Rivers Reach High Water Mark Across East Kanawha
Flooding from weekend rain pushed the Ohio and Kanawha rivers toward new high marks. In Pittsburgh the Ohio rose to 20 feet and could reach 22.5, while the Monongahela topped flood stage near Hoult. The Kanawha at Charleston climbed to about 22 feet, 15 feet above normal, with six inches per hour rise and 25 feet likely before receding.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
West Virginia
Charleston
Ohio
W. S.S. Brotzman
Monongahela
Hoult
Fairmont
Haywood Junction
Monongalia
Marion
Harrison
Lewis
Wheeling
Panhandle
Kanawha
Frank Conklin
United States
Conklin
Floods Test Va. Rivers as Heavy Rain Hits Area
Intermittent rains over ten days followed by a daylong downpour caused streams and rivers to overflow their banks. Heavy property damage was reported in several sections, with New River at Narrows, Virginia reaching twelve feet of flood stage yesterday.
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New River
Narrows
McManus Juror Quest Under Way in Rothstein Case
New York November 18 two jurors were chosen but only one remained when the first day of the trial of George A McManus for the murder of Broadway gambler Arnold Rothstein adjourned. Eugene A Riker remained as the sole juror after Mark H Simmons was excused due to stomach ulcers. Defense and prosecution questioned salesmen as possible jurors amid concerns over prejudice from police criticism. McManus sat still as jurors were examined. Rothstein was murdered at Park Central about a year and fourteen days earlier with a gambling debt cited in connection to the case. District Attorney Joab J Banton insists McManus fired the fatal shot.
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New York
George A. McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Mark H. Simmons
Eugene A. Riker
James D. A. Murray
George N. Brothers
McManus
Rothstein
Park Central
Lyman (Gilly) Biller
John Doe
Chard Doe
Joab J. Banton
Mc‘anus
Washington News in Brief from Hoover Era
The Day In Washington reports Secretary Good of the war department died while the Senate continued consideration of the tariff bill. Secretary Mellon proposed acceleration of the government building program. The Julius Rosenwald Fund donated 100000 dollars to the national advisory committee on education. President Hoover added the advisory council of the Federal Reserve Board to his business conferees.
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Good
War Department
Senate
Mellon
Julius Rosenwald
National Advisory Committee On
Education
Hoover
Federal Reserve Board
Eastern Seaboard Earthquake Jolts New England Area
A strong quake struck the eastern coast from Rhode Island to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. No injuries reported. Nova Scotia saw isolated damages including shifted houses and a misaligned iron bridge. Center believed near Nova Scotia, felt as far as Albany and New York City.
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Rhode Island
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
New England
New York State
New Brunswick
Maine
Augusta
Seismograph Laboratory
Fordham University
New York City
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Louis University
Boston
Albany
N. Y
Grand Narrow
Cape Breton
Dean Warren Beats Bronchitis After Lengthy Senate Battle
Washington November 18 Senator Francie E Warren dean of the Senate aged 85 is reported to have improved after ten days of bed rest due to a cold developing into bronchitis. As chairman of the appropriations committee he has long pressed his bill through late night sessions and filibusters. Warren is among the oldest serving senators and veteran Civil War era figures at the Capitol.
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Washington
Francie E. Warren
Wyoming
Senate
Warren
Appropriations Committee
Capitol
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court
Mexico accepts results quietly after election turmoil
Mexico City reports calm celebrations by the National Revolutionary party after Pascual Ortiz Rubio's election victory. Incomplete returns from the federal district show Ortiz Rubio with 166,074 votes, while rival Jose Vasconcelos of the Anti-Reelectionist party had 2,580. Vasconcelos has not indicated he will claim the presidency despite a prior threat.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
National Revolutionary Party
Federal
Ortiz Rubio
Jose Vasconcelos
Treasury Head Prepares Public Building Plans
Treasury Secretary Mellon proposes Congress hike the public building program by 175 million dollars to 423 million. The plan splits 75 million for Washington and 100 million nationwide, with faster completion and higher annual spending to save rental costs and finish essential work sooner.
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Washington
Hoover
The
Treasury
Congress
Mellon
Governo
Samarian pilot lost in Argtig in Siberia rescue mission
Nome Alaska November reports word of a wreck eight days old on the ice bound Siberian coast of the all metal cabin Alaska Airways plane commanded by Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson. The Nanuk fur ship crew news a dog team may have carried the message. Olaf Swenson heads the rescue. Debris and fate of Eielson and Mechanician Dorbrandt unclear. Dorbrandt injured breaking off to a rescue run. Eielson had gained fame flying Arctic routes with Sir George Wilking.
