Ruston Leaders To Be In Shreveport For A Conference
The Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce sponsors biweekly delegations from northern towns to Shreveport to discuss industrial development and cooperation. The first Ruston group arrives December 19 to participate in a daylong program and radio broadcast on KTBS. Delegates include W. E. McBride and local officials. The effort aims to unite northern communities to bolster Louisiana's growth and reduce intercity frictions.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State Chamber of Commerce
Shreveport
Ruston
KTBS
F. W. Witherspoon
Ruston Party
W. E. McBride
Ruston Chamber of Commerce
H. L. McKnight
Charles C
G. W. Bond
Louisiana Tech
T. H. Mills
Lincoln Parish
H. L. Campbell
G. A. Colvin
Unionville
Louisiana Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Shreveport Journal
Mayas expert Beyer wins grant to study abroad
Professor Herman Beyer of Tulane University receives a Social Science Research Council grant to study Mayan documents in the Dresden library. He will translate and comment on the Codex, one of three known copies, spending six months to a year there to publish the work. He is a noted Mayan hieroglyphics authority with prior work at the University of Mexico.
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New Orleans
Herman Beyer
Tulane University
Social Science Research Council of
New York
Dresden
Germany
Tulane
Beyer
University of the City of
Poison Plotted To Kill Elderly Man In Missouri
West Plains Missouri December 12 a dollar's worth of poison injected into a peached egg fed to E E Trimmer a 6 year old cabinet maker was the price his daughter in law Laura Traminer 45 and Sylvester James 24 hoped to obtain his estate They confessed to authorities and said they administered poison and watched him die Tuesday night at their Pomoria home They said they were tired of having him around and he had promised to leave them his estate if they provided a home until his death
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West Plains
E. E Trimmer
Trimmer
Laura Traminer
Sylvester James
Pomoria
Trimmer Couple Charged With Murder Deny Involvement
A mother and her son were charged with murder and denied the wane husband. Charles Trimmer, son of the cabinet maker, knew nothing of the plot. The victim had two married daughters in New York and had connections to Blackwell Oklahoma where Sylvester Jones was born. A Reliable party sought Watkins route in Ruston with over 40 dollars weekly earnings. respond to C. H. Worley in Memphis Tennessee.
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Charles Trimmer
New York
Trimmer
Blackwell
Okla
Sylvester Jones
Watkins
Ruston
C. H. Worley
Iowa Ave
Memphis
Tennessee
Air Firm Expands With Rival Property Purchase
Wedell Williams Air Service of New Orleans acquires Shreveport Airways equipment ground and franchises in a move to start daily two way service between New Orleans and Shreveport. The expansion makes Wedell Williams the owner of the Souths largest independent landing field holdings. Fare reductions are promised to spur traffic on the intrastate route. Weather forced suspension of St Louis to New Orleans flights. service will resume when conditions improve.
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New Orleans
Shreveport Airways, Inc
Wedell-Williams Air Service
Shreveport
Wedell-Williams
South
St. Louis
Tech Art Department Opens Annual Exhibit To The Public
Miss Elizabeth Bethea head of Louisiana Tech art department announced the annual exhibit of department work. Open to the public until December 21 when Christmas vacation begins. Mary Moffett shows pencil sketches, Charlotte Wilson pottery designs, while Bethea’s pupils display portraits and oils and water colors. The department has grown in recent years and offers strong courses comparable to Newcomb college.
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Elizabeth Bethea
Louisiana Tech
Mary Moffett
Charlotte Wilson
Bethea
Newcomb College
New Orleans
Blasting And Filling Precede Major Labors On New Airport Site
New Orleans December 13 A work crew blasts and removes trees at the proposed Algiers Naval Base site for a new airport. Low spots are filled with sand and Pensacola surveyors map drainage slopes. Grading to raise elevation and finish government airport construction follows the veterans hospital transfer to Alexandria.
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New Orleans
Algiers Naval Base
Pensacola Naval Station
Veterans’ Hospital
Algiers
Alexandria
Gate Crasher Tells Host How He Entered Dance
In the Cologne dance scene a gate crasher boasts he gained entry without a ticket. The host confronts him, asking how it was possible, while the crasher insists he is the host.
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Gentlman
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
New Milking Machine Installed for Superior Milk
To our customers we have just installed a new milking machine to provide the best grade of milk. The milk is not touched by hand and we use Purina Cow Chow dairy feed. If service fails to satisfy, please let us know. We offer Sweet Milk Butter Milk and Cream on Sunday morning.
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Purina
Henry P Pletcher Urges United States to Join World Court
Henry P Pletcher advocates U S membership in the World Court in a public appeal. He cites international law and the desire for global dispute resolution through the court system.
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Henry P. Pletcher
World Court
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Milwaukee
Brooklyn Eagle
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Rival
Tech Art Department
R. T. Moore
Soviet
Hoover
Ruston’s Greatest
Fea
Turing
Ry. A United
New Hollywood
Velvetone
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Kavanaugh Furniture Company
United Furniture Stores, Inc
Mississippi Avenue
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