Sea Scout Troop Secures Coast Guard Ship Trip
Local Sea Scout Troop, about twenty boys, plans a May 28 trip from their town to Biloxi aboard a Coast Guard boat for a week of real sea training. Congressman Riley J. Wilson aided the effort, arranging with Admiral F. C. Billard of the Coast Guard Regiment at Biloxi, Mississippi. Professor H. J. Nethkin will skipper, and A. Shephard arranged the proposal through the local telephone exchange manager.
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Riley J. Wilson
F.C. Billard
Coast Guard Regiment
Biloxi
Missisippi
Coast Guard
Gill
Mexico
The
Gulf
H. J. Nethkin
A. Shephard
Telephone Exchange
Gnats Infest Delta Region Across Three States
Clarksdale Mississippi April 11 buffalo gnats swarm along the Mississippi river in Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana causing livestock deaths with more than 1000 head reported dead from bites or pneumonia induced by the pests. State veterinarians and livestock boards work to find control measures while oils and smudge fires are used. at least one illness and fishing disruptions noted, with historical references to 1884 deaths in Helena Arkansas.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Livestock Sanitary Boards
G. D. Bradshaw
Mvestock
Helena
Ark
Court session in local District Court on disturbances
LeRoy Lewis, 17, charged with disturbing the peace, was convicted and fined 10 dollars plus costs or 30 days in jail, sentence suspended for good behavior upon paying costs. He faced the complaint about disturbing a Washington Heights negro school performance. John Hill, another negro, was sentenced to 18 months in the state penitentiary for breaking and entering at night. Court opened lightly today to hear confessions and defaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Lewis
E. L. Walker
Lewis
Washington Heights
John Hill
Dipping Season Opens In Southern States
Extensive dipping programs for cattle have opened in Texas, Florida and Arkansas. It notes past federal concerns about tick eradication efforts in Arkansas and mentions the South's grazing grounds. The piece suggests southern facilities may rise in the industry as eradication progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Florida
Arkansas
South
Right New Rules to Keep Children Well in Summer
Practical guidance from Woman's Home Companion on keeping children healthy in heat. Emphasizes fresh food, refrigeration, sensible dress, sun exposure, modest feeding, ample sleep, cleanliness, two tepid baths daily, ventilation, air changes, and avoiding hay fever or asthma triggers. Advises boiling drinking water in unsupervised water supplies and cooking vegetables at camp. Warns against sunstroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monlor
International Speaker Will Visit La Tech
At the Faculty Men's club meeting at Louisiana Tech the entertainment committee was appointed to arrange for Sir Herbert Ames, a Canadian authority on the League of Nations, to visit April 16 as a representative of the International Relations organization. Dr J H Biesele presided. F F P Morse spoke on cosmic structure. G W Bond announced Dr J H Poteet as new social science assistant professor. Sir Ames will spend three days at Tech, addressing classes and open meetings.
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Louiseaa Tech
Sir Herbert Ames
League of Nations
International Relations Organization
Tech
J. H. Biesele
F. F P. Morse
Louisiana-Mississippi Mathematics and Science Association
Louisiana State Normal College
G. W. Bond
Louisiana Tech
J. H. Poteet
G. W. McGuinty
Sir Ames
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Ingersoll condemns liquor as a demoralizing crime
Prohibitionist Robert Ingersoll denounces whisky from the bench, arguing it corrupts makers, sellers, and drinkers alike. He paints a grim chain from distillery to crime, poverty, insanity, and ruin, urging readers to see alcohol as a deadly social scourge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ingersoll
President Bond to Speak at Hi Y Leaders Meet
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute President G W Bond will be among principal speakers at the Northeast Louisiana Hi Y Leaders conference in Monroe on April 17 18 and 19. About 50 high school representatives from the region will attend as the district Y M C A plans an educational program. Bond will address Saturday night on Youths Responsibility for Its Age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Bond
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Monroe
Bond
Roosevelt misses Longworth funeral in Puerto Rico
Gov Theodore Roosevelt is unlikely to attend the funeral of his brother in law Speaker Nicholas Longworth in San Juan Porto Rico. He cannot reach Washington by air before Sunday morning and hence the insular Legislature will close next week with key bills still pending while he stays to end the session.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Farmers Over State Making Progress Now
A drive through Louisiana farming areas shows farmers entering this year's work with zeal. The "farm to make a living" campaign yields results with more garden plantings and rising production of poultry eggs hogs sweet potatoes and other family commodities. Government forecasts indicate larger acreage for most crops except rice with a likely decline and cotton uncertain. Increased feed and vegetable crops promise wider cash returns and better farm economics if weather cooperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Street Signs Repainted and House Numbers Planned
Mayor Charles C. Gayne announced during the Paint-up and clean-up drive that workers will repaint street signs at intersections citywide. Signs will be white on black for readability and aid visitors seeking directions. The administration also plans to begin numbering houses across the city soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Gayne
Notre Dame Resumes Spring Football Practice
In South Bend Indiana on April 11 voluntary spring practice will restart at Notre Dame under coaches Hank Anderson and Jack Shevigny guiding players for the late Knute Rockne. Despite talk of scrapping spring drills officials and Mrs. Rockne favored continuing as planned. A solemn high requiem mass was held on campus for Rockne, with many students absent from the burial last Saturday.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Hearty
Hank) Anderson
Jack Shevigny
Knute Rockne
Sacred Heart
West Carroll Has Good Crop Outlook
Oak Grove April 13 The 1931 oat crop in West Carroll shows the best outlook in parish history says A H Singletary county agent Practically every farm has at least a few acres of either fall or spring oats and conditions are favorable for growth Oats will be followed by lespedera soybeans and corn sagrain and soybeans Austrian winter peas where not grazed closely are making excellent growth The short feed crop of 1990 has taught farmers the value of feed crops says Mr Singletary.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll
A. H. Singletary
Singletary
Judgment of Cow Feeder Is of Much Importance
There is more to economical feeding than a correctly planned ration. Success rests with the feeder’s skill and intelligence, watching each cow and adjusting roughage and grain to production. Home-grown grains raise grain needs to sustain milk flow, making heavy feeding economical when chop is plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrshores
World's Strangest War Under Way in Australia
In Australia a bizarre conflict pits humans and insects against a plant menace. Australian scientists release millions of cactoblastis caterpillars to consume the Prickly Pear cactus, a pest blamed for transforming tens of millions of acres into impassable scrub. The effort, cited by Collier's Weekly, targets a weed once denuding 50,000,000 acres and exceeding England’s area.
