Christmas lights planned to beautify Ruston business district
City announces four thousand colored lights across Ruston streets to boost holiday shopping appeal. Merchants sign pledge to decorate fronts and interiors by December 5, with about twelve thousand lights total used if city lights are counted. A petition circulated by local business leaders seeks widespread participation to make Ruston the state’s most festive Christmas city.
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Charles C. Gayne
Ruston
Claude Glasgow
C. C. Alley
J. C. Ritchie
Child Dies After Drinking Acid Found in Rubbish
In Mobile on November 17, 3-year-old Charles Colvin, son of Charles Colvin, died after wandering through a vacant house. He picked up an empty vial found among rubbish, which physicians identified as containing deadly acid. The child succumbed shortly after ingestion.
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Mobile
Ala
Charles Colvin
All But 24 Votes Cast For Gov Long In Final Election
Baton Rouge November 17 official proclamation of returns from the senatorial election of November 4 shows Huey P. Long unopposed Democratic nominee elected U S Senator from Louisiana with 130 536 votes.
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Gov. Long
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
United States
Louisiana
Scattering votes total 24 in scattered precincts statewide
The report notes 24 scattering votes for write in candidates across scattered precincts. The governor’s vote exceeded by 10000 the largest favorable tally for any constitutional amendment backed by the administration, all of which passed overwhelmingly.
What Will You Do When You Are Fifty
The article urges young people to consider radio as a career amid many newer fields. Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas now offers a radio course backed by a quarter century of experience. Graduates work as Radio Officers aboard ships or in land stations and pass government exams at the school. Tailored instruction allows starting any time. request a free catalog via coupon.
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Tyler Commercial College
School of Business Administration
Tyler
Texas
Radio School of
Seven Seas
Train crash near DeWitt Virginia kills nine at crossing
A passenger train struck an automobile at a crossing near DeWitt VA Sunday night, instantly killing a white man and eight Black occupants. Investigators await fuller details as authorities assess the scene and casualties.
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DeWitt, Va
Pasture Improvement Contest drawing many entries
The Chamber of Commerce Pasture Improvement contest has a rising entry list with 59 by Tuesday and expected to near 100 by closing on November 28. Judges from Louisiana State University will rate each pasture in multiple visits through July and October 1931, awarding twelve improvement prizes plus a $50 capital prize. The top improver at year end could win $125. A long list of entrants is shown and blanks are available from local offices.
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Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana State University
Ruston Creamery
T. W. Monday
Henry Hinton
E. Z. Liner
H. D. Hammon
J. ©. Fowler
John Tra Gray
T. A. Larance
CG. J. Dring
FE. Cook
J. R. Hilton
Payne
L. J. Larance
A. B. Laranec
J. FE. Blackstock
Will P. Smith
John L. Boddie
Tom L. Waugh
B. R. Alexander
J. R. Duke
H B. Bryant
J. W. Richardson
Ww. F. Edmiston
J. Curt Hammons
J. F. Sanderson
Joe Cravins
J. B. McCallum
B. U O. Pardue
Centenary and Tech Students Foiled in Paint War
Centenary and Tech students clash in an annual football pregame rite as Centenary visitors are repelled by Ruston freshmen guarding the Tech campus. The intruders’ plan to paint areas red is thwarted, with damage limited to minor grandstand bathing.
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Centenary-Tech
Shreveporters
Ruston
Western Union Manager Returns From Training
A. V. Carter, local Western Union manager, has returned from Tyler Texas after a two and a half month course at the Simplex school. About sixty operators from Gulf Division attended the program. The new Simplex equipment will be installed in the local office and planned to be in operation by December 1.
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A. V. Carter
Western Union
Tyler
Texas
Red Cross chairman denies salary claim in parish plea
Mrs Frank Price, chair of the Lincoln Parish American Red Cross, insists the chairman and workers are volunteers. She urges continued donations, explaining how contributions stay in the local chapter to support civilian relief and services.
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Lincoln Parish
American Red Cross
Frank Price
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