Kiwanis radio program at noon echoes Ruston praise
At the Ruston Kiwanis luncheon a Chicago WGN program highlighted the Ruston club and local institutions. J Ritchie of Ruston Hardware tuned in as the announcer praised the city, its chamber, LT poltech, Methodist home, and local schools. Local leaders welcomed visitors to Chicago station for a Coca Cola tour.
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Ruston Kinson
WGN
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Ki Wants
Ruston Club
J. ©. Ritchie
Ruston Hardware and Furniture Company
Ruston Kiwanis Club
Ruston
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Louisiana Methodist Home
Ruston-Lincoln Sanitarium
G. W. Bond
Chicago Kiwanis Club
H. L. McKnight
Mr. McKnight
Edwards Willis
Howard Cheatwood
Ruston Hdw. & Furniture Company
H. M. Johnson
Glen Shadow
Bond
New Orleans Chicago Passenger Air Line Inaugurated
Robertson Aircraft Corporation and American Airways introduce a New Orleans to Chicago air route with a 9 45 a m departure and 4 15 p m Chicago connection via St Louis. The service links New Orleans with major lines through St Louis, following the St Louis service launch a week earlier.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
American Airways, Inc
St. Louis
Robertson Company
Man convicted as scold faces river ducking in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg May 8 Convicted under a centuries old common scold law Charles Rizzo 35 sought a new trial to avoid dipping in the Allegheny or Monongahela rivers The ancient statute under which he was tried predates the well known Pennsylvania blue laws
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Pennsylvania
F. W. Lagario
Lagario
Risso
Pittsburg
Charles Rizzo
Allegheny
Monongahela
Rizzo
Chicago Expedition To Photograph Louisiana Wildlife
Alfred M Bailey of the Chicago Academy of Sciences will head a photographic expedition to the Louisiana coast via New Orleans around May 15. The party will shoot motion pictures for schools, focusing on egrets spoonbills and other native birds and animals, spending six weeks photographing collecting and studying the species of Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Alfred M. Bailey
Museum of the
Chicago Academy of Sciences
Louisiana Poultry Value Soars in 1929 Report
Baton Rouge May 7 The value of poultry raised in Louisiana in 1929 is estimated at 3 637 000 and eggs at 4 147 000 according to the L A A agricultural extension division. The showing was made despite low production and disease. Enrollment in poultry club work last year totaled 4 714 with 2 528 youths completing demonstrations and handling 64 442 birds at a profit of 33 767.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
L. A. A. Agricultural Extension Division
Poultry Club
40000 Gallons of Wine Returned After Illegality ruling
New York May 7 Back to the warehouse of the Hebrew Sacramental Wine company must go 40000 gallons of wine seized last February by the prohibition department. The United States circuit court of appeals unanimously held the wine was taken without legal justification and granted the return order because the search warrant was illegally procured.
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New York
Hebrew Sacramental Wine Company
Prohibition Department
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Heavy Snows Claim Woman's Life Near Ontario Cal
Heavy snows and cold weather in the San Antonio mountains near Ontario California claimed the life of Mildred Percy 35 former head of the Chicago Child Welfare league while hiking from Ice House canyon to Kelly's camp Pasadena winter conditions caused exposure in four foot drifts. Los Angeles area logged the heaviest May rain over the weekend totaling 1.04 inches as storms disrupted transport and communications across Southern California and Arizona.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Southwest
California
Arizona
San Antonio
Ontario
Cal
Mildred Percy
Chicago Child Welfare League
Pasadena
Ice House Canyon
Granddaddy Of Lobsters Captured At Sea In Maine
Portland Maine May 8 The granddaddy of all lobsters was captured in the gill net of Captain Fred H Griffin skipper of the vessel Ruth E The crustacean weighed 14 pounds and measured one inch less than a yard from claws to tail tip.
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Portland
Fred H. Griffin
Ruth E
George V Marked Twentieth Anniversary of Accession
London reports George V celebrated twenty years since accession with a quiet day and a royal salute from Hyde Park. He met servants, awarded medals, and attended Newmarket races, looking recovered from 1928 29 illness, while India tensions and global unrest shadow the milestone.
