Ruston officials oppose rising fire insurance rates
Haeles Goyne, O E Hoder and a Ruston delegation returned from New Orleans where they met with insurance officers and the Louisiana Rating and Fire Prevention Bureau to protest a 93.13 percent increase in Louisiana fire insurance rates. They reported to the Ruston chamber of commerce and aim to secure a second class rating without penalties, contingent on bureau findings. Also noted is a late notice about a red cow and four pigs taken up in early November 1928 by Horace Goldsmith, owner advised to prove ownership.
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Haeles
Goyne
Uself
Ruston
O. E. Hoder
Gayne
Louisiana Insurance Gat
Hodge
New Orleans
Chamber of Commerce
James Building
Louisiana Rating and Fire Prevention Bureau
My Place
Horace Goldsmith
Millions For Expansion Slated In 1930 By Firms
Public utilities in Louisiana plan about 15.25 million dollars in 1930 for improvements new construction and expansion of facilities. Most funds 8 million to New Orleans area and 6 million for a Baton Rouge steam electric plant powering Standard Oil of Louisiana refining. New Orleans Public Service to spend nearly 5 million upgrading electric gas and transport facilities. Statewide programs cover various utility divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Hoover
Baton Rouge
Memphis
Florida
Texas
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Lousiana Power and Light Company
Only Negro Cadet At West Point Dismissed
West Point, January 14 Cadet Alonzo Parham of Chicago the academy s sole Negro cadet was honorably discharged today along with three other cadets for deficiency in studies Major General William R Smith superintendent issued the orders Parham had been appointed last summer by Representative De Priest the Illinois Negro member of Congress A Negro midshipman at Annapolis appointed the same day failed to pass his physical examination and was discharged
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Alonzo Parham
Chicago
The
Military Academy
Parham
William R. Smith
de Priest
Congress
Annapolis
New Orleans Population Estimated by Telephone Company
New Orleans official population figures rise to 618,400 per the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company annual survey. The estimate surpasses the U S Census Bureau figure of about 600,000 by roughly 18,400. The year end report notes a higher count than recent projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ofizie
United Bureau of the Census
Telephone Company
New Orleans Population Figures From Telephone Survey
The census sets the city roll at 387 219 while the telephone survey estimates a 65 000 metro population and 121 833 city households with 4.26 persons each. It notes 16 904 business firms since 1922 and mentions extensive house to house checking in assembling the survey.
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Hca
New Orleans
James Henry Assumes Specialist Position on Electrical Staff
James Henry, graduate of Louisiana Tech Engineering School, leaves for a position with Western Electric Company in New York City. He is son of Mrs. R. E. Smith of Shreveport and formerly resided in Ruston. Dean Frank Bogard recommended him, and Henry will study telegraphy and telephony with Western Electric. TAKEN UP A black horse mule weight about 1000 pounds five years old taken up at my place about December 15 1929 owner can get by paying costs. 1 8 PARKMAN Ruston La 1-20-1td&3tw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry
Louisiana Tech
Western Electric Company
New York City
Young Henry
R. E. Smith
Shreveport
Louisiana
Ruston
Henry
Western Electric
Frank Bogard
Tech Engineering School
Northern
My Place
Parkman
Cotton consumption in December reported by census bureau
Washington, Jan. 15. Cotton consumed in December totaled 453,892 bales of lint and 52,544 bales of linters, down from 533,301 and 58,743 in December last year. End-of-month stocks stood at consuming establishments 1,844,248 lint and 183,034 linters, up from a year ago, with public storage and compresses holding 5,914,422 lint and 85,657 linters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Booth to Lecture at Louisiana Tech on International Affairs
English writer and publicist C Douglas Booth will speak at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in Ruston during assembly hour on Monday January 27. The talk, under the International Relations Club, follows Booth's work with Near East and Southern Europe issues and is endorsed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Amy Heminway Jones is National Secretary of the International Relation Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Douglas Booth
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
College Assembly
Booth
Royal Institute of International Affairs
England
Near East
Europe
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Ruston
Amy Heminway Jones
Louisiana Rice Runs Millions Over Forecast
New Orleans January 16 Rough rice output in Louisiana for 1929 is estimated at 19 352 000 bushels by federal statistician Lionel L Jones. The figure surpasses early forecasts by two to three million bushels due to seed selection improved farming and plantation development. Crop quality is estimated at 94 percent the highest in years and 6 to 12 percent above the ten year average. Farm value is about 19 million dollars about 2 million more than 1928. Sugar output remains strong with over 200 000 short tons projected up about 75 000 tons from last year and well above the ten year average. Syrup and molasses production should rise as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
Federal
Jones
Income Tax Gap Between U S and Britain Noted
English statisticians have compared tax payments since the latest U S rate cut. A $4,000 earner with two children would pay $222.50 in Britain and $20 in the United States. At $8,000, Britain would owe $1,487.50 while the American pays $160. The figures reflect export estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Tree Crushing Death of Boy in Washington
A lumberman at a Washington site caused the death of 9 year old Yuille Jones who was watching journeyman George Sanford cut timber when a tree toppled and crushed the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yuille Jones
George Sanford
Record Sale of Sargon Breaks National Turnover
The celebrated medicine Sargon and Sargon Mass Pills are reported to be sold in carload lots across 27 states within 25 days. California required 21 carloads, Texas nine in four months, while a New York firm sells over a million bottles yearly. MARBURY DRUG Co. is listed as agents.
