Flood Refugees Exceed 92 000 Across Districts
Floods clog districts as weather bureau says no crop prospects soon. Red Cross and War Department mobilize shelter and food for homeless for at least two months. Refugees total over 92,000 with 52,000 already counted by Red Cross across Mississippi basin including Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana states.
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War Department
Red Cross
Washington
U.P
The
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Missippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Disease in Camps Amid Mississippi Flood Refugee Crisis
Disease attacked refugee camps in the flood area as levees burst along the Mississippi valley. Thousands homeless and more lives lost with little relief. Outbreaks in two Arkansas camps alarm authorities seeking to shelter the homeless in concentration centers. Cold rain worsens conditions and sanitary standards.
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Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Flood Relief Efforts Expand Amid Kentucky Flood Toll
Seventy five percent will resume relief from the Red Cross as floodwaters submerge homes for months. Refugee camps are established in Marksville Harrisonburg Anogia Louisiana and Greenville Natchez Vicksburg Yazoo Mississippi. Henry M Baker reports 170 Columbus Kentucky houses flooded with 70 inundated. Water will not recede for three or four weeks. survey done by rowboat. Army reserve depots will release supplies to aid housing of flood victims. Four corps area commanders face depleted tents blankets and equipment, but quotas are being met through loans to the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Marksville
Harrisonburg
Anogia
Louisiana
Greenville
Natchez
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Mississippi
Henry M. Baker
Columbus
Baker
Adjutant General's Office
Army Reserve
Refugees in Arkansas Camps Stricken by Illness
Medical teams move to halt a contagious disease spread among about 2,000 refugees in Parkin and Wynne camps. Measles whooping cough and mumps are reported, but poor sanitation cold and rain worsen conditions, with an estimated one quarter of refugees ill.
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Little Rock
Ark
U.P
Parkin and
Wynne
Beards Town Faces First Illinois River Flood
Beards town Illinois river flood begins after Comb’s levee collapsed at night. Evacuation of the lowland area completed. About 1 000 people homeless as the city struggles to recover from previous overflows last spring and fall.
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Beardstown
Illinois
Comb
Jealousy Motivates Cleaveland Bride's Fatal Action
In Cleveland on April 21 Mrs. Ida Glazer a 19 year old newlywed of six weeks shot herself in bed. Police report jealousy as the motive behind the fatal act.
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Cleveland
Ida Glazer
Library bars Elmer Gantry at local branch
Librarian Mrs. Clara Fisher said the Sinclair Lewis novel Elmer Gantry will be barred from the New Philadelphia library after a conference in Coshocton. The ruling follows district library policy and local concerns about content.
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BAR Book New
Philadelphia
Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis
Clara Fisher
Librar
Coshocton
Mrs Florence High Re elected Mayor of Coleman Michigan
Mrs Florence High is re elected as mayor of Coleman Michigan. She previously won the office in 1923 after being appointed to fill an unexpired term.
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Florence High
Coleman
Mich
Pomeroy Bridge Plans Are Ready Says Builder
In Pomeroy a visiting party led by F R Dravo and Pittsburgh officials announced bridge plans are ready to proceed once the site is fixed. The group favored moving the site downstream toward the Hocking Valley roundhouse to avoid the river bend, with a public hearing to follow in about two weeks to set pier locations span length and other factors.
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Dravo
George F. Wolfe
W. H. Fowler
Alex W. Dunn
Pittsburgh Coal Exchange
Army Engineers
Kiwanis Club
Remington Hotel
Pomeroy
Mr. Dravo
W. A. Compton
Blaettner
W. A. Gold
C. F. Petty
Mason
Wright McCroria
M. D. Hartinger
W. F. Reed
W. G. Plantz
Will Steenberger
State Highway Men Wonder If Plans Are Dreams
In Columbus on April 21 the state highway department faced a nervous senate over a proposed one cent gasoline tax projected to raise over 7 million dollars. When combined with county and federal funds the department would have about 20 million to fund Spring road extensions and improvements. Director C F Schlesinger said readiness for a major expansion exists but funds are not yet secured. Plans would allocate money by traffic mileage across regions.
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Columbus
O.R
Senate
State Highway Department
Highway Department
C. F. Schlesinger
Assault Charged Logan Oil Field Worker
An affidavit charging assault and battery was filed against Jesse McManus, an oil field worker, in Logan magistrate court. The affidavit alleges he assaulted his wife Clara Ethel McManus, who died in a Columbus hospital after an operation. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond.
