Driver Arrested After Wrecked Chrysler Abandoned
Acting on a tip from Rufe Spencer of Simsboro deputies traced a wrecked Chrysler south of town to Elmer Higdon a white youth. Higdon allegedly stole the car from Shreveport drove with a companion and a woman until the crash. Higdon was arrested and turned over to Caddo authorities after local officers investigated the scene and damaged repairs were estimated at 150 dollars.
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Rufe Spencer
Simsboro
A. J. Thigpen
Elmer Higdon
Shreveport
Higdon
Stinson
Higden
Tech Debaters Defeat Miss A.M. on Free Trade Topic
The Tech forensic group defeated Mississippi A. and M. on Free Trade winning unanimously. Whit White and Pred Farrar led the affirmative with James Burris and J. J. Mattox for Mississippi. This third Tech victory on their trip, with strong delivery and new references, ends the visit as the team returns home.
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Tech
Mississippi A
Whit White
Pred Farrar
James Burris
J. J. Mattox
Mississippi
Tech Boys
Maich
Hays
Credit Corporations Secure Federal Loans for Stock Purchases
Federal loans approved by the Agriculture Department will fund stock purchases in agricultural credit corporations across seven states. The plan, announced by Secretary of Agriculture William Lyde, targets firms including North Missouri Agricultural Credit Corporation in Trenton Missouri, and others in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and beyond.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Liyde
National Advisory
Ajai
Mis- Poun Agacutural Credit Corporation
Trenton
Loumelt Ciscuit Corporation
Tialhibih
Aprenulcural Credit Cop Paraniue
Mewport
Ark
Die Welt Paruers Credit Gorpara Lig
DewWrie Ark
Doitean Agricultural Lesiete Ceuching
Dablan
Memplis Cotton
Miemiphas Vryire Anid
Pr State Cred) Corporation
Memiptis
State Officials Busy signing Capitol Bonds
Officials from state agencies engage in signing of capitol bonds amid ongoing financial auction activity. The ceremony featured remarks by high ranking figures and highlighted bond issuance as a tool for funding public projects.
New Orleans Youth Drowns After Skiff Boarding Attempt
Leonard G. Haeuser, 16, drowned in WHlow bayou near New Orleans after losing footing while trying to board a barge from a skiff. His companion Robert Brown grabbed him but could not save him. The body was recovered.
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New Orleans
Leonard G. Haeuser
Whlow Bayou
Robert Brown
Hartuser
Haeuser
Cap Sheppard Named Manager of Inn Hotel Shreveport
Cap Sheppard, longtime Ruston hotel owner operator, has been appointed manager of the Inn Hotel in Shreveport. He previously ran the Hotel Ruston from 1926 to 1928 and managed the Sheppard House in Mansfeld for nineteen years. He left Ruston for health reasons and has been inactive since.
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H. J. Sheppard
Cap" Sheppard
Ruston
Inn Hotel
Shreveport
Inn Hotel Company
Sheppard
Mansfeld
Reverend Carroll Hospitalized For Surgery In Ruston
The Rev J D Carroll pastor of Temple Baptist Church was taken to Ruston Lincoln sanitorium where an operation was performed on his torolls. He withstood the procedure well and is convalescing, with a probable return home in a few days.
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J. D. Carroll
Temple Baptist Church
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
Carroll
Trudeau Inspecting Mexican High School
Chas. F. Trudeau, state high school supervisor, travels to Mexico City for an inspection trip of Mexican Americans in the capital. Trudeau was chosen from high school men across the South to undertake the visit as Mexico’s new member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
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Chas. F. Trudeau
Mexico City
Trudeau
South
Mexico School
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Aaron Burr Trial by Radio in Famous History Series
Aaron Burr faces treason charges in a radio courtroom with Clarence Darrow defending him and George Gordon Battie prosecuting. The National Dairy Products Corporation presents the third broadcast in its Famous Trials of History series airing on NBC stations Sunday night April 26.
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Aaron Burr
United States
Clarence Darrow
Alexander Hamilton
George Gordon Battie
New York
National Dairy Products Corporation
Agron Burr
Solar Furnace exhibition prompts radio verdict in Burr case
National figures on the radio jury will deliver their verdict on Burr after the final episode of his radio trial, though instructions from the British Colonial Office are awaited. In 1929, 985 Chinese boys and 137 Chinese girls under 16 faced magistrates. 131 boys and 5 girls were imprisoned, 433 boys whipped. The British Colonial Office says the government will aid the Salesian Fathers in establishing an industrial school for boys in the city.
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Sentatives
Burr
British Colonial Office
Industrial School
Salesian Fathers
Realty Transfers Report From Local Clerk Office
A list of realty transfers in Texas and Louisiana includes Texas Louisiana Production Corporation selling interests in Blenville Bossier Caddo Claiborne De Soto Franklin Lincoln Morehouse OuachitaRichland Sabine Union Webster and West Carroll to United Gas Service Company. Willis C Goodgson sold 120 acres in Lincoln parish to Ernest R Goodgoin for 3000 dollars. R L White sold a one third undivided interest in 150 acres to James E White for 1000 dollars. A W Madden sold a Simsboro lot to Earl McGuire for 150 dollars. The Gill estate hotel property on West Alabama Avenue sold to B H Rainwater for 2300 dollars.
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Texas
Louisiana Production Corporation
United Gas Republic Service Company
Blenville
Bossier
Caddo
Claiborne
de Soto
Pranklin
Lincoln
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Sabine
Union
Webster
West Carrol
Willis C. Goodgson
Ernest R. Goodgoin
Lincoln Parish
R. L. White
James E. White
A. W. Madden
Earl McGuire
Simsboro
R. M
C. C. Gill
Mexico imposes total quarantine on Indian corn imports
On March 25, 1931 a Mexican decree established Total Quarantine No 11 restricting import of Indian corn and related plant material including sunflowers beets grasses and several flowering plants to prevent Pyrausta nubitalis Hb. Only qualified scientific research import permitted.
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Mexico
Juvenile Courts for Hong Kong Discussed in London
News from London reports a proposal to establish Juvenile courts and training schools in Hong Kong for offenders under 16. The plan, backed by the Hong Kong family of Huttig Arkansas, was presented to the Legislative Council as action on the matter spread to relatives here Sunday.
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London
Hong Kong
Wid
George Richmond
Huttig
Arkansas
Vis Legislative Council
Iers
Veterans Reunion of Camp 7 Confederate Veterans
The annual Camp 7 reunion sponsored by the local United Daughters of the Confederacy will be held Saturday May 3 in the Bible Class rooms of the First Baptist church in Ruston. At 11:00 a program of vocal and instrumental music and addresses will be followed by a brief business session. UDC members will serve luncheon to veterans and their wives.
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The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
First Baptist Church
Ruston
New Garbage Truck In Use By City
The city has a new garbage truck now in daily use. Mayor Charles C. Goyne says the addition will help remove all garbage promptly. City officials urge residents to report missed pickups to the mayor’s office at 263.
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Charles ¢. Goyne
Runton
Night Marshal Discovers Fire Early This A.M.
Night Marshal Dan Colvin found smoke from the Nell and Graham building on Alabama avenue at 3:50 AM. The fire damaged the west wall and plate glass front, with stock losses. insurance covered the building, but fixtures were uninsured. Firemen contained the blaze quickly, ruling spontaneous combustion of wrapped tags as the likely cause. Regular air service between Europe and Australia is being considered.
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Dan Colvin
Nell and Graham
Alabama Avenue
Booker White
Colvin
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