Funeral held for Hedgepeth by Legion post
A. A. Hedgepeth was honored with funeral services at the family home on Mississippi Avenue led by Reverend S. E. McFadden and followed by a Legion grave service under Commander L. J. Fox and chaplain H. M. Johnson. The procession to Wilder cemetery featured a firing squad and taps by George Nicol, with pallbearers Grady Nelson W. E. McBride J. B. Kendall J. B. Staples Eddie Evans and A. W. Rachal among active mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Hedgepeth
S. E. McFadden
Mississippi Avenue
American Legion
Wilder
L. J. Fox
H. M. Johnson
Legion
National Guard
Taps
George Nicol
Legion Post
Grady Nelson
W. E. McBride
J. B. Kendall
J. B. Staples
Eddie Evans
A. W. Rachal
Starving man holdup tale ends in aid and hope
In Chicago, a starving robber targets A C Mayerle but rifling his wallet, Mayerle returns most of the money after learning the bandit’s struggle. Mayerle, a wealthy jeweler, funds hospital care and coal for the family and seeks a permanent job for the man, underscoring worsening conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. C. Mayerle
Mayerle
Hold Meet Of Negro School Teachers Friday
A daylong convention for colored training schools teachers was held at Lincoln Parish Training School in Grambling with A. C. Lewis and J. L. Barrow leading. Representatives from Shreveport Minden Homer Arcadia Ruston Winnfield Jonesboro Winnsboro Monroe Bastrop attended among more than a hundred present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Lewis
J. L. Barrow
Louisiana
Lincoln Parish
Grambling
Shreveport
Minden
Homer
Arcadia
Ruston
Winnffelde
Jonesboro
Winnsboro
Young Gray Fox Found On Dixie Overland Highway
A young gray fox about a year old was found dying on the Dixie Overland highway near Ruston by Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Barnette. They brought it home in their car but the animal died en route. The fox was on exhibit uptown this morning, per the Daily report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
C. A. Barnette
Monroe
Tech student earns Eagle Badge in Boy Scout work
Albert T. Hughes a Louisiana Tech freshman and Natchitoches parish native received the Eagle Badge at a Tech chapel ceremony with H. L. McKnight as master of ceremonies. Hughes, a Lone Scout since age 12, collected twenty one merit badges despite periods with inactive troops and distance from Scouting circles. Kendall Hearne then sang several selections after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Hughes
Louisiana Tech
Natchitoches Parish
Tech Chapel
H. L. McKnight
Chamber of Commerce
McKnight
Hughes
Natchitoches
Coushatta
Kendall Hearne
Lincoln parish booth at Louisiana State Fair exhibit
County Agent J A Shealy and Miss Sophia Stone travel to Shreveport to arrange Lincoln parish entries for the Louisiana State Fair opening Saturday. The parish booth will show progress in Lincoln parish with a cotton debt motif and a “Live At Home” theme, featuring farm products and a dairy cow on a stone foundation. Shealy returns to Ruston after setup. Stone oversees the booth during the fair. Jersey cows and 4 H entries accompany the display. a country herd judging prize is forecast to place Lincoln at least second. Also noted is a visit from Rev J B Bagley to Arcadia to see his son and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Shealy
Sophia Stone
Lincoln Parish
Shreveport
Shealy
Ruston
Lincoln Booth
Miss Stone
Joe Blonden
Henderson Jersey
Henderson
Lincoln
American Red Cross Relief for Farmers and Rural Life
The American Red Cross provides disaster relief to farmers, aids recovery with better housing and production, helped diversify Mississippi Delta farming after the two year flood, supports rural health through nurses and home hygiene instruction, backs ex service men on the farm, and urges farmers to increase membership to expand its services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mississippi Delta
American Red Cross
New Orleans Opens Museum of Natural Resources
New Orleans debuts the Museum of Natural Resources under the State Department of Conservation. The facility gathers salt, minerals, fauna, flora, by products, oysters from Bayou Barataria, furs, and birds to showcase Louisiana resources. It features 133 bird species, alligators, muskrat, and a frog industry display, plus complimentary motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NIJV
Orleans
New Orleans
Museum of Natural Resources
Avery Island
Lake Charles
Bayou Barataria
Louisland
W E McBride Chief Speaker To Kiwanis Club
W E McBride told Kiwanis members that law enforcement depends on public will and opinion citing many examples of opinion shaping police actions. Superintendent Campbell outlined a proposed constitutional amendment for a one cent gasoline tax with half proceeds to public education. Guests included C A Barnette, Grady Nelson and Charles Buchanan as a large crowd braved bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. McBride
