Track season ends with election of Weakley captain
Gordon Weakley of Bunny Hill La was chosen captain of next spring's Louisiana Tech track team. Coach Shirley praised Weakley as the hardest worker and top scorer, noting he won the 440 yard dash district title and contributed in other events. Several seniors and sophomores earned letters this year, with seven freshmen expected to receive numerals. The program, started in 1927, has grown into a strong Bulldog sport under Ed Bhinley.
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Gordon Weakley
Bunny Hill
Cinder
Louisiana Tech
Weakley
Tech
Shirley
Noah
York Sheppard
Capt
Dennis Noah
Fanny" Mangham
Southwestern
Harkness
Louisiana College
Sheppard
Shorty
Carlton
Bulldogs
Mangham
McCarty
Howard
Harlan
Pickle
Gilbert
Moffett
Pietsch
Louisiana College Fresh
Parker
Humphries
Jones
Powell
Crowley
Brown
Durham
Ed Bhinley
Finat
Reds Are Jailed in Atlanta
Six communists are jailed in Fulton County awaiting possible death sentences under a sweeping anti insurrection statute. Two of the six are women, Mary Dalton and Anne Har lack. Assistant Solicitor General John H. Hudson told United Press that as communists arrive to preach violence against the laws, they will be judged and death sentences demanded in every case.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
America
Mary Dalton
Anne Harlack
John H. Hudson
United Press
Two Levee Breaches Flood 3500 Acres Near Alexandera La
Flood waters breach levee near Alexandria and Marksville after two crevasses opened yesterday. Repair crews work to seal two breaches as the swollen river overruns farmland covering about 3500 acres. Local authorities warn residents of potential further floods.
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Alexandera
Marksville
Long Plans to Speak in New Orleans
New Orleans May 31 Scarehead circulars circulated here say Governor Huey P Long would speak in the municipal auditorium on Saturday June 7 The circular attacks the old regular democratic party of New Orleans claiming the city has squandered money and faces insolvency and that newspapers lie about the governor exposing the alleged mismanagement and hidden books
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Democratic Party
Mary Rose Colvin Injured When Hit By Auto Saturday
Miss Mary Rose Colvin thirteen year old daughter of Mrs. Fred Price Colvin of Ruston was injured after alighting from Miss Berlyn Workman's car near the North Louisiana Sanitarium in Shreveport. A parked car behind the vehicle struck her foot, causing a foot gash and a facial abrasion. She was taken to the sanitarium for treatment. authorities ruled the accident unavoidable.
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Mary Rose Colvin
Fred Price Colvin
Ruston
Berlyn Workman
North Louisiana Sanitarium
Shreveport
Miss Colvin
Miss Workman
North Louisiana
Hoover Signs War Department Bill for 1931
President Hoover signed the War Department appropriation bill for 1931 totaling 339,106,454 dollars for military activities and 117,437,692 dollars for non military activities.
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Hoover
War Department
Washington
Dubach man released after Jena Bank robbery probe
Sam Huffman of Dubach was freed early Tuesday by Sheriff A J Thigpen after three men from Jena Bank failed to identify him as a robber who took 7000 dollars a week earlier. A fourth Jena man identified him as seen at Jena the day before the crime.
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Sam Huffman
Dubach
A. J. Thigpen
Jena
Hoffman
Thigpen
Sam Davis
la Salle Parish
Davis
Ruston
Joseph Gravich
Burns
Butler
D. C. Wade
J. P. Wade
Dunbch
Development of Louisiana Sulphur Field Planned
NEW ORLEANS La In an effort to determine whether sulphur in commercial quantities are present in the bed under Lake Peigneur in Iberia Parish Louisiana drilling operations are planned by the Dynamid Company of New York. The New York company has entered into a contract with the Jefferson Lake Oil Company whereby the former takes over active development of the sulphur deposit on a lease acquired from the state. Six wells will be driven and if it is found that sulphur exists the development will be continued. Preliminary work has shown that at 650 feet under the surface the sulphur deposits are about 200 feet thick.
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New Orleans
Lake Peigneur
Iberia Parish
Louisiana
Dynamid Company of
New York
New York Company
Jefferson Lake Oil Company
Training School to Be Held at Temple Church
Mr. Joe B. Moseley of Louisiana Baptist groups announces a training school and state wide campaign in Ruston. Workers from Mississippi Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma arrive Saturday and begin Sunday with a census in Ruston and intensive work through the week to prepare for summer outreach. Temple Church pastor Rev W D Wilbanks says census results help local churches with expansion while pastors of other congre gations will receive comparable data. The Leader will publish further speaker and census updates.
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Joe B. Moseley
Baptist Sunday School
Louisiana
Temple Baptist Church
Mississippi
Louisiaana
Texas
Oklahoma
Rust
Dover Police Chief Resigns as Theater Show Stopped
In Dover Mayor Wratassky's administration neighbors report Chief William Byers, 62, resigned yesterday. Frank H. Javens, appointed by Stucky, removed theater door hinges at the Bexley projection room. Operators barricaded themselves. Javens arrested them and halted the motion picture show at the local theater.
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Dover
May
Walton E. McBride Declared Candidate for DA Post
The Ruston Leader announces Hon Walton E McBride as a candidate for district attorney for the Third Judicial District Louisiana in the Democratic primary on September 9 1930 subject to voter will.
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Ruston Leader
Walton E. McBride
Third
Judicial District of
Louisiana
District Judge Candidates in Third Judicial District
The Ruston Leader notes candidates E L Walker and Guy W Holloway running for district judge in the Third Judicial District of Louisiana in the Democratic primary on September 9, 1930, subject to voter wishes.
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Ruston Leader
E. L. Walker
Third Judicial District of
Louisiana
Guy W. Holloway
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Markaville
O. Melancon
Red Cross
REDS
Long
Jena Bank
Lincoln
Stevensville, Mont
Jack
Altice
Trenton St
Dhu Thompson
Ruston State Bank
ACORN
Men’s Rayon Union
C. Trenton
Mvas
Ruston, LA
Gaar & Evans
Business and Professional Directory
Ruston Creamery
the State Life Insurance CO
Indianapolis
Indiana
W.E. Owen
J. E. Crawford, M. D
James
8. R. Clay
Optometrist
DR. L. F. Green
James Building
W. P. Simpson
Desidence Telephone
Ellis Bailey
Ave
Sam Blaushild
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