Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - July 22, 1941, Ruston, Louisiana VOLUME Follow The JULY 1041 NEA Service PRICE 5 CENTS Federal Government Studies Louisiana Power Resources Hot Spot on Arctic Circle Commission Recommends Use 6f Natural Oas To Generate Electricity With the federal government seeking new power sources to help speed up national defense and on the basis of latest reports from the federal power commis prospects for the establish ment of national defense indus tries plants near Ruston and in North Louisiana grow according to information releas ed by the Office of Production A telegram recently sent out by Senators Allen Ellen der and John an that the federal power commission has recommended to the president the installation of huge electric power supply facil in North Would Use Natural The electric power would be generated by natural gas of which there is an abundant supply in this section of the The pro posed installation of these would cover a threeyear period beginning in by the power was the installation of gas steam generat at Jonesboro with a of kilowatts in 1943 a similar kilowatt plant at Baton Rouge in and construction of a kilo watt unit at Shreveport in Considerable data on the feas ibility of using natural gas to gen erate electric power has submitted to the power commis the OPM and the REA by the two Louisiana The tremendous gas resources available in Louisiana could be used to generate electricity and the federal power commission now has three representatives in Louisiana conferring with state conservation officials and gas in ito determine whether it would be feasible and practicable to install generating Slim Lead hi Kid League Percentage Points Put Alley Cats in Second Leaders One Game Ahead Latest results from the Kid league baseball race show trie Dodgers still in front by the slim margin of one Close on their j heels are the Alley Cats in sec ond place and the City Slickers in Both of the latter are one game behind the but percentage points put the Cats in second By virtue of two wins in the past few the Cubs have climbed out of the league a half a game in front of the Cardinals who dropped into last Friday morning the Cubs outhit the league leading Dodgers in a contest to win pitcher for the winning was touched for 14hits and 11 runs while his teammates were collecting 17 hits and 14 runs off Dodger Gibbs led the Cub hitters with a dou ble and triple in five times at Rabb hit a double and two ingles in five times up for the and Arctic not but Warmed by gulf it ream hat many and hot 6f g i L A N b Q A i 1001yearold republic whose greatest defense until the bomber came along was 700 miles of water between her is now an outpost for forces guarding the Western H Map principal towns and geologic structure of now occupied by the in v Defense Industries May Should these electric generat ing units be Louisiana would then be in line for the installa tion of aluminum industries and numerous other national defense the report Plentiful power facilities would encourage peacetime industries to locate in it Negro Woman Given Heavy Sentence By City Judge Lavinia Negro with the sale of whiskey on a general bootlegging was sentenced in city court Mon day by Judge to pay a fine of and costs and to serve three months in On default of the fine and the Negress was sentenced to an ad five months in Commenting severity of the Judge Barnett stated that it would be his future pol icy to impose the full penalty of the law on such persons who knowingly and wilfully violate the local option law outlawing the possession or use of in liquor in the city of We are proud of Ruston and its reputation of being a clean We are going to do our part to keep it that Pedestrian Protection Cooperation Will Save Lives A SENSIBLE PHY of cooperative street use needs to be accepted by motor ists In for yielding to drivers between pedestrians should have of way the except that those afoot should obey police official or Other games played recently gave the Cubs a 109 triumph ov er the Cardinals and the City Slickers a 118 win at the exl pense of the Cats Unofficial league standings at the present are as follows Alley 5 i Won Lost 6 8 5 5 4 5 9 7 Tenant Farmers Get Loans For Own Farms Purchasers Given 40 Years to Repay Government Loan Four hundred and five Louisi ana farm who have been living as tenants and sharecrop ity to purchase farms of their own during state director of the Farm Security administration an assistant re gional FSA director in charge of tenant has notified Mclnnis that an allocation of has been made to Louisi ana for the purchase of the farm units under the United States De of Agricultures farm purchase under provi sions of the Ten ant Purchase Since the beginning of the ten ant purchase program in a total of 916 Louisiana farm fam ilies have been loaned money with which to purchase family size Mclnnis Dur ing a totar of 386 loans OLD POTS AND PANS Wednesday is the opening day of the aluminum drive in Leader joins with