1930 Chevrolet bets on record sales in nationwide push
Detroit January 11. Chevrolet Motor Company expands manufacturing and sales activities after unveiling the improved 1930 Chevrolet Six at reduced prices. A national dealer campaign begins with 41 meetings coast to coast, aiming to move large orders, while factory employment rises to a January peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Chevrolet Motor Company
New York
Pew
United States
Chevrolet
H. J. Klingler
New York City
Atlantic Seaboard
Southwest
California
Pacific Northwest
D. E.ralston
J. C. Chick
Southeast
Preliminary Sugar, Syrup And Molasses Report For Louisiana
Louisiana faced a December freeze that damaged sugar cane, but windrow and grinding efforts keep sucrose content strong. The preliminary 1929 season yields an estimated 208,271 short tons of sugar and 5.4 million gallons of syrup, with final figures due in May 1930 and subject to revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
Agricultural Statistician
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiang
Amesty frees 6000 Italian prisoners for royal wedding
Rome January 7 six thousand Italian prisoners will be freed when Princess Marie Jose of Belgium marries Humbert Prince of Piedmont on January 8. The amnesty by King Victor Emmanuel forgives sentences up to a year for civil and military offenses and fines. longer sentences are reduced. most soldiers receive extra reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Marie Jose
Belgium
Humbert
Prince
Piedmont
Victor Emanuel
Tech High School Orchestra To Broadcast From KTSL
Eight members of Louisiana Tech high school orchestra will broadcast from KTSL Shreveport Saturday afternoon January 18 at 2 oclock for one hour. Directed by W R Cline the group formed last fall and recently performed in the Tech auditorium. Radio recital coordinated by G A Houseman owner of KTSL. Performances include violin and vocal solos by Dorothy Herris and Harvey Nelson among others with Mr Cline also contributing a baritone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech High School
KTSL
Shreveport
W. R. Cline
Tech High School
Tech
G. A. Houseman
Houseman, Sheet Metal Works
Cline
Alverne Pierce
Dorothea Thompson
Elizabeth Krousel
Laverne Pierce
Myrtis Sharman
Marguerite Pierce
Aged Veteran Killed While Seeking Brother
Memphis, Tenn Jan 7 The search for 85 year old W G Escue for a brother in Mississippi ended in his death in a car accident near Como Mississippi The aged man who drove the car served as a Confederate drummer at Shiloh and later fought in the Boer and Spanish American wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
W. G. Escoe
Mississippi
Como
Miss
Escue
Shiloh
Devastating Grasshoppers Scour Rabat Skies This Winter
Rabat reports huge flights of grasshoppers darkening skies this winter. Billions have been killed by poison and airplanes, yet swarms persist. Vast numbers carpet areas as locals capture large swaths at single spots and battles against the pests continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
Morveen
Jan. V
Neta
Efforts Probed To Halt Crop Pests In Fields
Various measures are taken to stamp out the pests which alight on crops and ruin them. They have been fought from airplanes with poisons of various sorts but as yet no method has been found to be completely effective.
