Alumni Tech radio program praised by Louisiana Tech leaders
The first alumni broadcast over Station KKWEH in Shreveport drew praise from Louisiana Tech Alumni Association president Charles C. Goyne and secretary treasurer D. G. Armstrong. The 30 minute program featured glee club music and talks by Goyne, President G. W. Bond, and H O H. White, with greetings from Ruston and surrounding towns. Follow-up programs and local club formations were announced to boost the college, and an afterglow social hour closed the event.
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Alumni Association of
Louisiana Tech
EWEH
Shreveport
Charles C. Goyne
D. G. Armstrong
Glee Clubs
College
Mr. Goyne
G. W. Bond
H O H. White
State Board of Education
W. 8. Moore
Ruston
Houston
Texas
Dodo Stewart
Evelyn Davidson
DeRidder
Alpha Lambda Tau
Theta Kappa Nu
W. B. Hale
Tech
Scceagg
Mission Study Meeting Opens Year at Trinity Methodist
Members of the W M 8 enjoyed the first Mission Study meeting of the year at Trinity Methodist church Monday afternoon. They studied The Training of the Conquistors and discussed relations to Caribbean neighbors in politics economy Christianity and justice. Mrs P D Neilson will conduct the course which aims to educate on opportunities and responsibilities. Attendance was good but organizers urge others to attend all year.
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Trinity Methodist Church
P. D. Neilson
Man Saves 20 Men In Cave-In Near Livermore
Welby Morgan warned of danger during a January cave-in at the Mitchell tunnel of the San Francisco municipal water project near Livermore California. He dropped a four inch pipe to mark the center of the collapse enabling twenty trapped men to escape unharmed.
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Mitchell Tunnel
San Francisco
Trinity Bible Class Holds Prominent Business Meeting
A Trinity Bible class meeting was held at Mrs. 8. A. Griffin's home with president Mrs. C. BE. Tooke presiding. Attendance surpassed expectations, reflecting strong local interest in the reorganized class. Plans for the year were formed, including daily prayer and Bible reading, followed by a social with salad plates.
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Trinity Bible Class
8. A. Griffin
C. BE. Tooke
Gottschalk Music Club Meeting A Pleasant Evening
The Gottschalk Music Club met last Monday night at Mr. and Mrs D L Lomax home with Mrs John Thurnih as co hostess. Election of officers for next year named Rodney Crins president and others in roles. The program led by Miss Helen Graban featured instrumental music.
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Gottschalk Music Club
D. L. Lomax
John Thurnih
Gitlers
Rodney Clin
Lomax
Doris Haskell
V. CG. Cupp
Harry Howard
Katholleen Graham
Abe Cann
Helen Graban
City election date set for city judge race Jan 27
The Democratic Executive Committee of Lincoln parish fixed Tuesday January 27 for the Democratic primary to select a City Judge to replace EB L Walker who left to become Third District Court judge Five candidates J B Halstead B L Barksdale Reverend J L Stevenson C A Barnett and C B Roberts announced Their next step if needed is a second primary on February 10 with the parish committee meeting attended by proxies and local officials.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Lincoln Parish
EB. L. Walker
Third District Court
J. B. Halstead
8. L. Barksdale
J. L. Stevenson
C. A. Barnett
C. B. Roberts
C. W. Tatum
Simsboro
I. F. Halstead
Choudrant
G. W. Brewster
T. L. Waugh
Hico
J. P. Owen
M. Lewis
Ruston
A. H. Colvin
Vienna
W. B. Rabb
J. H. Matthews
W. E. McBride
Forger Arrested At Choudrant And Lodged In Jail
H. C. Strickland was arrested in Rus t on Sunday afternoon by deputy Guy Braswell after charges by J. W. Sizsmore of Choudrant. Strickland allegedly passed a check signed H. F. Strickland that was fictitious. He confessed to forgery and said he recently escaped from a Meridian Mississippi road gang. he is held in the parish jail.
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H. C. Strickland
Rust
Guy Braswell
Sheriff's Department
J. W. Sizsmore
Choudrant
Strickland
H. F. Strickland
Meridian
Mississippi
Young Man Faces Murder Charge in Union Parish
Farmerville January 17 a formal murder charge was filed by District Attorney W E McBude against Curthel Holloway a resident near Bernice for the December 20 shooting death of Fuller Evans another local man. The case goes to the grand jury in March with a possible April trial. Special counsel Harvey G Fields will assist prosecution. Holloway has been jailed without formal charge since the shooting following a quarrel at a farmer’s home near Bernice.
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Farmerville
W. E. McBude
Curthel Holloway
Bernice
Fuller Evans
Harvey G. Fields
Holloway
Evans
Eats
Three Convicted For Conspiring To Kidnap Family
Monroe January 17 Three men were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap an aged couple and their three children. Defendants Frank Carby 29 Albert Landry 33 and Jack Prevost 60 await sentencing at district court. They were accused of drawing Thompson and his family into the plot after liquor disappeared at the Thompson home. No charge was lodged against Thompson.
