Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau to hold parish meetings
T C Alexander secretary of the Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau announces a series of meetings across Lincoln Parish with Henry F Kepp and W S Slaughter from the state farm bureau and Mary Mims LSU Extension as speakers. The first session is Saturday at two at the parish court house followed by events in Wesley Chapel Simsboro Antioch Choudrant Cross Roads Dubach Greenville Hico Sibley and Hilly through January 23 with farmers and business leaders urged to attend. The note also reports hen thefts totaling about 200 in the area and ongoing police efforts to catch the culprits.
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Rathbun
Crichton Hardware Company
Webster Stewart
Minden
State Farm Bureau
Herald
T. C. Alexander
Lincoln Parish Farm Bureau
Henry F. Kepp
W. 8. Slaughter
Mary Mims
Louisiana State University
Farm Bureau
Lincoln Parish
Wesley Chapel
Simsboro
Antioch
Choudrant
Cross Roads
Dubach
Greenville
Hico
Sibley
Hilly
Louisiana to Let Contracts for 439 Miles of Roads
Baton Rouge La Jan 12 The third set of projects under the new highway and bridge program will award contracts February 10 for about 439 miles of roads with an estimated total of 7 million dollars. Twenty concrete road projects and various asphalt surfacing and miscellaneous works across forty parishes will be let including a major Lafourche Jefferson embankment and a concrete link to Grand Isle recreation center.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
O. K. Alten
Highway Commission
Lafourche
Jefferson
Grand Isle
Gulf Coast Recreation Center
Oakdale-Glenmore
Allen and Rapides
Donaldson-ville-Napoleonville
Ascension
Assumption
DeRidder-Ennec
Beauregard
Homer- Minden
Claiborne and
Webster
Ferriday-Jonesville
Concordia
Grand Cane-Stonewall
DeSoto
Baton Rouge-Clinton
East Baton Rouge
Archibald-Winnsboro
Franklin and Richland
William-Alexandria
Grant and
Rapides
New Iberia
Erath
Iberia
Quitman-Ruston
Jackson
Lincoln
Doyline-Hammond
Livingston
Tangipahoa
Gretna-Oakville
Jefferson and
Plaquimines
Packenham-St. Bernard
St. Bernard
Opelousas-Swords
St. Landry
Mandeville-Siidell
St. Tammany
Rosepine-Leesville
Vernon
Franklinton-Bogalusa
Washington
Plaquemine- Port Allen
West Baton Rouge
Iberville
Winnfield-Grand Ecore
Bunkle-Cheneyville
Avoyelles
Bayou Grosse Tete
Port Allen-Livonia
Pointe Counee
Montrose
Natchitoches
Ranch Canal
Houma-Chauvin
Terrebonne
Little Tensas Bayou
Lake Providence
Gaksowsy
East Carroll
Hires Self To Two Jobs to Cash Two Pay Envelopes
Chicago story of Frank Eckhart who kept two personas to collect two weekly pay envelopes. By day he served as a day watchman and by night as a night watchman, clocking in and out under both names. The company uncovered the scheme and charged him with obtaining money under false pretenses. Judge Alfred Erickson called it a unique crime, a year in jail the punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Eckhart
Frank Richards
Eckhart
Alfred Erickson
Cigarette Taxes Rise In Britain And United States
British tobacco taxes for 1929 reached 315 million dollars with smoking by women a key factor in the rise. Meanwhile the United States logged 450.339 million in tobacco taxes for the year ending June 30, 1930, with cigarette taxes totaling 359.816 million, reflecting a strong surge in cigarette use and tax intake.
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New York
London
United States
Senator Gilbert Denies Governor Bid
New Orleans January 8. State Senator Thomas B. Gilbert of Wisner Franklin parish today denied rumors he would run for governor. He said there is nothing to the rumors and he has no intention of seeking the governorship or likely re election to the state senate. Gilbert is among the oldest senators, a banker, and a prominent figure in the northeast.
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New Orleans
Thomas
Gilbert
Wisner
Franklin
Parish
Senate
Fie
Thieves Steal 200 Hens Here In The Past Week
Chicken thieves have been busy across Minden last week with reports of 200 hens stolen. Mr. Mat Lowe and Pearce are among those affected as the streak of poultry thefts continues in the area.
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Minden
Mat Lowe
Pearce
Mrs. Ridder Awarded $3000 Monthly Alimony
New York news: Supreme Court Justice Callahan grants Mrs. Nellie J. Ridder temporary alimony of $3000 per month while her separation suit against newspaper publisher Bernard H. Ridder proceeds. The order also awards $1000 for counsel fees. Ridder previously divorced in Reno and remarried.
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New York
Supreme Court
Callahan
Nellie J. Ridder
Bernard H. Ridder
Ridder
Reno
Nev
Helen Scherer
Lees
No More Fifteen Minute Holidays for Census Help
In Washington the census staff face tighter leave rules as Census Directors Sleuard ends fifteen minute holidays. Federal workers there have 30 days annual vacation but now 30 minutes per day are disallowed for the 6,000 Census Bureau employees. A shift to shorter half day or half hour leave is planned to keep production lines running.