parish officials in urging every old aluminum pieces of old ma utensils odds and ends of every description made from this precious be brought down town and PUB pw UT amounting to The average farm purchased in this state last year covered with house and farm cost The avr Mclnnis of a poultry house and farm Mclnnis said that the ten ant purchase loans are large e to enable the borrower to buy a if to repair existing buildings or con struct new The loans are re payable over a period of 40 years at 3 percent Each borrower has a wide choice in selecting the farm he wishes to purchase the tract must be so that it may be operated by labor ble in the county working with the decide which applicants shall receive the on a bas is of ability and farm ing Preference is given those who either own or are able to make a down payment on livestock or farming and to per sons who are married or have dependent Mclnnis saucer of quicklime placed in a damp closet or cupboard will absorb all end of Railroad This is an emergency for help from our government and it is something can do as our The government has not called for new pieces or ar ticles we are now It wants old stuff which has served its those where the handles have been burned off or holes have appeared old coffee pots so dented they doht even good coffee any more and mugs with the bot toms melted out when somebody lef t them i We are far from a far from any seat of govern ment and farther from a battle but modern war this distance does not count since air travel and communications are almost instantaneous over the We are in reality in the of battle and we can throw our aluminum at the enemy because when we heave it ina it will be only the toss it will since and guns will throw it with some added force and direction to de stroy the land and machines of the enemy We have wanted to something to We have passed resolutions and talked and got mad listening to tlie radio And we have felt somewhat useless our desire to Now here is something which Will for We have no idea Where our money for defense bonds be but we do know what will happen to In a dispatch from one state headquarters they say All local organizations are asked to help the joji is All must cooperate with local defense councils in their Every element of community life is asked Olo This is national effort to meet a By virtue of a priorities order effective June no alum inum so collected may be used for nondefense Load up with the loot from the attic and do your share for arming Aluminum is now a precious Tons of it are used in almost every war machine and there is a shortage in this Every city and town is doing this good work and Ruston must stand at the head of its Vols Will Try For Wn Against Crossett Locals Will Open Aluminum Campaign With Game Wednesday Riding the crest of a streak after losing eight consecutive the Ruston Vols will try to make it three wins in a row Thursday when they invade the home of the i Frank slender young i who defeated the j team to snap the Vol will be Manager Roy Fras ers choice to do the mound work for the Vols in their encounter with the strong Miller aggrega Aluminum As a tuneup tilt for the Cros sett the Vols will play the Ruston American Legion Juniors in an exhibition game at the lo cal ball park Wednesday after noon for the benefit of the local aluminum Women and chil dren 15 years of age or under willbe admitted to the game free of charge on the presentation of a piece of old at the Manager Fraser Following the with Cros sett Thursday the Vols will journey to Springhill Sunday for a game with the team Their next home game is set for Wed July 1 i State Health Service Gives Camping Tips For Vacation Trips Baton ary advice to Louisianians plan ning weekends or va cations was issued today by director of the State Department of If you are going camp or these simple recommendations will safeguard your health Dont bathe or swim in streams likely to be polluted by Boil your drinking water if the supply comes from an unknown or unprotected Wash vegetables ana fruits before using and keep all foods as cool as pos and protected from flies and Such diseases as typhoid and dysentery may be contracted or food contaminated by in or dirty human the health officer Musser further cautioned a gainst exercising to the point of becoming overheated and as a general protection against heat a pinch of salt in glass of cool water when you feel droopy other Wise uncomfortable from the Advises Russians Foremost British authority on German Frank has arrived in Moscow with British military and eco nomic mission to help Russia plot battle Allen Ellender Senator Visits Ruston Meeting Held With of Members Lincoln Survey United States Senator Allen Ellender visited briefly in Rus ton over the meeting with various members of the Rus ton Chamber of ac cording to pres ident of the local Discussions at the meeting cen tered around the possibilities of bringing defense industries to Ruston and the immediate vicin Copies of the Lincoln parish survey