Flood Ravages Los Angeles Area Strikes Celebrities
Torrential rain floods vast regions from Los Angeles to San Bernardino uprooting towns, isolating the metro area and washing away a $20,000 Victor McLaglen arena. Police arrest two men for car stripping in Van Nuys, while 24 of 137 storm victims are identified dead and 20,000 homeless.
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Los Angeles
van Nuys
Hollywood Hills
San Fernando Valley
F.M. Corral
Benny Garcia
Big Tujunga River
North Hollywood
San Bernardino
Riverside
Orange
Ventura
Los Angeles County
Vendura
San Juan Capistrano
San Bernardino Mountain Range
Great American Desert
Malibu Beach
Frank Capra
Neil Hamilton
Madeline Carroll
Palm Springs
Roll Of Dead And Missing In Flood Area Of California
Los Angeles crowds report lists the dead and missing from the southern California storm. Names span North Hollywood Glendate San Juan Capistrano Santa Ana Anaheim Fullerton and Long Beach with ages from 10 months to 85 and include sailors and civilians. Missing totals include seven in Long Beach and undetermined cases across Anaheim Santa Ana Fullerton San Bernardino and Los Angeles.
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Riverside
Orange Counties
Santa Ana
Anaheim
Orange County
Los Angeles
California
INS
Carmen Alvidrez
North Hollywood
Warren H Atherton
Glendate
S. M. Batente
San Juan Capistrano
Castro
Wood
Wiliam Campbell
Caye
Sailor
S. Chicaso; John Croft, 50, Long Beach, Tiburcia Casas. 11. Atwood
Santaro Fullhorn
Fullhorn
John Dor Fall Harn
Join Gentry
Wiliam V. Gray
Long Beach
Walker Gray
Griffith Park Watchman
Antonia Wwurtado
Charles A. Hughes
Henry Lackey
Claremont
Lydia Hernangez
Melba Lackey
Jack Lackey
Rogers Montana
Wesley Munn
Charles E. Parks
Joseph Randall
Leonard Travis Randall
Riggs
Atwood
Orange Counts
Romando Ritano
la Jolla
Philip R
R. H. Wessing
San Jose
Chuck Young
USA
Pennsylvania
John Zemigo
Fullerton
J. F Daley
Malcolm Massey
Jimmy McDonnel
Bill McCarthy
Ventura
Eliseo Ayala
San Fernando Valley
Ide
Winterbure
Placentia
Lone Beach
Two Dead and Fifteen Hurt as Ammonia Plant Explodes in Bronx
An explosion at Horton brewery ammonia plant in the Bronx killed two men and injured fifteen or more, with several in critical condition. The blast shattered windows within a half mile, sent dense fumes through streets, and left workers trapped inside before being rushed to nearby hospitals.
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New York
INS
Horton Brewery
Bronx
California flood condition roundup continues with widespread damage
California flood condition roundup lists cities from Fillmore to Newport Balboa reporting downed wires bridges destroyed and power outages. Homeless numbers rise with Pasadena and Venice noting hundreds, Pomona and Palm Springs facing damages and food shortages. Schools reopen in El Centro as waters threaten Ventura and surrounding areas.
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Fillmore
India
Bakersfield
Burbank
Palm Springs
Pasadena
Rose Bowl
van Nuys
Santa Monica
Santa Paula
Ventura
el Centro
Altadena
Venice
Pomona
Victorville
Newport Balboa
State agents reopen Woodbury relief probe in Woodbury County
Sioux City report states Heinie Coan former high school athlete and WPA supervisor was arrested in Kansas City for alleged relief fund misappropriation and to be questioned in Sioux City. Governor Kraschel orders state investigators back to Sioux City to uncover facts about a likely 50000 dollar shortfall and fake relief vouchers.
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INS
Heinie Coan
Amelia Coan
WPA
Kansas City
Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Excelsior Springs
Kraschel
G. W. Kirtley
Woodbury County
Norman S. )Genung
Charles Chrogan
Dunlap
Frank Moorhead
Governor’s Office
Roy Martin
Mason City
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Star Route Carrier Resigns Over Low Pay
Independent Star Route carrier Robert Fox resigns after two and a half years on a 64.4 mile daily route. Carl Kober says the $900 yearly pay under competitive bidding falls short of expenses, fueling push for permanent employee status for star route carriers.
