Gainesville Police Chief Dies By Suicide at Home
Gainesville Florida April 30 AP D C Overstreet chief of police for eighteen years killed himself at his home shortly after six o'clock using a .38 caliber pistol. Ill health given by family as the cause. He was 50, survived by his wife and six sons, and was brother of state Senator M O Overstreet.
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Gainesville
Fla
D. C
Overstreet
Mr. Overstreet
Teate Seantur
M. O. Overstreet
Great Arcadian Tragedy Enacted
Refugees travel northwest under a dust churned sky as soldiers police towns and farms. Ocean of wagons and trucks carry households, livestock, and potted plants toward an uncertain horizon. An old man rides beside the procession recounting Acadian exile tales in a Gallic spirit.
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New Orleans
Delta
Acadia
Pawkenham
Andrew Jackson
Kentucky
Knight-errant in ragged dress joins New Orleans flood parade
A dusty procession winds through New Orleans as a barefoot crowd migrates with farm wagons and vegetable loads. A man in ragged modern attire rides with a scarlet parrot on his wrist while passers-by remark on his high spirit and the refugees sheltering from the flood. The scene shows multilingual chatter and the endurance of exile among evacuees.
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New Orleans
Hoover describes Mississippi flood damage and levee plan
Secretary of Commerce Hoover reports flood devastation from Memphis to New Orleans on a national radio address. He and Army Engineer Major General Jadwin urge stronger wider levees as the only relief, deeming reforestation and flood works infeasible. Damages include 200000 persons ruined and 200 million dollars in losses. Navy orders officers to Memphis to establish Red Cross communication HQ under H M Baker.
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Nation
Herbert Hoover
Secrtary of Commerce
Mississippi
Memphis
New Orleans
Hoover
Jadwin
Army
Mr. Hoover
Vicksburg
Wireless relief sent to Mississippi valley by federal action
The department dispatched two officers and twenty wireless operators from the battle fleet to the Mississippi area after Mr. Baker reported severe service disruption. An officer and nine Marines from Quantico join them, with three officers in total. They proceed to Memphis to distribute crews and establish a central communications office with additional personnel to follow to Vicksburg.
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Department
Baker
Admiral Hughes
Battle Fleet
New York
Mississippi
Marine Barracks
Quantico
Memphis
Vicksburg
Crossed Legs A Menace Says Doctor Fryette
Dr H H Fryette warns that crossing legs crooked the spine and strains nerves. He notes both women and men incur spinal curvature and nervous ailments from this habit while exposing hosiery.
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Hicago
H. H. Fryette
Principal installs loud speakers in high school
W. E. Orcutt, principal, equips the entire building with loud speakers so a single desk button delivers a speech to every student, eliminating room to room announcements.
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Marion
W. E. Orcutt
Paris men revolt over fashion return of knee breeches
Hundreds in the Anti-Punishment Society of Paris abandon conventional male attire and demand the return of knee breeches, with even the president of the Paris tailors association among those supporting the shift away from stiff bosoms hard-boiled collars and long trousers.
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Paris
The
Paris Tailors’ Association
Janitor Haggerty wounded by mower accident
In Berkeley California John Haggerty a school janitor was slightly wounded after a 32 caliber cartridge exploded when a mower picked it up and fired. The incident occurred as the cart ridge struck his forehead.
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Berkeley
Cal
John Haggerty
Haggerty
Tests aim to open Joanna Southcott box in London
Noctovision and X Ray tests are planned to reveal contents of Joanna Southcott’s famous mystery box. The mahogany box, linked to the prophetess who died in 1914, is held by Harry Price of the National Laboratory of Physical Research and will be opened if prior tests fail.
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London
Joanna Southcott
Harry Price
National Laboratory of Physical Research
Bell maker Lu cus Fr. Goff dies in Connecticut plant
Hampton Connecticut reports the death of Lu cus Fr. Goff aged 58 world’s oldest bell maker. He spent 75 years in the same factory serving as worker, superintendent, manager and salesman. He never missed a day and took only three vacations.
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Hampton
Conn
Lucus Fr. Goff
Strike Ends at Superior High After English Instructor Dispute
Superior High School resumes classes after a strike that began April 1 following the dismissal of English instructor Miss Lulu Dickinson. A conference with Dickinson's representatives led student leaders to urge strikers to return to school on Monday.
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Superior
Wis
Lulu Dickinson
Central High School
Mics Dickinson
Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Morgan Livermore and Co
A bankruptcy petition was filed in the United States District Court today against Morgan, Livermore and Company, a lone established bankers and brokers firm based in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
United States District Court
Morgan, Livermore and Company
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RED Cross
Washington
Navy Department
H. M. Baker
Lief
Mississippi Valley
Herald
Kelvinator
Manatee Methodist Church
Bob Arnau
Philippine
Crepe DE Chine
Batiste
SILK
Silf
Pongee
Ningham
J. L. Crews, Inc
12Th Street
Bradenton
Palmetto
Bradenton Herald
R. L. Permenter
West Bay Street
Permenter
Manatee County
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