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Washington
Jané
Sleuard
Millihuntan
Bureau
Legion Officers Honored for Service in Local Post
Major J. P. Cole and J. B. Staples received written citations and a certificate of acknowledgment from the Louisiana Legion headquarters in New Orleans for their service as officers. The local post reports 140 ex servicemen in 1930, the largest since formation. The department notes strong state and national membership gains, with local increases among the best. The citation letter is dated January 8, 1931 and signed by Department Adjutant Roland Cockham.
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American Legion
J. P. Cole
J. B. Staples
State Legion
New Orleans
Legion
Staples
Major Cole
O. L. Bodenhamer
Legion In
Louisiana
Roland Cockham
Roberts Announces Candidacy for Ruston City Judge
Hon Charles B. Roberts announces his bid for City Judge of Ruston and Ward One Lincoln parish. A long-time Ward One resident and practicing attorney, he previously served as district attorney and states he is well qualified. He seeks voter support in the Democratic primary on January 27, 1931.
Samuel L. Barksdale Named Candidate for Ruston City Judge
The Daily and Weekly Leader announces Samuel L. Barksdale as a candidate for City Judge of Ruston and Ward One Lincoln Parish. A lifelong Ruston resident, he has served as Third District Court stenographer and as postmaster, and his bid is subject to voters in the Democratic primary on January 21, 1831.
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Samuel L. Barksdale
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Barksdale
Ward One
Third District
December Building In South Shows Big Increase
A report from the F. W. Dodge Corporation shows December 1930 building permit awards in the Louisiana Southwestern Arkansas and Southeastern Mississippi territory rising by more than 3 million dollars from December 1929. Total permits reached 7,020,700 versus 3,763,700 in December 1928. Although December contracts were about two million less than November, December construction work nearly doubled the 1929 count for the month.
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F. W. Dodge
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
No Clouds Of War In Europe Says Kellogg
Washington January 8 Frank B Kellogg American member of the League of Nations court told President Hoover there are no war clouds in Europe The unrest is linked to the economic mood Kellogg spoke after returning from The Hague where he attended a session of the tribunal
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Washington
Europe
Frank B. Kellogg
League of Nations Court
Hoover
United States
Hague
Kellogg
Be It Ever So Queer There's No Place Like Home
Casur North Carolina residents report rumors about a man named Edison Hall living in a strange place. The note indicates confusion and unclear details about his whereabouts or residence.
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Casur
N.C
Edison Hall
Queer Place
Twin County Home Sits Across County Line
A Hull residence lies in two South Carolina counties, Cleveland and Burke, with the county line running through the house. The house sits on a hill causing rainwater to drain to different rivers, the east side to the Catawba and the west side toward the Broad River, both ultimately reaching the Atlantic.
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Hull
Cleveland
Burke County
South Carolina
Will Rogers to Talk on Behalf Drouth Relief
Will Rogers the humorist announced in Big Spring Texas he would lead a series of addresses to aid families hit by the drouth and low markets in Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma. The first speech would be in San Angelo on January 27. Rogers mentioned a committee including Jesse Jones Houston and Houston Harte and Amon Q Carter Fort Worth to handle plans, with a Fort Worth conference pending. He planned to travel to New York and Washington afterward.
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BIG Bpring
Tex
Will Rogers
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
San Angelo
Rogers
Hollywood
Cal
Fort Worth
Jesse Jones
Houston
Houston Harte
Son Angelo
Amon Q. Carter
New York
Washington
Hoover
W. H.alfalfa
Bill Murray
Papa
Murray
Rubbing Alcohol Causes Deaths in Nebraska City
Deputy County Attorney John Marrer leads probe into 12 liquor fatalities last week. He says deaths stem from denatured rubbing alcohol and similar mixtures sold legally by drug stores, not bootleg liquor. Willard L. Bass of the U S Bureau of Industrial Alcohol arrives to assist. Four men arrested in connection with the deaths.
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Omaha
Jan
John Marrer
Willard L. Bass
United States Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Wished To Wed Needed Witnesses In Charlotte Restaurant
Charlotte, N C Jan 8 M Levine of Savannah Georgia and Milly Ginsberg of Charleston South Carolina wished to wed. They had license and rabbi but needed ten witnesses under Jewish custom. With few locals they found a restaurant and secured the proprietor's permission to stage the ceremony during dinner with diners serving as witnesses.
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Charlotte
N. C
M. Levine
Savannah
Milly Ginsberg
Charleston
S. C
Texas School Land Leases Up For Audit
Austin Jan 8 A final audit of oil and gas royalties from University of Texas land leases will be given to a legislative investigating committee Friday. The state expects to recover about 500000 from the inquiry with shortages and discrepancies noted. The audit may also decide if the state university and state schools share royalties on gas from leases, potentially involving millions in recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Robert Long
Wichita Falls
Jeasey
Louisiana Highway Board Plans $7 Million Road Awards
The Louisiana Highway Board expects to award road and bridge contracts totaling about 7 million dollars for 439 miles of roadway. One contract plans paving 13.2 miles between Ruston and Quitman, linking to Alexandria and on to New Orleans.
