Louisiana Tech Debating Team Beats Oklahoma City
Friday night opener on the Genic season saw Louisiana Tech defeat Oklahoma City University 36 to 29 as tech debaters argued disarmament policy. Tech’s Holloway and Reynolds faced Dyche and Robinson of Oklahoma, with a small crowd due to rain. next meets set for March 10 at Ruston against Mississippi College and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
Oklahoma City University
Tech
Louisiana
William Holloway
Hodge
Blanchard Reynolds
Grove
Eugene Dyche
Horace Robinson
Oklahoma University
Vivian Turner
Ruston
Mississippi College
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Arkadelphia
Ark
Centenary
Shreveport
Asst. Director of Agriculture Tour Plans in Ruston
F H Spencer assistant director of agriculture in Louisiana will be in Ruston March 10 to 14 conducting meetings in Lincoln parish. He will discuss the 1930 crop outlook, show charts on production and price trends, and advise on profitable crops. County Agent J A Shealy will accompany and speak on dairying and the powder milk plant financing and operation opening in May. Farmers urged to buy more dairy cattle. Schedule outlines seven meetings across Simsboro Cross Roads Dubach Farm Council Wesey Chapel Sibley Antioch New Hope Douglas.
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F. H. Spencer
Louisiana
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Spencer
J. A. Shealy
Mr. Spencer
Shealy
Simsboro
Cross Roads
Dubach
Farm Council
Ruston C. of C
Wesjey Chapel
Sibley School
Antioch School
New Hope-Douglas
Funeral Services To Be Held Tuesday for Little Duncan Boy
Friends in Ruston of Mr and Mrs Ben M Duncan of Texarkana Ark and of Mr and Mrs W K Duncan of Ruston mourn the death of Master Haymond Morris Duncan ten years old from an accidental Christmas fireworks explosion. The body will arrive by train Tuesday evening and the funeral will be at 2 p m at Mr W K Duncans residence with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Ruston
Ben M. Duncan
Texarkana
Arkansas
W. K. Duncan
Haymond Morris Duncan
Little Raymond
Ape
W K. Duncan
Greenwood Cemetery
Aire Message From Airmen Dropped Over Ruston
Captain FE L Kidd, an area insurance man, received a note Tuesday morning from three Marine aviators whose plane passed Monroe to San Diego. The note attached to a teaspoon read I am sorry we cannot stop Johnnie Al and Jerry. The message dropped near Mays store on Railroad avenue after the pilots stopped in Monroe Monday night due to weather.
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FE. L. Kidd
Monroe West
B. F. Johnson
C. Jerome
J. D. Cooley
Marine Corps
Monroe
Quantico
Virginia
San Diego
California
Captain Kidd
Ruston
Johnnie
Jerry
Mays
Railroad Avenue
Traveling Men Plan First Ruston Meeting March 8
A new quarterly gathering for Ruston traveling salesmen is planned with a banquet at Elks Hall on Saturday March 8. About 150 attendees expected. tickets 2.50. Officials James H. Martin Charles Do Alley and Jack McLeod named on arrangements.
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Ruston
Knights of the Grip
Angels of Commerce
Elks Hall
Jolly
James H. Martain
Charles Do. Alley
Jack” McLeod
Troy
J. W BW
T.H
D. Ua
M.M.G
ELA. P
Gilad
Chamber of Commerce
James H. Martin
Cr. C. Alley
Jack McLeod
Jumnittee
Bridge Addicts Suffer From Superiority Complex
New York Feb 26 Bridge addicts are seen as victims of superiority complexes says Dr Alfred Adler of Vienna. The famed psychoanalyst spoke at Columbia University noting time as society’s greatest enemy and that bridge provides an easy inexpensive mood lift for some players.
