Floods Take Toll Across Oklahoma Wisconsin National News
Widespread floods reported in Oklahoma and Wisconsin as Washita River swells to a seven mile wide floodplain washing away homes and Indian camps. Rescue crews estimated twenty three whites missing and fourteen Indians plus seven Indian families affected. Hudson and Menomonie face water shortages after dam breaches. In Wisconsin, Elks Creek near Eau Claire adds nine deaths. schools close as rivers rise and gas lines fail. Snow delays traffic in the Rocky Mountain region while Dakota hills endure deep snow.
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Associated Press
Washita
Oklahoma
Elk City
Okla
Hammon
A. M. Adams
Adams
Wisconsin
Hudson
Menominie
Wis
Myrtle Rowe
Elk Creek
Eau Claire
Oconto
Minne- Loa
Rocky Mountain
Dakota Hills
Bishop Longley Sees Slower Church Giving Ahead
Chicago AP report notes Bishop Harry Longley of Iowa predicting lighter collection plates at Episcopal conference. He warns three years of slow giving and possible budget cuts or new funding sources as some churchmen discuss reorganizing the church finances. Dr B H Reinheimer cites unequal money distribution between dioceses and the national church as a main cause.
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Chicago
Harry Longley
Iowa
Episcopal Conference
B H Reinheimer
New York
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Posts 1933 Profit
The Louisville and Nashville railroad reported a net income of 1 795 716.22 in 1933, reversing a 2 108 875.29 loss in 1932, as announced at the stockholders annual meeting in Louisville.
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Louisville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
End of War Outlooks and Policy Moves in Washington
The Associated Press reports Hoover declares an endless war on the Dillinger gang while Congress studies utility rates and examines loans to industry. Glass and Black near a compromise on industrial loans. Long of Louisiana faces a tirade at a patronage hearing. Naval officials push modernization of two battleships. Senate backs a capital stock and excess profits tax to raise 95 million dollars. Rainey forms a committee to probe Wirt’s communist charges. commodity exchange regulation advances. Jones Costigan bill limits sugar and offers farmer payments.
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Associated Press
Dillinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
House
Power Commission
Glass
Black
Senator Long
Louisiana
John P Sullivan
New Orleans
Naval
Senate
Rainey
William A. Wirt
Indiana
Irving B Goldsmith
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Jones-Costigan
Dillinger Gang nets in St Paul and Minneapolis raids
Federal agents and local police pressed the Dillinger gang in a raid sequence around St Paul and Minneapolis. They captured Eugene Green and a red headed woman linked to loot, found weapons and evidence, and tied two hideouts to the outlaw group. Evelyn Frechette suspected, fingerprints tied Dillinger aides to the raid site.
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ST. Paul
John Dillinger
Edgar Hoover
Washington
Dillinger
Lexington Avenue
Homer Cummings
Eugene Green
Sioux Falls
S. D
Security National
Mason City
Green
John Hamilton
Minneapolis
Evelyn Frechette
Hamilton
Tommy
Falls
Greens’ St. Paul
Ed Goodman
Lucy Jackson
Desperado
Debt Default Bill Sent To White House
The Senate approved the Johnson bill barring financial transactions by U S citizens with foreign governments that defaulted on debts. It passed the House and goes to President Roosevelt for signature. The bill aims to force defaulters to settle debts before borrowing or issuing securities in the United States. Chairman McReynolds said no loans would be made to the Soviet government until Moscow agrees on a debt settlement.
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Washington
House
White House
Roosevelt
Johnson
Calif
United States
McReynolds
Tenn
Foreign Affairs Committee
Export and Import Corporation
Moscow
Girl 7 Kidnapped But Later Released In Toledo
Seven year old Mary Elgin was kidnapped by two men in an automobile after returning from school and released unharmed a short distance from the city. Police questioned her but she was frightened and gave limited details.
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Toledo, O
INS
Mary Elgin
Maytag Declares Dividends and Arrears Payment
New York AP report states Maytag directors in Newton Iowa declared a quarterly dividend of 1.50 per share and arrears on the first preferred stock totaling 7.50 per share. Both payments are payable May 1 to holders of record April 16, covering five missed quarterly dividends.
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New York
Maytag Company
Newton
Dickinson Assaulted on Senate Floor During Tax Debate
A heated Senate session delayed consideration of the 330 million dollar tax bill as Sen. L J Dickinson of Iowa criticized Wall Street influence in a letter from Sen. Smith W Brookhart. Gen Tom Connally of Texas joined with sharp rebukes accusing Dickinson of blundering farm policy and wrecking the national credit in a clash that dragged on with talk of Roosevelt and even Stalin.
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Washington
Senate
Wall Street
Iowa
Louisiana
Sen
L. J Dickinson
Roosevelt
Smith W. Brookhart
Dickinson
Brookhart
United States
Connally
Farm Board
Tom Connally
Tex
Federal Farm Board
Stalin
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Calif
U S Plans to Buy Sixty Thousand Hogs in April
The farm administration and the federal surplus relief corporation intend to purchase about 60 000 hogs in April. Four packing plants will sign new contracts to supply roughly 3 000 hogs per day for twenty marketing days. A separate decision on purchasing 10 000 000 pounds of commercial cuts remains unresolved. Dr Lowi Bean notes four small plants were the lowest bidders.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Harry L. Hopkins
Lowi H Bean
Lightning Kills Two High School Students In Pittsburgh
Two Pittsburgh high school students, Joseph Larock age 16 and Paul Uffelman age 19, were killed when a bolt of lightning struck the umbrella they carried en route to classes on Wednesday. The incident happened as they walked along a street near their schools.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Joseph Larock
Paul Uffelman
Quotes on living with faith and fear in everyday life
A reflective tract on happiness, perspective, and personal growth. It urges laughing at oneself, forgiving, shedding grudges, and seeking a lively contact with truth. Cautions against cynicism and advocates readiness, love, and openness as life’s essential channels.