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Nome
Alaska
Siberian
Alaska Airways, Inc
Carl Ben Eielson
Swenson
Nanuk
Eielsen
Olaf Swenson
Eielson
Dorbrandt
Frank Dorbrandt
Teller
Alaska Airways
Elelson
Sir George Hubert Wilking
Arctic
Point Barrow
Spitzbergen
North Cape
Siberia
Stavrapool
Toledo police adopt murder and death by own action theory
Police announced today that murder and death by own action is the theory for the deaths of Detective John P. Hennahan age 44 and his wife Helen 38 found in their Toledo home yesterday as investigations proceed into the double tragedy.
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Toledo
John P. Hennahan
Helen
Legion Sentries Guard Bodies of 76 Soldiers
The bodies of seventy six American soldiers killed in the Archangel campaign were transferred from the Cherbourg railroad station to U S line quays amid impressive military and civil ceremonies. A Veterans of Foreign Wars mission brought the remains back and the bodies lay overnight under American flags aboard the tender Welcome with American Legion sentries guarding.
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Cherbourg
France
Archangel
Unit States Line
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Allen Postpones Proposed Dinner Among Senate Republicans
Washington reports the “young guard” of the Senate Republicans stalled today as Senator Harrison of Mississippi taunted the group that bolted the party leadership to block adjournment. A dinner planned for tonight by Senator Allen of Kansas for the bolters was canceled due to the imminent death of Secretary Good Moses of New Hampshire, chairing the Republican campaign committee, replied to Metcalf of Rhode Island about his letter not to campaign unless asked by the candidate. Harrison labeled the bolters as “young Turks” and “Junior Leaguers,” saying they deserted Senator Smoot and Senator Jones after pressing opposition and seeking to avoid punitive repercussions.
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Washington
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Allen
Kansas
Good
Moses
New Hampshire
Metcalf
Rhode Island
Young Guard
Utah
Smoot
Jones
R 101 Makes Long Test Flight In Fog
Cardington England Nov 18 Britain s new airship R 101 completed her longest flight since launch despite heavy fog delaying rail traffic. From Cardington she sailed to Newcastle Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast zig zagged down the Irish Sea and returned via Chester and the Midlands lasting over thirty hours with an average speed of sixty miles per hour and satisfactory turning trials said Major G H Scott.
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Cardington
England
Britain
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Belfast
Ireland
Irish Sea
Chester
Midlands
G. H. Scott
Coal loadings rise in week ending November 9
The American Railway Association reports freight loadings for the week ended November 9 totaled 1,049,475 cars, down 22,175 from the prior week and 4,878 from the same week last year. Coal movements reached 195,130 cars, up 1,699 from the corresponding period.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Inmate Thanksgiving Dinner Plan At State Prisons
Moundsville inmates will dine on roast turkey for Thanksgiving while over 300 prisoners in McDowell and Calhoun road camps await their meals. Warden L. Robinson notes the road commission will dictate camp menus and meals for labor crews.
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Moundsville
W. Va
McDowell
Calhoun
State Road Commission
L. Robinson
Compromise Plan of Young Guard Meets Opposition
Rumors of another adjournment of the special session circulated as the Senate debated tariff schedules. The Western Independents rejected full acceptance of existing industrial rates tied to the Fordney McCumber law while Democrats urged selective adjustments in rates to balance agriculture and industry. Sugar duties were postponed at Borah’s urging, and tobacco duties were restored at a higher rate for wrappers while Cuba bound goods faced no new rise. The session continued late amid debate on cotton goods and textile provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Young Guard
Allen
Kansas
White House
Western
Simmons
North Carolina
Borah
Hoover
Republican Independent Democratic Coalition
House
Cuba
Men Pose as Musicians Rob Orchestra Leader in NYC
Four men dressed as musicians entered an apartment on West Sixty-eighth Street and bound Carmine Lombardo, his wife, and a guest, binding their mouths and stealing $2,000 cash plus $2,000 in jewelry. A fifth man waited outside. Lombardo leads the Hotel Roosevelt orchestra, and police say the money was to be paid to orchestra members tonight.
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New York
West Sixty-eighth Street
Carmine Lombardo
Lombardo
Hotel Roosevelt
Lawmakers Urge Access To New State Code Study
Kanawha County lawmakers in Charleston urge recess of the legislature to allow printing and distribution of the proposed new state code before action. Delegation members Call for chapter by chapter printing. print run estimated at 25,000.
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Kanawha
Charleston
Kanawha County
Walters. Hallanan
House of Delegates
E. M. Keatley
Harold 8. Mathews
E. M. Calderwood
T. J. Robison
Charles K. Payne
M. T. Miller
Madison
James 0. Lakin
Keatley
Mathews
Secretary of War James W. Good Dies After Surgery
Secretary of War James W. Good died from blood poisoning after an emergency appendicitis operation. He had lingered at Walter Reed Hospital since last Wednesday, seldom conscious, marking the end of a long illness and service.