Kiwanis Club
McBride
H. L. Campbell
C. A. Barnette
Grady Nelson
Charles Buchanan
Varsity Men to Be Given Preference in Officiating
Louisiana Tech athletic committee favors varsity football players as officials for future games. Major J F Cale says varsity experience adds value. if no varsity official is available, faculty may officiate without pay. Freshman games may stay paid admission. homecoming plans target Centenary on November 22 with a committee handling arrangements. NOVAS GUASESA Brazil Oct 23 Rosa Decosta reportedly lived 150 years, leaving 18 children 124 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
J. PF. Cale
Communitttes
Ibe
Grimes
General Ad Wusston
Centenary College
Druveling
Moh. Polk, Jr
Roa, McFarland
J. J. Fox
Novas Guasesa
Brazil
Senora Rosa Decosta
Governor's Wife Receives Musk Rat Fur Coat Gift
In Shreveport on October 21 Mrs Huey P Long wife of Louisiana governor received a fur coat made from 100 musk rat skins trapped in south Louisiana. Presented by State Senator Jules G Fisher for the Louisiana Fur Dealers and Trappers at the governor's Forest Avenue residence during a brief vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Jules G. Fisher
Forest Ave
Governor Long
Expansion of port planned for New Orleans
New Orleans game plan aims to keep port facilities and equipment five years ahead of demand. Since October, work has begun on a fireproof 2000 foot wharf section costing 1.2 million for Southern Pacific and Morgan Line vessels. Rebuilding trials at Mandeville Street and Charbonnet Street cost over 1 million each, with more wharves at Toulouse, Dumaine and Governor Nicholls Street. Fire protection and modernization will cost near a million, and hundreds of thousands more will fund a large expansion along the Industrial Canal as the port becomes an integrated facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Board of Commissioners
Port of
John McKay
Southern Pacific
Morgan Line
Mandeville Street
Charbonnet
Toulouse
Dumaine
Governor Nicholls Street
Lin
Death toll rises in Anna mine dynamite blast
Berlin reports 131 dead with 35 bodies unrecovered as 140 workers remain trapped or missing after a ton of dynamite exploded in No 2 shaft at the Anna coal mine in Alsdorf. Seven miners hospitalized and 160 others awaiting rescue amid gas and ventilation failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wolfe
Anna
Alsdorf
Germany
Prussian Governiment Press Bureau
AteHet
oMieids
Boy Arrested by Sheriff on Grave Charge
From Friday's Daly Semmie Franklin farmer near Mineral Springs reported sick cows fed tainted feed. Sheriff Thigpen and Deputy Priaster found Paris Green in a trough sunk in a branch. Cecil Williamson, 19, was arrested and jailed with bond set at $1,000. Authorities believe a grudge motivated the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Semmie Franklin
Mineral Springs
Here
Sheriff's Office
Paris Green
Thigpen
Clyde Priaster
Mr. Franklin
Cecil Williamson
Franklin Place
Young Williamson
S. D. Pearce
Williamson
Fire destroys rural Ball School in Onion Grove community
Tuesday afternoon a two room Ball School building six miles northeast of Ruston on Farmerville highway burned completely. Miss Jewel Larance noticed the roof on fire, the entire structure soon a mass of flames. The building valued at 1600 dollars carried insurance matching that amount. No pupils were present as classes were dismissed. Principal Cavelia Johnson oversaw efforts to relocate students. Superintendent H L Campbell looked for temporary space, noting a history of school fires in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball School
Onion Grove
Rus~ton
Farmerville Highway
Jewel Larance
Larance
Louisianat Tech
Cavelia Johnson
H. L. Campbell
Union Grove
Campbell
Dubach
Ball
Simsboro
O M Houck Secures Hico School Addition Contract
At a special Lincoln parish school board session in the office of Superintendent BH Campbell the $16 000 bond issue was sold at par with $36 pool premium for an auditorium addition with 650 seat capacity and other improvements. The contract went to O M Houck of Simsbore and work will be rushed to completion. Other routine matters included were transacted with White E M Burton and Vera Nicholson, Arcadia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom Weiesday
Lincoln Parish
Campbell
Court House
Hivu
O. M. Houck
Simsbore
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Hedgepeth
North Louisiana
Highrey
TECH
Miss Sophia Stone
J. B. Bagley
Mrs. Bagley
Lindbergh
Yawre
Boulevard
Kleffman
Jersey City
N. C
Museum OF
Rancicon
Burma
Mogok
Upper Burma
Semmie Franklin
O.M. Houck
HICO
E. M. Burton
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