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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1933
Page
4
Purim, set for Sunday March 12, celebrates Persia's Jews' deliverance from Haman. Mordecai and Esther defeated the plot, enabling self defense in Adar days 13 and 14. The holiday blends ritual reading, carnival play, masks, and gift-giving to the poor.
Fourteen thousand farm women in 28 Georgia counties marketed over a million dollars of farm and kitchen products last year. Fruits canned and sold totaled 250000 dollars, poultry dairy and vegetables added 300000 dollars, and 50000 dollars were saved by making clothing for own use. Home marketing keeps money in circulation and supports community jobs.
A university director of physical training criticizes colleges for graduates’ poor knowledge of health and disease. He says schools should teach health basics, while urging parents and public schools to take primary responsibility to improve hygiene and self care.
The Borah resolution granting the president power to embargo arms shipments to warring nations is described as a noble gesture that may prove limited in effect. The piece warns Washington could abandon it when munitions contracts rise to millions, and when banana republics seek loans, suggesting the measure may be sidelined in future wars.
A Western city endures an earthquake and fire, facing hunger and slow insurance payouts. Residents rebuild bravely, proving courage as a catalyst for recovery. The author urges similar spirit amid modern hardships. Copyright 1933 by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
A brief verse about comfort and weariness fading under tender touch. The exchange includes a humorous aside from a sewer contractor, contrasting lines about business activity and closure. The scene blends lyric solace with a whimsical street remark.
In a brief family aside a wife notes her baby swallowed a nickel before the nurse could remove it. The husband jokes that if the infant remains sensible at twenty-one he will be a wonder.
Ena poses the seven ages of man while Artie recalls, joking that for women the ages run from sixteen to twenty three. The exchange hints at social expectations and timing in dating and adulthood.
The Restaurant and The Artist clash over a commissioned portrait. The client says a richly furnished banquet table was ordered for an office, but received an image of a free lunch counter. The artist defends using a single available model for the work.
A modern maid explains she will marry Albert instead of Gerald to suit a film shoot for Flicker Weekly. The wedding will be photographed, and she fears Gerald would not photograph well.
A joke exchanges between a clerk and his boss about marriage and pay. The clerk asks for ten dollars a week more, prompting the boss to respond with mock astonishment as the humorous exchange unfolds.
Washington reports Roosevelt placed Louis McHenry Howe in the White House executive offices, a choice that surprised many who expected him to stay in the background. The decision aims to curb scandal risks seen in earlier administrations and to mirror Coolidge’s press handling while Howe oversees the secretarial staff. Meanwhile senators privately doubt significant action on silver, hoping for a broader push at an international conference, and discuss a plan to transfer eighty million ounces from India to Britain as debt payment.
Ferriday residents heard Mrs. Donald Theriot discuss From Coffee House to Drug Store during the Ferriday Woman's Club weekly gathering. Librarian-in-waiting Miss Rubye Harris spoke on Short Stories with brief remarks by Mrs. J. C. Coney. Guests included Mrs. John Foster and Mrs. W. C. Jones visiting from Baton Rouge.
A Caldwell parish delegation proposed banks take 20000 of 45000 bond issue to avert failure of the Monroe-Columbia highway extension from the Quachita Caldwell line to Columbia. A committee of C H McHenry R Downes Jr and Abe Arent will visit banks to seek 10000 bonds each and report to the parish police jury next Monday. Also noted are social visits from Bastrop Wolffs to Mr and Mrs Leon Cohn and Mrs A M Thornton of Little Rock joining Mr Thornton at 804 St John street. Sergeant Clyde Mitchell of Camp Beauregard was a weekend visitor.
Gail Patrick, a Panther Woman contestant who won a film contract and stars in Zane Grey’s The Mysterious Rider at the Capitol, aims to govern Alabama someday after studying law and returning home to politics. Lew Ayres returns to Fox to star opposite Janet Gaynor in State Fair at Paramount.
C C Colvert president of the Ouachita parish junior college will deliver an address on Mental and Social Hygiene at the W R Mitchell Parent Teacher association meeting on Wednesday March 8. Teachers parents and the general public are invited to hear him. All members are requested to be present at 3 30 p m to take part in important business proceedings including the election of officers. Preceding the P T A meeting the Study club will meet at 2 30 Wednesday afternoon to discuss Your Child s Choice of Friends with Mrs Ralph White as leader.
At a Madison parish police jury meeting in Tallulah a resolution urged a sales tax and a state income tax to replace property tax for school maintenance. Conditions: funds must be segregated to relieve property tax and not go to the state general fund. Delegates to the April state police jury convention expected to back the plan.
The Monday March 6 radio grid details NBC WEAF and coast to coast stations. It lists program blocks from 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM, featuring orchestras, solos, sketches, and historical sketches, with multiple regional lineups and repeating coast entries. Names include The Hutchinson Family, Southernaires, Richard Crooks, Gypsies Concert Orchestra, Whiteman, Ruth Etting, Mills Brothers, Amos n Andy, and Freddie Martin.
In New York a sugar king blew a fortune on Cuban sugar and crafted a two room floor display train for guests. John Farrar notes male parents’ interest in trains and switches while J P Morgan keeps toy figures at his desk. A Hollywood souvenir button from Marlene Dietrich is shown, and Diana Wynyard smokes to the end. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine's morning Bible scene is shared, and a dining crowd mocks prosperity with a Rolls Royce sighting near Klein's emporium. A disguised maid in English attire holds a mink as a matron and mistress bargain in Union Square. The Roosevelts’ sleep habits are praised for endless energy.
The passage extols Lent era courage grounded in faith, urging believers to rely on God's power rather than magnify foes. It describes inner calm, daily bravery, and trust as a shield, ending with a prayer for courage, light, and deliverance from self doubt.
A compilation of quotes contrasts American optimism under a new Roosevelt era with European literary critique. Senator Norris praises a president with vision after visiting Muscle Shoals. Norman Collins notes England’s literary trend as a shadowed museum bent on Dickensian flair. Count Fleury warns nations overornamented by patriotism hindering cross viewpoint.
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