Soil erosion called danger in Louisiana talk
Louis P. Merrill of the soil conservation service warned at Louisiana Tech that soil erosion threatens national prosperity. He cited 280 million acres damaged, topsoil loss across a region larger than several states, and noted Louisiana has 11 million acres eroded with two to three percent of farm land ruined. He linked erosion control to a sound economy and cited Missouri and Texas experiments guiding new land treatment practices.
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Ruston
United States
Louis P. Merrill
Fort Worth
Tex
Soil Conservation Service
Louisiana Tech
Mr. Merrill
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Merrill
Missouri
Permit Issued For Highland Park One Story Home
City inspector Sam H. Awl issued a permit to D. R. Yearwood for a four room one story frame residence at 425 Howard Street Highland Park. The $1400 structure will have a composition roof and contractor R. G. Cruse of Sicily Island.
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Sam H. Awl
D. R. Yearwood
Howard Street
Highland Park Addition
R. G. Cruse
Sicily Island
Carbon Black Topic Highlighted At Tech Lecture Series
C. C. Boardman of Thermatomic Carbon at Sterlington will speak at Louisiana Tech Monday at 1 30 p m on Carbon Black to From Louisiana Natural as the seventh in a 25 part summer lecture series on natural resources conservation agriculture and chemistry. Previous speakers include Harvey C Couch P J Hannan W G Mundinger Victor Schoffelmayer Major L A Barton and Louis P Merrill. Next week features Dean J G Lee Jr of LSU College of Agriculture and H B Martin and A A Breeden of the Minden soil conservation office.
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Ruston
C. C. Boardman
Thermatomic Carbon Company
Sterlington
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Natural As
Tech
Harvey C. Couch
Pine Bluff
Ark
P. J. Hannan
Hodge
W. G. Mundinger
Baton Rouge
Victor Schoffelmayer
Dallas
Tex
L. A. Barton
Shreveport
Louis P. Merrill
Fort Worth
Dean J. G. Lee, Jr
Louisiana State University College of Agriculture
H. B. Martin
A. A Breeden
The
Minden Soil Conservation Office
Wallace Beery Reaches 30 Years in Film Career
Hollywood notes recall Wallace Beery’s thirtieth year in movies. He reflects on 1910 a penny and a walk to New Rochelle studios, no pay for showing up, and a rain soaked journey back to New York. Later that summer he won the lead in The Balkan Princess.
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Hollywood
Wallace Beery
Aftar
Beery
Tannhauser Studios
New Rochelle
N. Y
38Th Street
7Th Avenue
Williamson Rotary speaker previews cotton cooperative challenges
N C Williamson president of the Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Virginia. He noted a 14th consecutive term as president and addressed growing and marketing cotton. Abe Arent chaired the agricultural committee. about 50 planters and wives attended as guests. The Rotary International meeting opens June 19 in Cleveland with delegates Aubrey Haas and W M Harper. Sisters bear sons in Chicago as both mothers welcomed boys on the same day, Dorothy Sullivan’s 8 lb 7 oz and Loretta Schirz’s 6 lb 6 oz.
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N. C. Williamson
Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association
Rotary Club
Hotel
Virginia
Williamson
Abe Arent
Rotary International
Cleveland
Monroe Club
Aubrey Haas
W. M. Harper
Matriculation Easier Gift Lets County Grads Enter Free
In Dahlonega Georgia June 16 a North Georgia college gift brings a solution to matriculation barriers. John H Moore recalls a sister’s struggle decades ago and now offers the old hotel he rents as a dormitory to fund free admission for all county high school graduates until the gift value is repaid.
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Dahlonega
John H. Moore
North Georgia College
Action
Moore
Georgia Mountain County
Dance by Label League at Rainbow Inn Tonight
A Virginia reels and old-fashioned steps dance hosted by local No. 570 of the Women's International Union Label League at Rainbow Inn three miles out on the Columbia road. The 10 pm event features hoop skirt attire and modern capers with a public invitation. A local orchestra of union musicians provides the music.
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Rainbow Inn
Columbia Road
Women’s International Union Label League
Label League
Virginia
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