Flood Crest Rolls On Past Memphis
The Mississippi flood crest moved downstream past Memphis with the river at 48.56 feet. Evacuation orders stood as women and children appeared in Cairo streets. Crest forecasts warned of rises toward New Orleans and Vicksburg with levee repair crews and sand boils in Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Memphis
Mns
Mississippi
Cairo
New Orleans
Natchez
Arkansas
Engineers
Pick and Shovel
Deer Park Fairview
Louisiana
Ohio
Brist
Lindberghs Sightseeing in Palermo During Sicily Visit
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh toured Palermo on Tuesday as plane mechanics tuned their aircraft for a flight to Tripoli and Cairo. The couple expected to spend several days in Sicily.
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Palermo
Sicily
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tripoli
Cairo
Welfare reform would create Iowa state department of public welfare
Senate social security committee studies proposed bills to merge four welfare commissions into one state department of public welfare overseen by a five member board. The plan would place relief old age pensions blind relief dependent children and child welfare under federal act provisions with county districts administering programs locally.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Social Security Committee
State Department of Public Welfare
Social Security Committee
Clyde L. Herring
Senate
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
Herring Group
Ray Murphy
Stevens
Welfare Department
Herring
Murphy
State Department
State Board of Public Welfare
Public Welfare
Dawson Warns Science May End Civilization at Guy's
Lord Dawson warned at Guy's Medical School that extending life and aiding the frail through science and medicine could threaten civilization. He argued the effort to prolong life may undermine societal stability and future progress.
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London
Lord Dawson
Guy’s Medical School
Life Sentence for Stop Sign Violation and Marriage
Justice Myron Fellows in Syracuse imposes a life sentence on Mason J. Halstead for driving an overloaded coupe past a stop sign. Halstead had pleaded to proceed to marriage with Ruth W. Alexander as deputies witnessed the ceremony in front of a minister’s home. The judge ruled after hearing accusers and Halstead.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Justice of the Peace
Myron Fellows
Mason J. Halstead
Ruth W. Alexander
Halstead
Coyotes Cause Alarm In Cordova Deer Chase
Coyotes driven by cold chased deer into Cordova Alaska as residents gathered on Main Street with six-shooters. Trappers report starving coyotes feeding on deer carcasses and slipping away before locals could intervene. Anchorage reports coyotes killed and eaten porcupines. the animals died soon after from quills in their stomachs.
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Cordova
Alaska
Anchorage
One Dog Per Home Best for Companionship and Guarding
A columnist extols the virtue of keeping a single dog in a household arguing one pet yields greater companionship care and value than multiple animals. The piece emphasizes a lone dog becomes humanized and attuned to family voices and moods, with limited socialization indoors and out.
One Dog at a Time for Your Home
The text counsels keeping a single dog as a companion, arguing that more dogs weaken the bond with human owners. It notes dogs provide play and companionship, while suggesting there will be time to own others after the current dog dies.
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Grove
Widow Celebrates Pension Test Wins in Chelan
Mrs. Reta Freeman, a 68 year old widow, spent her $200 old age pension test fund in nine days. She lists gains like a radio for the home, two months rent, clothing, a cookstove and six months of food, funded by a Townsend club official in Chelan.
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Chelan
Wash
Reta Freeman
Three Injured When Hit By Cars
Three persons sustained injuries in separate pedestrian incidents Monday afternoon and evening. John Cuhel of 2214 D street SW suffered head lacerations and bruises after being struck by a car driven by E. L. Fegg of Iowa City at C Street and Twentieth Avenue SW. Fegg said he was traveling toward Cedar Rapids on highway 161 when he saw Cuhel on the curb and the man ran into the street.
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John Cuhel
D Street
E. L. Fegg
Iowa City
C Street
Twentieth Avenue
Hegg
Cedar Rapids
Highway 161
Cuhel
Youth Hit by Car on First Avenue E
Jimmy Hamilton aged 12 was struck by a car driven by T R Stephenson on First avenue E in the 1500 block. Hamilton suffered a bruised left leg. Stephenson, 53, said he was travelling west when the collision occurred at 1 p.m. Mon day.
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Hegg
Cuhel
Jimmy Hamilton
E Avenue NE
First Avenue
T. R. Stephenson
C Avenue NE
Stephenson
Hamilton
E. J. Filipi
Second Avenue
Fire Bettors Hunted in Lorain
Lorain fire crews are seeking the culprits behind a two alarm blaze hoax. The crime involved betting on which department would answer first, with alarms turned in simultaneously. Local investigators pursue leads to identify those responsible.
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Lorain, O
Lorain Firee
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