Levee Breaks Threaten Vast Lower Louisiana Flood Zone
A major crevasse on Bayou des Glaises near Cottonport endangers up to 100000 people as levees buckle and floods spread across Northeastern Louisiana. Authorities push sandbags, evacuees flee, and weather warnings urge precautions along the Mississippi as the crest moves southward.
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Bayou’ Rouge
Cottonport
Big Bend
Bayou Des Glaises
Bayou Rouge
Tensas Basin
Altulah
Winnsboro
Waterproof
Ferriday
Bayou Des Glasses
Bordeauville
Alexandria
Mississippi Valley
Baton Rouge
Crescent City
Taft Laments Failure of U S Criminal Law Administration
Chief Justice Taft told the American Law Institute that the administration of criminal law in recent years has been a failure. He praised the institute for compiling a restatement of the common law and hoped it would improve criminal procedure. He urged patriotism amid the perceived failings.
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Taft
U. S
Washington
American Law Institute
Victory Looms in Fight to Out Revenue Office in Cincinnati
Optimistic telegram from the mayor to the speaker urges opposition to abolishing the Cincinnati revenue department. Officials frame proposed change as a travesty and push for retention while Columbus eyes expansion.
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Longworth
Bureau
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Internal Revenue Bureau
Cincinnati
Columbus
Col. Sherrill
Washington
Revenue Bureau
Southern District
Ohio
Seasongood
Treasury Department
Charles M. Dean
Internal Revenue
Mellon
Blair
Dean
Department
Cinciinnati
Federal Reserve Bank
Champber of Commerce
Federal Building
The
Ohio Legislature Tax Bill Sparks Protests In Wake of Session
In Columbus Ohio protests erupted over a 20 percent increase in insurance taxes and Gov Donahey vetoes of State Library appropriations. A hearing on the tax bill was set for May 23 with potential lapse on that date.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert S. Hirshburg
Libra
Atlanta Mayor Attacks Cincinnati Board in Push for City Manager Plan
Atlanta Mayor Seasongood urged adoption of the City Manager form, denouncing Cincinnati’s Rapid Transit Board as the worst board, noting $6,250,000 in ill Planned rapid transit costs and independent counsel salaries. He spoke at two events and cites flaws in the old rule.
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Atlanta, Ga
Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
Rapid Transit Commission of
Cincinnati
Seasongood
Ohio City
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Taft Hall
Department of Public Utilities
Street Railway Company
London raid on Soviet House gathers hundreds of clerks
In London s financial district Scotland Yard and sixty police sealed off the five story Soviet House on Moorgate. They seized Arcos offices and Russian Trade Delegation quarters under a Guildhall magistrate warrant. Officials were detained for questioning as investigators searched the building into the night. No arrests reported.
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London
Scotland Yard
Moorgate
Arcos
Home Office
Guildhall
Whitehall
Daily Mail
William Johnson-Hicks
Home Secretary
Wyndham Childs
Associated Press
Peking
Fireman Hurt in $15,000 Blaze At Cincinnati Varnish Plant
Fire at the Cincinnati Varnish Company on South Street and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad injured only one fireman, Earl Mauer, and caused about $15,000 damage to pigments and finished products. Firemen flooded the fourth floor from a roof hole after oil boiled over in a laboratory kettle, keeping flames confined to the top floor.
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Cincinnati Varnish Company
South Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Earl Mauer
Hook No. 6
Embry-Riddle Plans Air Passenger Line to Akron
Paul Riddle of the Embry-Riddle Company aims to launch a passenger and freight air mail route linking Akron Columbus Cincinnati and Louisville. Charles Egge of the U S Mail Service outlined a Commerce survey to place route lights at an estimated 50000 dollars. No contracts will be let before June 1. bids for mail contracts open June 17. Embry predicts a daily round trip between Louisville and Cleveland via Cincinnati Columbus Akron.
