Marshall Tigers blitz Tech in doubleheader baseball clash
Marshall College Tigers defeated Louisiana Tech 6-4 and 6-1 in a late arranged doubleheader at Tech Field. Willis pitched both games for Marshall, belting four doubles and two singles while Gilkerson contributed a homer and extra-base hits. Tech’s Long and Edens struggled as Marshall’s early runs and timely hits built a two-game edge before darkness ended the second contest.
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MAC
Tigers
Marshall College
Bulldogs
Fox
Tech
Willis
Tech Field
Whilis
Marshall
Gilkerson
Long
RHE Marshal College
la. Tech
Marshal
Parrish
Donald
Fred Edens
Waterloo
Edens
Marshall Boys
Kelly
Texans
Giddens
Tiger
Lincoln Parish Assessments Near Completion for 1930
The 1930 Lincoln parish assessment process nears completion with books open for 20 days for inspection or correction starting April 5, 1930. R. R. Hightower, Assessor.
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Lincoln Parish
R. R.hightower
Price Estate Wins Suit For Elks Club
In district court Judge Pearce ruled for the Price heirs in a suit against the city over the top floor of the Price building once home to the Elks club. The heirs gain the floor for 3100 dollars, equal to the sheriff sale price when bid in by the city.
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District Court
3. D. Pearce
Price Heirs
Price
Elks’ Club
New Orleans Leads In Number Of Motor Boats
New Orleans leads in motor boats with more than any other U.S. city, says Donald T. Wright editor of the Waterways Journal who visited Wednesday to discuss plans for a Motor Boat Exhibit set for April 14 to 20. The display will be at Delgado Trades School featuring a varied lineup of boats.
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New Orleans
Donald T. Wright
The
Waterways Journal
Mississippi Valley
Delgado Trades School
Just Thinking Knocks Him Unconsolo
New Orleans April 5 Joseph Conner 35 of 335 Bourbon Street sat on the Decatur Toulouse corner at noon meditating. A heavy stick struck him and he fell unconscious. Police headed by Captain Albert Prades sent Conner to the hospital and arrested John Batelia 37.
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New Orleans
Joseph Conner
Bourbon Street
Conner
Decatur
Toulouse
Whaima
Albert Prades
John Batelia
Setter Dog Strays 25 Miles On Hunt
Ellis Simon a Kinston sportsman tells of a setter that pointed a covey of quail near Kinston North Carolina. The dog wandered over 25 miles from Maysville to the covey and back to its owner. A painter advertisement follows the story.
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Kinston
N. C
Ellis Simon
Simon
Flounders Shocked By Ray In Fish Nets
Ocracoke North Carolina April 5 Several hundred small flounders died from electric shock when a beam trawler Pearl D Evans dumped a net containing two electric rays off the Ocracoke coast The rays of the same family as stingrays skates and related fish measured five feet wide and were unusual to be caught in nets The rays are mammals according to Aycock Brown Ocracoke newspaper man
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Ocracoke
N. C
Pearl D. Evans
Aycock Brown
Ocrackee
State Museum
Raleigh
Nelson Bros warning on credits and purchases
A formal notice warns against delivering goods or services or extending credit to any Nelson Bros subcontractor, truck owner, team owner, or employee unless a properly signed purchase order from an authorized Nelson Bros agent is presented. Authorized agents named are R. E. Heidt, Supt, and J. B. Browning, Time keeper. Nelson Bros., Contractors.
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Nelson Bros
R. E. Heidt
J. B. Browning
Railroad Lines To Spend 2,000,000 On Track Improvements
New Orleans April 5 Two million dollars will be spent on 80 miles of trackage between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad says Missouri Pacific will use L and A tracks and terminals to enter New Orleans east of the Mississippi, instead of via the Texas and Pacific on the west bank. Completion is expected in three years and supports plans for a Union station in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
Missouri Pacific
L. and A
Mississippi River
Texas and Pacific
Farm girl now business chief
Seattie April Blanche R Green a farm girl wife and mother becomes vice president and director of sales for Spencer Service Berger Brothers New Haven Conn Supervises sales of 4000 corsatleres across the United States Great Britain and Canada She urges women to enter business and notes men should vote in the upcoming primary election.
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Seattie
Blanche R. Green
Seattle
Spencer Service
Berger Brothers Company
New Haven
The Good Shepherd Cantata At First Baptist Ruston
The First Baptist Church in Ruston hosted a full house for a cantata The Good Shepherd led by organist Mrs Stella Kidd and a skilled choir. Soloists and musicians including Zoe Heard Eloise Mays Dorothy Harris Dallas Goss and Kendall Hearn delivered spiritual selections with praise to the Lord.
