Tech Beats Oklahoma City In Debating Opener
Tech defeated Oklahoma City University 36 to 29 in the opening debate of the sonic season at Louisiana. William Holloway and Blanchard Reynolds for Tech argued against the plan of universal disarmament, while Eugene Dyche and Horace Robinson spoke for Oklahoma. The crowd, damp from rain, watched the Ruston contest set for March 10 against Mississippi College with other upcoming debates scheduled at Ruston and Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Yec
Oklahoma City University
Tech
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
Assistant Director of Agriculture to Visit Ruston
H Spencer assistant director of agriculture Louisiana will visit Ruston March 16 and hold a tour through Lincoln parish through March 14. He will discuss the 1930 crop outlook with charts on production and price trends and advise on profitable crops. County Agent J A Shealy accompanies him and will speak on dairying and the powder milk plant financing and operation opening early May. Farmers urged to increase milk production and buy more dairy cattle. Schedule includes Simshoro Cross Roads Dubach Farm Council Ruston Wesley Chapel Sibley Antioch New Hope Douglas with meetings from March 10 to 14.
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H. Spencer
Louisiana
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Spencer
J. A. Shealy
Mr. Spencer
Mr. Shealy
Simshoro
Cross Roads Scfion House
Dubach
Farm Council
Wesley Chapel
Sibley School
Antioch School
New Hope-Douglas
Funeral Services For Ruston Boy Raymond Duncan Tuesday
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Master Raymond Morris Duncan the ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Ben M Duncan of Texarkana Arkansas and Mr and Mrs W K Duncan of Ruston Louisiana. The child died at the family home in Texarkana from injuries due to an accidental fireworks explosion on Christmas Day. The body will arrive by train at 8 15 a m tomorrow and interment will be in Greenwood cemetery. Friends of the family are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Ben M. Duncan
Texarkana
Arkansas
W. K. Duncan
Raymond Morris Duncan
Utis
U. BE
Little Raymond
W K. Duncan
Greenwood Cemetery
Air Message Dropped From Plane Over Monroe
Captain E L Kidd received a note Tuesday from three Marine aviators after their flight from Quantico to San Diego. The message said Sorry we can't stop Johnnie Al and Jerry and was dropped from a passing plane attached to a teaspoon near Mays' store on Railroad avenue in Ruston.
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E. L. Kidd
Mah
Monroe West
B. F. Johnson
C. C. Jerome
J. D. Cooley
Marine Corps
Monroe
Quantico
Virginia
San Diego
California
Ruston
Johnnie
Jerry
Mays
Railroad Avenue
Traveling Men of Ruston Plan First Get-To-Gether Banquet
The traveling men of Ruston organize a quarterly social called Get-To-Gether with the first banquet set for Saturday March 8 at Elks Hall. Ticket info via committee members James H. Martin Charles Co Alley and Jack McLeod, and Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Knights of the Grip
Angels of Commerce
Elks Hall
Jolly
James H. Martain
Charles Co. Alley
Jack" McLeod
Ellis Hall
Louisiana
W.T.H
Vic
M.M. C
B.A. P
Chamber of Commerce
James H. Martin
C. C. Alley
Jack McLeod
Committee Au
Bridge Addicts Suffer From Superiority Complex
New York Feb 26 Doctor Alfred Adler of Vienna told Columbia University that bridge players are victims of superiority complexes. He called time a major enemy of society and said bridge is a cheap pass through life’s anxieties.
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New York
Alfred Adler
Vienna
Columbia University
Adler
Second Louisiana Tech annual literary contest announced
Two judges have accepted invitations to judge Louisiana Tech English department sponsored contest. Prizes total 45 dollars with 10 first and 5 second in short stories essays and verse. March 16 is final submission date. last year had 20 entries. New Orleans item notes Carl Fisher’s appointment at Fire Marshal office.
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Louisiana Tech
Pearl Hogrefe
John T. Prederick
The
Midland Magazine
Miss Saline M. Terry
State Teachers’ College of Iowa
Miss
Tech Talk
Tech
Bernice 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 issue of hard surfaced highway bonds totaling 64 million dollars funded by gasoline tax proceeds. The bid from City Savings Bank and Trust Co of Shreveport and associates, backed by bankers from the east, middlewest and Louisiana, carried a 158,405 dollar premium and five percent interest. Bonds dated March 15 mature in 20 years, boosting total bonds sold since last summer to 21 million dollars for the paved road program. An executive session preceded the vote, with four to three approval led by Gov Huey P. Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
East
Middlewest
City Savings Bank and Trust Company of Shreveport and Associates
State Board of Liquidation
State Board
Harris
Forbes Co
New York
New Orleans
Percy Saint
Huey P. Long
James J. Bailey
L. B. Baynard
John B. Fournet
Shreveport Bank
Three Boys Burned In Desoto Fire Tragedy
Three boys aged 14 9 and 11 and sons of Willian Mc Farland died when a fire consumed their Desoto home. The Arkansas Gazette notes matrimony as an institution of learning and a writer says a man earns his Bachelor's degree without acquiring master’s.
