Harris defends balance of theory and practice in colleges
Louisiana educators and Tech graduates marked the thirty third annual commencement at Louisiana Tech as Supt. T. H. Harris argued against claims colleges fail to balance theory and practice. Ninety seniors earned bachelor’s degrees as President G. W. Bond presided and Harris urged solid state funding.
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T. H. Harris
Louisiana Tech
Tech
G. W. Bond
Harris
Gulf states gain direct mail link to Europe via Tampa line
New Orleans hosts a ten year contract between the post office department and the Tampa Inter-Ocean Steamship Company to carry mail to Spain and Portugal. The deal provides 32 annual trips with two mail ships monthly to Barcelona and one monthly run to Portugal and Northern Spanish ports. The firm must replace two ships with faster tonnage.
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New Orleans
Sgrutish
Washington
Post Office Department
Tampa Inter-Ocean Steamship Company of
Spain
Portugal
Gulf States
Europe
A. W. Parry
Steamship Company
Barcelona
Tampe Inter-Ocean Steamship Company
Police Arrest Man For Pigeon Game Flim-Flam
NEW ORLEANS, May 30. Alleged to have run the pigeon game on unsuspecting Negro women across the south, Billy Smith was arrested at St Bernard and Claiborne Avenues by Detective Cassard on charges of larceny by trickery. The scheme involved finding a pocketbook said to hold a large sum of money to convince victims to trust a promised division of an imagined fund, aided by a female confederate. Smith was identified by the victim in Cadiz and Magazine streets case.
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New Orleans
South
Mary Brown
Cadiz
Magazine Streets
Billy Smith
St. Bernard and
Claiborne Avenuues
Cassard
Cassara
Smith
Sugar production in Louisiana rises in 1929 crop
New Orleans report shows 1929 Louisiana sugar yield at 199,609 short tons, up 67,556 from 1928. Molasses output climbs to 19,619,018 gallons from 13,534,589, with cane yield per acre at 19.3 tons vs 9.3 for native cane. Lionel L. Jones of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics compiled the figures.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Commerce
Monroe to Host Tech Voice Extension Course This Summer
Mikert Haskins of Louisiana Tech and D. G. Armstrong announced an off campus voice extension course to be held in Monroe for six weeks on Tuesdays and Fridays. Classes meet at Monroe City High School at 8 a.m. with 30 minutes of personal instruction. High school and college students may enroll for college credit, same fee as Tech campus, tailored to beginner and advanced students. Haskins plans to sign up students June 7 and will later study in New York under Madame Bianca Randall.
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Louisiana Tech Music
Monroe
D. G. Armstrong
Tech
Haskins
Mr. Armstrong
Monroe City High School
Paris
New York
Bianca Randall
Jean de Reszke
Madame Randall
Children’s Aid Bill Passes House 80 to 6 in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge May 28 The house of representatives passed the American Legion children’s aid bill to appropriate 100000 annually to assist widows and dependent wives in maintaining their children after a bitter wrangle. The vote was 80 for and 6 against with Dupre Ellender McClanahan Bacon Douglas and Hughes voting no as supporters argued revenue limits.
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House of Representatives
American Legion
House
Dupre
Ellender
McClanahan Bacon
Douglas
Hughes
Senate Passes Navy Appropriations Bill
Washington May 29 The Senate today approved the last regular appropriation bill funding the Navy at 380 million dollars and cleared the path for adjournment in a move marking the completion of the period’s fiscal measures.
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Senate
Navy
New Orleans to beach road slated after Russell bill passage
Mississippi legislature passes the Russell bill authorizing paving of a new hard surfaced link from Pearlington to the Louisiana line, 11 miles, connecting Chef Menteur Bridge routes to Rigolets. The project shortens the New Orleans to Bay St. Louis trip by about 22 miles, routing via Pearlington to Lakeshore.
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Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi
State ‘Highway Department
Pearlington
Rigolets
Louisiana Highway Commission
Slidell
Pearl River
Bay St. Louis
Lakeshore
Woman Sues Grocer Over Alleged Assault
Esther Letaw files a Civil District Court suit against Peter Rabito of Rabbito Grocery, claiming he grabbed her by the hair, shook her, and threw her to the ground after she left the Baronne Street store. She seeks 10250 damages, alleging permanent disability and subsequent neuritis and arthritis from the April 5 1930 incident.
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New Orleans
Esther Letaw
Civil District Court
Peter Rabito
Rabbito
Baronne Street
Letaw
Ranks of blue clad veterans thinning through years
Washington May 29 The swift moving years thinning the ranks of Union veterans to 50,749, pension bureau records disclose as the nation prepares to honor the heroes of 1861 65 Since last Memorial day death claimed 8,317 of the army of 2,000,000 Unionists who fought to Appomattox sixty years ago.
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Washington
Pension Bureau
Appomattox
Alumni Association of Louisiana Tech Holds Meeting and Picnic
The Louisiana Tech Alumni Association met in Tech Chapel at 3 30 p m with many out of town members present and resolved to grow the association and engage graduates. Chas C Gayne was re elected president with E R Hester vice president and D G Armstrong secretary. Miss Sable Robinson relinquished the secretary post due to duties as Dean of Women. A late afternoon picnic on campus drew several hundred attendees and renewed old ties.
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Alumni Association of
Louisiana Tech
Tech Chapel
Tech
Chas. C. Gayne
E. R. Hester
Bd. G. Armstrong
J. H. Barnes
Allen Smith
Sable Robinson
Ialumni Association
Mayan Temple Findings Share Cleveland Alumni Event Report
Theodore A. Willard of Cleveland reveals details from his twelfth Yucatan expedition at a meeting about Chichen Itza. The temple spans 7400 square feet with skulls engravings and sacrificial knives found. Mayor Gayne presided. H L Campbell spoke for alumni. Robert Du Bose for graduates. Bernice Hemler read The Passing of the Cedar Rope. Margaret Rainwater assisted. Senior Class Memorial dedicated. Alma Mater sung. re cessional conducted.
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Cleveland
Mexico
Chichen Ttal
Theodore A. Willard
Willard
Yucatan
Chas. C. Gayne
H. L. Campbell
Alumni Association
Robert DuBose
Bernice Hemler
George Williams
Margaret Rainwater
Hoover signs war appropriation bill for 1931
President Hoover signed the war department appropriation bill for 1931 assigning 39,106,434 dollars to military activities and 117,427,692 dollars to non military activities.
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Washington
Hoover
War Department
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