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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1933
Page
4
A newspaper column argues Roosevelt should deliver a concise eight minute inaugural speech. It notes he has spoken at length already and that crowds attend for spectacle as much as substance. The piece praises economy in words to signal fiscal conservatism and effective governance.
Hull, newly appointed secretary of state, urges a constitutional amendment to strip state and municipal bonds of federal tax exemption. He argues current exemptions stem from a Supreme Court rule, not law, and that removing them could boost federal revenue and deter borrowing by local governments.
A public address calls for improved transportation across all modes with an emphasis on planning and reform. It argues that industry must continually reshaped services to match changing patterns while communities set feasible public ideals and governments regulate without stifling progress.
The piece notes a mass migration from Washington after March 4 as officials depart to mind their own business. It contrasts Secretary of the Navy Adams’s pledge to return to Boston with critics who label lame duck congressmen and treasury raiders as part of the exodus to retirement or elsewhere.
A 1933 essay urges all readers to educate themselves even without college, citing Lincoln and Franklin. It promotes reading newspapers thoroughly to learn politics, world events, and city governance, and to develop an informed, open minded approach to life.
A humorous verse by George Elliston mocks pretentious pride and aloofness. The speaker questions the value of being perched on an eminence and jokes about Brown-So Jones and his paradoxical belief in prayer leading to rain with umbrella theft.
A patient asks about post cure diet and the young doctor replies with humor, implying payment is due for services. The exchange captures light, personable medical humor reflecting doctor-patient camaraderie.
Miss Gladys answers with hierarchy, saying she turned the assignment to her secretary who handles all such matters for her. The exchange reveals a setting where tasks are delegated to staff. No dates or places mentioned.
A brief comic exchange features Husky and Hank debating money. Husky wishes for temporary wealth to enjoy life, while Hank questions the idea, prompting the notion that poverty has its own lessons before wealth.
The Cynic remarks on the crew’s success in a Arctic voyage while the Explorer attributes the win to eating home made pies in a boarding house.
A father scolds his child Pa Diker-Louie about a school report showing 50 in arithmetic. The exchange ends with a quip about starting a ten cent store implying resourceful optimism despite the grade.
The text parodies knowledge and dates with aphorisms about electricity memory and famous lines. It mentions a farmer with mint and money and asks which character spoke after me the deluge, ending with a stray fragment “omb.” The piece reads as a collage of quotations and literary prompts.
The page lists NBC and CBS radio schedules for East Midwest and West Coast regions on Wednesday March 1 with program blocks from six in the morning to past midnight including The Goldbergs Shadow Mystery Drama NBC Symphony Concert and Burns and Allen.
Pearl Buck edits on her third novel and shares home life while New York society notes include a heart shaped snow inscription reading Suzanne and a humorous bank coin mishap involving Howard Markel at Manhattan Bank.
Washington discusses how a beer legalization clash with the Volstead Act could reach the Supreme Court. Legal strategists outline a conspiracy route to test constitutionality, noting Hoover veto risks and the April start of a new Congress.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church met Tuesday for mission study. Talks on Kingdom Extension work were given by Rev. A. S. J. Neill and Rev. Staples. Rev. M. R. Faulk led the second lesson Wednesday night.
The Texarkana Clearing House Association voted to limit withdrawals of all deposit classes to 5 percent of amounts on deposit in three banks the State National Bank Texarkana National Bank and Miller County Bank and Trust Company Officials from the banks attended the meeting and approved the measure aimed at stabilizing financial activity in Texarkana Arkansas.
A historical data note states that ninety percent of milk sold in American cities is pasteurized, reflecting widespread adoption of processing standards across urban markets.
Mr Charles Easterling visits New Orleans with Prof and Mrs Neville. Mrs Louise Hodges Craig plans a visit to her parents until late March. Mrs Henry Biedenharn hosts over 30 children for Elizabeth’s birthday. A Monroe Housewives league agenda seeks city funded street oiling to curb dust, with petitions to the city council. A.M. Lawrence of the 110th US Engineers visits Monroe. en route home, Mrs Craig met relatives in Memphis.
The Paramount features twenty four dancer performers from Gregory La Cava and a Broadway musical story headlined by Lee Tracy Lupe Velez and Eugene Pallette. Rand Canine Revue headlines the same bill with eight trained dogs performing acrobatics on stage. At the Capitol Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms stars Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper with Adolphe Menjou, closely adapted from the novel.
A Lenten fellowship reflection urges finding God by living near His presence and keeping His commands. It emphasizes divine assurance through acts of kindness and justice and ends with a prayer for guidance. A circuit court of appeals in New York turns down Lenore Ulric’s income tax exemption plea while acknowledging the potency of donated favors in politics and campaigns.
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