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First Baptist Church
Stella
Kidd
Zoe Heard
Eloise Mays
Zoe
Ruston
Miss Mays
Ira B. Sandlers
John Thuurman
Kendall Hearn
Mr. Hearn
Israel
Clint Bradley
Goss
Thurman
Bradley
Ray
Galloway
Griggs
Latimer
Abbreviated Music Team Names From Local Event
Mine Harris Miss Heath Mr Meart Mr Goss Organist Mrs Kidd Pianist Miss Mays provide incomplete crew listing for the local musical program.
Calf With Two Heads In Snohomish Draws Crowds
A Holstein calf born March 11 near Snohomish has two heads but a single body. Each head eagerly seeks milk from the two mouths while the animal shows normal development aside from the extra head. Veterinarians hope for a normal lifespan as crowds visit the farmer Salvadelene to see the unusual calf.
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Seattle
Salvadelene
Snohomish
Stockings Resold as Rich Brocades
Kyoto reports hundreds of American women tourists have their worn silk stockings repurposed into brocade fabric. Japanese brocade makers buy discarded stock ings from the United States, unravel and recondition the thread, then sell silk at Yen 22 per pound instead of Yen 80 for new thread per pound.
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Kyoto
Japan
Kobere
United States
Call to War Rang in Land 13 Years Ago
Washington is awash with reflections on the day 13 years since President Wilson signed the war resolution and issued the proclamation that propelled the United States into the great global conflict. The April sun shaded the Capitol dome as the nation prepared to enter World War I.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Louisiana Delegation Backs U S War Vote In 1917
On Friday April 6 1917 the United States entered World War I after the Senate vote 62 to 6 and the House 973 to 50 at 3 24 am. Louisiana lawmakers united in support with Senators Joseph E Ransdell and Robert F Broussard and Representatives Estopinal Dupre Martin Watkins Riley Wilson Sanders Tazore and de B Aswell voting aye.
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United States Senate
Germany
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Congress
United States
Joseph E. Ransdell
Robert F. Broussard
Rober Estopinal
Estopinal
Garland Dupre
New Orleans
Whitmell P. Martin
Thibodaux
John J. Watkins
Minden
Riley
Wilson
Harrisburg
Jared Sanders
Bogalusa
Ladislaz Tazore
Washington
James de B. Aswell
Natchitoches
Lies Over Age, Fears Census, Leaps To Death
Erma Schwenk a 48 year old woman in Allentown Pennsylvania leaped from her second floor home amid fears the census would reveal a three year age discrepancy. A note found at her house claimed fear of deportation and outlined how her estate should be settled in Europe. Neighbors reported she had avoided doorbells and was hiding for two days prior to the tragedy.
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Allentown
Erma Schwenk
Europe
Sparky Wade Leads Mates To The Finals
Chicago April 5 The little Giants from Jena La dashed into the finals of the National Inter Scholastic basketball championship by eliminating Caprinth Ky 20 to 15. Sparky Wade the dynamo of the Jena team scored nine points and directed defense to lift his club into the final. Poppy Jones starred for the losers with six points.
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Chicago
Little Giants
Frrom Jena
Fighting Farmers
Caprinth
Sparky” Wade
Dynamo
Jena
Poppy” Jones
University of Chicago
College basketball final broadcast on NBC tonight
Bul Munday of the Atlanta Journal will announce the national telecast from Los Angeles at 0:25 p m central time. Mexican officials turned over two Americans and nine Chinese detained after their car bogged down in Lower California, uncovering a plot to smuggle aliens into California by air. Officials seized a $50,000 transport plane. the owner confessed and hired two pilots for the expedition.
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National Broadcasting Company Network
Bul Munday
The
Atlanta (Georgia) Journal
Los Angeles
California
Marriage Licenses and Odd Exchange Cited in Log
White A D Robinson of Shreveport marries Cioldiu M Berley of Shreveport. A witty Annapolis Log exchange recounts a master and maid quarrel over curfew and breakfast duties, reflecting domestic humor.
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Batella
RHE Marshall College
Willis and Parish
Edens, Kelly
Monroe
Pace Bros
West Monroe
Them
Price Estate
Mississippi
J. M. Hammons
Choudrant
Baptist Church
Edward Jamieson
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau
Alexandria
Sparky’ Wade
Strand Theatre
House With the Perfect Talkies
George O’brien
Annapolis
J. C. Penney Co. Department Store
Monroe, LA
Malabar
Gladio
Rochelle Gingham
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