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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1931
Page
10
The Ruston Leader references President Ente and criticizes diplomacy after World War I, discussing how Britain Germany France and the United States fared postwar. It notes October elections in Montgomery Alabama on a county tax measure for public schools and debates gasoline tax impacts on local residents.
The Monroe News-Star surveys editorial views on one man enterprise versus corporate farming. It argues centralized management and mergers improve efficiency but questions applicability to farming, noting capital, overhead, and labor challenges for small plots and truck farming.
The government offers a new bond issue of substantial size and citizens quickly subscribe with dronesy seeking investors. The interest rate is very low, deterring some buyers, as the issue is rapidly snapped up. Bonds were slated to pay visiting expenses in November, not March, raising debates on tax hikes and political expediency in the process.
Lincoln Parish Free Fair officials expect full exhibit space from October 14 to 17 with space trebled from prior years. A new natural history display from the Ouachita Valley Boy Scouts, coordinated by Scout Executive J Noble White, will debut at Camp Ki Ro Li. The event features a baby show and clinic run with American Legion auxiliary and local physicians, plus livestock premiums 20 percent higher than Meridian Mississippi State Fair. Prizes totaling 150 dollars will reward school exhibits, with a parish directors meeting called ahead of the Saturday fair opening.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission approved lower freight rates on cotton in August and halted by a protest. Attorneys filed by Thomithes of Lake Charles Harbor district led to withdrawal of a related measure while the new rate cuts target two thirds of previously paid prices. Automobiles crashed into a Portland store end of a bridge amid dense fog. Concrete bumpers were installed to avert further collisions.
The column blends disparate notes from politics and society. Mayor Walker’s Paris bust is cited as a touchstone while Al Smith’s 1932 bid hangs in doubt. Other items touch free peppermint lozenges for new taxis, a grim joke about stock markets, and a peach queen in Michigan promoting crops.
Sunday lesson discusses Acts 16 6 15 and Romans 15 18 21 highlighting Christianitys reach beyond borders through Pauls call to Macedonia Lydia the purple seller hosts Paul and his early church work by a riverside and in household prayer. It argues for evolving roles of women in church leadership and Christianitys unconventional growth beyond rigid forms.
Airways New York reports ground crews of four per pilot for U S routes with mail and passengers. Over 60 workers on United Air Lines crews include master mechanics inspectors electricians radio operators weather observers and many specialists. Each tri motor undergoes 216 inspections and 260 hour major overhauls, with strong emphasis on night flying gear and radio beacon communication. Also, George F. Bicknell and his Gary Ind chief must not speak until divorce suits are settled.
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