made recently were stud ied and discussed by Senator El lender and the local survey com was invited to send a num ber of copies of the work to him in Washington with the promise that they would be placed in the hands of persons where they would do the most In commenting on the Senator stated that it was one of the most thorough and best prepared works which he had seen and he complimented the local committee and especially Amos on the work which had been Visitors to the State Depart ment of Agriculture dont need a fard or a letter of introduction The entrance leads straight into the office of Commissioner Har ry who receives all Ball Teams To Sponsor Ruston Aluminum Day Rural Mail Carriers Sell Defense Stamps Thirtytwo thousand rural mail carriers are now acting as agents in the sale of Defense Savings postal officials have in formed the Treasury Demand for the stamps in sparse ly settled districts caused the post office department to authorize the carriers to act as The stamps range in value from ten cents to five given albums in which they can be When the albums may be ex changed for Defense Savings Postoffice officials recalled that rural mail carriers acted in sim ilar capacities in 1917 and 1918 selling War Savings Na vujo Rights Association has ask ed President Roosevelt to remove John Collier as Commissioner of It is impossible lor the to get along with him and hie theories are Commun said George association Court of Honor Meets Thursday The Boy Scout couM of hon or will be held Thursday night July at 8 instead of Wednesday in yesterdays according to latest information from Judge All Ruston parents of and friends are urg ed to attend this months court of honor to witness the award ing of merit badges and cer of promotion during the recent camping session at Three Eagle will also be awarded Thursday Judge Walker Denver The Fed eral government is having finding sufficient office space in The largest single renter the with four major office building for agen government officials are faced with a serious problem to find room fp new offices the mountain States head quarters of the Vols to Play Legion Team Exhibition Wednesday Afternoon By Esthman Newman Ancient records have it that reputed to be one of the wisest men who ever once There is nothing new under the leave it to patriotic to prove him Wednesday afternoon at the Ruston Oua chita Valley league will meet the Ruston American Legion Committee Announces Plan To Sell Scrap Governor Jones To Give Address At SCS Meeting Chief Executive to Speak At Camp Grant Walker July 26 University chief of the Soil Conservation Major General pres ident of and Governor Sam Jones will be the three speakers at the final session of the annual conference of Soil Conservation district supervisors to be held at Camp Grant Walk 1 j fc near July 25 and drive by in their cars and depos announces Dean Lee of i it their discarded aluminum Aluminum To Be Sold To Dealers Who Will Sell To Smelters Announcing that the wide campaign to collect scrap to aid in the national defense program is so organized that no person any Amos local chairman df thr urged all persons in Ruslon and Ihr vicinity to operate in the local drive which will begin hero Wednesday noon with an exhibition baseball fame between the Ruslon and the Huston American The campaign in town will be gin Thursday morning when large bins will be placed at each end of Railroad adjacent to the street so that citizens may conservation dis to defend on record where the customer will be asked to give away something to see a ball Be Careful What You Officials in charge of the local campaign warn housewives to use i discretion in the matter of what they contribute to this campaign j to collect old for use in national The puri pose of the officials point is to put to use old ed pots and puns which are ing around the house and not in Perhaps you have an old alum j Ull UIM Juniors in an exhibition inum coffee pot with launching the local drive to collect scrap aluminum for national Nations First Aluminum In that Wednesday will be Aluminum Day at the local ball the first of its kind in the On this ladies and children 15 years of age or will be admitted to the ball game free of charge upon presentation of a piece of old The scrap aluminum collected at the ball game will be turned over to the local committee in charge of collecting the scrapped pots and pans of Ruston house wives and will form the nucleus for the campaign in Ruston and surrounding Theatres had their bank night and gave away cash to the lucky holder of the number and they have even var ied the idea to the extent of giv ing away china ware or a weeks of burned You cant use it and it is just laying around the It isnt any use to you but e old coffee pots will help Uncle Sum to build a pursuit plane to help protect our Amer ican way of And what a bout that old aluminum dipper with the handle broken or that old dishpan that is split down the side or maybe with hole in the bottom Uncle Sam says that of these