Sterling Defeats Ferguson by Near 100000 Vote Margin
Dallas August 24 Texans reported Sterling Houston based candidate led Ferguson in the Democratic run off for governor with returns from 109 counties totaling over 800000 votes. Sterling 464698 Ferguson 371654. Sterling's rise follows as Fergusons bitter campaign faced character attacks. Democratic nominations were decided for six state offices and one Congress seat while Republicans chose Dr. George C. Butte in July.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Sterling
Ferguson
Ross
Houston
State Highway Commission
M. A.M. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Houston Post Dispatch
Dan Moody
Highway Commission
Humble Oil Company
George C. Butte
Austin
Free Ride Home Offered for Stranded Cuban Immigrants
About 100 Cubans stranded in the United States due to unemployment will be permitted to return to Cuba under a presidential decree signed yesterday. The decree allows the stranded to receive free passage home on a transport ship now in Philadelphia for the Spanish American War Veterans convention, with return plans next week.
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Havana
United States
Philadelphia
Cotton Ginnings Tallied for 1980 Crop As Aug 16 Totals Reach 572,666 Bales
Washington Australia reports 1980 crop ginned before August 16 totaling 572,006 round and "shatt" bales with VAT included. An earlier tally shows 77,950 bales for crop of 1940, plus 46,074 to 48,761 bales from 1929 and 1928 crops. State totals list Alabama 20,952 Florida 547 Georgia 63,738 Louisiana 20,348 Mississippi 6,163 Texas 460,046 and all other states 900.
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Washington
Aus
Barendan
Florida
Wealthy Widow Dora Loree Murdered Near Carson City
Mrs. Dora Loree, a wealthy widow, was shot in her home five miles west of Carson City as she returned late last night. Police and county officers responded after the body was found by her niece Beatrice Millex. The motive and killer remain unknown.
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Lloyd Miller
Laree
Carson City
Mick
Ang Yi
Win
Fara
Here
Dora Loree
Beatrice Milex
Ars. Loree
Deputy Frasier Takes Prisoner to State Prison
Deputy Sheriff Clyde Frasier transported Fred Davis a Black man sentenced after a special district court session for shooting with intent to kill at a local Black church. Davis shot Annie Lee Snowden and, believing he had killed her, attempted suicide. He received a four year term in the penitentiary.
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Clyde Frasier
Fred Davis
District Court
Davis
Annie Lee Snowden
Unemployment Figures from April Census Released
The census bureau announced that 2,508,151 people were unemployed when the April census was taken. This represented 5.2 percent of workers and two percent of the population. Michigan had the highest unemployment rate at 3.9 percent, while New York had the most unemployed numerically at 364,017. Louisiana reported 31,444 unemployed, or 1.6 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
Michigan
South Dakota
Mississippi
New York
Louisiana
Marriage Licenses and Lost Text Fragments Summary
Marriage licenses recorded for Eugene Smith of Galson to Willie Esther Porter of Ber nice. Fragmentary lines reference Immortal Work Lost A portion of Livy’s Decades and tennis trackers, with unclear context and names.
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White
Broadus Eugene Smith
Galson
Willie Esther Porter
Bernice
Livy
Governor to form drought relief body in Louisiana
Monroe Aug 21 Gov Huey P Long announced immediate steps to set up a State Drought Relief committee for Louisiana to direct relief in drought stricken parishes. The panel includes a chairperson, a state agricultural official, a banker, Red Cross, railway rep, farmers and others.
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Monroe
Huey P. Long
Tunisiana
Red Cross
Long
State
Hoover
Louisiana
National Red Cross
Lauteiana
C. W. Jackson
South Louisiana
American Red Cross
W. C. Holstein
Jewel McQuiller
Louisiana Committee
Jackson
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Ouachita Parish
Four Trapped In Automobile When Old Ferry Sinks
Four people drowned when a flat bottomed cable ferry sank in the Connecticut River at Westmoreland New Hampshire last night. Ray Austin his wife and baby daughter and a boarder William Clark were trapped in one of two cars crossing the river. The other car passenger and the 75 year old ferry operator escaped by swimming to shore. Divers from Westmoreland house of correction searched the river for the bodies amid beliefs the weight distribution caused the crash.
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Westmoreland
N. H
Ang
Connecticut
Ray Austin
East Putney
William Clark
Austin
Westmoreland House of Correction
Cane Crop in Louisiana Expected to Reach 189 482 Tons
Louisiana sugar production for 1930 is forecast at 189 482 short tons from cane, with an average yield of 16.2 tons per acre and about 2 770 200 tons of cane. Syrup output is also rising, expected to total 6 626 000 gallons versus 5 773 085 in 1929.
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New Orleans
Lionel L. Jones
United States Department of Agriculture
Henry Riser Heard In Song At 1st Baptist
Ruston crowd hears Henry Riser sing two solos at the First Baptist Church with pipe organ by Mrs. E. Kidd. A Moody Bible Institute graduate, Riser is praised as a devout evangelist and soloist with a rich baritone. The church hopes he returns home to lift souls through song.
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Henry Riser
Ruston
the Baptist Church
E. 8. Kidd
Riser
Chicago
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Rusten
Kidd
Christ
Henry
First Baptist Church
Probe Alcohol Ring at Capital
Washington investigators pursue a large alcohol running ring after seven arrests, including two women, in recent days. Prohibition agents extend probes to Pennsylvania and Maryland to locate production, with about 24 000 gallons of perfumes and other legitimate products converted to bootleg liquor. W A Heddens said evidence could lead to canceling industrial alcohol permits.
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Washington
Prohibition
Pennsylvania
Maryland
W. A. Heddens
James M Doran
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Washington's thirst drive illegal alcohol into city
Washington officials report arrests of individuals who imported alcohol in legal form and redistilled it for sale to bootleggers. The Public Health Service links paralysis outbreaks to adulterated ginger extract beverage. Study suggests a poison in a batch may be a phosphoric acid ester of tricresol, a not well defined chemical entity. many exposed had years of consumption without prior harm.
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Public Health Service
Outside Concerns Show Interest In N. O. Advantages
Investigation of industrial facilities in New Orleans reveals interest from several large outside concerns. The National Advertising Campaign shows new developments planned for the city including a large undertaking using a hitherto unused raw material.
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New Orleans
Industrial Bureau
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Walton E. McBride Seeks Third Judicial District DA Nomination
The Ruston Leader announces HON. WALTON E. McBRIDE as a candidate for district attorney in the Third Judicial District of Louisiana. He runs in the Democratic primary on September 9, 1930, subject to voter will.
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Ruston Leader
Walton E. McBride
Third
Judicial District of
Louisiana
Candidates for District Judge in Louisiana Primaries
The Austin Leader and The Ruston Leader announce candidates for the Third Judicial District district judge posts in Louisiana. Julege E L Walker is a Democratic candidate in the September 9 1980 primary subject to voter approval. Guy W Holloway is named for the September 9 1930 primary, also under Democratic rules and voter majorities.
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Austin Leader
Julege E. L. Walker
Third Judicial District of
Louisiana
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Ma” Ferguson
U.S
Frasier
Drough Relief
Old Ferry
NBC New York
Ruston Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Ruston, LA
1St Baptist
N. O
Guy W. Holloway
Business and Professional Directory
Ruston Creamery
the State Life Insurance CO
Indianapolis
Indiana
W. E. Owen
J. E. Crawford, M. D
James Bidg
8. R. Clay
Optometrist
DR. L. F. Green
James Building
W. P. Simpson
Ellis Bailey
Mina. Ave
Sam Blaushild
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