthy cell and compelled to fight with other prisoners.
Dr J F Lamb of the Rockefeller foundation praised Ouachita parish health unit after inspections making it the only Arkansas site visited. He noted the local organization serves the community well as other state units in Little Rock and Memphis were also inspected.
New York article surveys famed penthouse gardens atop high rises. Editors like Otis Weise cultivate ivy and 16 flowers, while residents such as Zita Johann, Ada Gabrielle, Elizabeth Arden, and Harold Hochschilds showcase elaborate three tier layouts with lawns, fountains, and rare shrubs. Mary Pickford strolls Farrell's Arm during Europe trip.
Hollywood gossip highlights Ed Brender sewing skills Ann Harding straight hair Nils Asther eight year lucky slippers Alice White nose Dolores Del Rio posing Richard Dix wardrobe Mae Clarke poetry Lionel Atwill no address Una Merkel bridal bouquet Joan Crawford color blue Cecil B DeMille green diamond Ginger Rogers Merna Kennedy green eyes Joel McCrea cigaret holder Frances Dee perfumes and moods.
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