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Robert Fox
Star Route
Carl Kober
LaPorte City
Iowa
Star Route Mail Carriers Association of Iowa
Fox
Kober
Star Carriers
Roosevelt Reaffirms New Deal Aims In Press Remarks
President Roosevelt reiterates core New Deal goals including wage and hour standards and broader wealth distribution. He recalls 1935 social objective and notes calm session focusing on tax revision naval expansion wage rules and agency reorganization.
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Japan
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Senate
House
St. John’s Episcopal Church
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White House
Style Show At Newmans Draws Large Crowd
More than 400 persons attended the spring style show sponsored by the Newman Booster club on Thursday evening. Misses Sue Brearton Patricia Graves Peggie Bode Audrey Abell Janet Lothian and Eugenia Kelly modeled spring costumes and accessories on the second floor of Newman's store.
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Newman's
Sue Brearton
Patricia Graves
Peggie Bode
Audrey Abell
Janet Lothian
Eugenia Kelly
Costume Show On Second Floor Runway With Orchestra
Seventy five costume combinations paraded on the second floor runway as an orchestra provided the music.
President Roosevelts Regrets Measure on Salary Publication
The President argues for public disclosure of salaries in closely held family corporations. He notes year end records often show little profit yet allow large family salaries, suggesting the public has a right to know actual profits. He mentions SEC already holds such records and seeks a method to provide this information.
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Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Hall Strike Drama Reaches Hall Manufacturing Site
Labor conciliator says a temporary injunction is needed to protect Hall Manufacturing property. A bulletin board sign at the packing house proclaims the strike remains and urges workers to halt operations. Milwaukee rail official Givens reports the derailment of a lumber car at the Hall plant was not caused by the railroad, noting no locomotive on the spur for days and the car sat on the siding before rolling down a grade.
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Hall Manufacturing Company
Givens
Alberta Social Credit Law Voided and Reined In
Alberta’s social credit program faced a legal backlash as the Social Credit Act was struck down for overstepping provincial powers. The measures included licensing credit institutions, compulsory news source disclosure, and a bank tax on capital and profits, centralizing control under the Social Credit board.
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Alberta
Dominion of Canada
Aberhart
Social Credit Board
Pershing Clinging to Life as News and Support Pile Up
General Pershing shows improved kidney function and diminishing poisons in blood report. He remains alert and voices frustration at not having a newspaper. Messages of support flood his Desert Sanatorium cottage from hundreds of well wishers and visitors.
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May
Francis Warren
Sergt
Crawford C. Shaeffer
Roland Davison
Pershing
Desert Sanatorium
Levine Appeals for Ransom in Kidnapping Case
New York attorney Murray Levine issued a second public appeal from New Rochelle calling for the release of his 12-year-old son Peter. He pledged to pay $30,000, saying a trusted intermediary failed to deliver the ransom but remains ready, and he would work with any reliable contact chosen by the kidnappers.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Murray Levine
New York
Peter
Levine
Bonds Set For W. F. Main and 14 Associates
An indictment charges false and untrue representations by W. F. Main and 14 associates as salesmen. Prosecutors allege guarantees were to lull customers into security with no intent to fulfill. Letters of misrepresentation allegedly reached Stanzel Michel Jay and others nationwide, promising local manager guarantees for bulk purchases.
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Main
E. J. Stanzel
Mr. Stanzel
Associated Press
Wilmer D. Michel
A. D. Jay
Houston
San Diego
Philadelphia
Capture Man For Accosting Girl Identified By Victim
Lloyd Snook of Marion was arrested within an hour after a Roosevelt high school girl identified him as the man who accosted her on G avenue NW. Police say three other Roosevelt girls also identified him from the same incident on the avenue bridge three weeks earlier. Snook admitted the acts. a state charge of lewd acts will likely be filed. He has prior arrests in Ames 1928 Tipton 1935 and Wilton Junction 1936, with a 30 day police court sentence in December 1936 for disorderly conduct involving approaches to girls from Franklin and Wilson high schools.