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Australia
Collier's Weekly
England
Cotton grading school set at LSU in June
Baton Rouge April 13 J A Matthews who heads the American Cotton Cooperative Association will lead the third annual cotton grading school at Louisiana State University from June 1 to 29 The program covers grading and stapling cotton and related sale topics designed to attract farmers buyers and others seeking a better Louisiana staple Dean Dowell says
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Baton Rouge
J. A. Matthews
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Louisiana State University
C. T. Dowell
Louisiana
Dean Dowell
Colorado Aged Citizens to Receive Dollar a Day Aid
Colorado lawmakers pass a bill giving residents over 65 who have lived in the state at least 10 years one dollar daily for personal maintenance. The act takes effect in all counties by September and earlier in some counties according to the measure.
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Colorado
Dr Kendall Named Head of Fifth District Dental Society
Dr W Kendall of Monroe, formerly of Ruston and from a prominent local family, was elected president of the Fifth District Dental Society at the annual Monroe meeting last night. He previously served as secretary treasurer of the association.
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W. 8.Kendall
Monroe
Ruston
Fifth District Dental Society
Kendall
Two Auto Accidents Reported With Steering Faults
Two automobile accidents occurred this morning near Louisiana Tech with drivers admitting fault and citing steering gear problems. A Monroe youth lost control on campus, hitting a tree near the President's home area, causing extensive damage but no injuries. F T Harper, a Louisiana Tech student, also lost steering control at Farmerville Street and Arizona Avenue, colliding with Lula Moss’s car and causing more damage to his vehicle than to the other.
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Louisiana
Monroe
F. T. Harper
Farmerville Street
Arizona Avenue
Eastland School
Louisiana Tech
Lula Moss
Harper
Mone
Local Health Unit Grants Large Vaccination Week
Dr. R H Allen of the parish health unit administered about 400 typhoid shots on Thursday as part of a recently started vaccine course. The health officer also gave roughly 50 smallpox vaccinations this week and is holding a tonsil clinic at the Rus ton Lincoln sanitarium today.
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R. H. Allen
Parish Health Unit
Allen
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
Burning Gas Well Extinguished Near Alto
A gas well near Alto, burning for about three years, has finally been subdued after rock pressure decreased. The well blew in and caught fire, drawing crowds and lighting the sky for miles as flames raged, then burned steadily for two years until Friday afternoon's extinguishment.
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Alto
Bas
Scera
Eight Tonsil Operations At Ruston Hospital Done
The Ruston Kiwanis club with Dr. R. H. Allen and Dr. J. B. Crawford conducted eight tonsil removals at the Ruston-Lincoln sanitarium this morning. Over fifty children have benefited, all cared for at the local hospital with expenses covered by the institution through Miss Alice Pope. Children named include Melton Ambrose, Elaine Hogan, Denver Fogg, Bud Fallin, Frances Smith, Ronald Frazer, Buster Staples among others from New Hope Douglas, Nobles, Culbertson, and Ruston. The procedures were successful and anesthesia was without undue pains.
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Ruston Kiwanis Club
Aaid
R. H. Allen
Lincoln Parish
J. B. Crawford
Ruston-Lincoln
Alice Pope
Melton Ambrose
New Hope-Douglas
A. D. Hogan
Elaine Hogan
Ruston
Denver Fogg
Nobles
Bud Fallin
Frances Smith
Ronald Frazer
Culbertson
Buster Staples
Marriage Licenses Issued for White and Sarepta Couples
Charles G. Garrett of Downsville wed Estella Hough of Downsville while Eugene M. Festerman of Sarepta married Lillie Cox of Sarepta in two marriage license records.
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White
Charles G. Garrett
Downsville
Estella Hough
Eugene M. Festerman
Sarepta
Lillie Cox
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Roosevelt
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Rockne
Kiwanis Service
A. M
Fisher
Emart
Atamderd
Ieeas
Michigan
Chevrolet
Ruston Motors, Inc
Ruston, LA
Dubach Auto CO
Dubach, LA
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