Ringgold Bank Robbed of $9000 by Two Bandits Arcadia
A state wide search was under way tonight for two bandits who robbed the Bank of Ringgold in Bienville parish yesterday morning. They forced three inside to the back room and took all the cash in the open safe except $4636, eluding pursuers by changing clothes and fleeing toward Coushatta. Sheriff Currie led the pursuit but no capture by late last night.
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Arcadia
Bank of Ringgold
Bienville Parish
A. J. Currie, Jr
Coushatta
Red River Parish
J. P. Batchelor
G. F. Rigdon
Jhien
Death rate of La is lower than health resort states
Louisiana's annual mortality rate sits below that of California or Florida, according to historical health statistics. The report notes Louisiana lags behind upscale health resort states in mortality, signaling comparatively better outcomes despite regional differences.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
California
Florida
Lvaith
Police Duel Ends in Two Deaths at Theater
Detroit police clash with two cracksmen in a theatre attic under blackout conditions. Both intruders are killed and one carries enough nitro glycerin to blow up the theatre, signaling a deadly confrontation with potential explosives.
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Detroit
Louisiana road board posts detours on state highways
Baton Rouge La Mar 13 Numerous detours on the main highways of the state were posted this week by the Louisiana highway commission principally due to new construction projects. The trunk road detours included Dixie Overland highway detour from Vicksburg to Tallulah to Lake Providence to Delhi also from Mon
Road detours listed for multiple counties and towns
Through traffic advisories route motorists via Eros Chatham and Jonesboro on state route 13 to East Point and then on state route 10 to Shreveport. Rayville east detour to Winnsboro then route 16 to Delhi or route 15 to Ferriday and north on route 3 or U S 65 to Tallulah. Before spring permanent see Mrs Kilpatrick. New push up Marcel Regular price 6.50 Phone a44 for appointment. 6th-1tw-pd.
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Chatham
Ruston
Alea
Minden
Sibley
Haughton
Bellevue
Benton
Shreveport
Monroe
Eros
Jonesboro
East Point
Rayville
Winnsboro
Delhi
Ferriday
Tallulah
Opera Company Arrives With 17 Cars Of Baggage
The Chicago Civic Opera Company reached New Orleans for two performances. Two special trains arrived, one carrying 272 vocalists and ensemble members, and a second with 17 cars of baggage containing trunks and props. The baggage included items such as wooden carts and paper spinach, a church organ, a bull ring exterior, an Egyptian palace, a flower market, and a life-size cross.
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New Orleans
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Hearings Completed By Pardon Board New Orleans
New Orleans March 13 Members of the State Pardon board finished hearings on 105 clemency applications, with 21 from New Orleans and 84 from rural areas. Attorney General Saint said his prior pledge against clemency for banditry and hold ups prompted several petitions to be withdrawn and left unpresented.
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New Orleans
Mar
State Pardon Board
Saint
Marriage Licenses for Stepp and Langford Couples
White W A Stepp Jr of Roscoe Texas married to Mildred Beckham of Hico. C B Taylor of Ruston to Irma Gay Langford of Ruston.
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White
W. A. Stepp, Jr
Roscoe
Texas
Mildred Beckham
Hico
C. B. Taylor
Ruston
Irma Gay Langford
Mardi Gras Visitors Arrive by Air Water Rail and Road
Visitors flocked to New Orleans from across the country and abroad using air travel ships trains chartered coaches private cars and buses as Mardi Gras preparations drew near.
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New Orleans
Mardi Gras Merriment Draws Airborne Guests Globally
Airplane parties swooped in for Mardi Gras with the Goodrich blimp Vigilant arriving from Pensacola and steamboats from Cincinnati St Louis and Pittsburgh joining the event. The U S 8 Texas German Emden and others were present as railroad yards became Pullman cities and hotel registers showed wide international representation.
