Hotel Blaze Claims Six Guests in Des Moines Fire
Des Moines reports an early morning hotel fire at the Kirkwood hotel killed six guests and left two others unaccounted for. Sixteen people were seriously injured as investigators from the State Fire Marshal and City Fire Marshal began probing the blaze that caused more than thirty thousand dollars in property loss. Coroner updates and witness accounts described guests awakened by alarms before authorities extinguished the flames. Continued on page 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kirkwood
John W. Strom
Charles Barker
William C
Death toll climbs from storm across Minnesota and Wisconsin
Wisconsin records 14 dead as the storm whips through farms and towns. Five of the fatalities occurred in jattaresets and nearby areas, with losses also near Minneapolis Forest Lake Lindstrom Taylors Falls. In Exeland district four deaths are reported including a farm near Reave and others near Rice Lake Barron Clayton Glenwood City and Wausau where Edwin Midman 32 was killed. Minnesota reports five deaths with four farmers whose homes were destroyed by the wind.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Little Rock
Minnesota Rine
Jattaresets
Minneapolis
Forest Lake
Lindstrom
Taylors Falls
Exeland
Reeve
Wrar Exe
Reave
Richard Pittman
Rice Lake
Barron
Clayton
Glenwood City
Wausau
Edwin Midman
Wars
Striking Wisconsin Storm Wrecks Buildings Injures Man
A high wind swept LaFayette county in southwestern Wisconsin causing farm building damage and serious injuries. Unverified reports suggested five to ten deaths, but early checks found no fatalities in the eastern reach and western areas undetermined. Communications were down as crews assessed damage from Green and LaFayette counties near Argyle and Belmont.
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Green County
LaFayette County
Argyle
Belmont
Amazing Triangle Gared In Death By Own Action
Mrs Becker recalls marriage to King in Richmond in 1907 at age 13 as their elopement and separation under parental direction. They were apart 20 years before he reappeared with Mildred King whom he wed in 1918. King’s health declined due to drug addiction. both women tried to nurse him back to health in Chicago.
Two Killed in Crossing Crash Near Great Falls
Two people died and a third was seriously injured when an automobile struck a Milwaukee locomotive near Asitue we. The deceased are Robert Sloan of Great Falls and Mrs Genevieve Robinson, 56, wife of George Robinson of Browning. Mrs Virginia Bird, wife of Charles Bird of Browning, was hospitalized in semiconscious condition and is the Robinsons’ daughter.
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Great Falls
Milwaukee Railroad
Asitue
Robert Sloan
Genevieve Robinon
George N. Robinon
Browning
Virginia Bird
Charles Bird
Robinon
Robinson
Earl Stewart
Seattle
Spider caused crash injures five in Newton
A spider in a motor car caused a crash near Newton Kansas on April 6 injuring five people. Ada Cummings who drove the vehicle escaped, but the car struck a concrete culvert and overturned. Ada Cummings her sister Mrs Cecil McFarlane and Rodney Cummings were thrown from the car with dangerous injuries. Mr and Mrs Princy Cummings suffered less serious harm.
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Newton
Kan
Ada Cummings
Miss Cummings
Cecil McFarlane
Rodney Cummings
Princy Cummings
Plane Fails to Find Lost Aussie Crew
An aircraft chartered by the Sydney Sun searched a 30 mile coastal area north of Wyndham western Australia for smoke signals from the Southern Cross airmen and returned to Wyndham with no trace. Bush fires along the coast prompted rumors of signals and a message asked a government launch crew to question Aborigines. Twenty scouts with six days rations were sent to inspect the mountains for smoke signals.
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Sydney
S. W
Sydney Sun
Wyndham
Western Australia
Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Prairie Fire Sweeps Over Kansas County in April
A 45 mile per hour wind drove a prairie fire across Rawlins county near Colby Kansas a blaze 30 miles long and up to nine miles wide burned property and burned or injured many. Four persons were seriously burned and at least one life was feared lost though no body recovered. Several named residents including Mr Lawrence Miner Mrs Stella Hill and Neil Walker suffered severe burns and were treated at Henneberger hospital Atwood Kansas. Firefighters saved the town and contained the blaze after hours of effort.
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Colby
Kans
Rawlins County
Lawrence Miner
Stella Hill
Neil Walker
Henneberger Hospital
Atwood
Contal
Student Flyer Killed in Crash at East St. Louis
AP reports Starling Wells Jr. 21, of Elizabethtown Kentucky, a Parks Air College student near East St. Louis, was fatally injured when the solo flight crashed from 200 feet about half a mile north of the field. He died hours later in a hospital.
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East St. Louis
Ils
Starling Wells, Jr
Elizabethtown
Parks Air College
Here
Jle
Slave tribe in Africa faces famine and drought plight
In Kampala and Belgian Congo districts the Bahuti slave race endures severe famine after years of drought and flawed cultivation. They, owned by the dominant Batusi, lack food and aid. relief centers at Rukira Gatsibu Wigali and others struggle to cope since 1927 drought worsening.
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Kampala
Uganda
British East Africa
Belgian Congo
Rukira
Gatsibu
Wigali
Twelve ships to keep our line clear in Texas drill
April 6 AP dispatch reports twelve ships to maintain line clearance with ammunition for five aircraft chipping units. Captain Leisen commands. seven officers and 60 men depart Fort Crockett by train for Port Manchura to join aviators. Additional detachments from Dodd Field and Fort Crockett, Galveston, head toward Marfa and El Paso to support air units.
