Tornadoes and Floods Strike Three States Killing 19
Destructive storms killed 19 and injured 108 as tornadoes hit three states. In Arkansas severe flooding imperiled about 1,050 people in Smackover area, Griffon and Louann. Red Cross camps opened at Sunnyland. refugees suffer exposure and disease outbreaks challenged relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Eldorado
Ark
South Arkansas
Griffon
Louann
Smackover
Red Cross
Sunnyland
Red River
Fulton
Garland
Smackover City Hall
Col. W. C. O’ferrall
Standard Oil Company
O'Ferrall
Arkansas National Guard
George W. Tillery
Graf Zeppelin Heads Toward Seville Despite Head Winds
The Graf Zeppelin, in the Rhone valley en route to Seville, Spain, crossed Valence at 11:55 p.m. after reporting strong head winds. From Friedrichshafen the airship said it was nearing Besancon while flying quietly and with 22 passengers aboard. Among the travelers are American and European officials, journalists, and dignitaries planned for Seville and onward to Brazil, with Mrs. Mary Pierce to join at Seville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valence
France
Rhone
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Seville
Spain
Besancon
Brazil
Harry E. Shoemaker
Lakehurst
George Crouse
Syracuse
N. Y
Laura Durston
Gustav Kauder
Karl von Wiegand
Grace Drummond-Hay
Jeronimo Megias
Alfonso
Fernando Sanchez
Gonzales Herrero
Jeronimo Elias
Jorge Riviere
Martin Wronsky
Lufthansa Corporation
Jacob Zwicky
Zurich
Licinio Cardos
Rio Janeiro
Corpus Barga
la Necion
Buenos Aires
Ricardo Casa
Mary Pierce
New York
America
Bus Truck Collision Leaves Multiple Injured in Ohio
A Detroit to Pittsburgh bus and a truck with trailer collided fifteen miles north of Canton Ohio. Two passengers were killed Jake Hubbard and Mrs. Delia Welch. Bus driver Edward Boishear died later with skull fractures. W. M. Emery and others remained critical. Driver unconscious could not explain crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Here
Jake Hubbard
Alliance
W. M. Emory
Bellevue
Akron
Edward Boishear
Delia Welch
St. Albans
W. M. Emery
Union Motor Lines
Canton-Akron
Sb Abe
Bioshear
Knutsen Transportation Company of
Cleveland
Cincinnati hopes to stage ugliest man contest on campus
The University of Cincinnati plans a virile campus event to crown the ugliest man. Fourteen entrants with colorful nicknames compete as sponsors prepare speeches linking candidates to campus tradition. No co ed contest plans have been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Cincinnati
George “Grizzly
Gus” Larsen
George ‘‘Buzzard
Brossert
Harry “Harry’’ Bedell
Robert “Booby” Nau
Richard ‘Neck
Steves
Arthur “Greasy Mug” Hallett
John “Baboon” Seigers
Daniel
Dopey
Dan” Wolf
Chester ‘‘Mouldy” Charles, Clifford
Goofy” Goldmeyer
Gene “Funnel Face
Riedman
Bradley ‘‘Chisel Chin” Allin
John “Clog Foot” Halliday
Roland
Rowdy"” Detten
Ohio Gold Star Mothers Bow at Graves in France
Seventeen Ohio and national Gold Star Mothers visit the Suresnes Mt Valerien cemetery near Paris to place wreaths on graves of fallen soldiers. Col G G Bartlett leads the pilgrimage. caretaker James Duncan hands out wreaths. Mothers, including Elsie Anderson of Ohio, speak of grief and pride as flags are removed and white wreaths laid on graves for unidentified and known soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
France
Paris
Mt. Valerien
Suresnes
G. G. Bartlett
James Duncan
Elsie Anderson
Duncan
United States
Mesdames Katherine Brockman
Rosa Lorenz
Clara Divine
Kentucky
Lula Halloo Ryan
New York
Helen Simken
Rose Stevens
Iowa
Emma Taylor
Arkansas
Kittie Wood
Nebraska
Cecilie Schmidt
Schmidt
Munich
Germany
Guns Fire Kills Four Wounds Twenty in Cuban Riot
In Artemisa Cuba on May 18 four people were killed and twenty injured when soldiers dispersed a Nationalist mass meeting opposing President Machado. Victims include Lieut. Alberto De Silva and Corp. Le on, Manuel Arozamena, and Miguel Serra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemisa
Cuba
