Levees Blasted to Save Cairo Illinois Flood Threat
Mississippi floodwaters threaten Cairo Illinois as the new 28 million floodway system tests its first claim. The Madrid fuse outside levee may be blown to relieve pressure on the seawall. Evacuations extend to Paducah Kentucky and towns in Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee, with thousands homeless and a planned tent city at Jonesboro Arkansas. The Pearl River at Jackson Mississippi rises to 27.09 feet amid fresh rains.
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Sippi
Mississippi
Bird Point
New Madrid
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Paducah
Ohio
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Army District Engineers
Roosevelt
Washington
St. Louis
Arkansas
St. Francis
Big Lake
Jonesboro
Ark
Jackson
Miss
Pearl River
Floods threaten Ohio Valley as rivers rise and relief expands
Heavy rains swell Pennsylvanian and West Virginia watersheds driving Allegheny and Monongahela toward flood stage as Roosevelt expands Red Cross aid with army navy coast guard and WPA CCC. About 500000 homeless across twelve states, dozens dead or missing, Cincinnati and Louisville evacuated amid oil fires and drifting gasoline tanks. Martial law in Indiana as evacuees flood toward Indianapolis with crest not yet reached at Cairo.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Cairo
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
WPA
CCC
Kentucky
Mississippi River
Frankfort
Mill Creek
Indiana
M. Clifford Townsend
Indianapolis
W. J. Moxom
Government Weather Bureau
Ill
Red Cross reports flood exodus across Midwest
The Red Cross at 2 30 pm Monday estimated 500100 people displaced by midwestern floods. Other figures show 149 counties affected, 49 refugee concentration camps operating, 72000 refugees in camps and 90297 outside camps, 25 emergency hospitals treating 177 people, and 794 Red Cross workers in disaster districts.
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Washington
Red Cross
Romanian Prince Michael Improves in Florence
Prince Michael of Roumania showed a fair night and good condition in Florence. Doctors said his illness is not alarming as he is treated privately by physicians after arriving in Italy.
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Florence
Italy
Ins
Michael of
Roumania
City Briefs Report Plymouth Frame Theft at Handler Motor
The Handler Motor company reported to police Monday the theft of a Plymouth car frame by two men who entered the garage between 11 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. Friday. The frame came from a wrecked car.
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Handler Motor Company
Woman faces charge after liquor seizure at residence
Laura Simmons aged 28 of 729 H street SW was arrested Sunday at 9 p m by Detectives Haberle Marshall and Condon on illegal possession of alcohol after four fifths of a quart were seized at her home. A search warrant was issued by Justice A S Reed. She will be arraigned in district court, Earl Stanley chief of detectives said.
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Laura Simmons
Haberle, Marshall and Condon
A. S. Reed
Earl Stanley
Oil Station Proprietor Overcome by Gas
Homer T Walcott owner of an oil station at First street and F avenue NW was overcome by carbon monoxide Saturday evening and taken to his home by ambulance. He recovered Sunday and returned to work after fainting in the grease rack pit while greasing a truck. He had shut off the motor but the room filled with smoke and he made several trips outside.
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Homer T. Walcott
G Avenue NW
First Street
F Avenue NW
Mr. Walcott
Henry Kruse
Covington
R. B. Oberbroeckling
First Avenue E
Hruse
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Newport
Ludlow
Cincinnati
Kruse
Peter Miller
Ohio
Ohio River
A. A. Miller
Thirty-fourth Street
Dwight E. Mound
Geraldine Roberts
Charles E. Roberts
Huntington
W. Va
Mound
Portsmouth
A. J. Growther
Kathryn Manatt
Middletown
C. W. Manatt
Grande Avenue
Little Miami
Ross Long
Second Street
Arch
Homer Long
Local Donations For Flood Relief Begin Urgent Need
Luncheon clubs civic groups industries and businesses asked to collect voluntary contributions as there will be no general campaign for funds. The local disaster relief committee chaired by Mrs. Burd and S. R. Hawkins announced the plan at a meeting.
Powder blast kills 100 at Chuquicamata mine in Chile
In Antofagasta Chile an explosion of two carloads of blasting powder at the Chuquicamata copper mine left about 100 workers dead and another 100 injured. Rescue teams recovered seventy bodies and an engineer from the wreckage as officials investigated the morning blast that shook the mining camp and impacted 15,000 residents.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Chuquicamata
Rufino Couplant
South America
Deficiency Bill Of Almost One Billion Reported In House
The House appropriations committee reported a def iciency bill totaling 899 717 318 dollars to fund relief for the remainder of the fiscal year. The bill aligns with President Roosevelt's requests and follows his January 7 letter criticizing employers for longer hours.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations Committee
Speaker Bankhead
Ohio River Floods Compared With Nation’s Great Disasters
Red Cross officials call the Ohio river floods among the era’s major disasters. They compare it to the 1927 Mississippi flood with 200 killed and 600,000 homeless, the 1926 Florida hurricane, 1928 West Indies hurricane, 1925 Tri-state tornadoes with 830 killed, and prior drought and flood relief totals.
