41 Killed as Mad Farmer Destroys Michigan School
Flood reports from New Orleans detail a catastrophic chain of dam breaks and levee collapses as the Atchafalaya basin floods sweep across 27 towns. A sudden bridge collapse near Melville, Louisiana, kills Tony Pitilala and endangers hundreds of refugees trapped on levees. Evacuations urged by Flood Relief Dictator John M. Parker aim to save lives.
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Michigan
Wyoming
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
John M. Parker
Parker
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Melville
Texas & Pacificridge
Tony Pitilala
Pitikala
Avoyelles
St. Landry
Bayou Des Glaises
Big Bend
Morrow
Big Cane
Palmetto
Rosa
Opelousas
Sam Bernard dies at sea after apoplexy at 64
Sam Bernard famed comedian dies at sea from apoplexy aboard the liner Columba. Born Samuel Barnet in England, he rose to fame as a rival to Weber and Fields before becoming a celebrated German character comedian. He began on the East Side and built a long stage career across New York area venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam Bernard
Columbus
Lloyd
Bernard
Weber and Fields
England
Samuel Barnet
East Side
Grand Duke Theater
Lower East Side
Hoboken
Jersey City
Newark
Coney Island
Prohibition Debate Splits Illinois House Over Enforcement
In Springfield the Illinois General Assembly debated repeal of state prohibition enforcement laws after an 80 to 63 vote. Lawmakers blamed prohibition for farmer hardship and accused federal agents of profiting from enforcement. The measure heads to the Senate. In Washington the AMA House of Delegates voted to draft a bill to remove limits on whisky prescribed by physicians, seeking cooperation with prohibition authorities.
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Springfield
Ill
House of Representatives
Illinois General Assembly
Ciry
Thomas O’grady
Chicago
Truman A. Snell
Carlinvile
Andrew Mellon
Senate
Washington
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Congress
Board of Trustees
Wall of Water Floods Swift Valley Towns in Wyoming
A wall of water from the Gros Ventre slide dam struck Kelly Wyoming near noon today, killing eight including Max Edick and several members of the Kneedy family. The flood reached Wilson two hours later, but no deaths there due to warnings. Swan Valley and other areas faced advancing danger as aid crews move toward evacuated communities. Continuous reports indicate a store may have been inundated and emergency efforts shift to rescue and relocation.
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Wilson
Wyo
Gros Ventre
Kelly
Swan Valley
Max Edick
May Lovejoy
Smith
Suit Seeks Block on Paying Road Contract Change
Edwin E. Kellogg files suit in Common Pleas Court seeking an injunction to stop the city from paying Wilmore Paving Company for Kellogg avenue work. He argues council changed the grade from sixty three to fifty five feet without repeal of original ordinances, risking bond funds of $56,006 tied to Bond Fund No. 1,287. Wilmore’s bid was $90,362.50.
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Col. Sherrill
Deckebach
Higgins
Wilmore Paving Company
Kellogg Avenue
Congress Avenue
Turkey Bottom Road
Common Pleas Court
Edwin E. Kellogg
Wilmore Company
Kellogg
List of Known Dead In School Disaster at Bath
The Bath Michigan school disaster lists many victims including Glenn Smith postmaster aged 40 and Emerson Metcoff along with students aged 1 to 20. The fatalities include teachers and local residents such as Percy Hart 12 and Nelson McFarren 70 with many surnames like Hart Zimmerman and Chapman.
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Bath
Mich
Glenn Smith
Robert Hart
Richard Richardson
George Hall
Carlyle Geisenhaver
Lenore Woodman
Iola. Hart
Vivian Hart
Russell Chapman
George Burnett
Herman Berge ™ M
Lloyd Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
Loren Hunter
Elizabeth Witchell
Lucile Witchele
Robert Corcoran
Emma Nichols
Doris Johns
Hazel Weatherbee
Percy Hart
Earl Chapman
Willah Hale
Emery Fef
Huyck
Catherine Foote
Don Ewing
Elsie Robb
Andrew Kehoe
Nelson McFarren
Marjorie Fritz
Floyd Burnett
Clarence McFarren
Arnold Baurle
Thelma
McDonald
Ralph Cushman
Stanley Hart
Amelia Bromudt
Robert Bromudt
Emerson Metcoff
Pauline Shirtz
Galen Harte
Bertaud Granted Injunction In Nonstop Paris Flight Case
Lloyd W. Bertaud obtained a temporary injunction to prevent Charles A. Levine from replacing him as co pilot and navigator of the Bellanca plane Columbia on the New York to Paris nonstop flight. Weather over the Atlantic delayed any start, and Justice Mitchell May ordered the showing of cause with a hearing set for next Friday.
