Moore Haven Mothers Seek 100 to 200 Foot Dyke Plan
Moore Haven mothers who lost many children in last September's hurricane appealed to Florida lawmakers for a substantial dyke to seal off Lake Okeechobee waters. They ask a 12 foot high, 100 to 200 foot wide dyke with a hard surface road from Clewiston to Lakeport, funded by the highway department with aid from the International Improvement Board. The letter emphasizes rebuilding efforts and seeks protection for life and property for the town and surrounding agriculture reporters note.
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Clewiston
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Highway Department
International Improvement Board
Fleming Opposes Gas Plant Sale Before City Council
The Herald publishes J. T. Fleming's strong opposition to selling the gas plant and his clash with the council over the Cedar Rapids bidder John A. Reed. A chamber of commerce meeting at the Episcopal parish house will revisit the issue, balancing Fleming's view against prior Sunday coverage by E. W. Darling urging sale.
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John A. Reed
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Herald
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Time for Paying Taxes Extended in Statewide Order
Gov J W Martin extends tax payment deadline by 30 days directing all county tax collectors to keep books open to May 1 due to current business conditions. Local tax collector Ralph Johnson and others will allow payments of state and county taxes without penalty until the new date.
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J. W. Martin
Ralph Johnson
Companion Of Late Empress Dies In Brussels
Baron Auguste Goffinet long served Empress Marie Charlotte as guardian of her property and estate trustee. He was known as the royal family’s oldest friend and served as private secretary to the late King Leopold II.
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Auguste Goffinet
Marie Charlotte
Leopold II
Trainmen Injured in Seaboard Wreck Near Ocala
Two Seaboard Air Line trainmen were reported injured in a collision four miles south of Ocala Florida. The conductor of the southbound Special No 7 and the engineer of the northbound Local No 4 were said to have broken legs. Details remained sparse.
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Ocala
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlanta Man Held in Teen Pedestrian Death
Joe Shumate of Avondale Georgia is jailed in Atlanta on charges of drunken driving and reckless operation after his car struck Dorothy Partridge a 15 year old girl as she stepped from a trolley in a nearby suburb fracturing her skull and killing her Saturday afternoon authorities said
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Avondale
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Mayor Warns Traffic Laws to Be Enforced
The mayor warns that traffic laws will be enforced, citing a rise in motorists cited for running stop signs. Court records show many drivers facing charges as officials step up policing to curb reckless driving.
Mayor levies $2 fine for stop sign violations at municipal court
Motorists cited for ignoring stop signs faced fines in a morning municipal court session led by Mayor George B. Wallace. Most received lectures and were excused. two cases, Jerry Benthall and C. R. Habgood, were assessed $2 each. H. J. Tidas, charged with reckless driving, had case continued. Other dispositions included I. Lee fighting 12, Harold Seay reckless driving 5, Charles Seewel drunk 10, and S. J. Jones disorderly conduct 10.
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Confederate Veterans Arriving For Tampa Reunion
Followers of Lee Davis and Jackson arrive in Tampa for the 37th annual United Confederate Veterans reunion opening tomorrow and running through Friday. Sons of Confederate Veterans and Confederate Southern Memorial Association hold parallel meetings. Registration centers operate citywide as welcome efforts proceed. City decorations feature Stars and Bars with several national colors and electric lights lining downtown streets.
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Mail Plane With 2 Airmen Is Missing
Fresno reports a missing airmail plane carrying Pilot Neher and A Smaller of San Francisco. Officials fear the fliers may have sped out to sea or been forced down in the rugged coast range as a storm loomed before daybreak. A plane was heard over the bay suggesting the missing pilot may have steered toward sea.
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Americans Flee Shanghai As Cantones Advance
Americans and foreigners leave central and western Chipli province as Cantones push toward Peking from the south.
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Chipli Province
Peking
Florida lawmakers prepare for caucuses to start 21st session
In Tallahassee on April 4 AP reports Florida lawmakers await caucuses to organize for the twenty first biennial session. Officials and aides from both chambers will be nominated and installed. many new members must be sworn in. Pro tem posts are expected to be contested with Fred H. Davis and Senator S W Anderson named as likely presiding officers.
