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Newspaper
Bradenton Herald
Location
Bradenton, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1927
Page
10
The body of Walter Weeks is reported by a local hospital physician to have died from internal injuries after a motor vehicle crash on the Mississippi. A brother’s identification and payment details are noted amid a chaotic police report and hospital statements.
April 30. The nation faced a rapidly spreading flood as officials warned of greater dangers. The Mississippi rose over levees at Vicksburg, Mississippi, flooding the lower city, while the main levee near Glasscock, Louisiana, was breached, threatening Concordia parish and nearby areas.
Floods from Mississippi and Arkansas river crevasses flood vast areas in Louisiana and Arkansas. President Coolidge and Hoover mobilize rescue, Coast Guard launches largest fleet, 200000 homeless, 150 craft mobilized for relief. Baton Rouge and Natchez camps planned. Red Cross appeals for funds. hope rests on relief convoy and evacuations.
A mangled body believed to be a Floridian missing since April was found near Lake Worth. Exhumed remains identified today by HB Overstreet of Alma Texas, brother of the deceased. The victim, described as a shab boy dresser man, was found alongside a Missouri Pacific Bailes near Pesneds. Ties to Kissieomes Florida are noted with Overstreet family ties and prior residence.
A dramatic blast traps 76 miners underground as rescue teams race to reach the surface. Details on location and status remain unclear in the scattered report.
Fragmentary OCR reports indicate a claim of speed records by Washington and others aboard a Vought Corey plane. Details are garbled but reference a new world speed mark and kilometers covered with end dates in late 1912.
The trade board plans a meeting Monday night at the Parish House of Christ Episcopal Church. Members are to read the committee, with discussion on the new city chatter and a feature of the meeting. document completed after several lots, with representation from the Chamber of Commerce and the city council.
In Chicago a murder case unfolds with Helen Steve, 28, Denia Clarinte, 26, and Frank Rostel linked to a fatal assault. The victim’s exhumed body identified as Clem Bed Rosent was connected to the suspect, with Mrs Steve providing crucial statements amid threats.
The First Coast Guard court martial begins in Fernandina under the East Coast command. Four crew members are charged with conspiring to steal fifty cases of contraband liquor from the Messenger TM, seized near Jacksonville. The proceedings, led by Lt. Parker, proceed over the week.
Rear Admiral Mark Bristol seeking entry to pass through Russia toward Chinese waters was refused by Soviet authorities. The denial blocked Bristol and his wife from visiting the United States, with a separate remark about granting a visa for Mrs Bristol if she travels alone.
In a raid linked to an alleged smuggling ring, one person was killed and ten Chinese suspects were seized after planes arrived from Mexico. Authorities, aided by federal agents, traced the operation to an immigration scheme and conducted a statewide search for further evidence.
A New Orleans note reports gamblers using hourly temperature readings as the basis for a lottery. Dr BL Mc Cine, a reflector, announces the discontinuation of publishing hourly temperatures and asks the press for cooperation in this matter.
TALLARASSEE FLA April 90 AP. A local bill to rename the bridge across the Manatee River at Bradenton from Green Bridge to Manatee River Bridge has been introduced in the senate and indefinitely postponed. The move means the bill is virtually tabled with little chance of a vote in this session.
Newport News April report says jurors fixed John Walton a seven and one half year term for slaying after each juror wrote a term on paper and the slips were averaged. Foreman W F Cleeson testified the method led to the final sentence amid a mixed jury of four women and eight men.
A photograph depicts the start of an exodus from St Bernard and Plaquemine parishes Louisiana as the Mississippi levee is to be dynamited near Lovdras to avert disaster in New Orleans. Mrs Tony Nacosxia mother of ten and refugees reach New Orleans with household goods on a truck while her husband and two children drive mules to the city.
The article recalls the Acadians driven from St Bernard and Plaquemine parishes when a dynamited levee between Poydras and Braithwaite flooded the Mississippi near New Orleans. It contrasts present exodus with the two centuries old removal by British forces and notes Acadians marching toward New Orleans with stoic resolve as roads clogged and homes destroyed.
Salvation Army appeals for clothing for flood victims as Major Donald V, Ensign Horgan, and the Red Cross coordinate shipments via American Express. Quota surpassed with 1,577 dollars raised, fund kept open for further contributions while Coolidge issues a new appeal.
Miss Wells 21 of Tampa and Miss Robbie Campbell 21 of Dunellon drowned at St. Petersburg Beach after being caught in a swift gulf pass undertow. Ambulance attendants worked about two hours on Wells. Campbell’s body was not recovered. Miss Johnson, unable to swim, survived by floating on her back.
Roanoke Virginia April reports show 18 year old Walter L Boothe, a farmer, near death as lungs fail after April 21. Doctors note the condition narrows while friends continue to pump air into him, with the family and hospital conveying fading hope.
Washington reports plans for the greatest coast guard expedition, ordering forty boats with crews to Natchez Mississippi from Lewes Delaware and Asbury Park. About 150 craft will assemble at New Orleans with roughly 80 proceeding to Natchez, many privately owned vessels joining from eastern and southern seaboard and the Great Lakes.
A partial AP report describes Memphis suffering from a disastrous flood with widespread destruction and displaced residents. The piece notes continued coverage on Page Five.
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