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New York
Lloyd W. Bertaud
Charles A. Levine
Bertaud
Bellanca
Columbia
Paris
Atlantic
Richard Byrd
Charles Lindbergh
Bertuad
Mitchell May
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Leo T. Kissam
Bath Michigan school bombing leaves many dead
A demented farmer detonated dynamite at Consolidated School Bath on May 18, killing at least forty one including thirty three pupils. The blast destroyed the north wing and a nearby home. Seventy plus were injured as state police halted search at dusk and feared more bodies.
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Bath
Mich
Lansing
Andrew Kehoe
E. E. Huyck
Hazel Weatherbee
Glen Smith
Bath Po
Nelson McFarran
Kehoe
Auto quartet wrecks windows with bullets on Madison road
Three men and a woman who drove out Madison road between 5 30 and 6 o clock last night shot wildly at store windows and fled. Witnesses said two or three occupants had revolvers and more than a dozen shots were fired. Plate glass windows at J J Krueck fruit store 2029 Madison road and a chain grocery at 2031 Madison road were broken.
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Madison Road
J. J. Krueck
William Kroench
Harris Avenue
Norwood
Jennings Harris
Lincoln Avenue
Eastern Avenue
Ackley
Willie
Gotham Place
East Third Street
City Hall Connects Plum Street and Central Avenue Sides
Robert Olin announces soon the start of a third floor connector between Plum street and Central avenue sides of City Hall to ease access for citizens after the Building Department moved to the third floor. The passage will be built as a hall on the Ninth street side.
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Robert Olin
City
Plum Street
Central Avenue
City Hall
Ninth Street
Notorious Outlaw Gang Robs Banks in Be ggs Oklahoma
Matthew Kimes and nine gang members raided Be ggs Oklahoma robbing two banks the Farmers National and First National of about 18000. Town Marshal M C McAnnally was killed during the escape and a woman shopper Mrs Charles Campbell was fatally wounded. The gang split up with a failed attempt at a third bank across the street.
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Oklahoma
Beggs
Okla
Matthew Kimes
Kimes
Jesse James
al Jennings
Farmers’ National
First National
Charles Campbell
M. C. McAnnally
Farmers’ National Bank
Huerta Alleged Arms Exporter Charged by U S Agents
Adolfo de la Huerta former Provisional President of Mexico and four others were charged in Tucson with exporting arms and munitions violating a presidential proclamation and federal law. Two arrested, held in Pima County Jail. named co defendants include Louis Gayou alias M Espinosa Francisco Ferriz alias Serris Alfonso Gomez Morentin of Los Angeles and Henrique Breceda of San Antonio.
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Tucson
Ariz
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico
United States Department of Justice
Pima County
Louis Gayou
M. Espinosa
Francisco Ferriz
Serris
de la Horta
Former Mexican leader denies arms transport plot in Tucson
Adolfo de la Huerta, former Provisional President of Mexico, told reporters at his Los Angeles home that he did not participate in attempts to move arms into Mexico. He denied knowledge of charges against him and four others in Tucson, Arizona.
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Los Angeles
Adolfo de la Huerta
Mexico
Tucson
Ariz
Bridegroom and Cupid Win Battle Over Parents in Elopement
Frank Furnish and his 17 year old bride Annabel Hendricks resumed their honeymoon after a courtroom clash and pursuit by the bride’s parents. Furnish faced disorderly conduct charges as authorities intervened to halt the match before a habeas corpus secured possession.