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Bores
Pasteur
House Group Plans Army Plane Awards
The Rogers committee report reveals the Army Air Corps planned to distribute 7.5 million dollars in aircraft purchases to Northrup 35 attack planes Boeing 30 pursuit planes Glenn L Martin 55 bombing planes. It endorses Assistant Secretary Woodring actions to demand competitive bids and notes legal issues with bid specifications.
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Woodring
Corps
Judge Advocate
Huey Long heckles hearing on Moore nominee record
Senator Huey P. Long chal lenged a senate hearing over D. D. Moore's confirmation as internal revenue collector in Louisiana and insisted profanity be put in the record. Col. Sullivan muttered insult from across the table as the room erupted in tumult ending at noon.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate
D. D. Moore
Internal Revenue Collector
Roosevelt
Long
Col
John P. Sullivan
New Orleans
Sullivan
Edward Righter
Moore
Benator Harrison
Bae Ee
Bradley and
United States
Bradley
Ernst and Ernst
Clark
Harrison
W. J. Lambert
Internal Revenue Department
Congress Orders Utility Rate Probe
The Norris Rankin resolution to investigate public utility rates by the Federal Power Commission was adopted by the House on Wednesday completing congressional action.
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Congress
Washington
Federal Power Commission
House
Meet Chickie's Daughter Pippin in a Lively Tale
Pippin, Chickie's audacious near sixteen year old daughter, mirrors her mother's looks with a red streak in her hair and burning blue eyes. She shifts from craving glamour to pursuing science, while writing ardent diary pages about her love for Kevin Malone.
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Pippin
Chickie
Kevin Malone
Iowa dairy growers debate AAA control plan reforms
More than 200 Iowa dairy farmers met to discuss the agricultural adjustment administration dairy production control plan. AAA officials answered questions on effects on consumption benefits tuberculosis Bangs disease control and funding.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bang
AAA
B.B. Derrick
The
Derrick
Judge Dewey Rebukes Davenport Chief Over Law Knowledge
Davenport Chief of Police Harry Ward testified in the Edwin L. Bell Dyer Act case when Judge Charles A. Dewey interrupted to question why the matter was in federal court Ward admitted uncertainty about the proper venue and the judge urged him to study the law The car was reported stolen in Iowa on December 5, 1933 and driven to Rock Island Illinois
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Davenport
Harry Ward
Charles A. Dewey
U. S. District Court
Edwin L. Bell
Nashua
Ward
Dewey
Bell
Iowa
Hinois
Rock Island
Russia and Hungary Move to Restore Diplomatic Ties
Vienna report says Russia and Hungary will reestablish diplomatic relations soon after a four year lapse. The announcement follows UN and European talks, with officials in Vienna indicating renewed cooperation in regional issues.
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Vienna
INS
Russia
Hungary
Five Indicted For Receiving Stolen Bonds In Ohio Case
Hamilton county grand jury indicted five people for receiving stolen bonds linked to the $90,000 Gillespie robbery. Nancy Wright and two others pled not guilty, claiming payments via false pretenses. Additional cash, $1,960, was recovered from a Culbertson beer parlor cellar as Culbertson fled toward Chicago.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Martha Gillespie
Marshalltown
Nancy Wright
Youngstown
Gillespie
Wright
Thomas Treharn
Wenona
Inl
C. C. Culbertson
Edna Brown
Nusek
Treharns
Alltown
Culbertson
Chicago
Fairbury
Report on Asylum Death Probe In Clarin da
An official inquiry into alleged brutality at the state hospital adjourned after 21 witnesses testified about Smith Lysinger who died March 27. The panel, led by O H Michael, will draft a report for Gov. Clyde Herring with Dr. Walter Bierring and Lehan T. Ryan.
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Clarinda, Se
State Hospital For
Clyde Herring
Walter &. Bierring
Lehan T. Ryan
Smith Lysinger
Lamont
Decatur County
Earl Houston
Lysinger
Houston
F. K. Burns
Page County
Charles Oberman
William Gilbert
Leslie Ellsworth
Rose Harden
R. D. Smith
Bierring
Ryan
O H Michael
E. H. Felton
Board of Control
D W. Kimberly
H C White
W H Gissell
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934
A 1934 Cedar Rapids toll report lists 91 accidents resulting in 113 injuries and deaths totals. The brief notes the road toll without detailing locations or causes.
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Cedar Rapids
Senate Wrangles Over High Rate Capital Tax Debate
The senate moved to limit debate on a reform plan and consider an amendment by Senator La Follette to raise the normal income tax to 6 percent and surtaxes to 6 to 71 percent, arguing for redistribution of wealth while defending a moderate Harrison plan.
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la Follette
Wis
Long
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Wisconsin
William E. Borah
Idaho
Harrison
Reynolds Heir Receives 25 Million Dollar Tobacco Fortune
Richard J. Reynolds Jr on his 28th birthday inherited about 25 000 000 dollars left in trust by his father who built a cigarette empire from a small tobacco factory. The estate was administered through the Safety Deposit Company of Baltimore and gives him control of the Reynolds fortune, estimated at 100 000 000 dollars.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
Richard J. Reynolds, Jr
Reynolds
The
Safety Deposit Company of
Baltimore
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Huey
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R. J. Reynolds, Jr
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