Ruston to Get Air Mail Service Soon Schedule Details
Ruston will receive Air Mail service starting October 15 1930 with westbound train 207 at 11 00 am and eastbound at 9 00 pm not carrying mail. Connections exist via Jackson Mississippi to Atlanta and onward to Chicago and New York. Fort Worth and Los Angeles legs follow with nighttime restrictions due to lack of lighting. Air Mail envelopes sizes 5 and 8 supplied locally.
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Ruston
Shreveport
Jackson
Miss
Atlanta
Chicago
New York
Richmond
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Ft. Worth
Fort Worth
el Paso
Texas
Los Angeles
Calif
Big Springs
San Antonio
Two Killed in Wreck Near Arcadia Friday
Two unidentified men died when a westbound freight derailed about a mile east of Arcadia on Friday. The wreckage, with cars carrying gasoline and oil, blocked the tracks. rescuers planned to search debris for more bodies while trains resumed by nightfall. Officers reported no identifications yet, bodies held pending investigation. An unfinished note reading Dear Mother was found on one victim.
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Arcadia
Robstown
Oklahoma
Railroad Met
Efort
Thigpen Wins Out In Scout Election Saturday
Jack Thispen backed by East hand Pareit Teacher League wins the city mayor vote in a Scout rule for a day campaign in Ruston Saturday. Billy Lewis, Hillcrest Parent-Teacher faction, and others on the Thigpen slate also prevail. Don Brown named city judge, William Ardis Marbury becomes chief of police, Jack Baker elected marshal. Officials take charge next Saturday.
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Jack Thispen
Easthand Pareit Teacher League
Ruston
Boy Scouts
Billy Lewis
Hillcrest
Parent-Teasso Lation
Thig- Pen
Don Brown
William Ardis Marbury
Jack Baker
Firemen Rescue Cat From Top of Electric Pole
The local fire department was summoned from Dr. H. N. Harper's residence on North Trenton street to save a cat that perched atop an electric light pole for nearly two days. Firefighters faded the danger by extending a ladder and bringing the animal to safety, much to the cat's relief and the owner's satisfaction.
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H. N. Harper
Trenton Street
Geological history of water explained by Helman Rosenthal
Helman Rosenthal describes water as a mirror of earth formations formed over billions of years. He details the water cycle from oceans to clouds to rain, its chemical interactions, and how contact with minerals creates hard or soft drinking supplies, noting pollution and purification needs.
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Helman Rosenthal
Dallas Laboratories
Ocean
Traffic death toll parallels WWI losses in 1 year
With over 20,000,000 drivers on the road auto accidents killed nearly as many Americans as war wounds in World War I. Newark shows twice the danger of Washington, Cleveland tops for accidents proportionally, and in New York 40 percent of victims are children. Boys die more often than girls, often due to street play and brake failure on wet pavement.
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Newark
N. J
Washington
Cleveland
New York City
Promotion Marks Progress for Sunday School Department
Last Sunday week the Baptist Sunday School promoted pupils across classes. The twelve-year-old lass moved to intermediate while the nine-year-old class advanced to junior. New male pupils in the nine-year-old class include J W Thompson Louis Bailey and Jon Chris. A new teacher Miss Bradford begins in the eleven-year-old class. Mrs Thatcher taught the ten-year-old class which featured Durwood Donald and Cleonis Power in a program.
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Baptist Sunday-School
Tliss
J. W Thompson
Louis Bailey
Jon Cry
Uliss
Miss Bradford
Thatcher
Gold Star Mother Speaks at Bienville Legion Meeting
Mrs. W. H. Michael shared her son Hamp Michaels story and wartime journey to France at McFarland No. 2 American Legion post. She praised US government hospitality, recalled Verdun cemetery visits, and urged Legion and ex-soldiers to safeguard humanity to honor fallen soldiers.
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Hamp Michael
France
Bienville Parish
American Legion
W. H. Michael
Michael
McFarland No. 2
United States
L. J. Fox
New York
Ruston Officer Identifies Wreck Victim In Arkansas Incident
Arcadia Oct 11 Possible identification of one man killed when nine Illinois Central freight cars derailed near Ruston was made by Town Marshal Risinger of Ruston. The deceased, about 25 year old James J. Davis of Memphis Tennessee, was identified as one man seen with a Ruston contact. The other victim, about 5 feet 2 1/2 inches tall with black hair, remained unidentified. A letter found on the uniden tified man addressed to his mother began Dear mother. Bodies held at Arcadia undertaking establishment as wrecking crews cleared the tracks. Six of nine derailed cars rolled down a steep embankment, with two gas cars and one oil car among them. Normal service resumed Saturday morning.