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Marion
Roosevelt
G Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Snook
Cedar Rapids
Avenue Bridge
Earl Stanley
Ames
Tipton
Wilton Junction
Stanley
Franklin and Wilson
J. E. Hubacek Dies After Stroke at Cedar Rapids
J E Hubacek 154 Fifteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died at 7 50 p m Thursday in a local hospital from a stroke suffered Monday He was formally co owner of a filling station at E Avenue and Second Street NW and was found stricken in the station by a city street employee He was born near Ely June 26 1876 and resided in Cedar Rapids the last thirty years His survivors include his wife his father a twin brother three other brothers a sister a niece and seven nephews Funeral services are set for 2 p m Sunday at the Barta chapel conducted by T B Hlubcek burial in the Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Saturday evening
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Roxton
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Canada
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Traer
Charles
Joe Wachtel
Arnolds Park
Karel IV Lodge
ZC. B. J
Barta Chapel
T. B. Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Shakespeare Found King Lear Source in Geoffrey of Monmouth
A Welsh historian Geoffrey of Monmouth supplied material Shakespeare used for King Lear. The discovery links the tragedy to medieval chronicles and emphasizes Geoffrey as a key source for the drama.
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Shakespeare
Lear
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Mother Offers To Give Eye To Her Blind Son
LANSDALE Pa AP Curly haired Roger Laverty celebrated his second birthday with his mother offering to donate an eye so he can see again. His right eye is blind and the left is affected after measles last spring. A surgeon says donation is not required as tissue from a stillborn baby or recently deceased person could serve instead.
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Lansdale, Pa
Roger Laverty
William Laverty
Britain and Poland tied to Soviet plot claims
Testimony links Britain and Poland to a widespread Kremlin plot. Rykov testified of plans to seize the Kremlin with German aid, aiming to arrest Stalin and topple the regime, while Yagoda faced the trial as a key figure in the case.
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Russia
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Sharangovich
Faysulla Khodzarov
Uzbekistan
Alexei
GPU
Kremlin
Rykov
Yagoda
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Germany
Joseph Stalin
U.S.S.R
Krestinsky Links Tukhachevsky to Plot Against Stalin
In Moscow the courtroom drama intensified as Nikolai Krestinsky testified that Marshal Mikhail N. Tukhachevsky joined plans to overthrow Stalin by armed force. Krestinsky, once a top diplomat, alternated between confession and denial before reasserting the group’s alleged conspiracy, espionage, and violence.
Courtroom drama ties Tukhachevsky to Trotzky plot
In a dramatic trial scene Krestinsky admits secret contact with the late Marshal Tukhachevsky on behalf of exiled warlord Trotzky. Bukharin confirms treason plans dating to 1932, involving Tukhachevsky and Uborevich. Uborevich and seven other Soviet generals were executed after a swift court martial last June.
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Marshal Tukhachevsky
Leon Trotzky
Stalin
Krestinsky
Graustarkian
Tukhachevsky
Nikolai I. Bukharin
Communist Internationale
Andrei I. Vishinsky
Bukharin
Uborevich
Petrovich I. Uborevich
Planes Gather to Find Lost Transcontinental Liner Near Castle Peak
A 60 plane search fleet was organized in Fresno to locate the Transcontinental and Western airliner missing east of Castle Peak with nine aboard. Six planes had scoured the area Thursday as 400 ground crews including CCC members fought heavy snow, while TWA and other airlines added five bombing planes and planned 43 more if needed.
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Fresno
Calif
Castle Peak
Here
CCC
TWA
John D. Graves
United
American Airlines
Arrest Three Boys For Damage Thefts At Cabin
Police detectives arrested three local boys aged 17 16 and 12 for damage and theft at a cabin owned by Prof A C Robbie 915 Twenty sixth street SE near Van Vechten park. They smashed the cabin door shot out windows and took tools and admitted to breaking street lights with an air rifle. Case turned over to the county probation office.
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A. C. Robbie
Twenty-sixth Street SE
Twenty-sixth Street
van Vechten Park
Twenty
County Probation Office
Goggin Shoe Company Assets Put Up for Sale in Bankruptcy
A plan filed in federal court under the amended bankruptcy act proposes Friday sale of Goggin Shoe company's physical assets to another operator.
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Propose Shoe CO. Sale
ST. Louis
Goggin Shoe Company
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