old will the college of ture and chairman of the slate Soil Conservation The general meeting at which they will speak will begin at 10 oclock Saturday July The meeting will be open to the with tural workers and others through out the stalo being urged to at The addresses by these three prominent speakers will bring to a close a conference during which representatives of i the soil conservation service and various other state and federal agricultural and educational a will review soil conserva tion activities in Louisiana and discuss ways and means of in creasing operations within the 13 soil conservation districts of the The conference will open at 1 oclock Thursday afternoon with Dean Lee serving as chairman and Union parish farmer who is chairman of the DArbonne soil acting as state agent and acting director of the agricultural ex tension will of the Friday morning and director of Louisiana experiment the Friday afternoon 3 Champions Named Winners Of Cycle Titles Locals To Enter National Races Official bicycling champions in three divisions have been following the final races held in Ruslon Monday ac cording to a statement released by Clifford local bicycle who was in charge of the In the senior boys Curtis Richardson was named winner with a total of 21 James Evans placed second with 16 points and Harley was third with 13 Lott placed fourth with four The race for the junior boys championship ended in a tie be tween Robert and Au In a special runoff nosed out Laird for the title with 16 points to 15 for Curtis Pick placed third and James took Clarice Holloway won the girls will Virginia Dare Burch and Clara Virginia Cant rell The local champions are also ware without leaving their Ruston Boy and Girl Scouts will make a house canvass to pick up the dis used pots and pans from Ruston Aluminum Disposal Under the plans the Office of Product es and others will make their do nations of discarded aluminum utensils The local commit tee in charge of the drive wif send the aluminum designated by the who will in turn sell the scri aluminum to Only smelters using aluminum for tional defense contracts permitted to purchase the scf The money collected from the sale of this less the actual cost of transportation and sort will be sent by check direct to the National Scrap Aluminum The money thus obtained will be used by the office of Ci vilian Defense for equipment need Donate Only Unnecessary are urged bythe local committee to donate only such which they can spare without having to purchase new kitchen Consumers have been asked by the consumers division not to pur chase any household aluminum utensils not actually Estimates from the OPM indi cate that the average contribu tion per household to this nation wide drive will amount to ap proximately 10 The mayor of Mount has is sued a challenge to all cities of the United States that Vernon will donate more alum inum per or per than any other city in the Ruston officials urge the local citizens to do their individual parts towards meeting this chal lenge and the demands of the un limited national emergency which we 1 Tehe Texas ant is being controlled in the state through a State Department of Agriculture This which destroys foliage and un roads and has been found in extensive areas in southwest and central The fish and insect ex hibit in the Agricultural Muse um draws the admiring attention of thousands of tourists visiting the State Capitol each This museum was established by Com missioner Harry Wilson the new capitol was opened in Around of the Western keep out Uncle Sam has called on recognized as the cham pions of Stinson in that the Ruston Cycle club is the only organized club in the state affiliated with the Amateur Bicycling league of Leaving Ruston about August accompanied by Louisiana representative of the Amateur Bicycle league of will go to Los all where the state champion owners of private yachts to j will enter the national champion their pleasure craft over to the government during the unlimited ship races on the Rose Bowl course at August national emergency which national league will pay the fronts the citizens of this of the slate senior cham try and without an exception they pion and the local organization all dont have un Idle yacht hopes to raise sufficient funds to i rt it 4 i n 4 i J ing at anchor at some private but nearly every home there will be found some old dis carded piece of which could bo of great help to this is the first occasion America in this Urns of take the junior and girUs cham pions to compete in the When sweeping a open all the windows and sweep toward the center of Go to the ball game You will help the aluminum cause and can holler for a ton team whichever side you One of our carrier ert won first place in Cliffs cycle That l we go in for fast We are getting more all time around and we going to be right up town one these Lewis Kiddie Shop is their play suits on so down and get your kiddies The boys in our shop their vacations during the of July SQ h get the oil youp