Machado
Alberto de Silva
Corp
Leon
Manuel Arozamena
Miguel Serra
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Col
Carlos Mendieta
Nacionalista
Lieut. de Silva
Julio Mella
Mexico City
Daredevil Seeks Permit for Memorial Day Bridge Jump
Al Willmoth known as the Middle West champion high diver applies for a permit to dive from the Suspension Bridge on May 30. He recounts a lifelong jumping career from age 14, with past dives on the L and N Bridge in 1921 and the Suspension Bridge in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Willmoth
Middle West
L.& N. Bridge
Louisville
Taylorsville
Bill Riley
Sterilization Gospel Urges Extending Eugenics Reach at Banquet
At the eighteenth annual meeting of the American Eugenics Society and Eugenics Research, speakers urged immigration restriction, larger families in some regions, birth control, and sterilization for the unfit including those who patronize bootleggers to remove the "curse" of alcohol. The discussion included consent standards and civil liability, with Dr. Alfred Gordon supporting sterilization for epilepsy and Rep. Albert Johnson calling for Western Hemisphere immigration curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elenore Kellogg
New York World News Service
New York
United States
American Eugenics Society
Eugenics Research
Kenneth C. MacArthur
Massachusetts Federation of Churches
MacArthur
E.S. Gosney
The
Human Betterment Foundation
Alfred Gordon
Philadelphia
Albert Johnson
House
Senate
Mexico
Johnson
Rosika Schwimmer
Henry P. Fairchild
New York University
Irving Fisher
Yale
Roswell H. Johnson
University of Pittsburgh
Immortal Bards Vie In Police Who's Who
The police blotter lists literary figures and issues charges and verdicts. Robert Burns of 541 West Sixth Street faces assault and battery in a warrant by Rebecca Williams. Shakespeare passer 68 of 115 Broadway dies of natural causes per coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burns
West Sixth Street
Rebecca Williams
William Shakespeare
Broadway
Bard of
Avon
Swing
Bomb terrorist gang captured by Chicago police
New York World News Service reports Chicago police halted a bomb terror ring at dawn. One bomber, identified as Frank, a former Ohio Penitentiary convict and veteran, was seized after a failed detonation at 5607 North Clark Street. Detectives found detonator caps and fuses at 69 West Ohio Street and 549 North Clark Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Chicago
States Attorney’s
North Clark Street
Frank
Ohio Penitentiary
Phillips
North
Clark Street
Regal Hotel
West
Ohio Street
Mussolinis War Grimace At Florence Review
In Florence on May 18 Benito Mussolini rode a bay horse before a massive parade of Italy’s armed forces and Fascist militia at the Cascine race course. He praised troops and urged readiness to defend the fatherland as crowds cheered the bluejackets and four battalions. In Lyons Premier Tardieu of France urged veterans to lead industrialization for a strong France and colonies to deter attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Florence
Il Duce
France
Benito Mussolini
Navy
Aviation
Cascine
Duce
Army
Lyons
Fremier Tardieu
National Union of Combatants
Nude Nymphs Frolics Halted At Swimmin Hole
Baltimore County authorities closed the Beaver Dam Old Swimmin Hole after residents reported scandalous behavior at late night nude swimming. Dr Wilmer Ensor described moonlit tad projects with clothes hung nearby and portable phonographs, dancing, and litter from the gatherings. Officers cited drunkenness and offensive language as ongoing issues through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Baltimore
Beaver Dam
Baltimore County
Carroll Stansbury
Wilmer Ensor
Quarry Hole
Ensor
Senate Set to Vote on Tariff Row With House
Democrats accuse President Hoover of responsibility for the tariff bill impasse as the Senate prepared to vote on debenture and flexible amendments. The test could decide if the measure heads to the White House or stalls in conference.