Austria Imports Hair Teeth and Dried Bugs
Vienna reports two tons of human hair among Austria's last fiscal year imports. Artificial teeth of similar weight arrived from abroad. About 500 pounds of dried insects went to museums. Women's fashion spurred twenty tons of exotic skins including crocodile, seal, elephant, hippo, lizard and shark for shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austrian
Infant Killed as Turkeys Frighten Mules Near Selma
Selma Ala Jan 7 A flock of turkeys on a roadside frightened two mules hitched to a wagon carrying Mr and Mrs Vernon Gill and their seven month old infant James Gill. The mother was thrown from the wagon with the baby in her arms, fatally injuring the infant who died in a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
James Gill
Vernon Gil
Perry County
Gill
Convict and Fine Town for Cruelty to Cow in Wyoming
Afton Wyoming January 7 a cattle country conscience leads to a city conviction. The City of Afton its marshal Gene Williamson and taxpayers and voters were found guilty on a complaint by veterinary surgeon A Porter Clark for cruelty to a cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton
Wyo
A. Porter Clark
Fellowship Baptist Church Undergoing Major Repairs Near Dubach
Extensive work at the Fellowship Baptist church three miles east of Dubach includes adding three Sunday School rooms, new Spanish design roof, brick veneer exterior, new doors and windows, and interior plastering. Architect George Lomax of Ruston leads plans. building committee members include Alf Fuller J F Robison Lane Davis Frank Hunt Mack Green and Rev H M Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Baptist Church
Dubach
George Lomax
Ruston
Fellowship Church
Alf Fuller
J. F. Robison
Lane Davis
Frank Hunt
Mack Green
H. M. Michael
Jack Dempsey Welcomed at Atlanta Federal Prison
Jack Dempsey received a long cheer at the federal prison in Atlanta where he stayed about ninety minutes. Prisoners sang greeting songs and clapped as the former heavyweight champion walked through the yard and shook hands with guards and inmates during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jack Dempsey
Jack
Engineer Stops Train to Die in Cab West of Millport
Millport Alabama January 9 Slumping unconscious in his cab with his train speeding westward with more than 50 passengers aboard R M King veteran Southern railway engineer managed to bring Old No 15 to a stop one mile west of here before he died Fireman W T Davis said the engineer forced the throttle to the last notch and brought the train to an abrupt halt before he collapsed King had been an engineer on the Southern for more than 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millport
Ala
R. M. King
Southern Railway
Here
W. T. Davis
King
The
Southern
High Bid Reaches 3500 For Church Dinner in Kansas City
The Linwood Christian church dinner raised funds to reduce the church debt with meals priced in multiples of 50 dollars. Reported total donations reached about 100000 dollars though the top bidder’s name was not released. Dr Burris Jenkins the pastor commented on the substantial sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jan. T
Linwood Christian Church
Burris Jenkins
Man Flings Acid Into Girl's Face in Refusal Over Faith
New York January 7 Morris Hoffman of New Rochelle a NYU student was held on a charge after he threw acid in the face of a girl who refused to marry him The accusation comes from Miss Katherine Monahan a night club hostess who said Hoffman attacked her following a remark about their different religious faiths
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New York
Morris Hoffman
New Rochelle
New York University
Hoffman
Katherine Monahan
State Receives Five Million from Louisiana Highway Bends Sale
Baton Rouge transfers of a Louisiana highway bends block to Caldwell and company of Nashville culminate in a five million dollar payment plus premiums and accrued interest. Funds will advance the state's paying program as bonds reach Chase National Bank in New York for safekeeping and distribution to fiscal agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New York City
Caldwell and Company of
Nashiville, Tenn., and Associates
H. B. Conner
Shebert
Chase National Bank
New York
A. L. Junod
H. B. Commer
Chase National
New York Bank
Junod
Conner
Caldwell Company
Tloutalana
Notice of Sheriff Sale of Nellie Powell Property
An undivided 1 6 interest in BW percent of section 9 and N percent of section 17 plus 5 acres in SW corner of BW section 9 in township 19 north range 2 west totaling about 125 acres. Seized as Nellie Powell's property to satisfy a writ. sale cash with appraisement benefit. Dated December 25, 1920. A. J. Thigpen, Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Powell
A. J. Thigpen
Constable Sale Notice in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
In Ward Two Lincoln Parish Louisiana a writ of execution leads to seizure of a Ford Touring Car. A sale will be held at Dye's store Knowles on Saturday January 18 1930 to satisfy the execution and costs. Cash with appraisal benefit. December 31 1929. J L MCCRARY Constable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delendan
L. P. Owen
J. Ll. McCrary
Constable
Notice to creditors on final account approval in Lincoln Parish
Third District Court in Lincoln Parish Louisiana requires creditors and interested persons to show cause within ten days why the final account of J A Bartlett administrator should not be approved and homologated and funds distributed accordingly by court order dated January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third District Court
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
J. A. Bartlett
Lincoln Pariah
E. L. Moore
Public sale of Hogan estate in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
Notice of a judicial sale in Lincoln Parish Louisiana under Third Judicial District Court. On February 8 1930 the estate of John L Hogan will be sold at public auction including two beds furniture clothing and household items plus farm equipment and land portions described in the inventory to pay debts. The sale is cash to the highest bidder following appraisement. January 8 1930. Signed Nancy Hogan Ward Administratrix and Richard son Ward Marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Judicial District Court
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
John L. Hogan
Burch
Nancy Hogan
Ruston
Ward
Court House
W. F. Odom
Bob Hogan
Richardson
POURS OIL ON FIRE FIVE KILLED IN INDIANA
An explosion in Indianapolis caused by pouring kerosene on a fire killed five members of the Klusner family, including Donald Klusner 31 and his wife Hattie 25, and three children Donald Jr 3 Mary Alice 6 and Florence Lottie 5. Surviving are six month old twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Donald Klusner
Hattie
Donald, Jr
Mary Alice
Florence Lottie
Sheriff Sale Notice in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
Public auction to sell land in Lincoln Parish Louisiana by order of Third Judicial District Court. Property described as NW1/4 and N1/2 of SW combination near Ruston at the courthouse front steps on January 25, 1930, with improvements, no appraisal, costs taxed to purchaser.
