Million Acres Under Water in Midwest Floods
The Mississippi rose to eight feet over flood stage at Chester Illinois and threatened to overflow levees in Prairie Du Pont Chouteau Island and Harrisonville districts. About 500 families were evacuated as floods spread across six states. more rain was forecast but not heavy enough to worsen the situation, with at least 13 deaths reported and over 1 million acres inundated.
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United Press
Mississippi
Chester
Ill
Prairie DuPont
Chouteau Island
Harrisonville
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Indiana
Mlinors
United States Weather Bureau
Chicago
Mllinois
Vojta Benes Praises Red Education Setup
At the fifty third annual convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in St. Louis Vojta Benes of the Czechoslovak state council lauded Russia's centralized education program using home, press, radio and schools. Mrs LaFell Dickinson of Keene NH was elected president with officers named including First Vice President Mrs J L B Buck Richmond VA.
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ST. Louis
Russia
Germany
Vojta Benes
Czechoslovak State Council
London
General Federation of Women's Clubs
LaFell Dickinson
Keene
J. L. B. Buck
Richmond
Notable Aviator Crash Kills Will Rogers and Co Pilot
The famous aviation figure Will Rogers perishes in a crash in Alaska along with his companion. The disaster ends a storied career that had defined early air travel and public fascination with flight. The incident raises questions about pilot safety and the risks of pioneering aviation during the era.
Educators urged voluntary Russian type educational program
Benes, once Czechoslovakia’s central inspector of education and brother of President Eduard Benes, argued that democracies should adopt a broad educational program inspired by Russian methods, but implemented willingly rather than by state decree. He listed officers Miriam C. Houghton Jr., Oscar A. Ahlgren, and Volney W. Taylor as present.
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Miriam C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Oscar A. Ahlgren
Whiting
Ind
Volney W. Taylor
Brownsville
Texas
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Explore Your Mind Q and A on annoyers and skills
Dr. A E Wiggam presents a Q and A about who is more easily annoyed with back seat drivers and quirks, noting women show more annoyance to various irritants. The piece discusses businessmen versus professors, and why women may throw a baseball less effectively due to training and anatomy, including longer collarbones.
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Massey Cason
Claims He's Given Blood 1 102 Times
Edward Spike Howard 67 a former wrestler and strong man told reporters he is hurt by Tass claim that a Moscow railroad worker is the world champion donor. Howard said he has given 1 102 donations over about 15 years and that giving blood is his hobby.
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Philadelphia
Edward
Spike) Howard
Tass
Moscow
Howard
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