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Fort Crockett
Port Manchura
Mort Crockett
Maifa
Dodd
Port Hauchuca
Agricultural Chief Stafford Appointed Montana Commissioner
Stafford of Bozeman is named commissioner of the Department of Agriculture Labor and Industry. A former president of the Montana Farm Bureau he has long been connected with agricultural affairs in the state for 23 years and will assume duties soon.
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Stafford
Bozeman
Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Montana Farm Bureau
Federal troops push rebels toward Sonora in Mexico crisis
Across the Pacific coast and Chihuahua, Federal forces under Gen Lazaro Caldenan advance, capturing Culiacan and Santa Rosella while rebels retreat toward Sonora. Insurgents led by Generals Turbo and Cruz evacuate towns as the army closes in, anticipating a final blow in Obregon’s homeland.
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Clarenct
Derolt
Associated Press
Mexico City
Pacific
Chihuahua
Sonora
Obregon
Lazaro Caldenan
Aialon
Culiacan
Turbo and Cruz
San Blas
Junn- Mon
Iguan A Almazan
Santa
Passenger Service Begins Tomorrow on Saco Turner Branch
The Great Northern will start mixed passenger and freight service on the Saco Turner branch to Morrow. Trains depart Saco at 8 a.m. Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays reaching Hogeland at 4 p.m., with return trips leaving Hogeland at 6 a.m. Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays arriving Saco at 2 p.m. The service expands after last fall’s line opening to meet growing agricultural demand and settlement along the line.
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Saco- Turner
Great Northern
Morrow
J. F. Pewters
Helena
Saco
Hogeland
Land 3
High Honor Planned for Herrick’s Body Return
A presidential representative will lead the official group meeting the late Myron T Herrick at New York dock as the French cruiser Tourville brings the ambassador to France home. A 21 gun salute will greet the ship as it passes Governor’s Island near the Statue of Liberty.
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Washington
ATM
Moorer
New York
Myron T Herrick
France
Tourvile
Governor's Island
New York Bay
Statue of Liberty
Dawes talks on German reparations present high figure
Allied financial experts on the Dawes committee project demands near 144.3 billion dollars or 36 trillion marks. The figure reflects the ongoing eighth week of work toward a settlement, with Chernians informed of the likely scope of claims.
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Dawes
Torso of Slain Maid Remains a Mystery
Los Angeles April 6 AP A patrol of hazy clues unfolded as police hunted for the killer of a missing maid whose torso was found Thursday night in the Los Angeles River bed washed up by rain. Arms head and legs were not located. Tips proved futile with two reports clearly discounted.
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Tos Angeles
Fang
Los Angeles Iver
Vernon Stockyard
Tolice
Chang Defeated by Very Ancient Ruse in Ninghaichow
Cheefoo China April 6 nationalist commander Lin Chermien killed 400 soldiers of Marshal Chang Taung hai in a battle at Ninghaichow where Chang besieges the city. Lin claimed many within the walled town wished to escape by an arrangement but the gates opened to reveal nationalist troops. The defenders were surprised and suffered heavy losses.
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Cheefoo
Shamtung
China
Lin Chermien
Chang Taung
Hai
Ninghaichow
Chang
Lin
Iil Union
Mexican Rebel Chief Ordered 18 Planes To Naco
Washington reports Major General Lassiter ordered 18 aircraft to Naco to prevent rebel bombings into the United States. Uproar followed as Mexican rebel assault on Naco failed, bullets struck near the American town, raising fears for residents as federal bombers arrived to target rebels from across the border.
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Washington
Lassiter
San Antonio
Naco
Ariz
Ste
American Cavalry Engages Rebels Near Nag o
At daybreak a U S patrol clashed with Mexicans believed to be rebels eight miles east of here. Private Jon Pinezec of the Tenth Cavalry was shot in the chest. two Mexicans and a girl and a woman were wounded. A rebel bomb fell on the Arizona side near the Hue, exploding 50 feet from the Western Union office, shattering windows and starting a fire.
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Jon Pinezec
Tenth Cavalry
Here
Une
Fifly Lul- Tete
Arizona
Western Union
Louisiana Governor Impeached by State House in Disorder
Huey P. Long, Louisiana governor, was impeached today by the state house amid disorder. The senate prepared for a court of impeachment as the body indicted him on one charge, with plans to consider remaining charges next week. The indictment accuses him of press suppression and press attacks tied to editorial criticism of a tax on air.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisana House of Representatives
Senate
Tate
House
Two Cars Crush Miles City Man
Miles City April 6 AP A switchman for the Milwaukee, Herbert Carty aged about 5, was killed in the yards today caught between two cars. He came here about two years ago from Freeport Michigan and has been continuously employed by the Milwaukee. His widow and daughter Mrs Thelts survive.
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Miles City
Herbert C. Carty
Milwaukee
Carey Ceme
Freeport
Thelts
Texan Is Facing Charge of Libel
Horace Walker, former UT student, was charged with criminal libel for allegedly helping publish the Blunderbuss on April 1. The anonymous paper, once suppressed by the university, carried a sex questionnaire and scandalous material about UT students, drawing national attention.
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Austin
Tex
Horace Walker
University of Texas
University of Missouri
Dern Denies Disgraceful Party Tale At Governors Conference
Governor George H. Dern denied reports of a disgraceful entertainment at the Roosevelt hotel during a New Orleans governors conference. He said he neither heard about nor approved any such affair and rejected claims it could implicate prosecutors in an impeachment context.
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Salt Lake City
New Orleans
George H. Dern
Mississippi River
Roosevelt Hotel
Huey FP
Governors’ Entertainment
Louisiana
New Or
States-Times
Pica
Dern
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