Invitation to White House Reception Noted in Louisiana
A married couple from Louisiana received a rare engraved invitation to the White House reception for President and Mrs. Hoover at the Executive Mansion in Washington D C on January 15 1931. The Martins may attend with Judge and Mrs. Grimmett of Shreveport if they join. The tag on the Martins car reads strictly not transferable and to be displayed on the windshield. Mrs. Martin serves as Vice Chairman of the Republican Central Committee and is active in state politics. Also included is a separate notice indicating a parole application by Willie Hawkins dated January 8 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Martin
White House
Herbert Hoover
Executive Mansion
Washington, D.C
Louisiana
Martin
East Gate
Hoover
Republican Party
Woman's Case Continued Over Attire Inadequacy
In Shreveport on Friday city court halted Pearl LaMoiney’s drunken and disorderly charge because she was insufficiently clothed. The 32 year old white woman from 326 Caddo street awaits Saturday to be supplied with clothes. Arrested Thursday night, officers said she was very drunk. A second note mentions Monroe syrup by Pace Bros.
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Shreveport
Pearl LaMoiney
Caddo Street
Charles Crabtree
D. B. Samuel
R. ©. Williams and
McVeety
Boy Scouts To Hold Ouachita Valley Meeting
Ouachita Parish Court House hosts Ouachita Valley Council annual meeting Sunday at 3 oclock with officer elections for 1931. A pageant by Troop 34 shows 1930 progress and 1931 goals, Troop 51 band led by J C Ray to perform, and Fred Williamson of News Star to speak. Nominating committee: J Lester White, A V Miller, C C Sheppard. Lost: coal black horse mule, one eyed, about 900 pounds. Notify B J Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Valley
J. Lester White
Bastrop
A. V. Miller
Monroe
C. C. Sheppard
Clarks
B. J. Taylor
Plan To Reopen 5 Mississippi Banks Plan To Reopen 5 Mississippi Banks
Jackson Mississippi January 10 Plans for reopening five Mississippi banks recently closed are nearly complete. State bank superintendent J S Lave announced everything arranged for reopening Greenwood Bank and Trust Co except an agreement with stockholders to pool their stocks in trust until depositors are paid. He said there are good possibilities for reopening Bank of Winona Bank of Kilmichael and Peoples Bank of Water Valley. He noted none were insolvent but closed due to public hysteria.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Lave
Greenwood Bank & Trust Co
Bank of Winona
Bank of Kilmichael
Peoples Bank of Water Valley
Love
Five In Delaware Whipped For Crimes At Courthouse
Five men convicted of larceny and serving terms in Newcastle county workhouse were marched to the prison courtyard and strapped to a whipping post. A prison driver with cat o nine tails carried out the punishment in a scene reflecting Delaware’s early penal practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Newcastle County
Delaware
Public whipping described as common in Delaware in 1931
The article details corporal punishment by lashes, noting two offenders received 20 lashes and three received 10 each. It recalls a historic practice along the Atlantic coast, with Delaware described as where whipping is performed publicly yet acceptably. Lashings are administered with care so the skin rarely breaks. a full unit of 60 lashes is seldom used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
State Fire College Planned for Baton Rouge Opening
Baton Rouge January 6 The Louisiana Firemen's Association plans a state fire college to be established in Baton Rouge with two firemen from each department attending. The college will offer practical and theoretical courses funded by department and state aid from the Cutter act of 1930. Board members include John M. Evans S J Flores Frank J Reddy T E Wright and R A Bogan with officers from multiple fire departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Firemen’s Association
R. A. Bogan
State Association
Alexandria
Baton Rouges
State Firemen's Association
Plains
Haynesville
Cutter
Firemen's Association
College Board of Governors
John M. Evans
New Orleans
J. Flores
Shreveport
Frank J. Reddy
Monroe
T. E. Wright
Houma
Bogan
J.C. McCann
Rene Bernard Thibodaux
A. J. Bethancourt
A. A. Hansen
Westwego
Bridge Move Follows River Re channels Chicago Area Landmark
Illinois Central System engineers moved the St. Charles Air Line bridge over the Chicago River to align with the river’s new channel. The 1920 bascule span, once 260 feet, was torn down and re erected forty feet shorter in about six and a half months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central System
Chicago
Ilinois Central
St. Charles Air Line
Chicago River
Illinois Central
Infant Held as Hostage for Debt in Tulsa Case
Marie Noel filed for a writ of habeas corpus claiming her 16 month old daughter Marion Maxine Noel is held by Flora Hinze to secure a $46 room and board bill. Judge J B Clendinning planned to hear the case and questioned the practice of holding humans for debts. Mrs Hinze said she aimed to bluff the mother into paying the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Marie Noel
Marion Maxine Noel
Flora Hinze
Common Pleas Court
Clendinning
Fifty Thousand Ford Workers to Return to River Rouge
Detroit Mich January 9 approximate 50 000 employees of the Ford Motor Co will return to work at the River Rouge plant here Monday. The company verified reports that a survey was being made to describe just how many old employees would be called back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Co
River Rouge
Beck
Local Golf Club Re-elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Major Perry Cole presided at the Elks hall as Ruston Golf Club re elected all officers and board for the coming year. J D Holland reported 1770 in treasury with 350 due in quarterly dues. Preliminary work on the new course and fairways was started and ideas from Hot Springs were reviewed for the Ruston course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Cole
Elks Hall
Ruston Golf Club
J.D. Holland
Cole
A. M. Ponder
Grady Nelson
Hot Springs
J. P. Cole
J. D. Holland
W. F. Pearce
W. B. Hale
P. D. Neilson
Ed. McCallum
John Thurmon
Talbert to Head Winnsboro High School
F P Talbert son of Mr and Mrs F D Talbert of Ruston has been named principal of Winnsboro high school succeeding I H Coffman who resigns to become county superintendent of education at Trenton Gibson county Tennessee. Talbert has coached in Franklin Parish and earlier in Dubach and Gibsland high schools and taught mathematics at Winnsboro while coaching. Coffman’s resignation takes effect Friday with Talbert assuming duties then.