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Louisiana Highway Board
Ruston
Quitman
Alexandria
New Orleans
Surrounded Bandits Seize Missionary Nelson in China
Chinese bandits who have held American missionary Rev. Bert F. Nelson were surrounded by authorities. Nelson and his immediate relative were reported in danger as U.S. and state department officials advised by the American minister.
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Washington
Bert F. Nelson
State Department
Senator says no hope for world court in lecture
In Tucson on January 7 Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago warned the world court and League of Nations are ruinously unlikely. He urged the United States to seek arbitration and mutual gathering to resolve disputes and warned reforming nations will not submit to a court of democracies. The speech stressed American influence as a enforcer of peace and justice. A separate quotation from David Grayson’s The Friendly Road urged open minded travel and humility.
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Tucson
Arie
World Court
S League of Nations
J. Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
University of Arizona
United States
World of Nations
America
Judge fines jurors for failing to answer summons
New Orleans January 7 Nine jurors were fined in Judge J Arthur Charbonnet s criminal court division after failing to appear for service on Monday They faced fines from 2 to 15 with the option to pay or serve 10 days in jail They chose to pay
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New Orleans
J. Arthur Charbonnet
Division of Criminal Court
Red Cross Charitable Relief Appeals Redirected
Alexandria January 10 B F Thompson chairman of the Louisiana drought relief commission says funds are unavailable for state relief. He notes Congress has provided no loaned funds for food clothing or necessities and that the Red Cross will handle relief through local chapters in each parish. Margaret Baskin Flossie Miller and Alice May Huey are mentioned in a local report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
B. F. Thompson
Loulalana Drouth Relief Commission
State
Drouth Relief Committee
Congress
Red Crows
John Horton Payne
J. G. Pieser
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Margaret Baskin
Flosale Miller
Delhi
Alice May Huey
Miss Baskin
Miss Huey
Central High School
Drunk Driver Jailed After Bystander Tipsy Pal Incident
Los Angeles report states a municipal judge jailed a man described as friendly and helpful by bystanders after a drink related incident involving a pal and a Samaritan. The article notes “Harry & Hoovers” and references a jail sentence following the drive home.
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Los Angeles
Harry & Hoovers
St of Man
Good Samaritan spared eight months in county road gang
Hoover testified he drove another man's truck because the owner was too drunk and took a drink from the bottle to prevent further intoxication. Judge Mallon noted such acts are punished for drunk driving in Sutter County, but he sentenced Hoover to eight months on the county road gang.
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Hoover
Jude K
Mahon
Sutter County
Judge Mallon
New Evidence Produced At Jury Inquest
New Orleans January 7 Testimony at the coroner s inquest into Dr. Oscar Dowling s death indicates he may not have been mangled by the 9 30 passenger train as thought, but possibly by a freight train backed onto the ferry transfer an hour later. Witnesses described stains on wheels of box cars from trains brought to New Orleans and from the ferry transfer, while conductors testified bloodstains were not found on their train.
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New Orleans
Oscar Dowling
State Board of Health
Texas and Pacific
Orleans
M. C. Peach
Robert Hickman
Bunkie
Pine Trees Stop Growing In Cold Weather Findings
Tests show Monterey pine trees enter a dormancy in winter when temperatures dip below 45 degrees Fahrenheit. A Carnegie Institute study reports the trunk growth halts for periods of up to three years, then resumes as temperatures rise, while deciduous trees show only 40 to 70 days of trunk growth annually.
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Washington
American Philosophical Society
Daniel T. MacDougall
Laboratory
Carnegie Institution
Monterey
Pacific
California
MacDougall
Baptist Scouts Reorganize With Community Feed and Volunteer Scout Master
Boy Scout Troop No. 46 of First Baptist Church met at seven. Paul Cooper led the oath. John Walters was elected scribe with Gerald McCallum as assistant. The troop reorganized, with Bob Seegers volunteering as temporary master until a permanent one is found. Attendance was high due to a promised feed of hot dogs and ice cream.
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First Baptist Church
Paul Cooper
Buell Atkins
Eschel Cooper
Cary Leggett
Henry Mays
J. B. Griggs
Loury Neilson
J. P. Wynn
Gerald McCallum
Fred Taylor
Joe Tuten
Ardis Marbury
John Walters
John Brooks
Prentiss Wilks
Arthur Garrison
Scarborough
Siegers
Ruene
Barnett
Gerald
Jerry) McCallum
Ant
Bob Seegers
Burnett
Building Associations in 1930 United States Statistics
At the start of 1930 there were 12,342 building and town associations operating in the United States. Their combined assets totaled 8,869,000,000. Members numbered 11,111,200 with an average investment of nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Sen
J. B. Apie
Chas. B. Roberts
Charles B. Roberts
Roberts Hs
Farmerville
Roberts
Sam L. Barksdale
Drouth Relief
Nebraska City
David Grayson
Samaritan
Baptist
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