Two Football Classics for Ruston Teams
Ruston hosts undefeated Bearcats against Minden in a North Louisiana Class A showdown as townwide plans spark homecoming fervor. Following, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs travel by train to face Louisiana College in Alexandria with about 750 Tech students and 50 Ruston delegates joining the homecoming celebration.
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Ruston
Ruston High School Bearcats
Minden
Gayne
Bridges
Ruston High School
Mindent High School
Popsters
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Tech
Louisiana College
Alexandria
V. V. Lamkin
Charles C. Goyne
Charles Goyne
Louisiana
Mr. Goyne
Rusten
WW. V. Lamein
City of
Alexandrian
Pineville
Louisiana College Wildcats
Looth
College Stadium
Louisiana Tech
Charles Gayne
Tech Routers
Rock Island
Two More Liquor Arrests Reported Over Weekend
Deputies arrested Kiob Fhovlat at Choudriang on Saturday night after finding a large quantity of liquor at the residence and jailed him for trial. On Sunday night, Sheriff A. Jo Thig pen and deputy Clyde Frasier arrested A. G. Ledford five miles south east of town, where a good quantity of liquor was found in a barrel of peas in the kitchen. Ledford was released on bond.
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Shevitz’s
Choudriang
Guy Blaewell
Clyde Pr
Sherif A. Jo Thigpen
Clyde Frasier
A. G. Ledford
Eust
Heavy Cotton Shipments Boost Louisiana Co op Output
Heavy shipments of cotton from Louisiana warehouses push the Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association toward a record season. Deliveries last week topped 26 000 bales, with total season gains expected to rise 50 percent over last year, as Mid-South and Mississippi associations exceed prior totals. The interior classing office and cooperative solidarity drive stronger farmer participation, emphasizing no profits to farmers, lower costs, and better markets through the cooperative system.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Cotton Co- Operative Association
Louisiana Association
Mississippi Valley
Mid-South Association
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Mississippi Association
Mid-South
Miss
Hissippi
Dogen
Sam Wiss
Co-Operative Association
Guion Campaign Opens North Louisiana Tour
George Seth Guion candidate for governor John Patton candidate for superintendent of education and Julius T. Long Shreveport attorney spoke in Ruston after stops in Minden Arcadia and Dubach and before Farmerville Jonesboro and Winnfield tonight. Long attacked Dudley LeBlanc and O K Allen calling LeBlanc weak on policy while praising Guion as best qualified and urging voters to support him.
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George Seth Guion
John 8. Patton
Julius T. Long
Shreveport
Louisiana
Guion
Long
Minden
Arcadia
Dubach
Patton
Homer
Ruston High Schoo
Charles C. Gayne
Ruston
Farmerville
Jonesboro
Winnfield
Long-Walmsley Combine
George Seth Galen
Dudley LeBlanc
O. K. Allen
Topwater
LaBlans
Louisiana Wonder Baby Weighs 957 Pounds At Ten
Special to The Leader reports La McClung celebrated her tenth birthday amid hard times. Depression era tales note she gained forty pounds in a year, reaching 957 pounds. Earlier life recalls she was nicknamed The Louisiana Wander Baby. A marriage ceremony anecdote follows with Rev Clinton Cox consenting after an offering.
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la McClung
Equisiang
Sly
L. C. Parsons To Visit Parish For Loan Talks
Government seed loan agent L. C. Parsons announced he will not be in Ruston until Wednesday to meet planters about government loans. He will be in Jonesboro Monday and Tuesday and in Ruston Wednesday Thursday and Saturday, with a stop in Dubach Friday.
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L. ©. Persons
Ruston
Jonesboro
Rust
Dubach
Improvement in Pastures to be Judged
R A Wasson and E W Neas from the Agricultural Extension Bureau at Baton Rouge tour the parish to inspect 110 pastures for a three year contest with 350 dollars in prizes donated by T L James. J A Shealey and T Alexander join the team as the Chamber of Commerce advances pasture improvement for dairy herds.
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R. A. Wasson
E. W. Neasham
Agricultural Extension Bureau
Baton Rouge
T. L. James
J. A. Shealey
T. ©. Alexander
Chamber of Commerce
Alleged Auto Thief Arrested After Car Thefts
Friday night a car owned by Add Thompéon was stolen and found, the next day. Saturday a car belonging to Artis Marbury was reported stolen to City Marshal Risinger. A Sunday morning chase led to two suspects and the arrest of Ralph Head who confessed to stealing both cars. Head confessed, was jailed awaiting trial in parish jail.