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Roston Building & Loan Association
Roston Lodge
The
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks T. Third District Court
Parish of Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
Third Judicial District Court
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Public auction ordered by Louisiana district court
By order of the Honorable Third Judicial District Court of Louisiana the case docket is set for public outcry hearings in Lincoln Parish. Provisions direct execution of the docket and sale as mandated by the court.
Sheriff's Sale Notice in Lincoln Parish Louisiana
Notice in the Third Judicial District Court Lincoln Parish identifies defendants Nelile Powell and Matthew Mowell in the case Sheriff sate s. Colvin Vs. No 5503. Writ issued directs sale of property in Ruston on Saturday January 15 1934 in Lincoln Parish.
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S. J. Colvin
Nelile Powell
Matthew Mowell
Third District Court
Parish of
Lincoln
State of
Louisiana
Third Judicial District ‘Court
Court House
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish Court to Sell Estate Lands in Ruston Parish
Public sale is set in Ruston by the Court of Lincoln Parish on January 25 during legal hours. The estate of Georgia Catherine Green administratrix lists 235 acres of real property in Sections 25 26 23 24 30 Township 30 North Range 3 West east of Brushy Branch. Cash sale two thirds of appraisement to pay debts. date December 23, 1039.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Louistang
Ruston
Brushy Branch
Georgia Catherine Green
Notice to heirs to show cause in Lincoln Parish court
Third District Court in Lincoln Parish Louisiana issues notice to the sons interested to show cause why the final account by E L Moore administrator of the estate should not be approved. By order of the Court this January 9.
Seizure Sale of Elks Lodge Property in Ruston
Writ issued to sell the Ruston Lodge No. 1134 property in Ruston Lincoln Parish La. The Elks transferred rights to the Third Story of the Price Building on lots 1 2 2 Block B and occupancy rights. Sale to satisfy the writ and costs, cash only, December 25 1929. A J Thigpen sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Parish
Ruston Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Ruston Building & Loan Association
Price Building
Ruston
A. J. Thigpen
Sherttr
Bankruptcy Sale Set For Clay Louisiana Assets
In the Western District of Louisiana a bankruptcy sale is ordered by the court. On Friday January 10, 1930 at 11 am the trustee R D Glover will offer for public outcry all property tied to the bankrupt in Clay and Jackson Parish including land parcels, a lot of goods and merchandise, a Ford truck and open accounts, with the sale contingent on court approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court For
Western District of
Louisiana
Clay
Jackson Parish
New
Bec
J. J. Kavanaugh
Wong
Bat
Woodville and
Vernon Public Road
Abe RT
Co 8
Cluton
R. D. Glover
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Austria
Man
Constable Sale
Nobles Bros
E. P. Owen
Maggie Bartlett
Upchurch & Son
Sheriff's Sale
State of Louisianna
Gineoln Parish
Ilc
da Lineoln
Nwn
da Lianeoln Parish
Salisfy
Thegpen
Ligvd District Court
State of Loisiain
Third Judicial District Court of
Richard & Amelia Moore
Sheriff’s Sale
Clarence L. Clinton
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