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Goodrich
Pensacola
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Pittsburgh
Queen City
U. S
Texas
Emden
Gnats Ravage Louisiana Stock Near Monroe
Swarms of large bull gnats have invaded farms near Monroe Louisiana causing heavy losses to horses and mules. Over 20 animals killed in 48 hours as gnats cling to stock and intrude nostrils and throats. Farmers warn that fish oil and smoke are the only known deterrents. The pests last appeared in the area in 1896.
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Monroe
Beacons To Speed Up Air Mail Services
New Orleans to Pass Christian beacons will speed air mail between New Orleans and Atlanta. Two 8,000,000 candlepower revolving beacons to enable planes to wait longer in Atlanta for extra mail from Washington. Currently planes leave Atlanta early to reach New Orleans before dusk.
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New Orleans
Pass Christiaty
Miss
Atlanta
Washington
Open New Orleans Mail Bids Sought
Postmaster General Brown announced bids for four ocean mail routes to be opened April 0. Three runs connect San Francisco to the Orient and a fourth links New Orleans with West Africa. The southern route covers New Orleans and gulf ports to Duala and other ports with at least four and no more than eight trips yearly.
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Washington
Mar
Brown
San Francisco
Orient
New Orleans
West Africa
Gulf Ports
Duala
NBC Network Broadcast Ties US and Canada Share
The program was aired in the United States and on CKGW in Toronto. William S. Lynch of New York assistant eastern program director for NBC and Clyde R. Randall of WSMB New Orleans announced the broadcast. NBC representatives say the network uses the pattern on Tuesday fewer than six times a year.
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United States
CKGW
Toronto
Canada
William S. Lynch
New York
NBC
Clyde R. Randall
WSMB
New Orleans
Man Travels 18,000 Miles To Get Bride
Toronto report says Paul Geerling traveled 18 000 miles from Soerabayen Dutch Indies to marry his schoolday sweetheart Miss Leonie Lansdorp. They met as students in South Africa. Geerling is a civil engineer, a University of Johannesburg graduate. Lansdorp is a Transvaal College Pretoria graduate and an assistant to Dr C H Best at Toronto University.
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Toronto
Paul Geerling
Soerabayen
Dutch Indies
Leonie Lansdorp
South Africa
Geerlidg
University of Johannesburg
Lansdrop
Transvaal College
Pretoria
C. H. Best
Toronto University
Battle to Save Knifed Babies in Elizabethton
Surgeons struggled to save two children amid a brutal incident in Elizabethton Tennessee on March 13 as their mother allegedly plotted to kill them and herself to crown another child as carnival beauty queen in Orizaba Mexico. Blanche nine and six months old Fayl perished.
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Mexico City
Orizaba
Alica Corillo
Blanche
Fay
Masengills Family Tragedy Ends in Double Shot and Death
The Masengill mother, described as temporarily insane by doctors, cut her three children s throats with a razor and then killed herself by slashing her jugular vein. Father Clyde Masengills, returning from a field five miles away, found Blanche and Fay wounded and F. D. and his wife dead in their home.
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Masengills
Clyde Masengills
F. D
Masengius
Blanche
Fay
FP. D
Increase In Total Of Motor License Fees
Baton Rouge March 13 a total of 3 855 259 63 was collected for motor vehicle licenses in Louisiana during the first two months of 1930 Charles F Bailey chief of the motor vehicle bureau in the department of state announced that the figure was from 5 to 6 per cent in excess of the collections for the first two months of 1829 The total compared with collections of 3 660 229 65 during January and February of last year revealing an increase for 1930 during the period of 194 959 98 according to Mr Bailey
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Baton Rouge
Mar
Louisiana
Charles F. Bailey
Department of State
Bailey
Mardi Gras Broadcast Lights Up Nation Via NBC Network
The Mardi Gras program from New Orleans reached 85 stations coast to coast and into Canada, delivering vivid glimpses of minstrelsy and pageantry to millions of listeners. The NBC network enabled nationwide coverage, broadcasting from New Orleans to diverse regions.
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New Gilvans
Canada
Minskers
New Orleans
National Broadcasting Company
Nelion
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