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James W. Good
Walter Reed Hospital
Good Funeral Plans Announced for Secretary Good
Washington reports funeral services for Secretary Good will be held in the White House east room at 11 o'clock with President Hoover, cabinet, and officials present. The body will travel that afternoon on the Capitol Limited to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for burial Friday, amid military escort. Acting Secretary Hurley will lead the trip. Hoover will be represented by a cabinet officer as the Senate and House send delegations.
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Washington
Good
White House
Hoover
Capitol Limited
Simore & Ohio Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Plor
Hurley
War Department
Senate
House
Lamont
United States Chamber of Commerce
East
Illinois student fined for liquor charge at Gamma Beta Gamma
William Sherman of Crown Point Ind pleaded guilty to illegally possessing liquor after a raid on Gamma Beta Gamma at the University of Illinois. He was fined 500 dollars plus 21.40 costs paid by his father. other two students were freed. The disciplinary committee questioned fraternity president J R Lewis and engineer student B W Hoare as expulsion actions were already begun against Sherman. Nearly twelve gallons of liquor were found in the house.
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Urbana
William Sherman
Crown Point
Ind
University of Illinois
Gamma Beta Gamma
Sherman
George V. Sherman
Alfred J. Withers
Hibbing
Council of Administrace
Lewis
Senator Barkley Attacks Flexible Tax Proposal
Senator Barkley of Kentucky condemned Under Secretary Mills's proposed flexible income tax plan as a grave departure from constitutional government. He warned that placing such power in an executive backed by a partisan congress would enable an administration to rule without a platform or corruption fund.
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Washington
Mills
The
Treasury
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
James W Good Dies Of Blood Poisoning At 63 In Washington
James William Good secretary of war died at Walter Reed hospital after blood poisoning worsened following an emergency appendicitis operation. President Hoover and officials mourned him as a longtime Iowa congressman and key adviser on military funding and the budget.
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Washington
James W. Good
Walter Reed Hospital
Good
Hope
Mrs. Good
Adams
Davin
Hoover
Mrs. Hoover
White House
Military Hospital
William L. Keller
Henry C. Wallace
Agriculture
Harding
Coolidge
House
Iowa
James William Good
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Mr. Good
War Department
Congress
X-Ray Dept Explosion Forces UC Hospital Evacuation
A third floor X-ray department blast at the University of California hospital in San Francisco caused a fire and thousands of dollars in damage. One nurse or operator, 22 year old Juniata Costenborder, leaped from a window after warning others and survived with a ankle injury while 102 patients were moved to other buildings for safety. Most of the 216 patients remained in undisturbed wings. The worst losses were to X-ray equipment.
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San Francisco
University of California Hospital
Juniata Costenborder
Hoover Adds Bankers to Progress Meet at White House
President Hoover expands the White House progress meeting to include the Federal Reserve advisory council bankers from the twelve districts. The session follows a conference with Eastern trunk line railroads and the chamber of commerce to advance a nationwide business program and possible rediscount rate considerations. Secretary Mellon will join the advisory council for the talks. The gathering aims to align railroad construction plans with immediate contract execution and broader economic support.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Newark
Mellon
Frank A. Wetmore
Chicago
B. A. McKinney
Dallas
Arthur M. Heard
Boston
William C. Potter
New York
L. L. Rue
Philadelphia
Harris Creech
Cleveland
John Poole
Richmond
J. P. Butler Jr
Atlanta
W. W. Smith
St. Louis
Theodore Wold
Minneapolis
P. W. Goebel
Kansas City
F. L. Lipman
San Francisco
White House
Sones T
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mellon and
Lamont
Richard H. Aushton
American Railway Association
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Torrential Rain Hinders Pilgrims at Power Grave
Malden Massachusetts November 18 Torrential rain thinned the crowd at Holy Cross cemetery where pilgrims sought cures for ailments near the grave of the Rev Father Patrick J Power. Police estimated 200000 attended Wednesday while about 500 stood in line today. Many waited in rain as the all day downpour reduced the turnout. several cures were claimed, including a 19 year old girl said to be cured of an incurable illness.
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Malden
Mass
Patrick J. Power
Holy Cross
Ambassador Guggenheim Arrives to Assume Cuba Post
Ambassador Harry F Guggenheim arrived in Havana by air with Mrs Guggenheim and two secretaries to take up the Cuba posting left vacant by Colonel Noble Brandon Judah. The flight from Key West took sixty seven minutes and no public events were planned immediately.
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Havana
Harry F Guggenheim
Cuba
Noble Brandon Judah
Ambassador Guggenheim
Mrs. Guggenheim
Key West
Fla
Heald
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Associated Press
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Samaritan
Argtig
Carl Eielson
Legion
ROB Orchestra
Jas. W. Good
East Room
Fraternity House
Senator Barkley Flays
Advisory Council
Eastern Trunk Line Railroad
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