Ouachita Wins Dual Meet At Louisiana Tech Track
Ouachita parish track squad defeated Winnfield 64 to 45 on a windy wet Louisiana Tech track. Owen led with high point honors as Givens and Eby won multiple events, while coaches Ed Shirley and Geo Gohler officiated.
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Ouachita Parish
Winnfield
Louisiana Tech
Brooks
Owen
Ouachita
Ed Shirley
Geo. Gohler
Woods
Givens
Grigsby
Eby
Kelley
Hurdies
Witt
Hicks
Zeagler
Ouachia
Stiles
Kelly
Pace
Calhoun
Ovarchita
Lowery
Winnfeld
Brown
Boy Found with Clothes Burned After Night Prank
Arthur Frasier, one year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Frasier, living north of Ruston near Vienna road, was found at midnight with clothes burned and torn off after friends slept nearby. He escaped serious injury and was treated at the Houston Lincoln sanitarium after two other boys left him by a bonfire as a prank.
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Arthur Frasier
Charlie Prasier
Ruston
Vienna Road
Pansersby
Dan Colvin
Colvin
T. Bo’ Raley
Ruston Motors Company
Frasier Will
Frasier
Houston-Lincoln Sanitarium
Raley
Crocodile Killed After Swallowing Boy at Riverhere
In Pachuca Mexico a huge crocodile killed a boy aged about a year old while he bathed near the Sac Dileno river. Villagers lured the reptile ashore with a pig and dynamite was set off to destroy it, ending the threat.
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Pachuca
Mexito
Sac Dileno
Monilay
Bathaasy
Prasints
Football Idol Crasie Victim This Morning
The article recounts a football idol named Crasie who was injured in a morning incident. It mentions Knute Rockne at Notre Dame and notes coaching ties to South Bend. The piece references a fire or accident context and an enduring legacy in football history.
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Knute Rockne
University
Huckne
Bastote Tai Hs
South Bend
Rockne Remains Icon Of Football Even In Loss Of Idea
Rockne resumed duties in 1930 and led a team that faced the strongest opposition yet did not lose. He authored several books and worked with movie studios to depict football on screen. He also secured radio contracts to entertain admirers. His coaching model influenced major schools nationwide. Interest surged in his prospects for another season before his death, with football fans nationwide mourning the loss of this pigskin figure. He was married and survived by his wife and several children.
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Rockne
Veterans Hospital Alexandria Seeks Additional Aid
Local Fifth District Liaison Officer L. Baskin reports encouragement from L. H. Tripp of the Veterans Bureau in Washington. A letter dated March 19 1931 acknowledges the appeal for more construction at the U S Veterans Hospital in Alexandria Louisiana to expand facilities for patients.
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United States Veteran's Hospital
Alexandria
Sanders Baskin
Fifth District
Liaiann
L. H. Tripp
United States Veterans Bureau
Washington, D. C
Baskin
Louisiana
South
Raskin
Sanders Raskin
American Legon
Ruston
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Congress
Alexandria Texpital
Sorority Seeks National Charter at Louisiana Tech
Miss Ella Mae Jolley president of Lambda Theta at Louisiana Tech says a national Kappa Delta chapter has favorably reviewed their petition for a national charter. The first national chapter at the campus is expected to be installed April 23, with Lambda Theta tracing its origins to 1926 and awaiting final action from the national headquarters. The report notes other sororities on campus and potential mutual engagement in chartering events amid campus activities and local campus life.
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Ella Mae Jolley
Lambda Theta
Louisiana Tech
J. Wragee Smith
Kappa Delta
Nation
Jacel
Lambda ‘Theta
Mi Odetle Alley
Tech
Louistins State University
Wouveur Taber
Kappa Hetta
Kaupapa
Advertising Proves Boon to Business in Monroe
Frank T. Caldwell of St. Louis urged Monroe merchants at Hotel Virginia banquet to maintain advertising while trade recovers. He said 97 percent of people are honest with credit, but public spending exceeds means. Prompt payments protect both paying customers and merchants. advertising should not decline, as daily papers remain the best advertising medium.
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Monroe
Frank T. Caldwell
St. Louis
National Credit Men's Association
Hotel Virginia
Credit Men's Association
National Association
General Publc
White House Easter to Feature Folk Dances and Band
Mrs Herbert Hoover replaces egg rolling on the White House south lawn with folk dances and a U S Marine Band concert broadcast coast to coast on Easter Monday. Girl Scouts and Reserves join the events from 10 to 12 a m and 2 to 3 p m while the President and Mrs Hoover greet children from the south portico after lunch.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Herbert Hoover
U. S. Marine Band
Columbia System
Girl Scouts
Girl Reserves
U.S. Marine Band
Taylor Branson
Columbia
H Hoover
Power Line To Winnfield Completes Service To Local Plants
A new power line from Sterlington to Winnfield serves three local industries the salt and asphalt plants and a rock quarry near Winnfield. The line runs from the Lotsa Power and Light Company hub at Sterlington to a Sub-station at Standard then extends west to Winnfield. The line about sixty miles long cost four hundred thousand dollars.