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Frank Furnish
Monmouth Street
Newport
Annabel Hendricks
Overton Street
Covington
Ralph Hendricks
Madison
Ind
Furnish
Hendrickses
Campbell County
Geene Furnish
Hawthorne
Caleb Daniels
Bertelsman
Ken Daniel Davies
Davies
Cupid
Hendricks
Woman Ends Her Life While Visiting Mother
Mrs. Alice Worstell, 44, of 6170 Cooper Avenue Lockland, killed herself with a razor in her mother's living room at 21 Clay Street St Bernard after a brief visit. Dr. Al C. Topie cited long stomach trouble. She leaves husband Amory Werstell.
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Alice Worstell
Cooper Avenue
Lockland
Emilie Kemper
Clay Street
St. Bernard
al C. Topie
Carthage Avenue
Amory Werstell
Famed dancer Maurice Mouvet dies in Lausanne
Maurice Mouvet world famous cabaret dancer died of tuberculosis in a Lausanne private hospital. His wife Eleanor Ambrose and brother Oscar cared for him. he had shown brief improvement before a final relapse. Born in New York in 1889 to Belgian parents, he served in the French Army during World War I and left a string of famous partners from Florence Walton to Barbara Bennett.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Maurice Mouvet
Eleanor Ambrose
Oscar
Maurice
Maurice Oscar Louis Mouvet
Europe
United States
New York
Denville
Florence Walton
Leonora Hughes
Carlos Ortiz Basualdo
Barbara Bennett
Richard Bennett
King Ben Accused of Forcing Group Marriages in Colony
Ruth Swanson, a former House of David member, testified in Benton Harbor that Benjamin Purnell arranged group marriages to hide his relations with girls in the colony. She described raids preparations and a trap door incident, and quoted Purnell threatening to marry all the girls and blame their husbands if a raid occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
ST. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Ruth Swanson
South Orange
N. J
Benton Harbor
St. Augustine
Fla
Shiloh
Parnell
Col Sherrill warns against parking near car and bus stops
Col Sherrill City Manager urged motorists to avoid parking at car stops and within fifty feet beyond stop signs in travel direction. The same rule applies to bus stops marked with a single standard, as many cars were being tagged for violations.
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Col. Sherrill
$500000 Estate Left by W Kesley Schoepf
Kesley Schoepf former President of the Cincinnati Traction Company died May 3 leaving an estate valued at $500000 all in personal property. He left no will. His widow Mrs Albertine O Schoepf of 622 Oak Street will receive one third as dower. The residue goes to son Albin K Schoepf and daughter Elizabeth Huebsthner of Oak Street.
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V. Kesley Schoepf
Cincinnati Traction Company
Schoepf
Albertine O. Schoepf
Oak Street
Albin K. Schoepf
Elizabeth Huebsthner
Iving
Back Yard Disappearing Soon From Landslide At 34 Burton Woods
The back yard of Lee E. Ach at 34 Burton Woods Lane is slowly disappearing as a landslide shifts the hillside. Ach, president of Lee Ach Manufacturing Company, asked the City Highway Department for help to identify the cause and prevent damage to Mitchell Avenue if the slide continues toward a neighbor’s yard. City engineers fear the cliff could threaten Mitchell Avenue and plan to halt the movement.
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Burton Woods Lane
Lee E. Ach
Lee Ach Manufacturing Company
Ach
City Highway Department
Mitchell Avenue
Hill Leads Follies Star to Altar After Divorce Granted
Walter Hill, son of James J. Hill, married Ziegfeld Follies star Mildred Richardson moments after his Montana divorce from Pau ling Hill was finalized. The couple will ranch in Montana and honeymoon on the Pacific coast. The divorce awarded Mrs. Hill $51,000 plus $1,000 monthly.
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Hill
Livingston
Mont
Walter Hill
James J. Hill
Mildred Richardson
Pauling Hill
H. J. Miller
C. R. Meyers
Long Island
N. Y
W. Farr Richardson
Livingsn
Mrs. Hill
Pacific Coast
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Iana
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Sugar Bowl
Physicians OF America
Illinois Legislature
Medical Association
Idaho Falls
Snake River
Yellowstone Park
Levine
Maniac
Havek
Clare Gates
Bernice Sterling
Evelyn Paul
Miss Sterling
Paul
Commercial Tribune
CANAL
Commercial Square
Broadway
Desperado
Huerta
W. Kesley Schoepf
Montana
Walter
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