Tests Find Only Two Infected Cows In Lincoln Parish
Dairy cattle in Lincoln parish show only two reactors among 4424 examined under state health board tuberculin tests. The two cows were destroyed with owners receiving two thirds of appraised value under state and federal acts. Tests covered 725 dairy farms with continued efforts urged to complete testing.
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Lincoln Parish
State Board of Health
Victor Harris
F. D. Jackson
R. H. Allen
Parish
Death claims aged woman at Jackson home
Mrs. Peter Wyatt aged 79 died at her Weston Jackson parish home after a two month illness. She lived in Weston since 1871, was a Baptist church member, and funeral services were held at Ebenezer Baptist Church with interment beside her husband in Ebenezer cemetery. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. G. C. Patterson and Mrs. R. P. Boggs, Miss Lillie Wyatt, and two sons T. C. Wyatt and J. F. Watt. Read Admiral S. B. Robison retired as Naval Academy superintendent after 53 years in the navy.
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Peter Wyatt
G. C. Patterson
Weston
Jackson Parish
W. T. Strain
B. F. McLure
Ebenezer
Wyatt
Patterson
R. P. Boggs
Lillie .Wyatt
T. C. and
J. F. Watt
Annapolis
Admiral S
Robison
Naval Academy
Navy
South River
Here
Leo Brothers Guilty in Chicago Subway Murder Case
Leo V. Brothers was found guilty by a jury in Chicago for the murder of Alfred Jake Lingle. Jurors deliberated 27 hours and recommended a fourteen year sentence, marking a high profile outcome tied to Chicago gang warfare.
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Leo V. Brothers
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Lingle
Two Chatham Stores Destroyed By Flames
An early morning blaze destroyed two brick stores in Chatham on Wednesday. The buildings, owned by W. D. Womack, included a general merchandise shop and a warehouse. Loss estimated at 25000 with partial insurance. Monroe fire department responded but arrived too late to help. cause undetermined.
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Chatham
W. D. Womack
Monroe
Ruston Health Unit Praised For March Efforts
Lincoln parish health director Dr. R H Allen reports near epidemic free conditions due to prevention work. In March 325 typhoid vaccine first shots, 109 diphtheria toxoid shots, and over 1400 smallpox vaccines were given. Three smallpox cases arose from an epidemic area, with one new case after exposure by a unvaccinated woman. Tonsil removals continue with Kiwanis Club and Ruston Lincoln Sanitarium. 52 operations completed, clinic held today, and school exams resume next week. State registrar commends timely, complete reporting across seven parish registrars.
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Lincoln Parish
R. H. Allen
Allen
Kiwanis Club
J. E. Crawford
Ruston- Lincoln
State Registrar of Vital Statistics
Lincoln Rabbits Find Easter Whiskey Bottles at Pugh's Pond
Five pint bottles of whiskey were found by eighth grade pupils from Louisiana Tech Training School at Pugh's pond near Ruston during an Easter egg hunt. The bottles were hidden under pine needles at a tree base and later poured out by Sherritt A J Thigpen.
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Pugh’s Pond
Ruston
Louisiana Tech Training School
Ernestine Elder
Cammie Baldridge
Longest Plane Route to West Inaugurated by Boeing System
San Francisco announces the world's largest all passenger route linking New York and San Francisco with 28 hour westbound and 31 hour eastbound flights. S. A. Stimpson of Boeing's western traffic office says 20 tri motor airplanes will operate the 2600 mile airway with three daily departures from eastern and western terminals. Passengers will be served meals including dinner at Salt Lake City and breakfast at Canada with a luncheon in Chicago.
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San Francisco
New York
Boeing System
National Air Transport
S. A. Stimpson
Boeing
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Canada
Chicago
Two Million Dollar Increase Shown In Lincoln Parish Land Valuation
Census figures for 1930 show Lincoln parish farm land valued at 7,842,365 dollars, with a 2 million dollar rise in ten years. The number of farms grew to 3,396 while average size fell from 90.6 to 72.2 acres, signaling a shift to smaller, more intensely cultivated plots.