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Monroe
Prank Carby
Albert Landry
Jack Prevost
Geeusd
Tarrying Gill Co
Thompson
Accused Forger Poynter Arrested in Alexandra La
Janu.s A. M. Poynter charged with forgery in connection with cashing a $2000 check and forfeiture of $1540 bond, arrested at Alexandra Louisiana. Local officers reported he is wanted in Dallas Oklahoma City Chicago and St. Louis.
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Marshall
Janu.s
M. Poynter
Alexandra
Sheriffohn Sanders
Poynter
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Chisage
St. Lous
Tech gym hosts five basketball teams and more
The Louisiana Tech gymnasium serves as a practice site for five organized squads the Bulldogs Pups Bearcats Outlaws and Tech High. High school prep teams use the Maple floor alongside intramural student games as officials schedule post class sessions and night drills.
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MAC
Louisiana Tech
Bulldogs
Pups
Bearcats
Tech
Ruston Hith School
Tech High Five
Ruston Bearcats
Outlaws
Ford Gas And Oil Company First To Pay Licenses
J B Thigpen the office deputy and tax collector reports Ford Gas and Oil Company led Lincoln parish in paying state and parish business licenses for 1931.G W Caver of Ward Two follows as second. many other firms paid soon after.
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J. B. Thigpen
Ford Gas and Oil Company
Lincoln Parish
G. W. Caver
Ward Two
Not Yet Entirely Over Attack Of Flu
Baton Rouge Jan 17 Gov Huey P Long remains under the weather from a recent influenza attack though aides report no cause for alarm and say he is feeling better and resting in bed as he recovers from illness.
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Baton Rouge, Jran
Huey P. Long
George Wallace
Atles
Widlave
Too Sweet For Words And Figures Don't Lie
Washington January 1 The national sweet tooth is growing bigger in 1949 or 12.98 pounds per person for adults and children. The commerce department says total candy consumption reached 4,574,074,000 pounds, higher than any prior year.
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Washington, Jan. Lé
Comerce Department
Food shipments bring aid to destitute Nebraska farmers
A fragment from Sleiri town reports a carload of potatoes and 20 sacks of beans sent to Gayamivne land farmers in need. Mayor W. QO. Williams said the disaster relief effort was underway, aiding starving wives and children two weeks after a local harvest failure.
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BML Ang
Abueetia
Sleiri
Neb
Gayamivne Bn
W. QO. Williams
Crop Values For 1930 Are Told In Bureau Report
Louisiana's principal crops in 1930 totaled farm value of 107,787,000. Cotton 710,000 bales valued at 39,315,000. Rice 13,257,000. Corn 11,345,000. Sugar cane 10,626,000 with molasses 2,261,000. Strawberries 6,507,000. Truck crops 3,933,000.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Editors to Meet on February 13 14
Shreveport January 18 outlines the semI annual meeting program of the north Louisiana division of the Louisiana Press association. The Arcadia gathering will run February 13 and 14 with a Friday banquet and Saturday business sessions. Conrad Lecoq and others are slated to speak. John N Brandlin may serve as banquet speaker.
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Shreveport
Semni
North Louisiana
The
Louisiana Press Association
C. L. Breazeale
Natchitoches
Arcadia
Conrad J. Lecoq
New Roads
John N. Brandlin
Isaac Chapman
Association
Texas inaugurates Ross C Sterling as Governor
Ross C Sterling of Houston was sworn in as Texas governor amid ideal weather and a large crowd. Chief Justice Cureton administered the oath at 12:20 PM, with Edgar B Witt as lieutenant governor. Retiring Gov Dan Moody and former governors W P Hobby and Pat M Neff attended the ceremony.
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Austin
Texas
Ross C. Sterling
Houston
Oiman
Sterling
Union
Capitol
Dan Moody
C. M. Cureton
The
Supreme
Cureton
Edgar B. Witt
Waco
W. P. Hobby
Sternline
Houston Post Dispatch
Pat M. Neff
Vallrean Commission
Governor Long Near Full Recovery in Baton Rouge
Governor Nuey P. Long is markedly improved after an influenza relapse and rose briefly today. His secretary George Wallace reported the governor was well enough to sit up for a short while, marking the third straight day with no fever as state circles anticipate a swift full recovery.
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Baton Rouge, la
Nuey P. Long
George Wallace
Bombs bursting in air described by Francis Scott Key
Chicago Tribune notes a wartime memory of the national anthem with lines about proving through the night that flag remains, alongside remarks on front wall damage and missing windows suggesting a persistent wartime impact.
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Francis Scott Key
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