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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1930
Page
9
The Lincoln Parish Free Fair set for October 15 to 18 at Memorial Park announces complete prize details. Exhibits enter under individual names with prizes for each winning item, plus three community prizes for the communities with the most winners. Jersey cattle and livestock shelters are highlighted.
In Savannah Georgia two six year old boys staged a game of policeman and gangster. James Ingram held a pistol behind Everett Davis Jr. when a finger pulled the trigger. A bullet struck Everett in the wrist, pierced his intestines and he died.
PARIS Oct 1 The government tobacco monopoly will introduce a cigar brand aimed at women as a new sales move.
Henry F. Jerges faced a court ruling forcing his name on the ballot for Congress after Democrats nominated him without his knowledge while abroad. He had declined once returning home, but the nomination stood, leaving him to run despite his wishes.
Oct 3 Crescent City reports Art Craft Ink Company Inc a new manufacturing enterprise has leased a four story brick building for a three year term and will begin mechanical changes for its product. Details to follow. The piece jests about popular baby line items like motor cars golf courses kitchens and suggests babies are missing.
Shreveport dispatch reports Triangle Drilling Company Standard Oil Louisiana Gas and Fuel to build a $300,000 high pressure natural gasoline plant in Claiborne parish near Athens and Arcadia. The unit will process 30,000 gallons daily using sugar creek gas wells. Louisiana Gas and Fuel funds expansion, routing a 14 inch pipeline to R. W. Norton well near Rodessa. Additional projects include a Sterlington compressor plant and more drilling in the Sugar Creek area.
In Butt Montana a dynamite blast beneath a bed killed Luke Duffy aged 28 and his young children Ed mund aged 3 and Anita aged 5. Neighbors told investigators Duffy had threatened to harm his family after his wife died earlier. The mother and another infant in the house survived.
New Haven Yale Divinity School Dean Luther A. Weigle blames middle age for corrupting jazz culture. He argues youth is clean and decent, while older generations' misguided counsels push society toward paganism and ruin.
Financial strain in St Croix drives deer slaughter as fishermen and residents face food shortages. Markets list YVenson for sale while game laws face disregard. Local hunters use finishlights, bringing down five of forty one deer. deer rarely exceed 100 pounds.
Mullee, US, Oct. 2. Simon Lougtin, bartender, died yesterday of blood poisoning from injuries after a beer keg bung popped out and struck him on the nose. An Atlanta man facing two wives claimed safety first as his reason, saying if he had only one woman she fought him, but with two they fought each other.
Robert Pew, 35, writer and poet, drank poison in a toast to Helen Kim, 22, at a Los Angeles gathering. Pew raised the glass toward his hostess and said it would be his last drink. Miss Kim tried to intervene but could not stop him before he died at her feet within minutes. Pew was despondent over recent failures to sell his writing.
Louisiana Tech Classical Club plans a meeting on October 15 to commemorate Publius Virilius Maro Virgil born in 70 B C at Andes Mantua northern Italy The club has nine Latin students and invites all with Latin knowledge to attend Officers include Mabel May Mary Alice Posey Lurline Wyrick Margaret Wilson Dorothy Lomax with roles primus consul secundis consul primus praetor secundus praetor primus quaestor
New York German language evening paper the New Yorker Herald celebrated its 50th anniversary with birthday greetings from President Hoover and other notable figures. Mayor Walker and Theodore Roosevelt, governor of Porto Rico, also sent congratulations.
Newport R I Oct 2 Coast guards fired 100 shots today when they surprised a dozen rum smugglers at Newport Beach and seized assorted imported liquors valued at $25,000. The rum runners escaped in automobiles, none believed wounded. Surfman William Brindle injured a leg leaping onto a departing car and was dragged several yards.
The Illinois Central Magazine notes L A Downs, president of the Illinois Central System, is the fourteenth person to hold the post since 1851. It lists earlier leaders including Robert Schuyler, William H Osborn, W B Ackerman, J C Clarke, Stuyvesant Fish, J J Harahan, and Charles H Markham, the current board chairman.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the residence of A. L. Rasbury in Simsboro Louisiana Tuesday afternoon. Only a small amount of household goods were saved.
Mrs Bernice Brack of Thirty-second Street reports long use of Thedford's Black-Draught for constipation cold sour stomach and gas. She credits it with improving her health and notes it contains no chemicals and is made from herbal roots. The ad-like testimonial ends with a claim of nearly 100 years of presence.
Ruston High School Bearcats defeated Bernice 34 to 0 with late scoring surge. Key plays included a 20 yard pass from Reeves to Matthews for the first touchdown and Richardson's 10 yard burst in the third period. Bernice showed a sturdy defense and steady passing led by Akin as captain Causey and the line performed well.
Candidate Kavien Hendrick of Slaveport toured Ruston yesterday in the second primary for Public Seps Vice Commissioner. He said his visits drew a warm welcome and assurances of support as he campaigned across the area.
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