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Sterlingen
Winfield
Winn Eapital
Hart of the Lotsa Power and Light Company
Sterlington
Standard
Winnfield
Ubu
Special Bus Left Ruston With Singers
A special bus departed Ruston carrying a group of singers amid a disrupted program. The entourage, including conductor Elbert Hus, faced a farcical audience response as the event unfolded quietly during the early hours.
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Ruston
Singers Plan Week Long Itinerary Through Northern Louisiana
A thirty man chorus and their rector will tour through Winona Ferriday Jonesville Tallulah Lake Providence Oak Grove West Monroe with a luncheon in Monroe hosted by Dr J G Graver and Captain B L Midd. They perform tonight in Winnsboro and return to Ruston Friday night. The group is led by Professor Haskins who directs the Girls Band O Gle and previously toured the southern state.
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Winraboro
Ferriday
Jonesville
Tallulah
Lake Providence
Oak Grove
West Monroe
J. G. Graver
Monroe
B. L. Midd
Ruston
Lotus Club
Winnsboro
North Louisiana Dairy Plant in Ruston Featured in Dairy Journal
A three page feature in the Southern Dairy Products Journal profiles the North Louisiana Dairy Products Company's Ruston plant. The article, “North Louisiana Plant Operating Successfully,” includes photos of the plant, trucks, and Thomas P. Hogan, the plant manager from Kentwood, with details on capacity, processes, and ongoing expansion as production rises.
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Southern Dairy Products Journal
Publishiing Company
Atlanta
Georgia
North Louisiana Dairy Products Company
Ruston
North Louisiana
Thomas P. Hogan
Kentwood
Mr. Hogan
Man Fells Dead While Working In Cornfield
Billy Reeves, 69, lifelong Sardis resident near the Lincoln parish line, died of a heart stroke while planting corn with his son Harmon. They paused on a log when he collapsed. Reeves was active in the local Baptist church. Funeral at Sardis church Wednesday at 10 a.m. Interment in Sardis cemetery under B. F. McLure & Co. Surviving: widow, four sons Horace Swartz, Winfred Farmerville, Harmon Vienna, Rudolph Ruston. three daughters Mrs Armor Barmore Ruston, Mrs Detta Langston Borger, Texas, Mrs Mattar Frazier Swartz.
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Billy Reeves
Sardis
Lincoln Parish
Union
Harmon
Mr. Reeves
Baptist Church
M. A. Price
Ruston
B. F. McLure
Grade Crossing Fatalities Decline in 1930
Washington reports that 2,020 people were killed and 5,517 injured in highway grade crossing accidents in 1930, the lowest since 1922. The American Railway Association said fatalities fell by 465 from 1929, a 19 percent reduction as more drivers avoided beating trains at crossings.
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Washington
The
American Railway Association
Baby Born In Plane Rushing Its Mother By Air To Hospital
A fragmentary report describes a baby born aboard an aircraft while en route to a hospital. The article mentions Mrs Afea Muller and notes airline or medical personnel involvement but text is garbled. Further readable details are not clear.
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Tai
Afea Muller
Daeae
A. L
Phee
Royal Canadian
Election Called For Successor To J. B. Aswell
Alexandria March 30 The Democratic committee of the eighth district called a meeting to select a successor to J. B. Aswell. The election follows his removal from the post and will determine the next party candidate for the office.
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J. B. Aswell
Alexandria
Eighth
Cun
Democratic primary set for district to fill Aswell vacancy
The district committee ordered a Democratic primary across the district on Tuesday, April 14, to nominate a candidate for the seat left by the death of Dr. J. B. Aswell. If needed a second primary will be held April 28. Candidate entry deadline is midnight April 4. The panel meets again April 7 to list eligible names for ballots with eleven members present.
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Gressional
J. B. Aswell
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Nouesan
White House Grounds
Louisiana ‘Tech
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Parmiavick
Ubey
Elbert Huswile
Rusion
Dairy Journal
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Cornfield
A. P. Taliaferro
Vienna St
Ruston, LA
Bank OF
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Parish of Lincoln
State Bank
W. T. Strain
C. W. Tatum
G. W. Dye
U. S
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J. C. W. Tatum
C. W. "Tatum
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C.D. C
Hillcrest Poultry Farm
P. O. Box
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DE Generes Bros
Texas & Jordan
Shrevepont, LA
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