Ohio River Crest Moves South Amid Floods and Evacuations
The article traces rising flood fears as the Ohio River crests move toward the Mississippi with remote evacuation prospects in the south while northern areas report a crest passing. It notes freight handling by Grand Trunk Western Railway and growing food refugee aid as mass flight begins in California and storms hamper transport.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Thes Freight
Chicago
Weig E F. Wii
Grand Trunk Western Railway
Authodzes
Floods at a Glance Across Ten States
Associated Press tally shows 293 known dead and 958,500 homeless as Ohio River floodwaters surge toward the Mississippi. States report varying relief efforts, levee actions, and evacuations with thousands displaced and extensive property loss estimated at 404 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Orio River
Kentucky
Louisville
New Hope
Paducah
Red Cross
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cairo
Mound City
Indiana
Dusad
Leavenworth
National Guard
Arce
Tennessee
U. S. Army
T OG Cerpet
Miavissippi Valley
Jevee
Dyka
Tien Missouri
Orisis
Arkansas
Werkee Aera
T -Virginia
Pernsylvanas
Aomelesy
Nore
Flood Briefs Optimistic Crest Projections For Memphis
Flood briefs describe forecast crest reductions in Memphis and nearby areas. Meteorologist Brist projects a Memphis crest near 43 feet by February 5 to 7, lower than Army Engineers earlier estimates. Huntington, Charleston and Archville report displaced families awaiting refuge and flooded marriages delayed but proceeding.
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Memphis
Teng
F.W. Brist
The
Weather Bureau
Army
Hei~ena
Ark
Ernst
Public Opinion On Liquor Control Proposals
Letters from readers in South Dakota weigh changes to liquor laws. Citizens including Carl Weir Wessington Springs and Kenneth Baldwin Carthage advocate private sale or local option, while others oppose municipal stores and state management. Concerns include state control, local distribution, and cross-licensing restrictions.
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Carl Weir
Shelep
Siquure 'Ei
Tess
Kenneth Beldwin
Carthage
Ean
Clarence Schumacher
Quirky City Desk Signs and Odd Court Moments Bloom
A collection of oddities from across towns includes a Buffalo health sign urging civility during a civil wedding ceremony and court attaches noting the need to prevent “hissing around” in city ceremonies. Fremont reports a trucker delivering a goat to a police station, claiming it was cargo with no intentional wrongdoing. Los Angeles recounts a night school student hauled before a judge for drunkenness in class, joking about the bartender’s school. Oklahoma City highlights a cook whose burglarized home left valuables untouched except for a purple pie baked by the homeowner.
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Gorge Kelbold
Los Angeles
Meitz
Lexox Dawson
Meinix
Oklahoma City
Mra. Iz
Use of Showmanship in Appreciation In Speech
A fragmented reminiscence discusses showmanship, credit, and humor in performance. It mentions a dentist anecdote and a relative's reaction, culminating in a 1991 Beatty Pictures copyright note.
Townsend plan gives South Dakota man $200 a month
A Chelan Washington style experiment travels to South Dakota as five Townsend donors pick a participant to receive $200 monthly for thirty days. The chosen man will spend scrip valued at 200 dollars in one month, not real cash, with negotiable instruments issued in one-dollar denominations for traceable circulation.
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South Dakota
CT. Springs
S. D
Chelan
Wash
Fleming
Paul Martin
Focal Plan
Townsend Club
Treasucy
Vald
Washington
Rerreenanes
Fieming
Isom Lamb
Chelan County
Townsend
Mot Springs
Ab. Brewster
Here
David Sampson
Max Baer's Sacramento Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed the home of heavyweight champion Max Baer and his manager Ancil Hoffman in Sacramento. Hoffman said they saved only a few possessions as the residence burned, with flames causing extensive damage and endangering nearby property.
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Max Baer
Sacramento
Calif
Ancil Hoffman
Hoffman
Union Organizers Hurt In Smashup And Labor Protests
The report details injure casualties among union organizers after a deliberate wrecking of a taxicab as part of ongoing labor unrest. It notes 5,900 Fisher Body workers returning to duty in Michigan amid a wider Chevrolet strike totaling nearly 40,000 employees. Senate leaders seek swift passage of Labor Department authority to take testimony under oath and subpoena records to determine labor dispute causes and settlements. The La Follette liberties committee is querying industrial espionage with an additional 50,000 dollars requested to aid Motor’s strike investigation.
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Fisher Body
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Chevrolet
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Senate
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la- Follette
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Louisville Flood Eats Bread On Main Street Derby Town
Eyewitness recounts Louisville flood chaos as water covers downtown. People cling to second story windows using 20 foot poles and baskets for food while amid ruined buildings and stores. A pontoon ship Port Huron ferries bread and milk to starving residents as the Obig river carves a new floodbed through the west end.
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Louisville
18Th Street
Broadway
Port Huron
Great Lakes
New York
West End
Neil
Huronians Stranded in Louisville Describe Disaster
Me and Mrs George C Hurst, Huron residents, telegraph to the Evening Huronite about being stranded in Louisville amid flood conditions. They recount the transport breakdown, car impoundment, and service difficulties while awaiting release, noting the surrounding territory will be appalling when facts are released. The couple previously lived in Springfield Ohio and worked as a galeaman for Silvertote Products in Kalamazoo Michigan.
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Louisville
Mira George C. Hurst
Tequaat
Hunt
Huron
Springfield
Ohio
Silvertote Products Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
26 Day Rain Sets Record Floods Across Wide Area
Washington reports that rains in early January caused the greatest floods in a short time across a large area. Johnsonville Tennessee recorded the highest precipitation, with Louisville, Memphis, Little Rock and others seeing major totals. City rainfall figures include 18.68 inches in two days for Louisville and 14.82 inches for Evansville Indiana.
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Aasistant
Weather Bureau
Tohnsonville
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Acre
Louisville
Memphis
Little Rock
Caso
Evansville
Ind
Nashville
Cinccindati
Pittsburgh
Huron
PWA Landmark Record and Housing Allegations Reported
Fragmentary OCR notes list PWA land or landlord records, California references, San Francisco and New York City locations, and an administration check. The readable text is garbled with quotes and stray phrases, but hints at a housing or wartime housing program involving a landlord record and investigations. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are extractable from the fragment.
Crisis Strains Ohio River Flood Regions at Cairo
Widespread flooding damages towns along the Ohio River. Army engineers warn of billions in rehab costs as levees strain under rising waters from Cairo to Louisville and beyond. Officials fear 5,000 square miles could be affected with thousands displaced.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Ohio Five
Erixis
Cire
New Madrid
Hickman
Tinois Central Engineers
Fwansville
Tad
Maryland Street
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Tena
Win Homelely
Ohio River Valley
Paducaly
Raducsh
Cal_ C.J. Rhodes
War Department
Cairo
Mound City
CCC
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Louisville
Aus
Tennemmee- Levee
Tipetonville
Madrid
Biggest Cop Gets Breakfast After Lumbago
A groaning officer named Kelly, described as the biggest cop, lies in Doverlook Hospital with lumbago refusing to give up food. He and two faith healers share a breakfast while a nurse reports the diet hurts and complains to Dr Mullgan about the hospital store cheat. The 423-pound ferman groans as the scene unfolds.
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Kelly
Paundh
Ferman
Lallow
Doverlook
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