Floods in Huila Sweep Dozens to Death and Devastate Crops
Dispatches from Huila in the Magdalena river valley report disastrous floods killing many and leaving numerous homeless. Corn cacao and regional staples were looted by the deluge as the upper Magdalena river, a swift, mountain torrent, rises south of Bogota with landslides marking the floods in November rains.
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Bogota
Colombia
Huila Department
Magdalena River
Magdalena
Cordilleras
Andes
Equator
Garner's Wife Seeks Shorter Workday with Senate Move
Mrs. John N. Garner says her husband's election to vice presidency increases her duties as his secretary. She hopes the March 4 move of the Speaker to preside over the Senate will allow a shorter day, though she insists she cannot quit work entirely after 30 years of service. She also notes she has not had a rest since last December.
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Washington
John N. Garner
House
Senate
Garner
Missing Oklahoma broker found buried on farm
Isaac E. Hemmingway 73, wealthy Oklahoma City broker, disappeared ten days ago and was found buried four feet underground in a freshly plowed plot on Sam Wilkersons's farm. Wilkerson faces murder charges and admits burying the body but blames a nephew who is at large. Wilkersons also held on kidnapping charges. their four children are mentioned as their family.
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Broker
Oklahoma City
Sam Wilkersons
Isaac E. Himmingway
Joan Broker
Wilkerson
Hem
Hemmingway Assault Case Tied to Mortgage Foreclosure
C McClung and G L Smith report seeing Hemmingway beaten and bleeding as he was pursued by Wilkerson who carried a gun. Officers note a possible motive in Hemmingway's $8 000 judgment against the Wilkerson farm in a mortgage foreclosure. Wilkerson claims he paid 4700 for the release.
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C. McClung
G. L. Smith
Hemmingway
Wilkerson
Manchurian Issue Debated by League Council
Geneva reports indicate a new round of discussions on the Manchurian dispute as League of Nations council members seek procedural settlements. China, involved in broader world affairs, was urged by Norman Davis to include a Chinese expert on silver at the upcoming world economic conference.
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League Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
China
Norman Davis
Davis
Organization
League
Negro Cult Exposed by Detroit Police Temple Raids
Detroit police raid a cult temple linked to a 44 year old man named Harris who killed James Smith on a crude altar amid claims of a 8000 member Asiatic Nation group. Investigators seized records and ritual books while arresting Yean Ali who claimed to be God of the Asiatic Nation.
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Detroit
Xcesto
Yean Ali
Robert Harris
James J. Smith
Harris
Smith
Ali
Indian Board Pushes Self Support for Native Americans
The board of Indian commissioners released its annual report urging self reliance as the path to equality. It argued that self discipline and independence should guide all plans and policy. Two members declined to sign, opposing a proposal to place state courts over reservation residents.
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Washington
Board of Indian Commissioners
Wilbur
al_t
Whcih
Samuel A. Eliot
Boston
Frank Knox
Chicago
Malcom McDowell
Flora Warren Seymour
John J. Sullivan
Philadelphia
Mary Vaux Walcott
G. E. E. Lindquist
Lawrence
Kan
Charles
A. T. Lowndes
Warren K. Moorehead
Andover
Mass
Hugh J. Scott
Princeton
N. J
Williams County to Obtain Largest RDFC Relief Loan
Williams County will receive the largest allotment from a $50,680 Reconstruction Finance Corp loan to seven North Dakota counties. Gov Shafer announced Williams County gets $13,100, Burleigh $9,100, Bowman $4,500, Burke $8,160, Mercer $4,000, Mountrail $7,120, and Divide $7,700 for relief of the unemployed.
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Williams County
N. D
Bismarck
North Dakota
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Shafer
Williams
Burleigh
Bowman
Burke
Mercer
Mountrail
Divide
Randolph Re-elected Leader of Mississippi Valley Association
CoL Robert Isham Randolph of Chicago was re elected president of the Mississippi Valley association at the convention in ST Louis. Other officers were chosen along with several vice chairs as the meeting adjourned.
Local Officers Change Hands In Omaha And Midwest
Changes show E Engler of Omaha to succeed J A Sunderland as president with J Cyris Jensen as vice president. Directors elected include J Blant of Burlington Iowa and B J McConnon of Winona Minnesota. Will A Robinson of Pierre South Dakota to succeed John Abscher. Mrs I A Grove returns from Perham Minnesota after death of her father John Stege.
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E. Engler
Omaha
J. A. Sunderland
J. Cyris Jensen
Council
Perham
Minn
John Stege
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