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Leon County
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Greensboro
Edith Wilkinson Voted Prettiest at Florida State College
In Tallahassee on April 4 AY the Florida State College for Women announced the prettiest student Edith Wilkin son of Fufaula Alabama. Other voting winners included Mildred Bruce Orlando Most Popular Cornelia Dozier Ocala Most All Round Kenny Pruitt Mount Sterling Ky Cutest Lois Varn Fort Meade Florida Most Intellectual and Cleverest Bernice Conklin Tampa Most Athletic.
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Alabama
Edith Wilkinson
Fufaula
Florida State College For Women
Maxine McClaren
College Annual
Mildred Bruce
Orlando
Cornelia Dozier
Ocala
Kenny Pruitt
Mount Sterling
Ostend Prep for Historic Rotary International Meet
Ostend Belgium prepares for June Rotary International convention the first in a non English speaking country. King Albert of Belgium will attend as honorary member and Lady Nancy Astor will address the gathering. 7 000 to 8 000 expected with 2 800 Americans aboard seven chartered steamers and 3 000 from Britain Ireland Belgium and Holland. The event runs June 4 to 10 with plans for concerts dances and athletic displays and Edward Prince of Wales may also attend.
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Bradenton Rotary elects new officers and celebrates
The Bradenton Rotary Club completed its noon meeting by electing a board of directors and officers for the year. Julian Goethius was named president, with B G Arnold as vice president and N Dwight Ford and George Denny as secretaries. The new board includes Ford, Denny, Arnold, Fleming, Wyman, Bob Wells and Goethius. The club plans a May 26 celebration for the opening of the million dollar Green bridge over the Manatee River.
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Bob Wells
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Operators And Miners Start Endurance Test In Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Coal Company and the United Mine Workers enter a drawn out test of endurance over the district labor policy. The union targets non union operations and calls for open shop workers to join the 40 000 mines in suspension begun last Friday. Company officials report 1329 miners at work in 186 mines.
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Flag Display for Vets Urged in Bradenton Visit
Bradenton urges merchants to fly flags Thursday in honor of several hundred Confederate veterans visiting for the reunion at Tampa. Flags should stay up until nightfall as a greeting to the visitors at Gamble Mansion, a southern shrine. Confederate flags are requested if available.
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Veterans visit planned for Manatee County gathering
County committee representatives met at the Dixie Grande hotel to finalize plans for Confederate veterans sons of veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy to visit Manatee County Thursday afternoon. A motorcade will shuttle attendees from Bradenton through Ellenton to the Gamble Mansion with Ellenton hosting refreshments.
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Palmetto
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E. E. Garrison
Union
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Judah P. Benjamin
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Millionaire Tax Figures Highlight 1925 Returns
A Treasury analysis shows 1925 produced a surge of millionaires with about 10,000 paying as much tax as 2,527,000 smaller filers. The number of returns due to the 1926 act fell sharply while high earners paid a large share of total taxes.
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Treasury
Deaths from abortion to be discussed at health conference
Albany April 4 The topic described as dangerous and lithcal will be debated at the national health conference in Washington next month. The biennial session will be attended by state and health board heads from across the country.
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Washington
Fail in an Effort to Capture Ship
The Associated Press reports increased disorder in China over the weekend as nationalist moves spread. American and Japanese forces clashed with Chinese at two points with four Chinese wounded during an attempt to seize the steamer Chinan near Chureking. Japanese losses and a mob invasion at Ha financial showings left ten Japanese injured or captured as foreign residents flee toward the northwest.
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American bluejackets fire on Chinese near Hankow amid clashes
In Shanghai April 4 American bluejackets aboard the steamer Chinan fired with machine guns at Chinese mobs near Hankow after coolies tried to seize the vessel. Four Chinese wounded. Japanese sailors in Hankow and Shanghai area used machine guns to disperse rioters as China faces rising unrest. Japanese warships rush to Hankow. food steamers Tenryu Fushimi and Toba carry supplies. American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai calls for powers to restore order in China.
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China
Missionary families sent from China to Japan for safety
Southern Baptist foreign mission board members and women and children connected to the mission in Shanghai were relocated to Japan for safety. The men will follow soon. About 200 missionaries and wives and about 170 children were in central and interior China. Dr J F Leve reported by cable.
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Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
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China
Five Japanese Civilians and Sailors Seized in Hankow Fighting
A Japanese wireless from Hankow reports five Japanese civilians and five sailors were carried off by a mob during fighting in the Shanghai concession yesterday and remain missing today. One sailor is believed killed and tossed into the river. several Japanese houses were attacked.
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