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F. P. Talbert
F. D. Talbert
Ruston High School
Louisiana Tech
Winnsboro High School
I. H. Coffman
Trenton
Gibson County
Tennessee
Talbert
Franklin Parish
Dubach
Gibsland
Tech
Winnsboro
Ruston
Coffman
Nine Widows Of 1812 Vets Still Draw Pensions
Washington dispatch reports nine widows of War of 1812 veterans still receive pensions, ages up to 97 and three 90 plus, plus a veteran’s daughter. The last survivor of that war was Hiram Cronk of Ava, New York, who died May 13, 1905 at 105.
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Washington
America
Hiram Cronk
Ava
New York
Told He Could Sell Rum He Tells Court
NEW ORLEANS Jan 7 After entering a guilty plea to sale and possession of liquor before Federal Judge Borah John Albano said he had been told he could sell liquor by W J Carson now serving a prison term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Borah
John Albano
W. J. Carson
Cardui praised by Mrs Thornton for back pain relief
Mrs Thornton describes weakness back pain and insomnia then credits Cardui with easing pain, improving appetite and strength after using two bottles. She says it helped her sleep and work, asserting Cardui is good medicine for women after fifty years of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coton
Cardusias
Wank Son
Judge Borah Delays Sentencing in Extortion Case
Albano arrest linked to extortion scheme with alleged deception by Carson posing as a U S deputy marshal. He faced a $15 annual fee to join the Seventh Ward Republican club promising liquor selling rights and federal immunity, as federal evidence was expected by next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Albano Unio
Albano
North Claiborne Avenue
St. Anthony Street
Carson
United States
Seventh Ward
Republican Club
New Medical School at LSU Sees Prompt Applications
Baton Rouge reports six applications for LSU's proposed medical college already received within 48 hours of board action to establish the course in the curriculum. Three were mailed and three in person, including a Mississippi student seeking entrance requirements. A survey shows need for new campus facilities and another building for third and fourth year students at Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
J. M. Smith
Doctor Smith
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Older Man 91 Marries 19 Year Old in Oklahoma City
Jan. 12 report from Oklahoma City says Aaron Fretz aged 91 wed Bertha Eckert aged 19. They left after the ceremony to visit friends west of the capital where Fretz sought “the blessings of the old folks.” The wife is the stepmother of three adults over fifty.
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Oklahoma City
Aaron Fretz
Bertha Eckert
Fretz
Idle Sharecroppers To Get Red Cross Food Aid
In England Arkansas the American Red Cross announced relief for about 750 dependent families in the area. A survey showed over 600 rations had been distributed in the past week as winter food aid is arranged for unemployed sharecroppers and their households.
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Red Cross
England
Ark
American Red Cross
City Judge Election Set for March Third
Lincoln parish registrar reports governor proclaims Ruston special election on March third to fill vacancy from JF L Walker becoming Third Judicial District Court judge. Also a New York weather brief notes ongoing heavy snow in Northern regions with two feet in Adirondacks and travel disruptions in Buffalo area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Glover
Lincoln Parish
Alice Lee Crosjean
Baton Rouge
Long
Ruston
Municipal Court of
JF. L Walker
Third Judicial District Court
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Thetat
Snow Buries Plattsburgh in Severe Blizzard
A heavy blizzard sweeps Plattsburgh New York during a 24 hour period. Travel and daily life disrupted as snow piles up. Officials warn residents to stay indoors and prepare for ongoing storm conditions.
Happy With 10th Wife After Paying Back Alimony
Chicago January 9 Paul Ellis 61 escaped jail by paying 84 dollars back alimony to his ninth wife. He arrived happily with his tenth wife. Ellis has 17 children and has appeared in court 54 times for matrimonial difficulties and has been jailed six times for the same reason.
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Chicago
Paul Ellis
Ellis
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Pace Bros
West Monroe
Them
Boy Scouts
State College For Firemen
Ford
Elks Club
Court
Georgia
Cardus
SENS
Avery
B. F. Avery
Avery Chilled Plows
J. L. Cargill & Son
Ruston, LA
NEW Medical School
Oklahoma
Yesca
Lake Placid Region
Adirondack Mountains
Plattsburgh
Mories
Mator
DE Generes Bros
Texas & Jordan
Sharveport, LA
Hillcrest Poultry Farm
E. D. McCallum Seed Store
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