Towns Inundated As Floods Hit Louisiana And Mississippi
Southeastern Louisiana central air southern Mississippi and southern Alabama battle rising flood waters from a series of rivers and creeks. Rainfall of 12 inches or more stranded transportation, with roads bridges and rail lines heavily affected. Covington Laurel Hathesburg and nearby parishes reported several inches of standing water, highways submerged, and a $50,000 bridge washed away on the Roguealaya River near Timils Way. Pearl River area logged 12 90 inches in 48 hours through today.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
central
Mississippi
Alabama
hughway
vera
Unes
hazardans
rai
Covington
Lyik
St. Tammany parsh
Laurel
god Hathesburg
Mits
Roguealaya river
ely Timils
Opposition 10 Hoover in Hearing on Contests
Kansas City June 1 AP The Republican national committee hearings on contested delegates show Chairman William M Butler siding with anti Hoover forces while farm relief stalls on convention ground. Hilles also voted against pledged Hoover delegates. Some see Butler’s stance as issue driven others as a strategy to aid Coolidge or Hoover. Conunured on Pare Seven.
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Kansas City
William M. Butler
republican national committee
Herbert Hoover
Butler
Charles JD. Hilles
New York
commerce
chairean
chip
Soviet to Send Arctic Expedition for Italia Relic
Moscow reports the Soviet rescue commission will dispatch the icebreaker Maligin with a plane and the Persey to Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land. They seek traces of General Umberto Nobile and his crew after rumors of a downed Italia and SOS signals from Franz Josef Land.
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Moscow
European Russia
Siberia
Italin
e commission
Novaya Zemlya
Franz Josef Land
Umberto Nobile
Archangel
Novaya Semlya
Murmansk
Khromki Land
armees
Ordovsk
Tobolsk
Sthena
Ferry Gate Mishap Sends Car Into River Near Milesig
A sedan crossed onto a Missouri river flatboat near Jordan and plunged into the water. Witness State Senator Henderson saw the momentum carry the car to the end and drop into the river. The occupants, a man and a woman, escaped with rescue crews reach them by skiff and pull them to safety. Their identities were not confirmed.
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Milesig
Missouri tower
Hayes
Timns
Jordan
Ww. C. Henderson
Wyoming G O P May Back Hoover At Convention
Sheridan Wyoming June 5 AP An indication that Wyoming's delegation to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City will vote for Herbert Hoover was set today in the announcement of FE Lonabaugh that he would vote for Hoover as long as there was a chance of the nomination of the secretary of commerce Lonabaugh is one of the fronting delegates.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Lonabaugh
Hoover
secretary of commerce
Tonabaugh
High Life Tells of Chaplin Divorce and Slavery Allegations
Mavah Utah June 5 AP Sheldon Clark confessed hammer slaver of Ten Solovich ex butler to Tollywood claims Solovich owns a hiring network. Clark testified during the Los Angeles visit last January that Solovich hid in the bathroom whenever the doorbell rang. Salovich, whom Clark says he killed in self defense, described a lonely Utah road scene.
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Mavah
Utah
Sheldon Clark
hammer
Ten Solovich
butler am
Tollywood
Solovich
Charlie Chaplin
Los Angeles
Saloivich
Pasadena
Clark
Salovich
Cioran Uiah
Texas Expenditures Tied to Hoover Campaign
Fort Worth Texas June 5 AP evidence aimed to show that funds used for supporting Herbert Hoover in Texas exceeded the main campaigne related costs. J M O Hara Republican state committee organizer prepared material to forward to Senate committee as hearings reopen. O Hara seeks contact with W R MacMillan former secretary to Senator Mondell and Hoover club executive secretary. He cites Harris county expenditures totaling 4600 dollars and estimates at least 40000 spent in Texas for Hoover’s candidacy.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Herbert Hover
senate
lanich
J MM. O'Hare
O'Hara
senate committee
Ollara
WYR MacMillan
Mondell
Wroning
Trouston- Hoover for President club
Harris county
Hoover
Boodle Probe Nears End After Senate Hearing
Washington June senate committee on pre election expenditures nearly finished its survey as chairman Senator Steiner republican Oregon announced adjournment after a possible witness tomorrow. Last witness Gay Golf of Wee Vir Mia testified his campaign and manager cost just under 3000 dollars funded personally. Chairman Steiner named possible witness Ganorion and Fire Conic owner Gorman of New York City as a potential figure in the probe.
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Washington
senate committee
Steiner
Oregon
Kansas City
Houston
Gay Golf
Wee Virmia
Victor
Hoover
Encins Hogue
biew
Ganorion
Conic
Gorman
New York City
tut
Wool Rates Hearing Concluded Before Interstate Commission
Testimony concluded after two days with AJ Davis of Boston representing the Boston Wool Trade, reviewing rate differentials and access gates for wool moving from eastern markets to western producing fields. Carriers’ representatives and ICC officials presided as analysts weighed reader rates on the western shuttle.
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Chicago
FCAT
AJ. Davis
Boston
Boston Wool Trade association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daves
Helena High School Seniors to Receive Diplomas Thursday
Helena High School graduates 104 seniors in the class of 1928, with 49 men and 55 women, to receive diplomas at a Thursday ceremony in the Algeria Shrine temple auditorium. Principal A. J. Roberts will present diplomas as Dr. James F. McNamee presides. the school band directed by O. F. Thayer and the glee club join the program. Superintendent John Dietrich will preside, with school board members and officials present.
