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V IYfcn-ldliere-ius--mes8 of the tangingentspro-thewihonlisi-am-thertls-thelorethehineirnd;Deputy Clyde Frasier Retteturns Last NightWith Pittman StewartARREST NEGRO FLOOD MENACE ^WHO PHONED A(From Friday's Dally)Deputy sheriff Clyde Frasier, who went to Shreveport yesterday to get custody of Pittman Stewart, confessed check forger, who was arrested in Houston by officials there the earlier part of the week, returned here last night with the prisoner who is now lodged In the parish jail with H. Shields his partner in the alleged law violations. The two men will face charges of forgery mode by two local merchants from whom they secured merchandise which they paid for with checks said to be forged on the father-in-law of Shield’s brother.Our extra slice of pie for this week Is awarded the farmer of Lincoln parish who believes in the prosperity of 1930.AUTO DEALERSELATED OVER1930 OUTLOOKSurvey Shows Prosperous Condition In Louisiana and MississippiWHITE WOMANBlack Who Tried To Maklt; Love To a Saleswoman Is Charged With BlackmailIS CREATED BYiARKANSAS RAIN(From Thursday’s Dally)Highly elated over business prospects for the State during 1930 L. B. Breed, local Chevrolet dealer, returned here today after attending a series of meetings held at New Or Ians, presided over by D. E. Ralston, Assistant General Sates Manager, Chevrolet Motor Company, who is at the head of a group of high executives touring the South,Shreveport, Jan. 14,—-Through a ruse worked by the Shreveport police department, Alfred Gardner, negro, 21 years old, 1014 Sewall street, was apprehended and charged with blackmail. He was transferred to the parish jail.The negro, according to Assistant Chief of Police C. ft. Kent, has been telephoning a young saleslady at a local department store for several weks, trying to make love to her over the telephone and threatening to kidnap her. The young woman at first thought it was some one trying to play a joke, but as the telephone calls became more regular, she became suspicious and reported the matter to her father. The police were notified, and it was arranged with the young woman and the telephone company that when the caller rang again that the police would be cut in on the call, so that they could locate where he lived. Friday at the noon hour the negro telephoned the young woman, and told her he wanted her to meet him Friday night, that he was going to take her to Chicago.The telephone operator switched the call to police headquarters, and while the police listened in, Police Detectives S. A. Jones, J. L. Ogden and Plaisance were detailed to the negro’s house, where they found him at the phone still talking to the young woman. He was arrested, but denied the allegations, declaring that he was talking to his wife. The negro said he is a paper-hanger. The young woman told the police that she suspected the caller to be a negro,judging from his conversation.State Traffic Disrupted Week of Continuous RainfallLittle Hock, Ark., Jan; 14,—Rain-soaked Arkansas awoke‘today, crippled and threatened with flood, to the dreary prospect of continued rain to add to conditions fast approaching a serious stage.A week of almost continuous rainfall has disrupted highway traffic overthe entire state, flooded river bottomsmade many state highways useless and has caused rlvermen to eye with apprehension the creeping rise of the principal rivers.Residents of Cotton Plant, Lonoke Hasten, Stuttgart, Benton and the low-lying outskirts of Little Rock were either already moved to dryer localities, or were ready to do so at a moment's notice.The Arkansas and White rivers were still within their banks and their levees were withstanding the high water, bin the Cache, Ouachita and the Saline were threatening to go oh rampages with the added rainfall.A young artist whose dream of becoming a great portrait painter ended as many dreams do, to6k a temporary job designing show cards for a movie house. “I was trying to get up enough courage to commit suicide,” he said. He is now averaging 1500 a week. And is quite a lad about town with button shoes and all.It is about time for the alert para-grapher to be thinking up a new one about the groundhog.AnJack over ' takenBraswsherifl a Item; Jim's that t Jim ?stabl: an ex he oh as we He wf he wa local i Sherif his ph prisonc.0FWillAiArra tions c will b: Londoi tor him It was W. Fo:
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Ruston Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Wed, Jan 22, 1930
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