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Newspaper

Ruston Leader

Location

Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1930

Page

4

Ninety-Nine Louisiana School Heads Attend Tech Meeting

Seventy nine school heads including superintendents, principals and college teachers gathered at Louisiana Tech on Saturday to discuss teacher training outcomes and methods to track graduate performance. Leaders from North Louisiana schools questioned reliance on grades and IQ tests, urged better post graduate monitoring, and noted athletics regulation concerns alongside reports from several institutions.

Louisiana Louisiana Tech Harris Campbell North Louisiana Satiun Diy Gustaf Freden Education Department of Tech W. Bond North Louisiana Parish P. 1. Chambers Cox Line High School Southwestern Institute U. Normal Louisiana College B. S. Hamner Bastrop High School Hammer's Hill Hamner Bastrop Supt T. H. Harris Baton Rouge Helen Woodward Webster Parish John E. Cox Bajton Rouge J. QO. Pettus Nuntchitoches Normal College Poh. Crruitith Ialion J. State Department Education UP Foate Lelia Tomlinson State Department Education Baton Tourer Yoel Harris Dhei Masters Tr. Campbell Lincoln Par

Mrs J F Meeks and kin injured in car wreck near Jackson

Mrs J F Meeks her daughter Mrs Lee Edmundson and Laura Louise three year old daughter of Edmundson were hurt when a Nash sedan rolled into a ditch eight miles from Jackson on the way to Ruston. Edmundson and child escaped through a window. Mrs Meeks was rescued as the party was aided by nearby Negroes and a passing motorist took them to Jackson for treatment.

J. F. Meeks Lee Edmundson Laura Louise Edmundson Nash Jackson Ruston Re Phosition

Stockholders Meeting Bank of Simshoro Notice

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Simshoro will be held at their banking bank in Simshoro at eleven o'clock a.m. on Friday, April 8. The meeting will discuss corporate matters and elect directors.

Bank of Simshoro Ollack A.m Viendey Apa

South Riches in Safe Farms and Agricultural Policy

Fragmented OCR text describes Washington officials discussing farm wealth and safety, urging farmers to adopt land use and housing programs. Mentions J A Beans of the agriculture department, campaign for expansion, and promises of subsidies and development. Also references a police discovery of a man with money after death.

Washington Marig Féealies Agriculture Departausi Pte Department Gollon Anim Ube Cais Dteatt Vari Board Evans Oe Baie Ain Acre

Mule Takes Nap In Street Delays Traffic

A street incident halted flow as a mule, described in fragmented OCR prose, blocked a roadway near a police department precinct. Officers attempted to free the animal from a wagon tied up on the curb while pedestrians gathered and traffic queued. The disruption appeared tied to a festival period and local enforcement planned adjustments by midweek.

New Gili Vian Ena Petive Peedqiarters Pry Borg Everal Ot

Board Authorizes Roads Program Plan

The board approved a roads program with a total of 231 050 dollars. The plan includes projects funded by federal aid, with oversight and projected timelines. Authorities noted ongoing discussions about financing and long term impacts on the community.

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Muskrat Farm Plan Near New Orleans Seeks $300,000

3 P Sparks of White Bear Lake Minnesota plans a modern muskrat farm in St Bernard parish below New Orleans after acquiring 91300 acres of marsh lands with about 300000 dollars involved. Dam construction and canal work will start immediately with about 100000 dollars spent on improvements. Additional acreage purchases are under negotiation.

New Orleans St. Bernard Parish P. Spark White Bear Take Minn St. Bernard Sparks

Plans for Ten Story Hotel to Rise Here in Monroe

O E Hodge of Ruston John S Hunt of Hodge and C H McHenry of Monroe own the Jackson and Harrison site and will build a 250 room ten story hotel costing about 500000. The hotel will be leased for 20 years to S J Thigpen of Corsicana and S W Sibley of Dallas with plans by Hedrick of Fort Worth and Sterns of Little Rock.

O. E. Hodge Ruston John S. Hunt Hodge C. H. McHenry Monroe Jackson and Harrison Streets S. J. Thigpen Corsicana Texas S. W. Sibley Dallas Little Rock Jackson Street Harrison Street Navarro Monroe News-Star Lab

Jamaica zinger paralysis probes in Wichita Kansas

Wichita police announce that fifty paralysis cases tied to Jamaica zinger liquor, with hundreds reported, prompt potential manslaughter prosecutions against dealers who sold the fluids without prescriptions if any victims die.

Wichita Ken Jamaica Wichita Health Departent

Super Power On The Air In Schenectady Transmitter Boost

Radio station WY broadcasts at two hundred kilowatts each morning for a full week, claiming the greatest power ever used on the air. The limited test aims to raise reception range and audience reach across the region.

Schnectady New York

Dennis Noah Captains Louisiana Tech Track Team

Dennis Noah of Bros is senior year captain of the Bulldog varsity track team at Louisiana Tech Ruston. Coach Shirley hails him as one of the college’s most outstanding runners, and Noah also earns praise for academics and campus leadership. He won the three mile Y MCA meet in Shreveport last fall and is in his third year of varsity track.

Dennis Noah Bros Louisiana Tech Be, M. Shirley College At Ruston Noah Tech Alpha Lambda Tau Shreveport

God Hunter and the East Side Kid Tale in New York

A West Virginia Mountaineer narrative recalls a Boston aunt visiting an East Side kid in New York. The anecdote hinges on regional comic timing and contrasts between rural pride and city life.

West Virginia Mountaineer New York East Side Boston

Boy Misidentifies Bird as Bold in Central Park

A boy in Central Park points to a sparrow and calls it a bold. An aunt corrects him, explaining it is a bird. The child responds that it resembles a bold, highlighting humorous misnaming in a public setting.

Central Park

B M Robinson Former Shiloh Resident Dies At Home

B M Robinson aged 70 died at his son North Trenton Street home Wednesday at five o clock after arriving recently from Union parish near Shiloh with his wife. He was a farmer, longtime local figure, heart disease caused death, burial in Shiloh cemetery attended by family and friends.

B. M. Robinson Shiloh Son B. Co. Robinson Ruston North Trenton Robinson Old Shiloh Union Parish Bishop Mr. Robinson

Marriage Licenses Colored Chas Davis of Hilly to Beatrice Miller

A notice lists Charles Davis of Hilly and Beatrice Miller of Hilly applying for a marriage license. The record records their intent to wed and the jurisdictions involved. The filing indicates standard legal proceedings for marriage in the locality.

Chas. Davis Hilly Beatrice Miller

New Orleans Awards Bid for Aliee Fortier High School

R P Farnsworth and Company submitted the lowest bid of 695,569 to build the Aliee Fortier Boys High School at Freret Street and Nashville Avenue in New Orleans. Construction expected to finish by February 1, 1931 for the second scholastic term. plans for a new uptown girls high school are being prepared.

New Orleans R. P. Farnsworth and Company Aliee Fortier Freret Street Nashville Avenue Uptown

100 Agents Hunt Cope On Liner At New York

More than 100 government agents searched the French liner France at New York quarantine pier for narcotics valued at $3,000,000, a tip leading to the ailing hunt, with two customs patrol boats meeting the vessel upon arrival and coordinating a night of testing.

Hunt Cope New York France

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