Flood Fears Rise as Torras Breach Expands Across Louisiana
Heavy rainfall worsens the Mississippi flood emergency as the Torras crevasse enlarges, threatening Point Coupe Parish and Angola. Federal and state engineers race to save remaining levees while thousands seek boats and high ground, with Baton Rouge and nearby towns feeling the rising surge. Residents evacuate, await gasoline launches, and watch levee tops perilously near record heights as the crisis deepens.
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la Crevasse
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Front Street
Local Showers Forecast Prophecy Delivers Weather Tip
A weather prophecy notes local showers Friday and probably Saturday with expected light rainfall. No additional details on timing or amounts, but the forecast emphasizes chance of wet conditions across the region.
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Georgia
Underwood Triumph Sparks House Ovation in Georgia
Oscar Underwood wins a sweeping Georgia victory to a tumultuous Democratic floor ovation. He defends his Wall Street independence, touts tariff revisions and fiscal restraint, while leaders gauge his strength for the presidential nomination and potential succession as party whip.
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John Corrigas, Jr
Washington
Georgia
Oscar Underwood
Underwood
Te & Man
House
Clark
Wall Street
Florida
Wilson
Democratic Party
Georgia Delegation Rules Freeze Wilson Backers Out
Widespread inquiry follows the presidential primary about state executive committee rules for selecting delegates to the Georgia state convention on May 29. The plan favors Oscar Underwood supporters, with Governor Woodrow Wilson receiving no delegates or county votes in the convention despite carrying many counties. Friends of Wilson protest, but the committee proceeds with a plurality vote and anti Wilson bias in the delegation.
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Federal money for highways in post office bill
Washington May 2 Special Ala from the United States treasury in the construction of improved highways is provided for in the post office appropriation bill which passed the house today. If the senate adopts the amendment and there is a strong sentiment in favor of government aid in highway construction it will give a tremendous impetus to building better highways nationwide with central government backing. The Constitution's crusade in Georgia for national aid promises wider benefits soon. The paragraph is the result of an agreement among twenty eight house representatives who introduced good roads and it provides for the payment of tolls by Uncle Sam for use of state roads.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Ala
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Post Office
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Georgia
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Gartiers
Thaw seeks freedom from Matteawan asylum
Harry K Thaw the young millionaire whose trial for murder ended with an insanity verdict faces another habeas corpus bid. His mother obtained the writ, returnable Monday May 6 before Justice Keogh at White Plains. If denied, Thaw could remain committed for years and may be moved to Bloomingdale asylum during the hearings.
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Harry K. Thaw
Aira
Stenford
Madieji ‘Squaré
Ga Fen” Air
Mattea‘wan
Justice Keogh
White Plains
20000 Pupils In Bic Clean-Up Contest
Twenty thousand Atlanta school children will join a two day civic effort to win $100 in prizes by pledging to a clean-up program. The event starts at 2 PM today and continues tomorrow with pledges accepted on blank forms if necessary. Chairman Charles J Hadney praised the heightened civic interest and prepared 30,000 pledges. Volunteers are asked to attend at noon for briefing on the contest.
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Atlanta
Charles J. Haden
Aden
Fire destroys Purcell Auto Garage on Auburn Avenue
A blaze at 38 40 Auburn avenue last night around 9 o clock partially destroyed Purcell Auto garage. About 30 cars inside were damaged or ruined though most belonged to patrons. The building housed the Puncture Proof Tire Company on the second floor and Mrs. H P Cooper’s boarding house. losses totaled in the thousands with no insurance for the garage. Flames and explosions from gasoline and carbide tanks posed risks to firefighters and nearby spectators.
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Purcell Auto
Auburn Avenue
H. P. Cooper
Official returns show Alabamian Oscar Underwood win by landslide
Official Georgia results reveal Oscar Underwood of Alabama carried the state by a 14,143 plurality over Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. Underwood won 104 counties to Wilson’s 42, with the final tally showing Underwood 71,410 and Wilson 57,267.
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Oscar Underwood
Georgia
Underwood
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