Two New Louisiana Tech Extension Classes Announced
D G Armstrong announced two new Tech extension courses to be offered in Junction City and Ruston. G W McGinty will teach an economic history course in Junction City, with first meeting Thursday night at Junction City high school. Mrs Eunice C Williamson will lead a Latin class in Ruston, meeting Saturday at 8 am in her classroom, requiring four years of high school Latin for credit.
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Louisiana Tech
D. G. Armstrong
Junction
City
Ruston
United States
Junction City
G. W. McGinty
Tech Social Science Department
Junction City High School
Eunice C. Williamson
Tech Language Department
Williamson
McGinty
Monroe
Tech
Armstrong
Arcadia Ins
A. E. Phillips
G O P Plots To Beat Roosevelt
Syracuse October 14 Republican leaders from 15 upstate rural counties met with Charles H. Tuttle and state leaders at a conference and agreed on a campaign program to defeat Governor Franklin D Roosevelt in 1932. They argue Roosevelt’s re election as governor would boost his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and strengthen him against Hoover, aiming to block dry defections and unite the party.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles H. Tuttle
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Major Cannon faces charges as fire probes office blaze
Major Richard M. Cannon, son of Bishop James Cannon Jr., travels from Washington to Los Angeles to confront warrants for bad checks tied to a boys school promotion. Los Angeles fire officials investigate a week old blaze at his home office, suspected incendiary in origin, with no valuables harmed. Officials note El Monte school records remain intact as the case unfolds.
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Los Angeles
Richard M. Cannon
James Cannon
Washington, D. C
Cannon
San Bernardino
el Monte
Major Cannon
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
California
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
San Bernadino
Attack Targeting Cannon Family Strikes City
The speaker claims ongoing attacks for two years linked to being son of Bishop James Cannon Jr. He notes his Los Angeles office was burned and papers destroyed on Sunday October 5, four days after leaving Los Angeles. He says he will return to face charges, with warrants issued for $40 in San Bernardino and $1,600 in Los Angeles.
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Leve
Lsewinee
R. M. Cannon
James Cannon, Jr
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Savings Deposits Show Good Gain In New Orleans
New Orleans reports a strong August 1929 to August 1930 gain in local savings deposits of 68 million dollars while net retail sales rose 19 percent from the prior month. Savings deposits reached 52.416 million, up 13 percent from August 1829, the highest gain in the South.
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New Orleans
South
Federal Reserve District
Federal help sought for New Orleans industrial canal bridge
Baton Rouge October 17 O K Allen chairman of the Louisiana Highway Commission asks the federal engineering department to participate in building a new free bridge over the Industrial Canal at New Orleans. The double bascule drawbridge will replace the present narrow span beside the railroad bridge, at an estimated cost of 250000 dollars. Allen notes federal participation is not required for the project to proceed.
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Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Louisiana Highway Commission
Federal Engineering Department
New Orleans
Little Rock Girl Killed as Policeman Held on Bond
Eight year old Edith Baker was killed and her father H M Baker severely injured when two cars collided at an intersection in Little Rock Arkansas. City Patrolman J E Garrison and D R Jones, secretary of the school board, are held on $1000 bond for manslaughter. Garrison's car pinned the Bakers between a vehicle and a telephone pole. the girl died at a hospital. Baker suffered multiple injuries including a possible skull fracture.
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Little Rock
Ark
Edith Baker
H. M. Baker
J. E. Garrison
D. R. Jones
Garrison
Baker
Monroe Morning Post to Cease Publication in Consolidation
Monroe will see the Morning Post suspend after Col. Robert Ewing and associates buy the Monroe News Star and Morning Post from Clarence Faulk. The News Star becomes afternoon. the World remains a morning paper, with Harris as manager and Wilson Ewing as advertising chief.
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Morning Post
Monroe
Col
Robert Ewing
Clarence Faulk
Monroe News-Star
Monroe Morning Post
Colonel Ewing
Monroe Morning World
News-Star
the World
Faulk
New Orleans
Shreveport Times
John D. Ewing
News-Ster
James L. Ewing
Thomas O. Harris
The
World
Consolidated Ewing Papers
Wilson Ewing
Stimson Sees Shadow At Window Calls Police
Secretary of State Stimson reported a shadowy figure at his bedroom window last night prompting a police response. Three automobile loads of officers searched the Woodley estate but found no intruder and left without guards. He believed someone tried to enter his room.
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Washington
Stimson
Cardul praised by Georgia woman for backache relief
Mrs Thornton of Blackshear Georgia recalls weakness and back pain easing after using Cardul. She reports improved sleep appetite and strength after six bottles. The ad touts Cardul as a long trusted remedy for women’s run-down conditions.
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Blackshear
Thornton
Mr. Thornton
Essa
Near Death After Mystery Fall From Louisiana Bridge
W C King a 45 year old car inspector for a Winnfield lumber company lay seriously injured in a Shreveport hospital after an unexplained plunge from a bridge trestle near Winnfield Isle Saturday night or early Sunday. He was found beneath the structure with injuries not yet detailed. Medical staff monitored his condition as authorities investigated the incident.
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Shreveport
W. C. King
Winnfield Isle
King
Winnfield Lumber Company
Tremont and Gulf Railway trestle accident report
A trestle collapse incident on the Tremont and Gulf Railway occurred Sunday when several boys toppled from the trestle. A boy suffered a crushed right thigh and severe head injuries while noting no trains or cars were moving at the time.
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Tremont and Gulf Railway
U S Matrimony Tops One Million in 1929 Record
Washington Oct 15 The preliminary 1929 matrimonial statistics show 1,232,559 marriages and 201,475 divorces in the United States. Marriages rose 42 percent from the prior year, with 10.1 marriages per thousand people and divorces at 1.66 per thousand.
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Washington
United
Department of Commerce
Nevada Leads In Marriage And Divorce Rates
The report notes Nevada as the outstanding state in both marriage and divorce. Divorces reached 2,533 totaling 24 per 1,000 population, while marriages were 63.7 per 1,000. Government statisticians attribute the high figures to strict neighboring California laws and similar effects in Arizona with 17.3 per 1,000.
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Nevada
California
Arizona
Carter's Liver Pills Ad Promotes Own Remedy
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a superior liver tonic and constipation remedy. It dismisses substitutes and urges readers to buy the red bottle from druggists.
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Carter
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