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Lincoln Parish
Federal
Director of Census
Department of Commerce
Catahoula Post Opens School Feeding Kitchens
The Catahoula post of The American Legion runs four soup kitchens at Black High School in Jonesville to feed children from the drought-stricken area who arrive at school without proper lunches. An old fashioned remark appears in the report.
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Jonesville
Catahoula
The
American Legion
Drouth
Food loan blanks arrive as cattle club meets
J A Shealy of the local Federal loan office reports that application blanks for food and for feed seed and fertilizer loans have arrived in sufficient quantity. About 800 food loan and 1200 feed loan applications have been filed, with most feed loans already paid. Officials expect to top $300,000 in total loans. A party led by A H Benderson leaves Ruston for Natchitoches to attend the Jersey cattle club spring convention with speakers including W W Tison and E W Neasham.
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J. A. Shealy
Federal Loan Office Committee
Mr. Shealy
Shealy
A. H. Benderson
Louisiana Jersey Cattle Association
Louisiana
Ruston
Natchitoches
Jersey Cattle Club
State Normal College
E. W. Neasham
Louisiana State University
J. M. Smith
Reese
Agricultural Department
Louisiana Tech
Joe Blondin
H. L. McKnight
C. E. Tooke
Paul Henderson
T. P. Hogan
Conversion of Farmer Brown Play at Douglas School
A humorous production The Conversion of Farmer Brown will be staged at Douglas school Friday night by a local cast. Free admission invites the public to attend with characters including Farmer Brown John Rinehart Mrs Brown Paul Halsterd Miss Charity Wille Dean Henner Miss Price Christian Edston Ruth Leslie Templeton Brother Dogood Davis Baker Matilda the cook Zulene Leachman Paul Brown Lenard White.
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Farmer Brown
Douglas School
John Rinehart
Brown
Paul Halsterd
Miss Charity
Wille Dean Henner
Jury unable to fix cause of plane crash near Cottonwood Falls
A coroner's jury in Cottonwood Falls Kansas reported that it could not determine the cause of the crash of an air transport plane near the town in which Notre Dame star Knute Rockne and seven others perished. The verdict stated the victims died from an airplane fall with the cause undetermined.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kans
Here
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Aswell Leaves Estate To Widow In 188,750 Will
Washington April 3 Representative James B. Aswell who died March 16 left an estate valued at 88 750 shown in the probate petition filed by his widow Mrs Ella F Aswell The estate included an apartment house in Washington valued at 310 000 a farm near Natchitoches La 10000 real estate near Natchitoches 2000 and personal property of 86756 The entire estate was bequeathed to his widow during widowhood with income shared and limited to the children until the youngest is 24 The son is James B Aswell Jr and the daughter Mrs Corinne Cantrell of Georgetown Ky
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Washington
James B. Aswell
Ella F. Aswell
Natchitoches
Nis
Ui U
James B. Aswell, Jr
Corinne Cantrell
Georgetown
I C Crossings Being Improved In Ruston
Improvement of the Winois Central railroad crossings in Ruston is shown by attractive white gravel surfacing. The Prenton street crossing work is finished and crews are now on Viena street.
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Winois Central
Ruston
Store Robbery Reported at Choudrant Narrow Escape
Sheriff A J Thigpen received a call from O Neal and O Neal at Choudrant reporting a last night entry and robbery of merchandise valued at 250 dollars. Entry was made by breaking glass in a front door and reaching through to unlock a latch. Items stolen include pocket knives razors Mickey and ladies' novelty items, shuts, overalls, hats and shirts. No signs of a fur means the goods were moved with no clue left behind. This is the second time this store has been robbed in the past year.
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A. J. Thigpen
O'Neal
Choudrant
Duor
Last Paving Bid Let For Bernice Highway Stretch
Bids on the final 18.3 mile stretch of the Ruston Bernice highway will be received at Louisiana Highway Commission offices on April 28. The contract completes the northern south route from the Arkansas line through Ruston to the southern Louisiana section with full hard surfacing.
