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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1930
Page
2
By 8 W Straus I A reader asks how to allocate income, but rules vary. The piece argues thrift means thriving not scrimping, saving 5 to 25 percent if possible while maintaining health, education, and charitable work. It stresses planning, willpower, and avoiding waste to create a well ordered path to personal advancement.
The Louisiana opposition mobilizes to stop Governor Long from imposing sixty million dollars in new debt through bond issues aimed at advancing his political aims. They expect defections and pressure to erode his legislative majority in both houses as they push to shield the People from substantial public borrowing and political influence.
The piece urging a 44 member majority to resist dictatorial overreach notes that constitutional legislation alone can further injure the state and its people. It warns that once this bloc acts to dispose of the issue, the remaining legislative majority will follow, signaling a pivotal political turning point.
The piece attacks Senator Anderson Rownd Robineer from Grant for proposing a five year tax exemption to attract cattle related processing, arguing creamery and cheese factory ventures cannot be built under the cattle tick regime. It accuses him of delaying legislation needed for cattle raising while pushing costly nuisance taxes on malt extract and sanitarians profiting from state funds.
A mangled report questions why authorities seize barred bottles while allowing jewelers and growers to display liqueurs and wines. The wrangling centers on enforcement scope and whether prohibition rules will apply to all sellers or only select shops.
A fragmented document describes an editor discussing an obituary read publicly on billboards. The piece notes confusion over the credible source and mentions individuals questioning the authenticity while the editor defends presenting the obituary to the public.
An eight month old girl, Sara Jean McCrary, daughter of Ruston residents, has been kept on the Louisiana Tech campus for a six week extension to aid home economics students in child care. The schedule includes baths, feedings, naps, and outdoor activities under Miss Helen Hunt supervision. The child, weighing about 19 1/2 pounds and 27 inches tall, receives orange juice, milk, cod liver oil, and spinach puree daily.
A Ruston Municipal Court judge candidate in the Third Judicial District of Louisiana announces his bid for judge. He stresses nonpartisan fairness, outlines his life from Jackson Parish, education at State Normal College, State University, and Louisiana Tech, and notes 42 years old with two years as Ruston Municipal Court judge and prior service as Clerk of Court for Gickson Parish.
E L Walker urges white Democratic voters to elect him judge of the District Court citing past judicial service in the municipal court and a record of fairness. He notes appeals from municipal rulings through District and Supreme Courts, pledges impartial justice, and asks for support without political alliances. He emphasizes community service, family, and commitment to education and churches.
A grim half year of 1930 featured earthquakes, famines, floods and riots. Burma and Persia suffered deadly quakes, India saw deaths during Gandhi's passive resistance, China reported millions affected by famine and violence, Ceylon faced 16 000 homeless after floods, Indo China and South Africa saw rioting deaths, and a prison fire in Columbus, Ohio killed over 300 convicts.
Miss Hazel Chapman demanded steak and gravy at 3 a.m. in Michael Larksrisdan's restaurant. With no gravy the dispute ended when she threw the steak and fought, resulting in her arrest and a $25 fine.
Dorothy Atkins writes from Alexandria Louisiana praising beauty in home life, gardens, and public spaces. She notes daughters’ fashion, hair, and mind as valued, mentions local dances, singing lessons, and visits by legislators and social workers, including a hive talk, as evidence of a lively community.
Dorothy Atkins, a resident at the home for unfortunate girls near Alexandria, writes Sheriff A J Thigpen about her progress. She expects to finish third grade by June and notes the seventh grade girls graduating to high school, with a dance and a play marking the event.
Baton Rouge May 16. Among remaining legislators the repeal of the Hood law and a constitutional convention proposal against the eighteenth amendment draw major attention. Wingrave and Schwing proposals face opposition from prohibition forces led by Dr. A W Turner and Louisiana Anti-Saloon League. Baptist delegates in New Orleans oppose Wingrave and form a fight committee to safeguard the state enforcement act.
A marriage license was issued to W Bimondean of Jonesboro and Lavan Tyree of Ruston, joining them in matrimony per the records.
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