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The
Arkansas Gazette
Census lists 71 traveling men in Ruston
A city census of Ruston identified 71 traveling men living there, many visitors or newcomers, prompting organizers to plan regular meetings to foster acquaintance. The roster names each man with surname and initials along with the firm represented.
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Ruston
Knights of the Grip
Allbright
R. E B
Alley
C. A. Armstrong
J. M
Baker
Guy
Beatty
W. M
Bolin
J. W
Brown
H. B
Buchanan
A. C
Baskerville
P. W
Can
Leggett, Co
EB. Logan
Harry
McLeod
M. M
Mabry
Chas
Martin
J. H
Mashaw
Edwin
May
Alex H
Montford
Morgan
Moss
H. J
Nelson
Grady
Ormond
J. E
Owens
Willam
Peden
E. A
Ponder
A M
Prouty
L. E
Raley
Reagan
J. B
Roberts
Frank
Robinson
Poole
Sanders
Simonton
Clayton
Claud
Vaughn
Geo. A
Weatherby
C. E
Wilder
A. E
Band O Glee Girls Delight Ruston Audience
Techs Band O Glee Girls gave a well received spring concert Friday night in Ruston. Miss Bentell and Miss Haskell led appealing numbers with Miss Walker as accompanist. Director Elbert Haskins earned praise for shaping a polished program.
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Tech
O' Glee Girls
Ruston
Benny O' Mine
Miss Haskell
Mr. Hearn
Lone
Elbert Haskins
Mabel Walker
Go Guy Musical Gathering
Three Local Boys Arrested Today On Charge Of Theft
Ronnie Mooney 19, Noland Duck 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 lock or taking the brass. Police found the brass in woods about two miles from Ruston after railroad officials reported the theft.
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Ronnie Mooney
Noland Duck
Eugene Gay
Lincoln Parish
J. T. Richardson
Yard and Garden Contest Opens March First in Ruston
The Yard and Garden contest in Ruston opens March 1 with entries due by March 15 and judging by Miss Tommie Bourg of the L A A Extension Department. Prizes include shrubs funded by local clubs and businesses. A list of prize donors is provided and a full prize list will be published soon.
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Roston
Business House
Tommie Bourg
L. A. A. Extension Department
Ruston
Chamber of Commerce
Glen Shadow
P. P. Knowles
E. Andrews
Louis Langford
Burkman’s Golden
Baker's
Marriage Licenses for Several Couples Listed
This notice records marriage licenses issued to Colored-Bob McConnell of Verney and Daisy Kennedy of Clay, Johnie Gaur of Vienna and Algie Jackson of Vieng, Ellis Johnson of Rusten and Myrtle Johnson of Ruston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob McConnell
Verney
Daisy Kennedy
Clay
Johnie Gaur
Vienna
Algie Jackson
Vieng
Ellis Johnson
Rusten
Myrtle Johnson
Ruston
Canal Street Lighting System Surpassed by Only Two Cities
New Orleans switches to the Edison lighting system on February 24 making Canal Street lighting among the finest. Only Chicago's State Street and Detroit's Washington Boulevard and Woodward Avenue boast more extensive setups, leaving Canal Street in elite company.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Thomas A. Edison
State Street
Chicago
Washington Boulevard
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
New Highway Test Begins On Ruston-Choudrant Route
The Louisiana Highway Commission started drilling cores on the Ruston Choudrant section of Highway 80 to test pavement materials. Cores six inches in diameter are sent to Baton Rouge labs for texture analysis as contractors push toward completing the Ruston to Monroe project by early summer with only a mile and a half left to pave on Tremont Choudrant and Calhoun Tremont sectors.
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Louisiana Highway Commission
Ruston-Choudrant
Highway No. 80
Baton Rouge
A. Q. Hinton
K. N. Saurbrey
Tremont-Chaudrant
Calhoun-Tre
Ten year old lad writes farm poem about self sufficiency
A ten year old boy from Coln Parish writes a farm poem urging self sufficiency as cotton declines. The series of meetings hosted by Reels Island R A Chamber of Commerce and County Agent draws about 600 attendees. The poem praises garden work, raising corn, cattle and milk, and includes a plea to plant more corn and keep home supplies. An Orchardist in Okanagan uses electrified screens to guard apple trees from coddling moth.
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Coln Parish
Island R. A
Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Parish
Attle Lawrence MccCullin
Mayor Urges Cooperation In City Clean-Up Week
Mayor Charles C. Gayne calls on all residents to cooperate with civic clubs and the Chamber of Commerce civics committee in a city-wide clean-up campaign from today through Saturday. The city will haul away all trash. residents should bundle debris in boxes or sacks and place it where city trash wagons can collect it.
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Charles C. Gayne
Civics Committee
Chamber of Commerce
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Duncan
Capt. Kidd
North
Astoria
Ore
Frita Kifving
Columbia River
Add Thompson
S. B. Ritchie
St. W. Davis
Glenn Shadow
Canal St
Highway Commission
Lad
Lawrence McCullin
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