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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1932
Page
2
The Ruston Leader lists its publication as a Wednesday paper with offices at Leader Building on Fast Mississippi Avenue. It notes 1900s style notices and obituaries, with subscription rates in advance and penalties for personal cards and bank notices.
A Magazine of Wall Street piece cites AFL data showing the U.S. has enough work to employ every worker 36 hours weekly. If a seven hour day five day week were adopted nationwide, unemployment would vanish. The piece argues hours were too long and profits too high in 1919–1929, with consumption undercut and capital gains inflating elite incomes, but now urges plans to spread work and narrow the gap.
The American Bankers Association public service committee endorses electric light and power companies for their resilience amid economic turmoil. It credits diversified service, progressive executives, and strong regulation for steady, consumer-friendly earnings with downward rate trends and low profits per kilowatt on large volumes.
A jumbled report comments on political manipulation and public officials attacking core industries while public discontent grows. It notes sensational ideas about scandals and public response, including calls for investigations and commented views on European travel and commerce.
Aviator Rosanoff delivers secret papers to the Russian Embassy in Paris and is lured by Mata Hari into a web of seduction and espionage. Shubin, loyal to Russia, questions Mata Hari and roams between trust and betrayal as she seeks to claim the papers. Rosanoff returns, and the pair scheme anew while the papers remain perilously within reach.
Wm E Gilroy reflects on the universal lesson from Jesus washing the disciples feet at the Passover supper. He notes the disciples debated status and ambition, yet Christ taught humility as the core strength of the kingdom. Peter resists, underscoring the need to accept humble service as love’s highest display.
A fragmented notice proclaims a five thousand dollar prize winner of a contest with scattered garbled text naming unclear places and numbers. The readable pieces hint at prizes, participants, and possible organizations but lack coherent details. The item resembles a damaged public notice or contest report with multiple partial phrases. Entities are indeterminable due to the garbled OCR.
A fragmented report highlights a debut performance and a contested race, naming Berkley as a winner while noting uncertain wording surrounding Tattivans and K erro. The brief hints at a local political or civic contest with unclear details and adversarial tones.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions interest rate changes and taxes, with unclear references to timing. The readable pieces point to a note about charges and expected adjustments a week prior, but details are missing and entities are not identifiable.
The passage asks if modern readers grasp Jesus lesson that true strength lies in meekness and service. It prompts reflection on how much alike we are to the disciples and whether we understand the supreme teaching in today’s environment.
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