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Add Thompéon
Artis Marbury
Risinger
Presbyterian Church
South Bonner
Ralph Head
Negra
Vienna
Thompson
Marbury
G. W. Bond
Mra. Jamea J. Martin
Ruston
Head
Sheriff's Department
Season's First Irish Potatoes Brought to Leader Office
RS S Ambrose of Route d Rustan, six miles east of town on Farmerville Road, brought four small sacks of new Irish potatoes to the Leader office in the morning. He planted them in a patch with watermelons around early August, on sandy soil that proved fertile with careful cultivation. The crop should feed his family this winter as spring crops begin.
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RS. S. Ambrose
Rustan
Farmerville Road
Leader
No Man's Land Found in Colorado Reflects Border Claims
An old map notes a region in Colorado designated No Man's Land never acquired by the United States by purchase or treaty. It spans over 500 square miles and contains towns such as Sulphur Springs Fraser Wilson Breckenridge and Grand Lake. The piece contrasts with Louisiana Purchase and Texas annexation lines and questions sovereignty of land that once belonged to Spain.
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United States
Colorado
Sulphur Springs
Fraser
Wilson
Breckenridge
Grand Lake
Texas Republic
Louisiana Purchase
Republic of Texas
No Man's Land
Louisiana
Mexico
Texas
No Mia
Spain
High Cost of Living Echoes Greek Prices Abroad
A Greek letter from Charles Ballas describes living costs in Greece versus America, noting low wages and cheap tobacco and wine, with detailed prices for bread, fruit, and tobacco. He plans to return to Greece next spring, recalling Monroe figures and local rescues involving Hallas and Poulus during a government locks incident.
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Charles Ballas
Ruston
Monroe
Greece
America
Coniac
Whett
Charles Hallas
Nwwkk Punleaus
Government Locks
Marre
Poulgus
Serkgua
Duck hunting season opens locally with many ducks reported
North Peulstdine and Evansville reports note the duck hunting season opening with hunters enjoying an afternoon, eleven ducks bagged by Ruston party, and plenty of ducks on the wing. Separately, James and Perkine Lankford, divorced for 71 years, were remarried at Evansville Indiana recently.
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North
Peulstdine
Lt Hightower
Ruston
James
Perkine Lankford
Evansville
Ind
Lincoln Parish Farm Council data on agriculture progress
Lincoln Parish Farm Council reviewed a compiled report from the Chamber of Commerce secretary and agricultural committee. The 1941 census lists 3396 farms, with shifts toward smaller holdings, tenancy changes, and rising cultivated land percentage. crop and livestock data show cotton acreage and poultry figures, plus population shifts and farm ownership patterns.
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Lincoln Parish
Chamber of Commercce
Agra
Faa
Tincoln Parish
Lafayete
Linteum
Uiat
Lafayette
Lieoly
Truy
Linculy Parish
Armistice Day Speaker Pays Town Tribute
Bennett Johnson a Shreveport attorney and Legionnaire delivered the Armistice Day address at the memorial service held by McFarland Post No. 2 in Louisiana Tech auditorium Ruston Sanders Baskin presided John Ben Kendall introduced Johnson He honored ex servicemen and those who died or suffered In his talk he urged world peace armament limits and moral codes noting national ideals differ and humans err He urged present and future citizens especially women to act now for peace and progress
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Bennett Johnson
Shreveport
McFarland Post
Louisiana Tech
Sanders Baskin
John Ben Kendall
Johnson
France
Ruston
Na‘ons
Henderson Has Knockout Sale
Henderson's Knockout sale has drawn crowds over two days with steady flow through the store. He reports high sales and many customers attracted by arranged interior and notably low prices on goods. The event drew wide attention as display windows showcased large quantities of merchandise.
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St. Henderson's
Henderson
Uiis
Bie
Ali
Southern Federation of Women Clubs Meet in Lake Charles
The Southern Federation of Women's Clubs will convene in Lake Charles on Wednesday and Thursday. The gathering will include election of state officers and discussions on activities and plans for the upcoming year.
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Southern Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lake Qgharles
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