Devastating floods plague East. death toll rises
The century's flood scourges 12 states with 133 known deaths as homes flood, disease spreads, and shortages hit. Red Cross seeks 3 million for relief. 200000 plus displaced. Looting reported in Vandergrift and Springfield as forces restore order. Weather spreads from Ohio Valley to Maine with Crises across Pittsburgh area.
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Germany Rejects Locarno Pact in Franco Soviet War Row
Berlin rejects a new Locarno Proposal to adjust German violations and launches a sharp critique of the Franco Soviet alliance. The drama follows a League council censure, a Britain France Italy Belgium pact on world court revival and Rhineland policing, and cabinet approvals in London and Paris.
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Death of Mrs Ed 8 S Seay in Roswell
Mrs. Ed 8 S Seay, 75, mother of Amarilloans Dick P Seay and Mrs G E Combs, died in Roswell yesterday after a lingering illness. Also survived by daughter Mrs Reid Mulkey of Albuquerque. Burial in Roswell set for 3 PM. Dick Seay and Mrs Combs were at her bedside.
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Weather Forecast For Amarillo And West Texas
The forecast calls for Friday to be fair and warmer across Amarillo and nearby areas. West Texas west of the 100th meridian is expected to remain generally fair and slightly warmer, with similar conditions noted for the Panhandle and New Mexico.
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Tree Belt Growing Rapidly Across Plains and Southwest
Shelterbelt officials report 41 crews have planted 190 miles of trees across Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas with rapid expansion. Nebraska has three miles by two crews, Kansas 17 miles by 15 crews, Oklahoma 89 miles by 11 crews, and Texas 81 miles by 13 crews. Full 1936 target of 1 424 miles likely by early April in Texas Oklahoma mid April to early May in Kansas Nebraska and by June 1 in the Dakotas. Applications for 1 500 miles of planting have been received for 1937.
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Roosevelt to Confer With Hagood on Train Run
President Roosevelt planned a conference with Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood, relieved of command of the Eighth Corps Area after criticizing the Works Progress Administration. The meeting was to occur aboard Hagood’s southbound special train, with White House laying out the arrangement. Hagood had been ordered to his South Carolina home pending orders after House hearings labeled WPA funds as stage money.
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South Carolina
Keys Invite Dionnes to Texas at Centennial
Mrs J D Pennington aunt to Hollis Oklahoma Keys quadruplets says the four Baylor University students Leota Mary Roberta and Mona Keys will travel to Canada around April 1 to invite the Dionne quintuplets to the Texas Centennial exposition Pat Neff Baylor president will accompany them.
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JAP TROOPS RELEASED IN PACIFIC WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCES
The Tokyo war office said 1,320 enlisted men including NCOs and privates who took part in the February 26 rebellion were released from detention after questioning. Paramount film "Wife vs. Secretary" to be shown Saturday.
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State Will Continue Relief Through Summer
Texas relief officials announced plans to extend direct aid to unemployed through spring and possibly until the old age pension program begins July 1. Diminishing demand and counties stepping in reduce the state burden, with March checks issued to 37,532 unworkable cases and rural rural averages of 13 dollars while urban areas average 16 dollars.
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Roosevelt urges farmers study crop diversion benefits
President Roosevelt urged farmers to study new crop diversion benefits before finalizing plans. He warned that failing to use the act could trigger excessive production of cotton and wheat and undermine prices and soil, while cooperation could protect soil and income across the nation.
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Department of Agriculture
Flood Toll Reaches 133 Across 11 States and D C
National flood disaster reports 133 dead as of March 19 across Pennsylvania and New Jersey most affected, with victims in New York state and nearby areas. Workers string sandbags to shield downtown districts while Hartford residents monitor the rising Connecticut River and Ohio Valley communities flee to high ground.
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Scrappin Valley Flu Delays Murder Trial
Newton Texas March 19 trial of Vernon Wells and Albert Williams charged with murder in the Richard Ridgeway slaying has been postponed to the September term due to an influenza epidemic in Scrappin Valley. Defense attorney J B Force cited lack of material witnesses. Jim Bowie, a Black man, is also charged in the case.
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Albert Williams
Scrappin’ Valley
Jim Bowie
Richard Ridgeway
Banker Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Detroit March 194- James J. O Shea vice president of the National Bank of Detroit was arrested by Justice Department agents on a charge of aiding and abetting a 349000 embezzlement of city trust funds. He surrendered 135000 in cash and securities found in a safety box rented by Harry M Tyler who killed himself after the embezzlement was uncovered.
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Harry M. Tyler
Commander Van Zandt to Speak at Pampa Veterans Meeting
James F E Van Zandt national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will speak at a veterans meeting in Pampa on March 30. Arrangements were finalized at a Pampa post meeting with Amarillo regional and district commanders J C Lillibridge and W S Birge.
Governor reports over one hundred thousand pension applications
Governor Allred said more than 100 600 applications for old age pensions had been filed and no total estimate could be given yet. Organization has been completed and pension payments are to begin July 1. The note also lists cast members Clark Gable Jean Harlow Myrna Loy in Wife vs Secretary at Paramount Bat.
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Jean Harlow
Myrna Loy
Paramount
Austin
Allred
Myrna Ley
Wife
Disabled Vets Charge Princeton Students Over War Exemptions
Disabled war veterans accuse Princeton undergraduates behind the Veterans of Future Wars of being babies and small children used to secure military service exemptions for their fathers in 1917 and 1918 during a formal resolution in Dallas.
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Princeton
Seventeen Die In Worst Flood At Wheeling
The worst flood in Wheeling West Virginia history killed 17 people and left thousands homeless as water submerged downtown streets. Police reported 10 died escaping and four died in a flooded home explosion, with three more drowning in Wellsburg after flooding spread across Ohio and Pennsylvania areas.
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Wellsburg
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Pennsylvania
Mirage estate claim sparks court defense in Buchanan suit
Houston March 19 John N Snell attorney for Lorenzo D Buchanan defendant in a civil suit on trial here said the estate alleged to be huge is a mirage He charged that certain individuals capitalized on the belief of great wealth in the estate and filed the response in court.
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Houston
John N. Snell
Lorenzo D. Buchanan
Lady Hopwood Dies After Husband's Death in London
Grief stricken Lady Hopwood dies in London several hours after her husband Sir William Hopwood longtime shirt-sleeve millionaire She is 75 and will be buried beside her spouse on Saturday The couple were known for the film Wife vs Secretary at Paramount.
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Johnstown Struggles After Devastating Flood Scene
Johnstown endures hunger and despair as relief crews clear wreckage after the flood. Death toll estimates range from seven to sixteen with five known dead. Refugees face cold, darkness, and spreading illness while National Guardsmen and police enforce martial law amid looting fears.
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