Brinkley Tornado Deaths and Martial Law Declared
A Brinkley Arkansas tornado killed 29 and injured 74 with martial law declared by Governor Donaghey. Convicts from the penitentiary aided wreckage removal as officials arranged relief and fundraising from Little Rock to Memphis. The storm also hit eleven counties. outside Brinkley 13 died and 46 were injured. In Waco, R. W. Simpson died while working in the suburbs.
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Brinkley
Ark
Donaghey
Little Rock
Hana
Memphis
Helena
Tornado Hits Cuthbert Kills Six In Black Quarter
A March tornado near Cuthbert Georgia killed about six Black residents and damaged roughly a dozen businesses and many homes. White casualties were minor, with the disaster leaving several residences uninhabitable and the total loss estimated at around 100500 dollars in a town of about 2500 people. The storm struck during a revival in a local church but veered away from it, scattering worshippers as they returned to find widespread destruction.
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Cuthbert
Oklahoma oil refiners aim to curb overproduction
Tulsa reports half of the daily 100000 barrels of Oklahoma oil are in tanks as refineries begin operations. With Richardson at Sapulpa and Okmulgee and Muskogee plants active, producers see refineries as key to reducing oversupply. Forty million barrels sit in stock across the Oklahoma fields amid new pools being found.
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Tulsa
Okla
Richardson
Sapulpa
Okmulgee
Muskogee
Oklahoma Oil
Oklahoma
Éanks
Husband Has Preacher Arrested in Atlanta Case
Rev. Charles Wolfram, a Holiness minister, was arrested in Atlanta on March 10 and charged with alienating the affections of Mrs. M. P. Lockart. The complaint was filed by Mrs. Lockhart's husband.
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Atlanta
Charles Wolfram
M. P. Lockart
American Japanese Alliance Sets Wedding Plans
The engagement of Miss Helen Gladys Emery daughter of Rev John A Barery to Cungrio Aoki son of the late General Aoki of Japan is announced. The couple must wed outside California where interracial marriages are forbidden. Aoki is linked to prominent Japanese families and Rev C Aoki, head of the Episcopal Japanese mission in San Francisco helped meet the couple during his stay at Corte Madera.
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San Francisco
Helen Gladys Emery
John A. Barery
Episcopal Diocese of
California
Cungrio Aoki
Aoki
Japan
Miss Emery
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Rev
C. Aoki
Episcopal
Guneri Aoki
Emery
Corte Madera
Race Riot Rages in Los Angeles Between Russian and Armenian
In Los Angeles near the Salt Lake City depot a fierce street battle erupted between about fifty Russian and Armenian residents. Armenians claim Russians are aggressors. one Armenian may die and two others are hospitalized while several Russians are badly hurt. The clash followed an attempted goodbye procession for men returning to Europe.
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Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Apter Vazerain
Europe
Five Drown In Montgomery River Flood
Five people drowned in the Alabama River at Montgomery after a severe flood from two days of storms. Three whites and a Negro drowned near the ferry. a boy named William Dillard drowned while playing near the river bank. The city reports the heaviest rain in twenty years.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
William Dillard
Not Guilty Directive in Standard Oil Case
Chicago March 10 Judge Anderson orders jurors to return a not guilty verdict in the Standard Oil company trial. The judge instructs the panel on applicable legal standards and the burden of proof in the high profile case.
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Chicago
Anderson
Standard Oil Company
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