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Logan
J. P. Miller
Jesse McManus
Clara Ethel McManus
Columbus
McManus
Hammond
Vicken
Sunday Dancing Ban Bill Faces Possible Senate Delay
A bill to outlaw Sunday dancing may be delayed in the Senate for a second time as lawmakers consider whether to proceed with a filibuster or extended debate this week. If halted, action could shift to later today or tomorrow.
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Senate
Ohio Senate Moves Toward Referendum on Justice Bills
Ohio Senate closes in on passage with bills to rehabilitate justices of the peace and divide fees. supporters aim to send them to voters while opponents push for referendum. Senators Bender Herbert and Roberts led efforts for jury rights as the filibuster and parliamentary tactics shaped the four hour battle.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Senate
Etling
Justices of the Peace
Arts
HOUSE
House Rules Committee
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Paul M. Herbert
Senate
Bender
Herbert
Eugene Roberts
Youngstown
Earl D. Bloom
Senate panel backs 50 percent auto license tax cut
The senate automotive committee urged passage of a gas tax increase while proposing a 50 percent reduction in current license fees to 2 3 and 5 dollars. If adopted the gas tax would take effect ten days after the Norton highway measure becomes law, or be unnecessary if the Norton bill is vetoed.
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Senate Automotive Committee
Senate
House
Princess Elizabeth Walks Eight Steps For First Birthday
London April 1 The future queen of England and Empress of India celebrated her first birthday with a party at home. Although the Duke and Duchess of York were in Australia and King George and Queen Mary were in Cardiff, Princess Elizabeth enjoyed her celebration with cousins George and Gerald Lascelles as guests.
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London
U.R
Queep
England
Empress
India
Six Banks Suspended in Japan Prompt Talks of Moratorium
TOKIO April 21 six more banks suspended in Japan today including three in Tokio bankers and financiers discuss a moratorium to give bankers time to breathe and regroup their operations.
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Tokio
Japan
Renewed Hope for Early Resumption of Mining in Central Area
Terre Haute Ind April 21 UPDRenewed hope was seen today for early resumption of bituminous coal mining in the central competitive area after Indiana strip mine owners and district 11 United Mine Workers union reached a two year contract. The agreement ends a week of talks and comes as about 200000 miners have been on strike since April 1. Terms not released but are believed to match the Jacksonville agreement with a seven fifty daily wage. Strip miners supply about 20 percent of Indiana coal.
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Indiana
United Mine Workers Union
Jacksonville
Terre Haute
Ind
UPR
District 11
Ohio River and Western seeks to abandon 110 mile line
Counsel for several Ohio counties fought an Ohio Public Utilities Commission hearing over the Ohio River and Western Railroad plan to abandon its 110 mile Bellaire to Zanesville line. Officials cited a deficit of over a million dollars and questioned the road’s fit with the Pennsylvania system. Monroe prosecutor John K. Sawyer Jr. urged testing a Bellaire to Woodsfield segment to gauge profitability.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio River and Western Railroad
Bellaire
Zanesville
Public Utilities Commission
Belmont
Monroe
Noble
Guernsey
Muskingum
Pennsylvania
John K. Sawyer, Jr
Monroe County
Woodsfield
Sawyer
Mrs. Williams F. Johnson Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Wil liam F. Johnson wife of the prohibition crusader known as Pussyfoot Johnson died in Columbus after a brief illness. An operation failed to save her life.
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Johnson
Columbus
William F. Johnson
Arson Charge Filed Against Mrs Bardons in Cleveland
Mrs Mary T Bardons 40 and former husband George C Bardons a noted Cleveland millionaire faced arson charges. The indictment says she first tried to hire a carpenter to burn the home and, after refusal, said she would do it herself. She allegedly sought insurance payoff.
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Cleveland
O.R
Mary T. Bardons
George C. Bardons
Couple Sought in Nationwide Search for Missing Brown and McGee
Elyria April 21 a nationwide search was started for Frederick L. Brown 35 church choir director and Mrs Theresa McGee 30 manicure as the pair disappeared from their homes after two mysterious telephone calls to Mrs Brown Sheriff E G Mathews announced the action.