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Washington
Ohio River
Red Cross
Mississippi
Florida
West Indies
Tri-state
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Waters Rise Again Around Pittsburgh
The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers feeding the Ohio surged Monday at about a third of a foot per hour after heavy rains in western Pennsylvania. Meteorologist W S Brotman said a crest was not expected before midnight and could rise further as new rainfall reports arrive.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
U. S
W. S. Brotzman
Catherine Sullivan
Columbus
Ind
Miss Barton
St. Matthews
Still Higher Water The Louisville Flood Crisis
Still higher water forced evacuation west of Fifteenth street in Louisville. City power failed except a small island. Courier-Journal and Louisville Times suspended to free presses for hospitals. 5,000 homeless huddle in the armory as relief efforts race to reach survivors.
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Fifteenth Street
Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
Miller
Roosevelt
National
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Boy Scouts
Cincinnati taps drastic water conservation as river flood nears
Cincinnati officials under City Manager C. A. Dykstra ordered strong rationing and conservation measures as Ohio River floodwaters surged toward an expected eighty foot crest.
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Cincinnati
INS
C. A. Dykstra
Ohio River Flood Destroys Homes In Portsmouth
Brown flood waters rise as currents turn rapids sweeping cottages from Charles Street and overturning two-story houses at Waller Hill. Homes vanish downstream with damage escalating along the Ohio riverfront.
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Portsmouth
Ins
Ohio River
Charles Street
Waller Hill
Court approves bank receivership reports for Marion banks
Judge John T. Moffit in district court approved the nineteenth and eighteenth quarterly receivership reports for the Coggon State Bank and Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Marion for the quarter ended December 31. O A Conwell is examiner in charge. D W Bates is receiver. Farmers and Merchants shows 5858.23 cash on hand. deposits claims have been paid in full. Coggon State lists 4970.30 cash on hand. dividend payments to date total 40 percent, about 52000.
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John T. Moffit
Coggon State Bank
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
Marion
O. A. Conwell
D. W. Bates
Farmers and Merchants
Coggan
Knapp Given Six Months On Larceny Charge In Cedar Rapids
Judge H C Ring in district court Monday sentenced Ivan Knapp 23 of Cedar Rapids route No 4 to six months in the county jail for larceny. He may be released on good behavior after 30 days starting January 22. Knapp is accused of taking $40 from George Kacena who lives east of Cedar Rapids while staying overnight January 20 in Kacena's home.
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H. C. Ring
Ivan Knapp
Judge Moffit Sets Tuesday Equity Assignment in District Court
Judge John T. Moffit will assign equity cases in district court Tuesday at 9 a.m. The move directs courtroom allocations and case priorities for the session.
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John T. Moffit
Savings loan actions filed against Naxeras and Smart spouses
The Perpetual Savings and Loan seeks judgments of 1772.87 and 1717.49 in district court secured note actions against George J. Naxera and Alma M. Naxera. A L Marine, assignee, seeks 166.80 in a district court account case against Minnie Smart and Raymond Smart.
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Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
George J. Naxera
Alma M. Naxera
A. L. Marine
Minnie Smart
Raymond Smart
Deaths Christina Lentz 96 Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Christina Lentz aged 96 died at her daughter Mrs S A Pauls home 1316 Third Avenue SE at 3 30 am Sunday after a long illness She was born May 2 1840 in Pennsylvania and moved to Iowa ten years later Survived by daughter three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral in Beatty chapel Tuesday at 10 am with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery
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Christina Lentz
S. A. Paul
Third Avenue SE
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Peter Lentz
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Paul
Virginia Paul
Ernest Paul
Myrtle E. Stancliff
Seattle
Wash
Virginia
Frances Stancliff
Beatty Chapel
Christian Science Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Baby Barbara Kasak Dies at 8 Days in Iowa City
Barbara Lee Kasak eight days old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Kasak of 310 Fourth Avenue SW died at a local hospital at noon on Sunday. She is survived by grandparents Mr and Mrs William Ellingson Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs E A Kasak Williamsburg. Body is at Monahan chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Barbara Lee Kasak
Clifford Kasak
Fourth Avenue
William Ellingson
Cedar Rapids
E. A. Kasak
Williamsburg
Monahan Chapel
Rites For Mrs Novak Held At Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Novak will be held in Beatty chapel Tuesday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. R. S. Phillips. Burial will be in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Alice Novak
Beatty Chapel
R. S. Phillips
Bohemian National Cemetery
Brooks Heads Duke Law Group Committee Chair
Arthur Alfred Brooks Jr of Cedar Rapids chairs the committee on practice and profession for the Duke University Bar Association. He is a senior at Duke Law School, son of the Rev and Mrs A A Brooks of Cedar Rapids. He graduated Theodore Roosevelt High School Des Moines in 1930 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Coe College in 1934.
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Arthur Alfred Brooks, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Duke University Bar Association
Duke Law School
A. A. Brooks
Third Avenue SE
Young Brooks
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
Coe College
Bus Overturn Kills Passengers In Everglades Canal
A Tamiami Trail Tours bus plunged into a 12 ft canal in the Everglades miring 19 killed and a dozen survivors. Passersby aided victims as drivers and divers searched the wreck. Survivors include William Hammond, Edward Lisk, and Callie Little with others listed.
