Bearcat Football Coach Hired At Ruston High
Morace Williamson former coach at El Dorado and Stamps high schools signed to lead Ruston Bearcat squad beginning fall term. He succeeds Ben Rush who resigned to head Ouachita Parish high school's athletic department. Williamson, Arkansas College alumnus, will arrive in August for early football practice amid praise from local superintendents. Meanwhile storm casualties reported across the region with several deaths and injuries as search efforts begin.
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Superintendent of Education
Morace Williamson
el Dorado High School
Stamps High School
Henderson-Brown
Ruston High School
Bearcat
Ben Rush
Ouachita Parish High School
Williamson
Rush
Arkansas College
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Fire destroys million-dollar brewery tied to Druggan and Lake
A five story Chicago brewery worth about 1 million dollars, linked to beer barons Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake, was burned early today on the southwest side at 21st street and Albany avenue. Firemen fought the blaze as the roof collapsed, and a water tower fell. Crowds of about 15 000 gathered as flames shot high into the air. The plant, originally padlocked in 1926, was later reopened as the Troy Ice and Beverage Company.
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Chicago
Terry Druggan
Frankie Lake
21St Street
Albany Avenue
Druggan and Lake
Troy Ice and Beverage Company
Double Daily Air Service Is Inaugurated
New Orleans main line begins enhanced service to Shreveport with a 9 30 a m flight stopping at Shreveport Fort Worth and Dallas and a 1 30 p m return via Baton Rouge Alexandria and Shreveport. Three new Lockheed Vega seven passenger cabin planes cost over 60000 as Wedell Williams Air Line expands.
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New Orleans
Shreveport
Wedell-Wilams Air Line
Fort Worth
Dallas
Faust
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Wedell, Williams Air Line
Hoover's Son To Work On Vacation
Allan Hoover, 23, son of the President, plans a summer of hard work. He will devote a week to a test after Harvard business studies and then spend the rest of the season in American Radiator factory work. He arrived at the White House today and will join the President at Rapidan fishing camp Monday, aiding Mrs. Hoover recovering from illness.
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Washington
Allan Hoover
Allan
Harvard School of Business Administration
White House
Rapidan
Five Die as Cyclone Hits Midwest Villages
St Paul Minn June reports five dead after a cyclone tore through Southern Minnesota and Central Wisconsin towns. National Guard patrolled the ruins as damages surpass one million dollars.
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Midwest
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Younger Set O K With Him Says Cal Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge told about 900 Amherst college men at the alumni reunion banquet that he does not worry about the younger generation. He noted repeated claims of lack of authority but argued the world has progressed with each generation, producing the industrious citizens of today.
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Amherst
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Amherst College
Michigan Law School Left 21 Million in Will
Detroit June 10 Regent James O Murfin of the University of Michigan announced the will of the late William Wilson Cook a New York corporation lawyer would make the Michigan law school the wealthiest the world has ever known The will provides income from the residue of Mr Cook s estate valued at about 12 million His gifts total about 21 million Mr Cook was graduated from the Michigan law school in 1882
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Detroit
James O.murfin
University of Michigan
William Wilson Cook
New York Corporation
Michigan Law School
Law School
Last Stand of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Florida
Nature Magazine notes the ivory billed woodpecker’s probable final stand in Florida cypress swamps with its 1924 nesting record by Dr. A A Allen. It is now illegal to kill this bird, while the Carolina parakeet is deemed extinct after heavy hunting and trapping in Florida.
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Great Cypress
Florida
A. A. Allen
Nature Magazine
Tech track stars show decent academic marks amid grueling training
The 1931 Tech track team earned a high C average as eleven lettermen posted mostly Bs with two failures. Captain Dennis Noah and Gordon Weakley led with Bs, while York Sheppard topped with an A in the Spring Quarter. Ten non-lettering squad members also ranked high academically, including one student with straight As.
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Tech
Cinder Letterman
Dennis Noah
Gordon Weakley
McCarty Twins
J. H
H. T
Shirley
Poultry tale used to illustrate toxic alcohol doubt
In a Ruston courtroom Judge Pearce heard lawyers argue if a beverage shown in evidence was intoxicating. The judge recounted a local tale of a citizen whose chickens fed on corn used to tone to home brew. The yard scene led to drunken hens later revived by sober habits of the owner and garbage man.
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Stephen D. Pearce
Veterans
Third District Court
Ruston
Chanticleer
Four Simton drug stores switch to cash basis
Basis July ad notes that Simton’s four drug stores will operate on a strict cash basis starting July 1. Managers say precise consideration with many customers led to the change to reduce bad debts and offer better service with lower profit margins.
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Daily Leader
Simton
Parker Pitts Burke to Talk at Statewide Meeting
Former Governor John M Parker Porteus R Burke of New Iberia and J L Pitts of Alexandria were named as three of the speakers at a state wide mass meeting to be held in Baton Rouge Wednesday night. Burke is a southwest Louisiana attorney and Pitts a business leader of Alexandria. Citizens statewide are invited to attend and participate as the statement promised conditions in Louisiana would be discussed in plain language.
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Baton Rouge
John M. Parker
Porteus R. Burke
New Iberia
J. L. Pitts
Alexandria
Constitutional League
Burke
Louisiana
Pitts
Frese and Former Patrons Behind Pantows Counter
In a terse note, Frese and his former friends and patrons are described as working behind the Pantows counter, suggesting a shift in loyalties or roles at the establishment. The text implies ongoing associations and former ties among those connected to Pantows.
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Sr Frese Villo Baa Wy
Pantows
Girl 16 Attacked by Cat on Way Home From School
In New Orleans on Tuesday, a cat attacked 16 year old Mary Ida Bartlett as she walked home from school. She was bitten on the leg and hand after the cat sprang from a vacant lot. it had to be killed. Neighbors reported screams and a second cat sighting later that day. Police advised contacting the S P C A but no neighborhood roundup promise was secured.
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New Orleans
Schiool
Mary Ida Bartlett
Rose Bartlett
Dante Street
Oe Pasteur
Charity Hospital
Jelnes
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Business and Professional Directory
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the State Life Insurance CO
Indianapolis
Indiana
W. E. Owen
Ruston, LA
J. E. Crawford, M. D
James Ldg
8. R. Clay
Optometrist
Telephone
L. F. Green
James Huilding
W. P. Simpson
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Cat
ACORN
Child's Summer Union Suits
Acorn Stores, Inc
Ruston, Louisiana
Ellis Bailey
Phoua
Sam Blaushild
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