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Elyria
Frederick L. Brown
Theresa McGee
E. G. Mathews
Brown
Police Believe They Have Solved Killing Mystery
Police in Cincinnati say they have solved the death of Floyd Renner, 19, whose disfigured body was found in a canal bed. Conley Martin of Newport says Nathan Kite of Reading, Pennsylvania, struck Renner with a blackjack during an argument, killing him. Kite denies involvement. Dr. Glenn R Londennecker corroborated the account.
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Cincinnati
Floyd Renner
Conley Martin
Newport
Nathan Kite
Reading
Young Renner
Temple of the Youth
Kite
Glenn R.londennecker
Martin
It Won't Be Long
Cool winds before nightfall end the brief visit of summer along the eastern seaboard. The heat peaked at 88 in New York and 90s elsewhere from Maine to Virginia, with three people prostrated in the city as April 20 marked the hottest day in 50 years of local forecasts.
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New York
Maine
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Turner paints Ohio Capitol crowded with lobbyists
Attorney General Edward C. Turner recalls his 15 year old bribery prosecutions and says the Ohio state house is lousy with lobbyists. He writes to Representative Williamson urging a $50,000 appropriation to finish a statewide inquiry into telephone rate hikes by Ohio Telephone Co.
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State House
Columbus
U.P
Edward C. Turner
Franklin County
Ohio State House
Le Fever Appointments Bill Defeated in Ohio House
In Columbus on April 21 the House defeated Senator E LeFever's measure to strip the state commerce director of appointing the public utilities commission employer role by a 72 to 44 vote. The House also rejected the so called yellow dog bill backed by Redman and organized labor, and defeated an automobile license fee increase from O W Fish.
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Columbus
E. LeFever
Athens County
Public Utilities Commission
House
Judiciary Committee
Redman
Cincinnati
Senate
O. W. Fish
Wood County
Auto Thief Escapes En Route to Federal Prison
Hubert Smith, jailed for seven years by Federal Judge Hough, escaped while transported from Columbus to Atlanta. U S marshal Stanley Borthwick received a telegram stating Smith disappeared from a train carrying federal prisoners overnight after a prior Columbus escape. Smith had been recaptured in Peoria before this latest escape and was en route to Atlanta when the latest getaway occurred.
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Cincinnati
U.p
Hubert Smith
Atlanta
Columbus
Stanley Borthwick
U. S
Borthwick
Smith
Hough
Federal Building
Peoria
Atlan
Occupy Embassy Grounds In Peking By Allied Forces
On April 21 the western grounds of the Soviet Embassy in Peking were occupied by troops from the United States Great Britain Japan France and Italy as a defense measure. The action took place on the edge of the regation quarter and involved joint occupation by the allied powers.
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Peking
Regation Quarter
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Dodd bill veto to upend Ohio tax plan
Governor Vic Donahey will veto the direct half mill state tax bill today. He will send a veto message citing technical objections that the levy on the 1926 duplicate would be hard to collect and likely yield about 4.6 million instead of 6.5 million. The veto delays the legislature and endangers the entire taxation program.
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Columbus
U.P
Vic Donahey
United Press
Donahey
General Assembly
Senate
Measure To Make Labor Contracts Illegal Is Killed
The Ohio house killed the yellow dog bill aimed at outlawing contracts that bar joining unions. A motion to bring the bill to a vote failed after Rev. W. T. Roberts sought to bypass the judiciary committee, which had refused to report the measure.
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Columbus
U.P
House
W. T. Roberts
Belmont County
House Judiciary Committee
Mistrial Declared in Sapiro Ford Libel Suit
A federal judge declared a mistrial in the million dollar libel case of Aaron Sapiro versus Henry Ford. Judge Fred M. Raymond dismissed the jury after five weeks of testimony and ordered a new trial date discussion for April 30.
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Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Fred M. Raymond
Raymond
Sapiro
Cooperative Farm ‘Leader
Patterson reelected at National Cash Register meeting
Frederick B. Patterson was reelected president and chairman of the board of directors of the National Cash Register company at the annual meeting held today at the company's plant in Dayton.
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Dayton
Frederick B. Patterson
The
National Cash Register Company
Lita Grey Chaplin Alimony Petition Filed
A petition for alimony for Lita Grey Chaplin will be filed in Los Angeles Superior Court today, according to her representative. The move follows ongoing divorce proceedings involving Chaplin.
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Chaplin
Los Angeles
Lita Grey Chaplin
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