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New York
Alfred Adler
Vienna
Columbia University
Doetor Adler
Second annual contest to be held at Tech
Louisiana Tech English department announced the second annual literary contest with judges John T. Frederick and Saline M. Terry and a third to be chosen. Prizes totaling 45 dollars provided by The Tech Talk will be awarded in three divisions: short stories, familiar essays, and verse. Final submissions due March 15. last year’s winners included Berbice Hemler and Howard McCarty. In New Orleans Carl Fisher, son of Senator Jules Fisher, was appointed to Fire Marshal Gregory’s office at 175 dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
Pearl Hogrefe
John T. Frederick
Midland Magazine
Saline M. Terry
State Teachers’ College of Town
Miss Hogrefe
Tech
Tech Talk
Berbice Hemler
Howard McCarty
New Orleans
Carl Fisher
Jules Fisher
Jefferson Parish
Gregory
Fisher
Long
Road Bonds Sold By Board Despite Treasurer's Plea
Louisiana sold its third hard surfaced highway bond issue totaling 6 million dollars to a group led by City Savings Bank and Trust of Shreveport and associates. The sale, approved 4 to 3 by the state board, included a 158 405 dollar premium and five percent interest, with bonds dated March 15 and maturing in 20 years. Proceeds from gas tax funds continue to back the paved road program despite Treasurer Conner’s objections.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
East
Middlewest
City Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Shreveport
J Associates
State Board of Liquidation
State Board
Harris, Forbes Co
New York
New Orleans
Grey
Paul N. Cyr
Percy Saint
Huey P. Long
James J. Bailey
L. B. Baynard
Jand
John B. Fournet
Shreveport Bank
Three Boys Burned in De Soto Fire Mystery
De Soto Missouri reports three Mc Farland boys aged 14 9 and 7 burned to death as a fire destroyed their home. Arkansas Gazette notes matrimony as an institution of learning and mentions a writer claiming a bachelor’s degree requires no additional education.
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de Soto
William McFarland
The
Arkansas Gazette
Ruston Census Names 71 Traveling Men Here OK
A Ruston census lists 71 traveling men living in the city over weekends and vacations as organizers plan regular meetings to foster acquaintance among the group. The roster includes names and firms such as R. E. Albright, C. A. Alley, J. M. Armstrong, H. C. Buchanan, P. W. Baskerville, J. W. Bolin, H. B. Brown, and many others among local movers and sellers.
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Ruston
Knights of the Grip
Albright
R. E
Alley
C. A
Armstrong
J. M
Baker
Quy
Beatty
W. M
Bolin
J. W
Brown
H. B
Buchanan
H. C
Baskerville
P. W
Cann
A. A
Cobb
R. J
Colvin
Austin
Conner
J. T
Conella
Jeff
Cragon
M. M
Crowder
J. E
Cupp
V. C
Davis
Geo
O. K
Ells
Marvin
Epps
Gatlin
H. R. Gomnes
C. R
Goyne
QO. O
Guarin
C. J. Hadley
A. W
Hadley
Will
Harmon
L. L
Clyde
Harris
Jess
Hill
Hughes
G. E
Jackson
A. T
Kirkland
Lay
C. B
Latimer
Ledbetter
Blanchard
Leggett, Co
Logan
Harry
McLeod
Mabry
Chas
Martin
J. H
Mas
Frank
Robinson
Poole
Sanders
W. M. Simonton
Clayton
Skinner
Clay
Slayton
H. L
Smith
Mose
Spinks
Vergil
Taylor
Willis
Tomlinson
Sam
Upechunh
Claud
Vaughn
Geo. A
Weatherby
C. E
Wilder
A. E
LASSOES DEER IN RIVER NEAR ASTORIA
In Astoria Oregon Captain Fritg Bliving lassoes a two point buck deer stranded in the middle of the Columbia River more than two miles from shore. Local harbormaster and crew assisted as the animal resisted capture before the lariat secured the deer and it was brought aboard a skiff.