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Arcadia
Illinois Central
James J. Davis
Memphis
Tenn
Risinger
Ruston
Davis
Rollstown
Oklo
Arcadia Undertaking Establishment
Dairying at Louisiana State Fair Promises Record Shows
Shreveport reports a record breaking dairying department at the Louisiana State Fair October 25 to November 2. Eight entries join the Boys and Girls Calf Club, Parish Herd Contest expands with four parishes entered, and at least three more entries expected. Eighty six Jersey cattle are slated for the Jersey Show with participants from LSU and AWH Henderson Farms Ruston.Despite rising entries the fair expects continued growth as Louisiana dairying gains momentum.
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Shreveport
E.W. Neasham
Louisiana Jersey
Louisiana State University
A. W H. Henderson
Ruston
Derailment Probe Tests Possible Causes on Failing Train
Investigators probe the wreck after a rail catastrophe. Officials consider a broken wheel or brokered fault as possible causes. Passengers report the train ran unusually rough for miles before the derailment.
Pianos Shift to Mass Production for Radio Era
New York October 10 seven piano companies plan to introduce mass produced pianos on November 1. The move cuts price by about twenty percent as radio sales pressure pushes the industry from handcraft toward scientific production methods. Berthold Neur, vice-president of William Knabbe and company, outlined the plan.
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New York
Berthold Neur
William Knabbe and Company
Kiwanis Meet Hosts Hopewell Leaders And Scout Candidates
The Hopewell Kiwanis Club hosted four prominent citizens and municipal election Boy Scout candidates in a lunch meeting. Speakers reviewed Lincoln parish history, carpet bagger era, and local governance, with campaign speeches by Billy Lewis and Jack Thigpen for mayor.
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Kiwanis Club
Hopewell
Glen Lb. Shadow
J. M. Hammons
Lincoln Parish
Hammons
Allen Green
Vienna
Bill Green
Charles Green
Jack Green
Washington
Hammions
Patson
Vienna Sentinel
Commonwealth
S. G. Hammons
Joseph Putrell
H. L. Hammons
G. Hammons
Mary
Billy Lewis
Jack Thigpen
Railroad Park
C. A. Tooke
Arcadia
A. J. Boller
New Orleans
L. J. Fox
Louisiana Tech
Magnolia Aggies
Arkansas
Dr. W. 3. Rutledge
Ruston High Schol Bearcats
Bastrop Rama
Memorial Park
Jil Flown To Master In Virginia Honeymoon Planesflight
In Manhassett North Carolina on October 10 Jil joined Jack Whitney who is spending his honeymoon at a Virginia estate. Jil became the sole passenger with two pilots aboard Whitney’s sixty thousand dollar plane. North Carolina peanut crop valued at nine thousand nine hundred ninety six dollars in 1929.
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Manhassett
N. C
Jil
Jack
John H. Whitney, Jr
Virginia
Whitney
North Carolina
Fire Station Praised For Modern Ease In Ruston
A visiting fireman from a neighboring city inspected Ruston’s fire station on Saturday and praised its modern construction and convenient grounds. Chief O K Davis showed the station, noting recent improvements including refinished floors, tidy upstairs rooms, a modern kitchen and dining area, sleeping ward, bath and toilet facilities, a private bedroom, and the chief’s office. The grounds boast a well kept lawn and a disciplined, clean environment. The staff includes Chief O K Davis and a night force headed by Harold Nutt, with J B Durham and others. The equipment is described as up to date with all essential fire fighting devices.
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Ruston
O .K. Davis
Vicksburg
Bhreveport
Davin
W. H. Stewart
J.T. Mabry
W. ©. Donald
Albert Colvin
J .H. Jones
J. B. Durham
Harold Nutt
Home Economics Teachers Meet At Rus ton High School
An all day conference for home economics teachers from Winn Lincoln Jackson Bienville and Union convened at Ruston High School. State supervisor Miss Clyde Mohley urged practical solutions to daily homemaking problems and announced October 25 as home economics day at the Louisiana State Fair.
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Winn
Lincoln
Jackson
Bienville
Union
Ruston High School
Clyde Mohley
Mobley
Louisiana Tech
Anna Itse
Helen Graham
Bessie Joyce
Clarine Belcher
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Thigpen
SCOUT
City of Ruston
Paris
Verdun
Louisiana
W. F. Hirsch
V. Pia
Geet
Cente
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