Louisiana Tech beauty wins fan mail honors at contest
Margery Dyson of Alexandria won first place in a Louisiana Tech beauty contest and has drawn fan mail from across the region. Letters from North Carolina Virginia and Tennessee join notes from a Concord NC admirer a Black Mountain NC artist and a Henning TN vagabond. Excerpts reveal requests for correspondence photos and even a potential in-person meeting as readers praise her image printed in newspapers nationwide.
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Louisiana Tech
Margery Dyson
Alexandria
Paris
New York
Washington
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Miss Dyson
Concord
N. C
Black Mountain
Dyson
Charlotte
Louisiana
Henning
Tenn
Margery
Emporia
Business Training Opens Paths to Independence in Tyler
Young people face a choice between a general college course or business training. Tyler Commercial College and School of Business Administration in Tyler Texas promotes its General Business Course and other specialized programs as a fast track to employment. A free catalog for the course is offered by mail with a coupon.
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South
Tyler Commercial College
School of Business Administration
Tyler
Texas
America
Improvements In New Orleans Are Doubled Over ’29
New Orleans reports November building activity up 100 percent from 1929 with 88 permits totaling 574 221 dollars. Valuation of work doubled despite fewer permits, including a dormitory near 300 000 dollars and an office annex about 150 000 dollars, a 16 000 dollar factory, a 17 000 dollar church, and a 15 000 dollar film exchange adding to the city’s film row.
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New Orleans
Skelly
Filmn | Exchange
Sheriff’s Sale In Third District Court Lincoln Parish
By writ of fieri facias the sheriff seizes and will offer for sale at public auction at the Ruston court house front door on January 17 1931. Lot Two and Lot Four in Block Eight of the original town survey of Dubardh La with improvements, property of defendants R L Williams and J H Wise to satisfy the writ and costs. Cash with benefit of appraisement. December 17 1930. A J Thigpen Sheriff
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Third District Court
Parish of
Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
Third Judicial District Court
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Dubardh
R. L. Willams
J. H. Wise
A. J. Thigpen
Parish of Lincoln
Lunneath Parish
Lineal Parish
Latowit SE
Swhi
Secon
Rastipe
Lineal Parsh
Sheriff Seizes Ruston Home Under Fieri Facias
Writ of Fieri Facias issued against EB B Meeks directs sheriff to seize and sell a house in Ruston La for debt. Property located Lot described in Lineal parish and western block area. Sale terms cash with appraisement benefits. date December 17 1930.
Actor Importer And Master Burglar Is Charged With Thefts
Los Angeles December twelve Hazel Roxen Sanders thirty described by police as a film actor importer and master burglar was charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of furnishings from Los Angeles Hollywood and Beverly Hills homes. Police recovered more than one hundred thousand dollars in loot tied to two years of operations linking Sanders alias Al White to the burglaries. An alleged accomplice Peter Ryan alias Paul Hackley thirty three faces burglary charges. Sanders and aide looted scores of homes hauling away rugs radios silverware and jewelry as they posed as owners away from home. Authorities say Sanders sold oriental rugs to prominent persons including motion picture stars after stealing them in daylight crews. Police found a chamois bag containing twenty thousand dollars in loose diamonds strapped to Sanders knee.
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Los Angeles
Hazel
Roxen Sanders
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Sanders
al White
Peter Ryan
Paul Hackley
Sugar surplus dominates Germany at international conference
Germany faces a sugar surplus that could reach several hundred thousand tons for export next year. Officials show willingness to limit stock, but funding any restriction remains unresolved as the international sugar conference convenes in Brussels.
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Brussels
Belgium
Germany
Luckenbach Line Expands Gulf Fleet to New Orleans
Eight Luckenbach Steamship vessels now operate from New Orleans, increasing sailings to ten days. ships Lena Luckenbach, Edgar F. Luckenbach, F. J. Luckenbach, Mathew Luckenbach, Julia Luckenbach, Florence Luckenbach, K. I. Luckenbach, and Jacob Luckenbach ply Gulf ports to the Pacific coast. Cargo includes steel, sugar, lumber among others. Vessels call at Mobile and Houston, transit the Panama Canal to San Pedro and up to Washington state ports.
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New Orleans
Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company
Rene A. Steigler
Lena Luckenbach
Edgar F. Luckenbach
F. J. Luckenbach
Mathew Luckenbach
Julia Luckenbach
Florence Luckenbach
K. I. Luckenbach
Jacob Luckenbach
Gulf Ports
Pacific Coast
Mobile
Houston
Panama Canal
San Pedro
Cal
Washington
Seizure and Sale of Rufus Gary Property in Lincoln Parish
Federal Land Bank of New Orleans files writ against Rufus Gary in Third Judicial District Court. Sheriff A J Thigpen to sell at public auction on December 27 1930 at Ruston Court House front door, 80 acres more or less in Lincoln Parish. Property seized for cash with no appraisal. November 26 1930.
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Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
Rufus Gary
Third District Court
Parish of Lincoln
State of Louisiana
Third Judicial District Court
Court House
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
N. R
Chicago and Alton Will Be Sold After Long Receivership
The Chicago and Alton railroad to be sold after eight years in receivership. Wilmington depot, 15 miles south of Joliet, chosen as sale scene. The road valued at 129 million with 1 028 miles of track, claimed worth about 100 million by president Willany G Bird. Baltimore and Ohio railroad involved.