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Paul Riddle
Embry-Riddle Company
Akron
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
Associated Press
Cleveland
Charles Egge
United States Mail Service
Department of Commerce
T. Higby Embry
Ten Years Later Wonders on Marriage Says Malloch
Douglas Malloch urged the Cincinnati Rotary Club to congratulate couples a decade after marriage noting lasting cooking, looks, and companionship. He quipped about bachelors as cowards and preferred belief in at least one loving man over loneliness and indifference.
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Douglas Malloch
Malloch
Cincinnati Rotary Club
the Gibson
Three People Injured in Separate Auto Crashes
Three persons, including two children, were seriously injured in separate automobile accidents yesterday afternoon and evening. Six year old Mary Walsh was struck at Main and Mound in Norwood by Henry Lakes, whose car belonged to Arthur Heintzman. Walsh remains in grave condition at General Hospital. Seven year old George Zenni slipped and was run over by a truck on Pearl Street and Broadway. he has internal injuries and is in serious condition. Dennis Beniff, 40, was hit near Central Avenue and Fifth Street by a car driven by Harlan Costner and is listed in serious condition at General Hospital.
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Wesley Avenue
Norwood
Henry Lakes
West Fourth Street
Main and
Mound Avenues
Lakes
Arthur Heintzman
Cedar Avenue
College Hill
General Hospital
George Zenni
East
Third Street
Pearl Street
Broadway
Charles Sauer
Colerain Avenue
Dennis Beniff
John Street
Harlan Costner
Cottage Terrace
Central Avenue
Fifth Street
Beniff
Costner
Russians seek recognition as they widen ties at economic talks
The Russian delegation at the International Economic Conference faced cross-examination by 200 foreign reporters. They argued they would cooperate with the League of Nations and capitalist systems, abandon blanket propaganda, and accept key capitalist features to rebuild their economy. Moscow aims to borrow about 3 billion roubles with concessions, linking political stability to improved trade, and says strikes remain a right to balance labor.
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Geneva
International Economic Conference
Bolshevists
League of Nations
Moscow
Russia
United States
France
England
Gregory Sokolnikoff
Jinx Day Advice and Lucky Charms from Treasury Disks
A fragment urges caution on Friday the thirteenth and promotes carrying treasury minted silver disks with an eagle. It hints astrology favors the lucky charm in avoiding doom and lists various money related fears and fortunes to heed.
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United States Treasury Department
America
Deaf wife curses husband in court for divorce
In Domestic Relations Court Judge Hoffman granted Mil Lovan Velkovitch a divorce from Absaline Velkovitch after he testified she cursed him in sign language and preferred the company of deaf and mute men. She denied cruelty and claimed neglect.
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Absaline Velkovitch
Cleveland
Millovan Velkovitch
Central Avenue
C. W. Hoffman
Velkovitch
Society of Persons Deaf and Dumb
Hoffman
Maxwell leaves $2,853,102 estate in Cincinnati will
Lawrence Maxwell Jr a Cincinnati attorney who died months ago left an estate valued at 2 853 102 10 with 5 369 shares of Procter and Gamble stock worth 979 842 50 and government bonds over 500 000 The personal property is 2 806 612 10 and Edgecliffe road home valued at 46 490 The widow and two daughters are named principal beneficiaries.
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Lawrence Maxwell, Jr
Cincinnati
Lueders
Procter & Gamble Company
Maxwell
Edgecliffe Road
Publicity ban linked to rising English divorces
In Des Moines Iowa May 12 Judge J B Day of Omaha told a national social work conference that England's prohibition on public details of divorce proceedings drives more divorces. He urged courts to operate in the public eye to deter covert operations and encourage couples to settle differences.
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Des Moines
England
J. B. Day
Omaha
National Conference On Social Work Today
Eva Fay dies ending world famed mystic career
Anna Eva Fay, the noted mystic and stage mind reader who helped found a global spiritual movement, died at Melrose Highlands Mass. Born in Southington, D. she rose in vaudeville and theater, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers. Her powers remained a secret she kept throughout life.
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New York World News Service
Boston
Anna Eva Fay
Marvel
Melrose Highlands
Mass
David H. Pingree
Southington
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