Ruston to Inspect Rooms for Tech Students Next Week
Ruston residents with rooms for Louisiana Tech students were asked to notify the dean of women Miss Sallie Robison by Wednesday. An inspection of available rooms will be conducted Friday or Saturday by Miss Robison and Miss Alma Burk, with the latter serving as dean of women during Robison's leave for study at the University of Chicago.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Sallie Robison
Miss Robison
Alma Burk
Tech
Miss Robson
University of Chicago
Louisiana proposes tax exemptions for new industries
A Louisiana legislative joint resolution proposes an amendment to Article Ten of the state constitution to allow municipalities and parishes to exempt new industries or additions from general and special taxes. The exemption would require voter approval, with limits including a maximum five year term and prior consent from affected industries, plus rules on election calls and governing authorities. The measure, identified as Act No. 5 and Senate Bill No. 21 by Mr. Johnson, outlines procedures and protections for such exemptions.
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Mr. Johnson
Louisiana
State of
Disien
Paris
Turthner
Drouth Drives U S Fire Fighting Costs Upward
Fires across the United States push Forest Service suppression costs to more than 19 000 a day with emergency guards deployed in 149 National Forests. Drought and lightning raise hazards while western forests see critical outbreaks and California reports many small fires. Federal fire suppression in July rose to 286 360 and the last fiscal year total reaches 2 146 007.
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Washington, ID
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Western National Forests
National Forest of California
Klamath National Forest
California
United States
Nasional
It’s Death When Your Auto Leaves The Road
New York August 29 A New York Automobile Club analysis of 100000 motor mishaps shows death odds for speeders and errant drivers. Curves cresting hills wrong side passing and failure to signal are major risk factors with fatality rates varying from one to 145 to one in 82 and one to 34 crashes. More than a third of accidents stem from right of way violations, though fatalities are lower in those cases.
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New York
Augsburger
New York Automobile Club
Dealih
General Henry T. Allen Dies Noted Peace Advocate
Washington mourns Major-General Henry T. Allen retired famed World War fighter and peace advocate. He died at Buena Vista Springs after a sudden blood clot while visiting a German embassy official. Allen led the American army of occupation in the Rhineland and urged leniency toward Germany and support for League of Nations.
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Washington
Henry T. Allen
Ajlen
Rhineland
Buena Vista Springs
Rudolph Leitner
League of Nations
Ehrenbreitstein
Rhine
Wed in Saddle in Lincoln Park Ride Ends in Marriage
Ten horseback riders clattered along a Lincoln Park drive in Chicago when two of the group halted and were married by a cantering minister. Miss Alice Jensen, 23, of Clear Lake Iowa, became Mrs Edwin P Rankin of Boston after Rev J Pierce Newell officiated, the couple saying they married because they love horses.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Alice Jensen
Clear Lake
Iowa
J. Pierce Newell
Edwin P. Rankin
Boston
Feed Credit Plan Aims To Aid Drouth Farmers
Washington August 29 A plan to furnish feed and seed credit to drought stricken farmers without federal funds is being developed by a sub committee of bankers cooperating with the drouth committee A cooperative credit system in drought affected states would provide about 20 million dollars in credit for farmers lacking collateral The plan conceived by Henry M Robinson of Los Angeles was to be reviewed by the full bankers conference and drew on experiences from Mississippi flood relief.
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Washington, D. C
Drouth Committee
Drouth
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Dawes Reparations Commission
Robinson
White House
Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank of Chicago
Nicholas Dosker
Louisville Trust Company
Morton Prentis
First National Bank of Baltimore
Hyde
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Louisiana State Fair opens with Rodeo Stampede in Shreveport
The 1930 Louisiana State Fair at Shreveport will run October 25 to November 2 with no expense spared. Attractions include a Rodeo Stampede, cowboy and girl Rodeo stunts, high class circus acts, a Broadway style Winter Garden Revue, nightly fireworks, Gladway day and night shows, band concerts, the annual dog show in the first three days, fiddlers contests, and several football events.
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Shreveport
Gladway
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