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Wilmington
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Joliet
Chicago
Chicago and Joliet
Chicago and Alton
U%moss
Missouri
Willany G. Bicrd
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago and Alton Bonds Sold By Kuhn, Loeb & Co
The Chicago and Alton secured bids from Kuhn, Loeb & Co of New York as the sole bidders today. The Interstate Commerce Commission’s consolidation plan has recently allocated the Alton to the Baltimore and Ohio likely reshaping control and bonds allocation.
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Chicago
Record Run By New Motorship On Mississippi River
The motorship Foylebank, built in Belfast, set a record by covering 90 miles from Pilottown to New Orleans in just over 6 hours, averaging under 18 mph while ascending the river. Arriving in ballast, it loaded cotton for Kobe, Yokohama, and Shanghai, and is described as a modern diesel powered ship with refrigerated gear. A sister ship previously voyaged from Houston to Yokohama in 30 days.
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New Orleans
Pilottown
Mississippi River
Foylebank
Belfast
Ireland
Kobe
Yokohama
Shanghai
Houston
Foyle Bank
Atlantic
General Barnhardt Dies at Fort Bliss at 62
Fort Bliss mourns Gen George C Barnhardt 62 commanding officer who died in a hospital last night from blood poisoning believed to start from a toe infection. A 1892 USMA graduate, he served in the Spanish American War and World War I, earning brigadier general rank in 1927.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
George C. Barnhardt
United States Military Academy
General Earnhardt
Sheriff schedules sale of 80 acre tract in Virginia
Writ of Fiari Facias issued against Robert Harris directs public sale of 80 acres in NW Section 10 Township 17 North Range 4 West. Sale to satisfy judgment. Sale date noted as November 26, 1930, by Sheriff A. J. Thigpen.
Want Clothing And Something To Eat
White children in the delta lack shoes and food as Red Cross workers launch an adopt and feed family program in Mississippi. At a Coahoma county school, 100 white students were found barefoot and trudging to class, asking for clothing and something to eat for Christmas.
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Cleveland
Miss
Delta
Red Cross
Coahoma County
Supreme court weighs double penalty in Louisiana case
The company was sentenced by Judge O'Donnell to serve from 14 to 28 years in the state penitentiary. Attorneys for the State of Louisiana argued that the double penalty law rests on conviction and that pardons do not affect this aspect. It is the first such case in Louisiana since the double penalty act of 1928.
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O'Donnell
State Penitentiary
Stanley
Lee
Texas
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Christmas Snare And A Delusion Soviets Are Told
Moscow reports the All-Union Society of Militant Atheists mobilized thousands of professors teachers and students to inform the public that Christmas is a snare and a delusion. Lecturers will expose clerical aims to manipulate the Christ birth legend for counter revolution. Christmas night theaters and clubs will urge attendance to divert people from church services.
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Moscow
All-Union Society of Militant Atheists
Sugar Conference Battles Overproduction Burden in Europe
Brussels December delegates to the international sugar conference enter horse trading to avert overproduction. Thomas Chadbourne of the Cuban American delegation rejects bargaining, urging a general sacrifice. Sessions likely to extend, with tentative agreement possible, before Paris ratification.
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Brussels
Belgium
Thomas ©. Chadbourne
Paris
Pardon Questioned in Double Penalty Case Before Supreme Court
New Orleans December 14 Attorneys for Robert Lee argued before the Louisiana Supreme Court that a pardon cannot erase a prior sentence and impose a second penalty. The case, based on a forged $106 check while Lee worked as a Fuller Construction book keeper, was taken under advisement after a criminal district court verdict.
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New Orleans
Altoreys
Robert
Lee
Priday
Louisiana Supreme Court
Criminal District Court
Fuller Construction
Co. T. U. Will Back Herbert Hoover In 1932
Washington report notes Mrs. Ella A. Boole former WCTU president says the Women’s Christian Temperance Union backed Hoover in 1928 and remains loyal, expecting to support him again in 1932 after a meeting with the president.
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Washington
Ella A. Boole
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Hoover
Seek Traces Of Prehistoric Giants In Mexican Fossils
Soyopa Sonora Dec 13 The question of whether North America in an ancient era hosted a race of giants was expected to be answered today as i
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Soyopa
Sonora
Mex
North American
Fossil expedition probes Yaqui river burials
Scientists sought traces of fossilised skeletons buried by the Yaqui river banks near here. The expedition led by J. L. Coker started yesterday for a 20 mile trek to a site where three skeletons were unearthed, but no word had been received due to rough terrain. Coker believes the area was once a burial ground and hopes many more fossils will be found.
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Yaquie
J. L. Coker
Coker
Liquor Raid Seizes 460 Gallons at Emnette Residence
Police seized 310 gallons rye whiskey and 150 gallons wine from Joseph Em anette at 1102 Mississippi Street in a raid described as the largest in months. Much liquor destroyed on site. a large still removed to headquarters. Em anette arrested then released on 1500 dollar property bond claiming personal use.
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Joseph Emanette
Mississippi Street
Emanetto
Monroe News- Star
British Government To Pay U S 94 Million Debt Opened
London December 14 The British government will pay 94 390 000 to the United States treasury. An official statement says 28 000 000 goes to principal repayment on the British debt and the rest covers interest.
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U. S
London
United States
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