Ruston Hails Tech President Return at Louisiana Tech
Ruston and Louisiana Tech residents gathered Tuesday night to honor the returning president Dr. E Richardson, who had resigned the post, with a ceremonial welcome in Ruston Louisiana.
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Louisiana Tech
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State Board of Education
Tech
Baton Rouge
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State Board
C. W. Smith
T. H. Harris
Louisiana Tech President Arrested at Reception
President E S Richardson arrived in Ruston to a surprise when Sheriff Bryan Thigpen placed him under arrest on an appearance bond restricting leaving the campus area. Mayor Sam Caldwell signed the bond and the sheriff freed him as the crowd cheered.
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Ruston
E. S. Richardson
Louisiana Tech
Bryan Thigpen
Sam Caldwell
Shreveport
Richardson Returns to Lead Tech After Jetting to England
Dr. Richardson, university professor, quit a potential England throne claim and declined a $12 000 salary at a prestigious university to stay at Tech. He returned to Ruston after accepting a post 18 hours earlier, prompting a rapid Chamber of Commerce welcome as Louisiana enters a flurry of events.
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Louisiana State University
Tech program in Ruston marks civic welcome and LSU news
The Ruston crowd gathers at Railroad Park as the Tech band plays. Mayor Sam Caldwell and chamber leader George L. Nicol welcome guests while discussion centers on Dr. Richardson's move from LSU acting president to Tech president and his brief LSU ties before returning to Tech. A hail event devastates eighty square miles of Canadian wheat in 28 minutes.
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Railroad Park
George L. Nicol
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Caldwell
Shreveport
Louisiana Tech Alumni Association
Ruston
Richardson
Caldwell
Ouachita Parish High School Band Rehearsals Schedule
The Ouachita Parish High School band will hold a rehearsal at the band rooms on Wednesday at 7 30 p m All members are expected to attend Similar rehearsals will be held at the same place and hour on successive Wednesdays
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Ouachita Parish
Debate Over Columbus Bones Valuation and Resting Place
Washington lawmakers debated paying 50100 for alleged Columbus bones still in question where they rest. Randolph claimed remains are in Shepherdstown West Virginia housed in a locket and crucifix once owned by Mrs Laura Butler Treadwell. The tale traces bones through Valladolid Seville Santo Domingo Havana and back and forth across centuries.
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House Library Committee
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Randolph
West Virginia
Laura Butler Treadwell
Los Angeles
John Boyd Thatcher
Columbus Authority
Santo Dombingo
Valladolid
Spain
Seville
Santo Domingo
Havana
America
Senor Jesus Maria Castillo
Epse Sargent
Thatcher
Capitol
Leif Ericson
July 4 Observed Here With Games and Carnival
July 4 will be observed in the Twin Cities with all retail stores closed. Public offices banks and post offices will shut for the day. The White Sox rally at the local ball park against El Dorado and the aquatic carnival with a bathing beauty review for entrants up to 16 years old at the R D Swayze natatorium are the main attractions. Lantern parade at the pool and city recreation department oversight complete the day’s planned events.
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Twin Cities
Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Twin City
el Dorado
White Sox
R. D. Swayze Natatorium
Monroe Recreation Department
Cotton Progress Report Shows Fair to Good Growth
New Orleans June 28 The official weekly summary reports generally favorable weather in the cotton region with fair to good progress. Some replanting was needed in Texas and Oklahoma, but plants were healthy with blooms seen in Oklahoma and early blooming reaching into South Carolina as conditions improved in the central belt.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Central Belt
South Carolina
Deaths Last Night In Salem And Cincinnati
Edward E. Brodie 63 publisher of the Oregon City Enterprise and former U S minister to Siam and Finland died in Salem Ore Alexander Thomson 56 chairman of Champion Paper and Fiber Company and former Ohio Chamber of Commerce president and U S Chamber of Commerce director died in Cincinnati.
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Associated Press
Edward E. Brodie
Salem, Ore
Oregon City
Ore
Enterprise
United States
Siam
Finland
Cincinnati
Alexander Thomson
Champion Paper and Fiber Company
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Sir George McLaren Brown Former CPR Official
Sir George McLaren Brown aged 74 former European general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway has died. He held key leadership posts in CPR overseas operations and helped expand freight and passenger services across Europe.
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George M’laren Brown
Toronto
Sir George McLaren Brown
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Luncheon Planned for Concordia Parish Visitors
Ferriday Mayor E W Vogt and merchant Joe Pasternack organize a Friday luncheon for Twin City Chamber of Commerce Good Will trippers. About 30 to 40 visitors will meet 30 to 40 Ouachita High School band members for a one hour Ferriday stop before continuing to 12 local towns, starting from Hotel Virginia.
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E. W. Vogt
Ferriday
Joe Pasternack
Concordia Parish
Twin City Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
Max Moses
Good Will
A. C. Evans
Route Adds Sicily Island Harrisonburg Jonesville On Bus Parade
Three extra cities Sicily Island Harrisonburg and Jonesville join the route. A luxury bus will carry Chamber of Commerce members with a soundtrack to precede the party and a third bus will transport Ouachita Parish High School band members directed by Walter Minniear.
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Sicily Island
Harrisonburg
Jonesville
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
Walter Minniear
Traffic deaths and injuries stated for last year
The report notes 32 400 motor vehicle deaths in the United States last year and 1 150 000 non fatal injuries.
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United Stat
Wife Works While He Fishes in Cheyenne Tale
In Cheyenne Wyoming on June 28 Dr Floyd C Naegeli plans to fish for trout while his wife Mrs Naegeli a sunburned mother of two, takes a dentist license exam so the doctor can keep fishing. She says she likes dentistry too and will fix toothaches for the family in Jackson.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Floyd C. Naegeli
Firecracker Tale From Cowlitz Landing 1853
Old timers recall the largest firecrackers in U S history: settlers hollowed 13 fir logs filled with gunpowder and lit them at sunrise on the Fourth of July in 1853 near Cowlitz Landing Washington.
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Cowlitz Landing
Wash
United States
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