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Senate
House
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
McKellar
Dem
Tenn
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Republican Party
White House
Smoot
Rep
Utah
Senate Conference Committee
Engineer Sacrifices Life to Save Boy at Tracks
At Tangipahoa Station near Hammond Louisiana an Illinois Central Panama Limited engineer Leon Bud Ford and fireman Harry Watts were killed when a stalled fourteen year old driver J P Wall Jr. struggled with the car on the crossing. The train derailed four cars but most passengers were spared. Ford’s actions saved the boy but cost him his life and that of Watts. Conductor L M McLaurine described Ford’s final plea and shielded his fellow passengers as the locomotive crashed.
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Hammond
Illinois Central Railroad
Panama Limited
Tangipahoa Station
Leon
Bud) Ford
Harry. Watts
McComb
Miss
J. P. Wall, Jr
New Orleans
Floyd Seeley
Flint
Mich
Engineer Ford
L. M. McLaurine
Ford
McLaurine
Car Crash Toll Rises with Fatality and Injuries
One man, George Groneman 64 of Evanston, is killed when struck by a car on Woodburn avenue. John Walton driver of the automobile faces circumstances of braking and skidding before the impact. Two other passengers Jaime Linn and Minnie Linn are gravely injured and expected to die from skull fractures and chest injuries. Ida Kinney and John Kinney also suffer multiple injuries in the same crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Groneman
Blair Avenue
Evanston
Neilson Place
Woodburn Avenue
John Walton
Commercial Square
Walton
Groneman
General Hospital
Marjorie
Hamilton Avenue
David Linn
Clark Street
Inlaw
Minnie Linn
Ida Kinney
Met Avenue
John Kinney
Kinney
Aviatrix Amy Johnson Heads Toward Australia
Miss Amy Johnson, 23, British aviatrix, lands at Singapore air base after a 480 mile Leg from Singora. She plans to continue to Surabaya Java, aiming for Australia in two to three days despite weather delays and her record pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Straits Settlement
Amy Johnson
Singapore Air Base
Singora
Malay Peninsula
Bert Hinkler
England
Australia
Calcutta
Surabaya
Java
Family Subdues Housebreaker Until Police Arrive
Seventh District police respond to Avon Lea Bond Hill where Thomas Harris 23 of Richmond Va is pinned by an armed family after a struggle in which a door stop pistol and screwdriver were used. Harris injured, treated at General Hospital. Neighborhood burglaries suspected. Harris found with a purse $20.03 identified by George King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh District
Avon Lea
Bond Hill
Thomas Harris
New Orleans Avenue
Richmond
General Hospital
George J. King
Douglas Groll
Rosemary Groll
Harris
King
Rosemary
William Schermer
Yarmouth Avenue
Mamie Oberlander
Rossmore Avenue
Fred L. Broerman
Edmund A. Wachendorf
Paul Huesman
Elaine Tornado Wrecks Lambrook and Elaine Area
A deadly tornado swept Eastern Arkansas near Elaine killing sixteen people and injuring scores as Lambrook and surrounding farms were destroyed. Red Cross workers and an emergency hospital were rushed in from Helena to aid victims. Reports note damaged roads hampered communications with the back country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Elaine
Helena
Ark
Commercial Appeal
Lambrook
Elane
Wabash
Gerald Lambert
St. Louis
Red Cross
Here
Arkansas
Phillips County
Temperature and weather outlook across states for Monday
Ohio and Indiana expect occasional showers with rising highs in the north and central regions. Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia forecast showers or storms with little or slight temperature changes and regional warming Monday. A table lists current, high, and last twenty four hour precipitation across multiple cities with temperatures ranging from the mid forties to low seventies.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Albany
New York
Detroit
Jacksville
Duluth
Tlanta
T.st. Louis
Orleans
Galveston
Immha
Pittsburgh
Denver
Oan
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Detroit-Pittsburgh
U. OF C
Guban
Daredevil
Permit
Police Who
Dallas
Ellis Counties
Texas
Somer
Ville, Fenn
Tex
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