Captain leads team lineup in field drill showcase
Durham, Swayze, Bob Baker, Mangham, Moffett and Weard with Tech mascot in front center. Second row features Green, Davis, Tindal, Colvin, Dabney, Nutt and Parker. Captain leads the third row.
19 Nov 1930
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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1930
Page
1
Durham, Swayze, Bob Baker, Mangham, Moffett and Weard with Tech mascot in front center. Second row features Green, Davis, Tindal, Colvin, Dabney, Nutt and Parker. Captain leads the third row.
The resignation of Louisiana State University President Thomas W. Atkinson shocks Ruston friends after a 43 year career. He cites health as the reason and asks the board of supervisors to accept his departure at the earliest convenient date. James Morroe Smith is named as possible successor.
A storm moved through two towns in the state Saturday causing injuries as it toppled trees and damaged property. Initial reports list several hurt with minor to moderate injuries, the sparsely populated area counting on swift aid and assessment by local officials.
Haynesville November 16 A nightlong effort by the town fire department with 100 laborers salvaged many cotton bales after a warehouse fire destroyed about 1500 bales. An airplane carried chemicals to suppress the blaze as officials estimated losses at 90000. Strong south winds pushed flames away from nearby assets, sparing a second warehouse and much of the business district.
Debris clogged roads leading to the Bush community after a Saturday night tornado. Heavy rain accompanied the twister. Nurses and doctors from Winnsboro footed it to reach the stricken area as the storm carved a mile long by quarter mile wide path. Nearby sections escaped damage.
Several hundred citizens of Parmerville and Union parish petitioned Governor Huey P. Long today to reprieve Kennedy. The group included parish and town officials, members of the bar, and local businessmen from Parmerville and surrounding areas.
A petition led by Rep Holloway and officials asks the governor to grant a temporary reprieve for Kemble K Kennedy a local man convicted of slander and libel tied to the Whangdoodle publication in Baton Rouge citing political prejudice health injuries and immunity for co defendants In a separate survey about US entry into WWI 364 answered no 48 yes and 10 doubt on Germanys blame and Americas wisdom to enter the war
A Federal Council of Churches survey of churchmen educators and business leaders twelve years after the armistice finds no consensus on which party bears responsibility for the World War. The group fails to reach a single verdict on the question of responsibility.
Dorothy Canfield was granted a divorce from Kenneth Canfield by Superior Judge Hugh J. Crawford in Los Angeles. The petitioner testified that her husband kissed her constantly each evening, and prevented visitors from seeing them because he could not spare time to stop kissing.
John Burton, a negro residing about three miles south of Ruston and near the Jonesboro highway, was arrested and jailed early today by Sheriff A. D. Phigpen on a manufacture charge.
Deputy Sheriff Clyde Frasier and deputies raided a suspect on a charge of making intoxicating liquor. They found a barrel of smash and quantities near the house and on a branch. Fire damage and wagon tracks suggested the run-off and disposal. Leroy Jackson, Burton’s brother-in-law, was detained then released. Burton had prior convictions in Lincoln and Jackson parishes.
Twin sons born to Mr and Mrs Burt Warren in Dubach last Sunday brought joy to relatives and friends though the larger baby lived only a short time. The infant weighed six and three fourths pounds and seven pounds, was buried in Greenwood cemetery Monday, with sympathy extended to the bereaved parents and to Burt Warren Jr who rejoiced at the coming of his young brothers.
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