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Helena High School
Helena
hein Mitubon
Sa'elack
Algeria
Shrine temple
city auditorium
A. J. Roberts
James F. McNamee
D. D
board of
sander
O.FP. Thayer
Progrem
John Dietrich
U.S. Supreme Court Clears Its Docket
Washington June 3 The supreme court closes its present term and clears its docket removing congestion and bringing stay docket up to date.
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U.S
Washington
supreme court
Mrs Ramos Very Ill With Dread Pneumonia
New York June 3 AP Mrs Arturo Peralta Ramos formerly Countess Salm is gravely ill with pneumonia. Her physician summoned three other doctors for consultation at the Long Island shooting Lodge of her father H H Rogers where she is staying with her husband. Pneumonia followed a severe cold contracted a week earlier.
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New York
Arturo Peralta
Ramos
Countess Salm
Long Island
H. H. Rogers
China Asks U. S. to Withdraw Troops Amid Tientsin Tension
Washington reports a June 2 communication from Chen Chienfu of the Nationalist government in Nanking asking the United States to withdraw troops from Tientsin and to guarantee safety for American residents. The note, released by the State Department, follows a May 16 letter from Minister MacMurray raising worries over American citizens in Tientsin. In the city, about 2,780 marines are stationed.
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Washington
Tientsin
China
Tinang Fay
Nanking
John Van A. Stachlave
Train Crashes Car Killing Seven Krubaker Children
Seven Krubaker children and two other youths died when their car was struck by a northbound Illinois interurban near Ahura, 12 miles south of Springfield. The vehicle allegedly moved onto tracks as the driver Samuel Krubaker, 19, attempted to stop for the train.
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Sprongfield
Ahura
here
St. Jour
Springfield
Doren Hrubaker
Varden
Auburn
Harry Wheelen
St. Tons
metorman
ane
Samuel
Mars
Calvin
Rosabelle
Piten
Krubaker
Chester Wiley
Miss United States Crowned at World Beauty Pageant
In Galveston Texas Miss Fila Van Husen of Chicago was proclaimed Miss United States at the third annual international pageant. Miss Universe earned $2000, with ten foreign entrants competing in the event last night.
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Galveston
Texas
Fila Van Hyesen
Chicago
Miss Van Husen
A D Larabie Leading Banker Dies Aged 43
Deer Lodge June 5 AP A D Larabie prominent local banker died at his home this afternoon from meningitis after an illness of less than a week He was born and raised in Deer Lodge the eldest son of S F Larabie pioneer banker who founded the oldest bank in Montana
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Deer Lodge
A. D. Larabie
Mississippi Democrats Choose Delegates in Houston Convention
Jackson dispatch reports Mississippi sent uninstructed delegates to the national Democratic convention in Houston after state convention decisions. Delegates were instructed neither for Governor Alfred E. Smith nor against any wet candidate, with votes 209 to 7 and 156 to 118 respectively.
Tale of Horror at a Drunken Party
Witness testified at the murder trial of Red Baker, 49, for killing Memorial Day donor Benjamin Jacobs during a drinking party at Baker home. Jack Thefferty, a roomer, described Jacobs being ejected, returning to force entry, and Baker fatally stabbing him with a chair.
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stan
red Baker
Maids of Air to Race to Europe Delayed Takeoff
News from New York June reports unfavorable weather over the Atlantic delays the Friendship flight to Europe. Wilmer Stultz, pilot, receives weather updates indicating poor flying conditions while Amelia Earhart and co pilot Miss Moston await clearance to begin the eastward Atlantic crossing. A soggy runway at Carties Field halts final checks on the Columbia before its planned departure.
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St. John No
Trenagsey
Atlante Ocean
Friendship
Wilmer Stultz
Miss. [Earhart
Moston
Atlantic
Mosquito Bill Dies in Durango Frontier Pioneer Found Dead
Robert Grantham known as Mosquito Hill a 74 year old plainsman and frontier figure and longtime inmate of Rafialo Brill was found dead in his cabin on a ranch near Durango Colorado today officials believe pneumonia caused his death pending confirmation reports say he was widely known in regional ranching and frontier circles the incident was reported by AP from Durango Colorado
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Durango
Colo
Robert Grantham
Mosquito Hill
Rafialo Brill
Byron Cooney Abandons House Contest
Byron Cooney of Hutte announced earlier this year he would seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the First District but declared today that he would not enter the race.
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BYRON COONEY
Dutte
Byron BLenoney
Hutte
congress
Fox Film Expedition Safe After Alaska Landing
Nome Alaska June AP reports five Fox Film expedition members are safe after a forced landing on an interior lake. Relief planes from Point Barrow returned to Kotzebue with Pilot Matt Nieminen and Radio Operator Richard Jeyser reporting the party safe. Two planes carrying the expedition crews were abandoned on the lake after the forced landing near Ton Barrow.
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Nome
Alaska
Fox Film expedition
Ton Barrow
Kotzebue
Matt Nieminen
Richard Jeyser
Point Barrow
Fairbanks
Brackman Elected Montana Retail Merchants Head
Brackman of Helena was elected president of the Montana Retail Merchants Association at the close of the state convention in Helena. E F A Lee of Conrad became first vice president, A M MacIntyre of Angunda second vice president, and O J Armstrong of Kalispell named secretary treasurer. The convention urged the executive committee to call a meeting of prominent businessmen in Helena to discuss future actions.
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APO. LL Brackman
Helena
Montana Retail Merchants’ association
MWe
EF. A. Lee
Conrad
A. M. MacIntyre
JAngpunda
O. J. Armstrong
Kalispell
secre
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