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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1930
Page
10
A partial transcription mentions Mr Nugent as a member of the A and farmers in the parish. It describes his home surrounded by a flower yard and references a sense of appreciation for the good the beautiful and the true.
H L McKnight secretary of the Ruston Chamber of Commerce reports Lincoln parish and nearby parishes have crop conditions better than East Texas farming country after a hundred mile motor trip from Shreveport to Mount Pleasant last week. He believes the favorable conditions result from excessive rains across the area.
Marriage licenses issued include White A M Willis of Ruston to Pauline Berker of Ruston O D Shovan of Choudrant to Vera Muse of Choudrant T E Zachary of Baton Rouge to Maggie Dell Moore of Ruston.
June 14 Washington The spectacular career of the senate lobby committee is believed ended except for a few formalities. Members who exposed lobbyists to public gaze have not decided to suspend operations but doubt more witnesses will be called. The next move is a report to the senate on Bishop James Cannon Jr who refused to answer questions about his 1928 anti Smith activities. It will be made early next week with no further action planned against the bishop.
A bill submitted in Baton Rouge would put to voters on September 9, 1930, the question of calling a constitutional convention to draft a new Louisiana constitution. If approved, the convention would be held January 12, 1931, in Baton Rouge. Senators Peltier and Peterman introduced the measure as the session’s final bill.
A proposed plan outlines a 13 member governor appointed convention to draft a new state constitution. Delegates must meet house qualifications, with full power to frame reforms submit to voters. Cost estimated at 200000 to 400000, delegates paid 15 dollars daily for 45 days.
Westerville officials denied Walter Liggett's Plain Talk claim of 20 speakeasies in the town and 35,000 in the state. Village manager R E Windcom said Westerville has half pint bootleggers but no speakeasies, and the town remains dry.
Mr. A. B. Larance of Hilly parish reports two full grown cotton blooms sent to him yesterday and notes many blooms scattered across his cotton field. The farmer asserts nearby fields show similar signs of budding cotton growth in what he describes as a promising yield indicator.
A fragmented legislative note from Paton Rouge indicates a hearing on a tobacco tax bill, with Mahoney of New Orleans linked to a public school benefit provision. The fate of the bill and the hearing date were in flux, with adjustments announced in Howe on Tuesday.
Baton Rouge June 13 three senators on the Senate public roads and highways committee resigned in protest as they refused outside counsel. They charged the probe of the state highway commission will be hampered and end in a whitewash. The committee then invited the Constitutional League of Louisiana to provide information to the investigation.
Niagara Falls June 10 officials probed a possible second death from a recent liquor smuggling attempt in the Detroit River. A body found near North Tonawanda is believed to be a man about 25, with clothes showing a Canadian customs pass for 50 cases of ale.
A precinct report notes a contentious vote on a bill by Wingtave to authorize payment of attorney fees for tax collectors, regardless of tax suit outcomes. The measure failed with 181 yeas and 17 nays, amid confusion over the ballot wording and procedures.
Baton Rouge reports House and Senate bills passed on June 9. Key actions include a state uniform aircraft code aligning with federal rules, and authorizing oaths by the Chany hospital official. Also approved: sheriff and tax collector salary increases, abolition of a fifth ward justice of the peace post, and contractor payment at 85 percent upon completion.
Fourteen prominent European journalists spent Sunday in New Orleans as part of a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tour. They were hosted to a luncheon by the New Orleans Publishers Association.
New York June 10 Justice Harry E Lee says lack of babies drives many divorces and birth control shifts responsibility for unhappy marriages and census decline. He noted in sixty four undefended divorces that day only one child appeared in every two families and marriages lasted about three years.
Louie Frasier, son of Mr and Mrs Luther Frasier, brought in the first cotton bloom of the year from a one acre plot three miles north of Ruston on the Pershing highway. The crop, planted April 1, was picked today and shown at the Leader office.
Biloxi Mississippi June 10 delegates of the national association of building owners continued their twenty third annual convention amid optimistic business tones from J A Bandi of New Orleans vice president of the Canal Bank and Trust company. Since arrival the delegates have used the Mississippi Gulf Coast recreation facilities and the convention opened yesterday with discussions of organization problems and routine business.
A fragmented quote from a New Orleans source argues that easy money aids enterprise by supporting small merchants, then ties growth to wholesalers and manufacturers. It emphasizes intelligent advertising, elimination of marginal producers, and efficient operation to meet broad rising competition.
Baton Rouge June 13 The Constitutional league of Louisiana calls a statewide mass meeting for citizens who favor enforcing the constitution and laws and supporting clean economical government. The meeting is set for Wednesday night June 18 at 8 o clock in the community pavilion Baton Rouge. Addresses will be delivered by several speakers and every citizen is invited to attend and participate.
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