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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1932
Page
1
Rutson Louisiana reading note from Leader Blog details subscription rates and postal handling. It quotes a Bible verse urging believers to walk with Christ as they were taught, rooted and built up in faith with thanksgiving. The item includes publication address and contact details.
A narrator muses on English climbers preparing to ascend Mount Nanga Prabat in the Himalayas, a peak about 26 000 feet high. The piece reflects on human restlessness, exploration for science or sport, and the timeless pull to push beyond known horizons. It likens explorers from Phoenicians to Amundsen, asserting the urge to seek new vistas endures.
State legislators favor gasoline taxes to boost revenue for many aims including relief programs, but motorists fear broad use beyond road work. Editors warn high taxes risk class taxation and potential motorist revolt as prices climb to five to seven cents a gallon and beyond.
A garbled clipping critiques Kansas dry laws, noting numerous counties with no inmates or residents and mockingly detailing costs of printing speeches. It references a statistician and jokes about prohibition era woes from New York to California, touching on alimony and societal effects.
The Third District Court in Lincoln Parish Louisiana issues notice for R L Taylor to show cause within ten days why letters of administration should not be granted on the estate of the deceased Mrs C A Givens testate. Deputy Clerk L C Ledbetter signs the order dated March 14 1932. The notice appears with additional notices regarding a separate writ of fieri facias for a public sale of a Chevrolet Coach vehicle and a separate sale of Myra Miller’s undivided one tenth interest in the John and Ella Williams Estate with date ranges March 1932 to April 1933.
In Third District Court Lincoln Parish, Federal Land Bank of N O versus Hump Callaway case 9238, writ of seizure and sale to be held March 26 1932 between legal hours at public auction property in Lincoln Parish Lot 40 acres Southeast quarter of Northwest quarter Section 27 Township 10 North Range 4 West. Hamp Callaway also known as Hamp Calloway named as defendant. cash sale with no appraisal. cost and terms listed. sheriff Thigpen signs February 24 1932. Another note in the same column cites Latance versus Myra Miller case 8191 with writ of fieri facias issued by Thad Judicial.
By virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias issued from the Third Judicial District a public sale will occur at the house of the undersigned at Lincoln Parish Louisiana on a certain day. The subject is the undivided one tenth interest owned by Alma Williams in specific parcels described as the S side of the south half of the northeast quarter Sec 31 Twp 20 N R 3 W and the northwest half and northwest quarter of the southwest quarter Sec 5 and east half of the northeast quarter Sec 6 all in Twp 10 N R 3 W. The property is listed as the defendant Alvia Williams. The sale will proceed as indicated.
Terms of sale by cash with appraisement are set as of March 9 1932. Alabama strawberry growers plan to begin shipping within a week to northern and eastern markets per plant inspector B P Livingston. A Kansas City man died after being crushed between a freight elevator top and shaft while repairing the cage.
Shreveport Typewriter Company advertises overhauls and 45 day inspection for one year at the practically reduced cost. Write or phone for details.
Sergeant Ed Fitzpatrick of the Vice Squad chats with Daisy Beaumont a dancer in a dim parlor setting. Daisy flirts and drinks with Ed sharing secrets about criminals as tension builds between duty and desire amid a noir mood. Daisy admits leaving her crime-boss patron and Ed hints at loyalty to his brother.
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