Louisiana to Miss Large Federal Road Aid Until Standards Meet
In Washington, Thomas H. MacDonald announced 2 007 400 dollars in federal road aid for Louisiana but said it cannot be used due to faulty construction and haste over quality. New Orleans committee questioned why idle funds remain, with MacDonald replying the state roads fail to meet federal specs.
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Washington
New Orleans
WEW
Orleans
May
Huey P. Long
Highway Commission
Louisiana
Thomas H. MacDonald
United States Bureau of Public Roads
MacDonald
Eral
Congress
Lousiana Highway Commission
Louisiana Tech to graduate largest class in history
Louisiana Tech will award 92 degrees on May 29, the largest class in its history, including two married couples and six married women among 92 candidates. The list features couples Gilmore, Jacks, Hammitt and Hammett sisters, twins Bertha and Berlie Sessums, and Lousi ana residents from Ruston, Dubach, Delhi, and other towns, with degrees across education, home economics, commerce, music, and liberal arts.
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Louisiana Tech
Ruby B. Pearce
Methodist
Ruston
Clarence W. Gilmore
Epps
Sibyl Gilmore
Henry 8. Jacks
Gloster
Vera King Jacks
Lannie B. Harper
Louise M. Edmondson
Lula BE. Moss Ruston
B. S
Anna Johnson Woodward
Little Rock Ark
Rutt
Henry Frank
Dubach
Maxie McLendon Salter
Delhi
B. A
Birmingham
Ala
M W. Walsworth
Tech
Gussie Lee Hammitt
Luis L. Hammett
Pearl Aldrich
Maurine
Frances Ledgepeth
Bertha
Berlie Sessums
Henrry J. Moss
New York City
Jesse Eugene Landes
Spencer Po Riser
Claud Robinson
Burns Po Wright
Jamus M Henry
B. PF. Miller Wid Jamies
Yedatell Barheiur
Ure
Ales Mo Luar SO
Adams Named to State Game and Fish Commission
Announcement in Ruston Monday announced the appointment of G. A. Adams as a member of the State Game and Fish Commission, following a New Orleans meeting last week. Adams has long promoted fish and game preservation and is involved with a fish reserve near Ruston where he serves as vice president of the Natchitoches Fish Reserve on Cane River.
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Ruston
G. A. Adams
New Orleans
Adams
Natchitoches
Cane River
Shreveport Names Former Chief Baer Police Chief
Shreveport’s city council covertly elects D. D. Baer, once chief, to replace S. J. Allen who was removed by civil service action. In a related item from New York, Manuel Leeds is found with 24 fountain pen posters and 48 tear sheets for counterfeiting tools. Local police confirm the pens could fire counterfeit bullets.
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D. D. Baer
Shreveport
Baer
S.J. Allen
Civil Service Com Hassiunees
New York
Manuel Leeds
Sheriff's Sale Notice in Third District Court
Public auction scheduled on June 7, 1930, at the principal court door. Property described as NW1/4 and SW1/4 of section 36, containing 60 acres, seized as the property of defendant J. & Pilgreen to satisfy a writ. cash with appraisal, costs at risk. A. J. Thigpen, Sheriff.
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Tanean
State of
Louistans
Pieri
Phud Dudictat
Aioe
Anil
Catal Baker
Ile May
Prieipal Front Doer of the Court i Eoke Rettad LantGadi Padtasta
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Lheines Poveriumg
Aatiiday
J. & Pilgreen
Sutfaty
A. J. Thigpen
Sheri
Legislature To Seek Higher Lincoln Parish Assessor Salary
A Police Jury on Monday passed a resolution asking the legislature to raise the Lincoln parish tax assessor salary from 2000 to 3000 dollars. Assessor R H Hightower appeared and noted that valuations rose from 3.5 million to over 9 million since 1917, justifying the raise.
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Linculn Parish
R. H. Hightower
Lincoln Parish
Gulf Stream Near New York, Capt Rostron Reports
Captain Arthur Rostron of the Cunarder Berengaria states the Gulf Stream lay within 200 miles of New York, the closest approach in his forty years at sea. The report underscores a notable shift in currents affecting the port and maritime navigation.
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New York
Arthur Rostron
Cunarder
Berengaria
Gulf Stream
Cupp Opens Ruston Pharmacy In Bankrupt Buyout
V Cupp, longtime Ruston drug dealer with ten years at the Ruston Drug corner, reopened Monday afternoon as Ruston Pharmacy. He bought stock and fixtures of Ruston Drug Co Inc at bankruptcy sale, staffing changes only. Cupp, Vanderbilt Pharmacy School graduate, will run the store as a first class drug business.
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V. C. Cupp
Ruston Drug Corner
Ruston Pharmacy
Cupp
School of Pharmacy
Vanderbilt University
Tyler Commercial College offers half time business training
Before 1930 ends you could enter a good business position with a solid salary and strong promotion prospects. Tyler Commercial College claims to halve typical training time through intensive, up-to-date courses taught by trained experts. Seven months at other schools become three weeks to three months here, with programs in Secretarial work, Business Administration, CPA prep, Banking, Telegraphy, Station work, Cotton Classing, and Radio.
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Tyler Commercial College
Western Union
Rites For Walker Riser Held At 10 O Clock A M
Last rites for Walker Riser conducted at the family home on North Trenton street with Rev H M Johnson and Rev N E Joyner officiating. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery by B F McLure Undertakers. Survived by widow Jessie Manning and three children Jessyca Jeannette Manning. In Florida, Harvey King 45 and E S Morris 62 died in a fatal duel ending a long feud.
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Walker Riser
North Trenton Street
H. M. Johnson
Trinity Methodist Church
N. E. Joyner
Arcadia
R. M. Brown
Ruston
Greenwood Cemetery
B. F. McLure
Fleeing Police Boys Drown in Grande River
Two ten year old boys died while fleeing from police after a robbery in Painesville Ohio. An eighteen year old boy swam to safety.
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Painesville, O
Grande River
L E Hall Begins Revival at Church of God
Rev. L E Hall from Birmingham opens a revival at Cherry Street Church of God with a sermon titled We Preach Christ drawn from Acts 8 4 25 The Memory Man draws a good crowd and the revival is expected to continue through the week Pastor Olan Parr says attendance is open to all city residents travels noted as a cost of education.
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L.e.hall
Church OF God
L.E. Hall
Birmingham
Alabama
Cherry Street
Olan Parr
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