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London
George V
Great Britain
Ireland
India
Hyde Park
Empire
St. George's Chapel
Windsor Chapel
Windsor Parish Hall
Windsor
Sandringham
Buckingham Palace
Newmarket
George
Edward VII
England
Youth Dies In Ouachita River At Camden Ark
Leonard Denham, 21, drowned while swimming in the Ouachita River at Figure Eight about three miles above Camden Arkansas. A rescue attempt failed as river current hampered search efforts. Denham worked at a paper mill and was the son of Mr and Mrs A A Denham. This marked the river's first toll of the year with past drownings nearby.
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Camden
Ark
Leonard Denham
Ouachita
Denham
A. A. Denham
Fires Leave Hundreds Homeless In Eastern States
The New England and mid Atlantic regions suffered massive losses as fires swept the eastern seaboard. In Nashua New Hampshire more than 500 were homeless after flames consumed over 225 houses two churches a school and four large plants with losses estimated between 2 1/2 and 3 million dollars. New York and Staten Island faced brush fires that added to the disaster.
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New York
Seaboard
Nashua
N. H
Staten
Cardus credited by Hopkinsville woman for relief
Mrs. Mackey Scott of 102 South Kentucky Avenue recalls years of headaches dizziness and cramps improved after using Cardus. She praises the herbal tonic for aiding work and pleasure and notes Cardus has helped many women in a run-down condition for over fifty years.
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Hopkinsville
Mackey Scott
South
Kentucky Ave
Cardus
Ieee
Fires Sweep Long Island Brush In 100 Mile Square Area
A July blaze scorched 82 summer bungalows damaged 200 others and threatened a colony of 3 500 cottages. Twenty fire companies from Manhattan fought the flames as fires raged across a 100 mile square area on Long Island, blotting out sunlight with dense smoke.
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Manhattan
Longstand
Child Breaks Neck Peeling Onion With Teeth
In Rocky Mount North Carolina Irma Morris four years old daughter of G A Morris of Whitakers broke her neck peeling an onion with her teeth She held the onion in her mouth and pulled at the skin causing the skin to give way and a neck vertebra to snap Doctors said she would recover In New York Christopher Johnson sixty three and four children perished when their second floor apartment burned The mother and oldest son escaped by leaping from a window
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Irma
G. A. Morris
Whitakers
New York
Christopher Johnson
Roy Kendall to study radio course in Chicago
Roy Kendall will leave Ruston Saturday morning for Chicago to pursue a course in radio and electric refrigeration fundamentals. The move is announced by John Ben Kendall of Marbury Drug, which funds his training. Kendall has worked in the radio department since leaving the University of Alabama after two years in engineering. After the Majestic Radio course, he will return to Ruston to resume duties in the store’s radio and refrigerator department.
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Roy Kendall
Ruston
Chicago
John Ben Kendall
Marbury Drug Company
Young Kendall
Marbury Drug
University of Alabama
Majestic Radio Corporation
Kendall
New Autos In Louisiana First Quarter Registration Figures
Louisiana recorded seven thousand seven hundred sixty seven new automobiles in the first quarter of the year with more details on the total and breakdowns expected in forthcoming reports.
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New Autos
Louisiana
Local Ford Dealers Report Strong Ford Body Type Appeal
Ford dealers report that 3,546 or 46.8 percent favored the new Ford body types, reflecting popular appreciation for the updated styles and offerings.
Icebergs Sighted Hundreds of Miles Off Grand Banks
New York reports say transatlantic liners arriving today sighted icebergs in the open sea. The Minnewaska's passengers described a 60 foot high and 150 foot long iceberg observed Thursday morning through binoculars.
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New York
Grand Banks
Minnewaska
Twin Cities census counts diverge in two states
The first Twin Cities for the 1930 census show Hannibal Missouri and Fairmont West Virginia each with 23,016 residents. The districts are far apart yet share identical population figures, the census bureau reported on May 6.
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Twin Cities
Washington
Census Bureau
Hannibal
Vairmont
W. Va
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Simon
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