Ohio River floods threaten Wheeling area anew
The rising Ohio River surpassed flood stage in Wheeling West Virginia as hundreds fled homes and relief crews prepared. A 42 foot crest was forecast after noon threatening parts of Wheeling Island and the business district while last week’s disaster continued to affect Cincinnati and surrounding valleys.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Business
Wheeling Island
Pittsburgh
Ohio Channel
Cincinnati
Monongahela
Allegheny
Kanawha
West Virginia
South Wheeling
Huntington
John F. Conklin
Army Engineering District
Martin Chapman
Miss Slagle Testifies Mrs Johnston Gave Quinine Capsules
Bedford Indiana report on Floyd Horton case where Miss Ruth Slagle testifies Mrs Johnston prepared capsules and Anna Johnston denied poisoning. evidence suggests Horton swapped quinine for strychnine and watched Ella Horton die. Dr Seth Walton's testimony contradicts Horton's account of pain and timing.
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Miss Slagle
Bedford
INS
Floyd Horton
Anna Johnston
Ella Horton
Ruth Slagle
Mrs. Johnston
Ladd
Drs. Slagle
Johnston
Horton
Walton
Iowa City
Iowa Parents Lose Care Of Children On Order Of Court
Six Marlette children of West McGregor, five Funk children of West McGregor, and four Woods children of Marquette were removed from their parents Wednesday by Judge T H Coheen in Elkader juvenile court. They will be moved to the American Home Finders institution at Ottumwa and kept at Clayton county expense until homes are found. The action followed complaints of undernourishment and neglect by County Nurse Lydia Mast and Eva R. Jordan. Woods received a thirty day county jail sentence for cruelty to his cow and two mules.
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Mcgregor
Ora Marlette
West McGregor
Henry Funk
William Woods
Marquette
T. H. Coheen
Elkader
American Home Finders Institution
Ottumwa
Clayton County
Lydia Mast
Woods and Funk
Eva R. Jordan
Marlette
Woods
Coheen
Five Killed In Michigan Train Collision
Five persons returning from a church convention were killed instantly when a Grand Trunk passenger train traveling 70 miles an hour struck a vehicle on a crossing in Lansing Michigan. The crash occurred Wednesday afternoon, and the victims were all in the automobile.
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Lansing
Mich
Grand Trunk
Tragedy at Haslett Crossing Claims Four Lansing Residents
An automobile collision at a crossing in Haslett, near Lansing, leaves four local residents dead: Mike Travick, 52, a factory worker. Betty Sochodlski, 48. Helen Truss, 44, wife of Rev. Paul Truss of the Russian Baptist church. and Helen Puagash, 42.
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Haslett
Lansing
Mike Travick
Betty Sochodlski
Helen Truss
Paul Truss
The
Russian Baptist Church
Helen Puagash
Farm loan officers accused of excessive pay
Washington AP Governor Myers of the Farm Credit Administration told a Senate Banking subcommittee that secretary-treasurers in national farm loan associations received excessive compensation. He cited $15000 to $29000 annual fees while ays earnings of the associations were modest. Modlin testified for the bill before the committee.
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H. C. Modlin
Farm Loan Association
Perry
National Association of National Farm Loan Associations
Modlin
FCA
Land Bank Board of
S. S. S. Tonic Revives Languid Man to His Old Self
A man describes low spirits and fatigue ending after a course of S. S. S. Tonic. He notes skin color returning and renewed energy as red blood cells regain fighting strength, praising the tonic that restored his vigor and sense of self.
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S.S.S
Gov Hoffman Examines Kidnap Ladder Holes
Gov Hoffman tests a purported kidnap ladder by inspecting nail holes in joists. He notes holes spaced exactly like the nails in the ladder, matching direction and spacing, with nails fitting direction, spacing, and slant. The gaps between holes appear irregular, he points out.
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Gov. Hoffman
Hoffmans bid to halt Hauptmann execution grows
In Trenton New Jersey reports circulate that Attorney General Wilentz may back a second stay for Bruno Hauptmann. Governor Hoffman pursues interview with Dr John Condon while awaiting court action on a pardon petition amid the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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Trenton
N. J
INS
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold Hoffman
Lindbergh
David Wilentz
Hauptmann
Bruno
Wilentz
Rumor Hoffman
Hoffman
John F. Condon
Jassie
Condon
Bronx
N. Y
Harold G. Hoffman
Court of Pardons
David T. Wilentz
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Dr. Condon
Townsend Probe Questions Clements Over Early Life
Probers demand Townsend files as committee chaired by C Jasper Bell begins inquiry into old age pension bills in congress. Sullivan questions Clements, 41, about his early life including birth in Amarillo Texas and schooling in Fort Worth before moving to Long Beach California where Townsend plan was conceived by Dr Francis E Townsend.
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C. Jasper Bell
Bell
Congress
Sullivan
Clements
Amarillo
Texas
Fort Worth
Long Beach
Calif
Townsend
Francis E. Townsend
Clements Real Estate Firm Tied to Loans and Midway City
Sullivan pressed Clements about a loan business tied to his real estate brokerage and details of California Midway City development between 1926 and 1929. Clements admitted uncertainty on profits and tax returns while denying knowledge of certain economic concepts. He recalled meeting Townsend in 1926 and forming O. A. R. P. Ltd in 1933, with books he said were never in a mess.
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Clements
Sullivan
California
Midway City
Long Beach
San Diego
Midway
Rep
Moritz
Pennsylvania
Kemmerer
Princeton
Francis E. Townsend
CARP
Townsend
Townsend Organization
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New York City
Amandus Hochmuth
Millard Whited
Fense
Isidore Fisch
Nellie
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Col. Lindbergh
Pardons Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Pardons
Trenchard
Department of Justice
NORGE
Ce Gee le Eee
Norge Org
Pat
Borge
Cedar Rapids Appliance Co
Tion
Townsend National Weekly
Bell Committee
Congressional Record
Kramer
Easter Sale
Kap
Armstrong Clothing Co
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