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California
Saigon
Texas
New York
Gulf
Great Lakes
America
Marbury Drug, Co
We Forget Things in Taxis in Chicago 1928
The Chicago Yellow Cab Company reports eleven thousand lost items in 1928. Women lost more than men and umbrellas were the most forgotten items. One case involved a bass drum and another a century plant with beans. About one hundred flasks were left, with three containing anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Vellow Cab Company
New Orleans Dock Board Eyes $2,000,000 Wharf Improvement
The Port of New Orleans plans a 1930 program to rebuild docks from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue and to install a Morgan Line dock at Canal Street. The $2 million project is under study with support from Morgan Line operators Southern Pacific. A relocation would allow Morgan Line passengers to embark and disembark directly at the new dock.
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New Orleans Dock Board
New Orleans
Canal Street
Esplanade Avenue
Morgan Line
Board of Commissioners of the Port of
Southern Pacific Railroad
The
Dock Board
Morgan Docks
Plans for new docks and terminal facilities announced
Other new docks are to be erected according to plans to handle increasing foreign trade. The Mississippi Warrior barge line service will receive new terminal facilities. New freight handling equipment and other improvements are also under contemplation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Warrior
Family Wins Cuba Prize for Largest Household
Signer Jose Miguel de Armas and Senora de Armas of Santa Clara receive a government prize for having Cuba’s largest family. Their household includes sixteen children aged one to twenty-one, representing a broad span of ages and generations.
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Havana
Cuba
Signer
Senora
Jose Miguel de Armas
Santa Clara
Oklahoma man Willey found dead in blizzard
Nowata Okla Jan 15 body of William T Willey 45 a farmer five miles west of South Coffeyville was found near a fence in a pasture He likely became lost in the midweek blizzard and tried to follow the fence toward home according to county attorney J A Tillotson.
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Nowata
Okla
Oklahoma
William T. Willey
South Coffeyville
Oklo
J. A. Tilloton
Willey
Farmerville Man Held In Burglary
Farmerville La January 4 Leo Hill 35 owner of a pressing shop was jailed by Sheriff F W Murphy after a pistol taken from the Louisiana Public Utilities office was found in his possession. Five business places including the utilities bank gas company Wallace Pressing and the post office were entered. A state identification bureau inspector from Shreveport investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmerville
Louisiana Public Utilities Company
Leo Hill
Union Parish
F. W. Murphy
Louisiana Utilities Company
Farmerville Stats Bank
Peoples’ Gas and Fuel Company
Wallace Pressing Shops
State Identification Bureau
Shreveport
Feather Of 13 Given 3 Year Term For Liquor
Fergus Falls Minn January 15 Mathias Mohs pleaded guilty to possession and sale of liquor and told Federal Judge W A Cant he must support 19 children in his family The judge replied that head of a large family is no excuse and sentenced Mohs to three years in prison Mohs had a prior conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Minn
Mathias Mohs
W. A. Cant
Mohs
Cant
Quota Proposal Aims 60,000 Immigrants Annually
Washington January 14 proposed immigration quota would limit Western Hemisphere migrants to 60,000 per year. The measure, introduced by Representative Box a Democrat from Texas, seeks to curb arrivals under current policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Representative Box
Democrat
Texas
Young Ruston Girl in Piano Recital Here
The tenth anniversary of Prohibition was observed with fire whistles and bells. Miss Mary Alice Williams, a Ruston youth returning from studies in New York, performed pieces including Totcato and Solfegegietto at Ruston High School, with an encore of Chaconne. She then gave another program at Eastland grammar school and plans to resume study after a rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schroeder
G. A. Thatcher
Valle Nelson
Mary Alice Williams
Ruston
New York
Alexander Berne
Miss Williams
Mastr
Berne
Bamberger Prize
Paradees
Bach
Durran
Eastland Grammar School
Mary Alice Gav
Charges Detectives Took Him For a Ride
Evanston Illinois January 14 R V Robinson demanded an investigation of the detective bureau after a physician said the experience shortened his life by ten years He says he was bound gagged and held for four hours then released with it described as a joke Masked captors removed their coverings before freeing him He named three detectives including a sergeant as his abductors
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Evanston, Il
R. V. Robinson
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Ayor O. C
O. B
Popelsen
la. Tech
U. S
DeGeneres Bros
Ruston High School
Old Jim Good
Good Seed & Nursery CO
Texarkana, U. S. A
Tristate Transit Cq., Inc
Chatham
Eros
Monroe
Bernice
Junction City
el Dorado
A. M
el Dorad
Junction
P.M
G. M. Lomax Lumber CO
Llion
Ruston Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Ruston, LA
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