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Canal 19
Ena Price
State Old Age Pension Tax Due This Year
County Treasurer Milo Sedlacek said the state old age pension tax applies this year despite pending legislation. The pension office notes any repeal would not take effect until Jan 1 1938 and would not be retroactive. Residents are reminded to pay both current and delinquent taxes.
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Milo Sedlacek
Sedlacek
Linn County
Blanks Sent for Iowa Jobless Tax Reports
The Chamber of Commerce has mailed blanks for Iowa unemployment compensation act reports due February 15 to employers with eight or more employees. Additional copies are available at the Chamber. The act aligns Iowa with federal social security provisions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Government On Wartime Basis During Crisis
President Roosevelt ordered flood relief officials to move quickly as midwestern states faced severe high waters. The military, relief and health agencies operated on a geartime basis after a White House briefing with top military leaders and Red Cross head Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson. Army depots opened to stock tents cots bedding and medicine for flood rescue, with about 350 000 refugees to receive relief supplies from the combined federal and Red Cross effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
INS
White House
Naval
Cary T. Grayson
Red Cross
Army
Executive Mansion
Malin Craig
William Leahy
Naval Operations
R. R Waesche
Coast Guard
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
CCI
Robert Fechner
Grayson
Iowa Legislature Honors Miller Funeral Resolution
The Iowa legislature adopted a memorial resolution praising Mrs. Alex Miller secretary of state who died Sunday and voted to adjourn both houses all day Tuesday for her funeral in Washington Iowa. Senators Dewey Mason Augustine and House members Elliott Gallagher Stewart represented the bodies at the service.
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DES Moines
Iowa Assembly
Alex Miller
Brooklyn
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Senate
Dewey
Miller
State Highway Patrol
House
Frank Elliott
Bronson
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
E. L. Stewart
Washington
Iowa Class C. Beverage Association
Assembly
Births Prominent Locals Welcome Nine Newborns
Birth notices list nine infants born to area families in late January. Families named include Lumir Kaplan Maquoketa Elwood Teachau Julian Hupp Lester Melsh Joseph Vondracek Dawson Schlemmer H A Duxbury Don Herring Arliss Kasey. Hospitals Mercy St. Luke's. One son two daughters born with dates January 23 to 25.
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Lumir Kaplan
Eighth Street
Mercy Hospital
Elwood Teachau
Maquoketa
Julian Hupp
Third Avenue
Lester Melsh
Tenth Street
Joseph Vondracek
Sixth Street
Dawson Schlemmer
Mount Vernon
H. A. Duxbury
C Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Don A. Herring
Flooded Areas Drive Fortunes of Distant Relatives
Relatives of Cedar Rapids residents face long drives along flooded routes as the Mississippi River floods lowlands up to five miles beyond its channel. News from Louisville, Covington, Cincinnati, and Huntington details families cut off, hospitals flooded, and telegraph delays amid rising waters and boil-water orders.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mr. Beattie
Mississippi River
Beatties
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
WHAS
Louisville Courier Journal
C. M. Westerfield
Bever Avenue
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
W. F. Gates
Western Union Telegraph Company
Indiana
Ilinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Huntington
Cincinnati
Louisville
Congress at Work Delays Major Problems in Third Week
Congress, entering its fourth week, shows hesitancy to tackle wage and hour issues without detailed proposals from Roosevelt. The president spoke in general terms, while Republicans prepare a minority program. The Senate and House have sat few hours and many committees have not met.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Republican House
Senate
House
Army Opposition In Japan Blocks Ugaki Government Move
Gen Kazushige Ugaki faces an army blockade as the Japanese army refuses to nominate a war minister, creating a deadlock in forming a new cabinet. Ugaki, 68, former governor general of Korea, accepted the emperor's command after a dramatic midnight ride from Nagaoka.
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Tokio
Kazushhige Ugaki
Japan
Ugaki
Korea
Nagaoka
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Arthur A. Brooks, JR
B. F. Glanders
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Robert Singleton
Negro Porter
Tampa
Edward Lisk
Callie Little
Enon Valley
Phillis Ashler
Miami
Winifred Williams
Front Street
Binghamton
N. Y
Bana Price
Enterprise
Ala
Morris Sankoff
Wildwood
N. J
S. L. Matthews
Elkhart
Frederick M. Gilliland
Boston
W. H. Rogers
Walla Walla
Rogers
Charles G. Williams
Rosetta E. Stephenson
Deep River
Elwood Techau
Ethel Rasmussen
William A. Zahradnik
Ely
Clara Preclik
Solon
Hubert Stephens
Mildred Spicer
Dr. Pierce
Bridget Welsh
Northside Ave
Lincoln
Nebr
Kathryn Barton
Fergus Kennedy
Churchill Downs Race Track
Kennedy
Broadway
James Waery
Bethany Congregational Church
E. C. Scott
C. E. Pollard
Union City
Fred Perkins
Eighth Avenue SE
Hettie Caulder
Lexington
R. P. Lehman
Fifth Avenue SE
J. B. Brown
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