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Ruston-Bernice Highway
Louisiana Highway Commission
Commission
Arkansas Line
Ruston
Louisiana
Purse Snatching Told by Louisiana Farmer Near Arbonne
CG Singleton, a farmer near Arbonne, reports his $35.90 purse was snatched in a Shreveport restaurant Monday noon. He describes a dark skinned waiter about 25, with two accomplices and a pistol, but the clerk and proprietor dispute his story and no arrest was made. Singleton had come for medical care with his son-in-law and daughter. The incident occurred within a few blocks of the new city auditorium.
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CG. W. Singleton
Behing
Singleton
Shreveport
New City Auditorium
Union Parish Boys Arrested on Liquor Charge
Farmerville youths Heech Daniels and Hudson Hatson, both white, aged 24, were arrested Wednesday about two miles northeast of Ruston on Farmerville road by Deputy Clyde Frasier. They faced charges of possession of intoxicating liquor after two gallons were found. Daniels admitted prior whiskey transport trips to Ruston, and both were jailed in Union Parish. Daniels had recently been tried and acquitted on liquor manufacturing charges.
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Farmerville
Heech Daniels
Wood Ok Hatson
Alberoon
Ruston
Farmervilly Road
Clyde Frasier
Shipfs Department
Union Parish
Frasier
Daniels
Hudson
Ure Univ Parish
Jonesboro Youth Football Star Undergoes Operation
Joture Youth 15 underwent an operation at the local sanitarium and is reported stable and recovering. He is a member of Jonesboro High School football team and is the nephew of Mr and Mrs O B Holge, with Mrs Nettie Pole at his bedside.
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Woelliealas
Eugene Poole
Joture
Poole
Jonesboro High
Nettie Pole
10. B. Holge
Three Children Treated for Rabies After Dog Bite
Dona Ruth Laverné and Jack Taylor, children of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Taylor, are receiving serum treatment for hydrophobia at home on Alabama Avenue after being bitten by a rabid Spitz dog. The three month old dog, once a family favorite, was determined rabid and its head sent to a Shreveport lab. none of the children show symptoms at noon and are under close observation.
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Dona Ruth
Laverné
Jack
Taylor
Walter Taylor
Alabama Avenue
Shreveport
Socal
Tomlinson dies at Wesley Chapel in Ruston area funeral planned
W M Tomlinson dies Friday at his Wesley Chapel home aged 56. Funeral at 10 am Saturday at the family home with burial at Recuweed Cemetery in Ruston. Survived by wife, one daughter Lela of Baton Rouge, three sons, a sister and three brothers. Active pallbearers are nephews. honorary pallbearers listed.
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W. M. Tomlinson
Wesley Chapel
Recuweed
Ruston
Brown
Methodist Church
Ful Lon
Tomlinson
Lela Tomlinson
Briton Rouge
J. Clyde
Fort Worth
Texas
Prentiss B
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Emmett H
Flouston
Charles Gullatt
Spence
Harris
Price
Weaten Chapel
Adam Riser
Will Hilton
A. B. Sherrard
John Gullatt
Charles Culatt
John Rabb
Wol McKnight
Oleg Gahagan
Max Kadiey
Alva Stinson
Add Thompson
Adrian Clinton
H. P. Clinton
Chare
State Legion Officer Dies In Alexandria
Sanders Baskiti Fifth District Liaison Officer and service officer of the local post McFarland No 2 American Legion received a telegram this morning advising that A. C. Wedemeyer State Legion Service Officer died at the Veterans Hospital in Alexandria Tuesday. Wedemeyer had been active since the establishment of the plate Service Office and worked closely with district service officers. He had recently declined in health and was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Funeral services were scheduled to be held in Lake Charles, his former home, this afternoon.
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Legion
Haskin
Lake Chavsles
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Leo Brothers
Lincoln
Sherritt A. J. Thigpen
Miss Elder
Cattle Club
State Normal
Willi
Jersey
Aswell
I. C
O'Neal and
Bernice Highway
Jonesboro
State Legion
Alexandria
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