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Astoria
Ore
Fritg
Three Ruston youths arrested on brass theft charge
Ronnie Mooney age 19 Noland Duck age 19 and Eugene Gay 18 all of Ruston were arrested and jailed after confessing to offering brass from a box car near the freight depot for sale to a local junk dealer. They deny breaking the box car or taking the brass. Local marshal Ward Richardson reported the theft to railroad officials and found the brass in woods about two miles from Ruston.
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Ronnie Mooney
Noland Duck
Eugene Gay
Lincoln Parish
J. ‘R. Richardson
Yard and Garden Contest Opens March First in Ruston
The Ruston Yard and Garden contest opens March 1 and runs to November 1 with entries due by March 15. Prizes include shrubs and cash gifts from local organizations. Miss Tommie Bourg of the Extension Department will assist in planning and judging, with committee members inviting yard entries and support from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Business House
Tommie Bourg
L. 8. A. Extension Department
Ruston
Chamber of Commerce
Glen
Shadow
P. P. Knowles
C. E. Andrews
Louis Langford
Burkman's Golden
Baker's Pyramidal
Rebekah Farms
Rosedale
Deutzla
Euonymus
Ligustrum
C. W. Perkins
First National Bank
Ruston State Bank
Kiwanis Club
Phane
Test of New Highway Begun on Ruston to Monroe Route
The Louisiana Highway Commission started test core sampling Tuesday on the Ruston Choudrant section of Highway No. 60 to inspect pavement composition before final approval. Core drills six inches in diameter while samples are sent to Baton Rouge labs for texture analysis. About a mile and a half of concrete remains on Tremont Chaudrant and Calhoun Tremont sectors, and open paving should complete from Ruston to Monroe by early summer.
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Louisiana Highway Domemmission
Ruston-Choudrant
Highway No. BO
Baton Rouge
A. G. Hinton
K. N. Saurbrey
Tremont-Chaudrant
Calhoun-Tre
Ten year old poet warns Lincoln parish on farm needs
A ten year old boy from Lincoln parish speaks on farm needs at a series of meetings supported by the Rock Island BRR Chamber of Commerce and County Agent. Pictures, talks, and a 600 attendance push for more feeds and milk in 1930. He urges increasing corn, meat, dairy, and self sufficiency while noting cotton decline. A farmer praises the boy’s verse and aims to buy a Jersey Helfer calf. Electrified screens aid an Okanogan apple orchard against coddling moths.
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Lincoln Parish
the Rock
Island BR. R
Chamber of Commercie
Lawrence McCullin
Leart
Marriage Licenses for Vernon and Ruston Couples
Colored-Bob McConnell of Vernon wed Daisy Kennedy of Clay. Jotnie Gaur of Vienna marries Algie Jackson of Vienna. Ellis Johnson of Ruston weds Myrtle Johnson of Ruston.
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Bob McConnell
Vernon
Daisy Kennedy
Clay
Jotnie Gaur
Vienna
Algie Jackson
Ellis Johnson
Ruston
Myrtle Johnson
Canal Street Lighting System Surpassed in Two Cities
New Orleans residents witnessed the switch on Monday February 24 to the new Canal Street lighting system by Thomas A Edison. Only two other cities claim finer lighting with State Street Chicago and Washington Boulevard and Ward Avenue Detroit offering extended systems.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Thomas A. Edison
State Street
Chicago
Washington Boulevard
Woorward Avenue
Detroit
Mayor Urges Citywide Clean-Up Campaign Cooperation
Mayor Charles C. Gayne called on all residents to join a thorough clean-up effort organized by civic clubs and the Chamber of Commerce. The city will collect and haul away trash from streets and premises. residents should place collected trash in a box or sack at a convenient pickup point and report by calling the mayor’s office for removal.
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Charles C. Gayne
Ciuies Committee
Chamber of Commerce
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Duncan
Kidd
North
Icensus
O' Glee Girls
Sonny O' Mine
Girls
Miss Haskell
Mr. Hearn
Elbert Haskins
Mabel Walker
Add Thompson
B. Ritchie
R. W. Davis
Glenn Shadow
Highway Commission
Lad
Canal St
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