Coach Rockwell Sets 1930 Louisiana Tech Sports Calendar
Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Ted Rockwell announced the 1930 schedule across basketball baseball and track. The plan includes home and away games against Centenary Millsaps Louisiana College and others, with a Millsaps clash at Vicksburg and an anticipated cross-state slate within the 8 1 A A framework. The article notes a deliberate stance against splitting the association and highlights recent results and future meet potential.
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Rockwell
Louisiana Tech
Mobile
Ala
Ted Rockwell
Shreveport Y. M. C. A
Ruston
Miss. College
Clinton
Centenary
Baton Rouge
Louisiana College
Pineville
Louisiana State Ormal
Natchitoches
Louisiana State Normal
UL. T
Shreveport
Normal
Millsaps
Jackson
M College
Monroe
Loyola
New Orleans
Magnolia A. & M
Rus
L. I
Lafayette
Natchitoch
Miami City
Navy
Vicksburg
la. College
Tech
Bulldogs
George Reynolds
Shreveport “Y
State University Bengals
Tech Basketeers
Magnolia Muleriders
Arkansas
Baseball
E. M. Shirley
Mississippi College Indians
New Orleans Y M C A to Start Soon on St Charles Site
New Orleans slated to begin construction of a new Y M C A building by March with completion planned for December 1930. The 200-man living quarters, gym, pool, and reading rooms will occupy the St Charles Street and Lee Circle site, preserving the old New Orleans style with Spanish stucco. Temporary HQs will handle razing and erection during the transition.
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New Orleans
St. Charles Street
Lee Circle
Influenza germ discovery and serum prospects
A Chicago bacteriologist claims isolation of the influenza germ and outlines attempts to produce a serum by testing in monkeys. He cautions the work may be premature but hopes the finding could aid disease fight. officials discuss taxation and public burdens amid broader policy notes.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Chicago
Lily Hope
Tobacco taxes and illegal sales cited in plea for reform
The article discusses dealers ordering cigarettes from other states and Tennessee merchants bootlegging tobacco. It notes high taxation on tobacco, with federal, state, and grower costs totaling up to $2.50 per pound of hurley tobacco. A Christmas message and a lost dog notice follow, urging contact for the dog in Jonesboro or Bimsboro, with a broken hind leg and a white setter described.
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Nesseans
More -Tennessee
Hurley Tobacco
A. H. Colvin
Jonesboro
Fu, Or
Emmett Burt
Bimsboro
Gambling Arrest Totals In 1928 Tabled In New Orleans
New Orleans on December 17 police records show 358 arrests for handbooks 440 for lotteries 52 for slot machines and 2178 for other forms of gambling up to the week ending Saturday at 9 am the record is for 1928.
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New Orleans
Hoover Signs Tax Bill Reduces 1 Percent for Individuals and Corporations
President Hoover enacted a tax relief measure worth about 160000 dollars as a one percent reduction on income taxes for individuals and corporations payable next year. The bill, first enacted by the new Congress, was signed in a joint Congressional resolution with approval from Secretary of the Treasury.
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Waoshtinston
Hoover
Hlits Actio
Congress
Tonnage Gains Near Ten Percent In 1929 North Carolina
The 1929 North Carolina tonnage shows a near ten percent gain over the previous year with a total of 4,006,687 tons shipped in the January to June period. The report notes tonnage figures are based on 100 cubic foot space per ton and highlights increases in freight and commerce for the period compared to 1928.
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N. C
Culease
New Orleans
Bolan
Buen
Reynolds heir freed and returns home after prison
R J Reynolds, 23, heir to the Reynolds tobacco fortune, returns to Reynolds estate in Winston Salem after a five month Wormwood Scrubs sentence for manslaughter in the death of Arthur Graham. He offered no comment on his arrival.
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Winston Salem
N. C
R. J. Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
Reynolds
Wormwood Scrubbs
England
Arthur Graham
Reynold
Chicago
Edward W. Morrison
Loop
Morrison
Lewis F. Jacobson
K. M. Landis
Board of Mangers
Second Extension French Class Offered by Tech Extension
Miss Addie L Fine leads a second-term French class through the Tech extension division in Ruston beginning January 7 in the Tech Library, open to those with at least one quarter of French.
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Addie L. Fine
Louisiana Tech Foreign Language Department
Tech Extension Division
Ruston
D. G. Armstrong
Tech Mbrary
Miss Fine
Chain Store Purchases For 1980 Reported At 6 Billion
William H. Albers, president of the National Chain Store Association, says chain stores will spend about 6 billion on purchases in 1980, with total merchandise and farm products at 96 billion, up from 1939. He cites better employment prospects and ongoing capital expenditures, noting chains plan new buildings and repairs and urging continued business confidence per Hoover’s guidance.
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William H. Albers
National Chain Store Association
Washington
Hoover
Council of Business
Albers
Enlistments Set New High in New Orleans District
The U S Army Recruiting Office at 706 Iberville Street announced 111 enlistment applications for December in the New Orleans District covering Louisiana and southern Mississippi, with 78 enlistees after passing exams, a district high. Vacancies remain for service in Hawaii.
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New Orleans
United States Army Recruiting Office
Iberville Street
Louisiana
Mississippi
Hawaii
Freed
Lighting System Slated For N. C. Airport Upgrade
New Orleans officials announce a $20,000 lighting installation at Menefee field to aid night flying. Work begins the first week of January as Southern Air Transport expands service, linking New Orleans with Grand Isle and the Gulf Coast amid rising air traffic.
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New Orleans
Menefee Field
Southern Air Transport Service
Grand Isle
Gulf Coast
Novelty in third degrees sparks prison witness act
Detroit dispatch reports a judge and jury confronted a defense claim during a murder case as six women ex-prisoners kissed jurors after an odd confession. The article criticizes prosecutors police handling and notes the defendant’s punishment, while asserting no reform from the plea.
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Detroit
Mich
Green Oranges Turn Yellow By Gas For Buyers
New Orleans reports Louisiana orange growers using air and ethylene to ripen fruit yellow while preserving juice. Several plants start operations with plans to expand state wide, addressing buyer acceptance and fruit pliability.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Not Guilty for Berke in Bake Shop Robbery Attempt
Jack Berke with a violent record faced a charge of attempting to rob Annie Stewart, owner of a small bake shop. Stewart identified him, Berke admitted the act, no other defense witnesses appeared, and after hours the jury returned a not guilty verdict. Berke then kissed each juror, receiving kisses in return from several well dressed women, reportedly prominent clubwomen.
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Jack Berke
Annie Stewart
Berke
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