Mississippi Flood Crisis Deepens Across Delta Regions
Memphis Apr 23 AP The Mississippi flood drives thousands to safety while many die and seek aid. Red Cross and Hoover plan expanded relief, worthies commandeer river steamers for refuges. Greenville Leland Vicksburg face dire sanitary, bread shortages as 100 plus Black residents reported drowned near Steps Landing.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Spot's Landing
Greenville
Miss
Leland
Illinois
Missouri
Aransas
Louisiana
Red Cross
Mississippi Valley
Henry M. Baker
American Red Cross
Hoover
Coolidge
Davis
Q. T. Ashburn
Army Engineers
Veteran Bureau
Helena
Scott
Court House
Vicksburg
Henry D. Bay
Steps
Churchmen Choose to Avoid Court Trial
A Mexican government statement says Archbishop Mora Del Rio of Mexico City and other leading prelates fled the country to avoid trial. It cites grave charges supported by incontrovertible proofs and notes the prelates chose departure over facing courts.
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Meantico Clpy
Mora del Rio
Mexico City
Hankow disclaims liability for damage to foreign property
The Hankow government said it would not insure losses to buildings or other property abandoned by foreigners evacuating Hankow. Consul General Lockhart reported a move to stabilize business. banks were sealed and an embargo on silver was imposed by the nationalist government. Many Chinese and foreign firms halted operations as money remittance became difficult. Swatow remained relatively quiet with minor disorders and Allied warships present. The Shanghai area showed more tranquil conditions with limited fighting on the Yangtze fronts.
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Washington
Hankow
Lockhart
State Department
Eugene Chen
7 Cs
Swatow
Shanghai
China
Canton
Yangtse
Nanking
Sheriff Ready To Do Job He Really Dreads
Brunsville April 23 AP The temporary freedom of John Early from the Carville Louisiana leprosarium ends tomorrow as Sheriff Hugh Banks of Yancey county plans to escort Early back to the Louisiana camp. The sheriff said he will use an automobile and may camp out overnight to ensure Early is returned.
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Yancey
John
Brunsville
John Early
United States
Carville
North Carolina
Hugh Banks
Yancey County
State Health Department
Early
Louisiana
Health Department
Banks
Tryon
N. C
Raleigh
Burnsville
South Carolina ends long session with deficit looming
The South Carolina legislature adjourned after a fifteen week session without balancing the budget or providing for a $2,000,000 deficit. About $10.5 million in appropriations was approved while revenue from taxation was not expected to exceed $9.5 million. The session focused on financial problems and included a modified Sunday blue law vetoed by Governor Richards. Indirect taxes rose with a 10 percent levy on sporting goods cut glass art glass and playing cards, cigarette taxes increased, and the admission tax was extended to most amusements and entertainments except high school events.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Richards
Rates Unreasonable Interstate Class Rates Are Overruled
The Interstate Commerce Commission found prevailing interstate class rates in the southwest unreasonable, as challenged by Oklahoma and many Texas cities, and ordered a far reaching revision effective December 5, 1927.
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Washington
Southwest
Oklahoma
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Senator Glass Denounces New York Inference on South
Senator Glass of Virginia argues New York overstates religious intolerance in the South and Klan power. He cites a New York editorial condemning the South alongside reports of Klan rallies in New Jersey and Indiana, claiming Virginia would not draw 400 to a Klan event.
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Glass
Virginia
New York
South
New Jersey
Indiana
White House talks Cuba and relief efforts flood aid
President Coolidge and Cuba's Machado met at the White House with interpreters to discuss relations and possible revisions of parcel post and reciprocity pacts. Hoover and Red Cross move to expand relief for Mississippi Valley floods, with Baker named disaster dictator and trains diverted to expedite aid.
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Washington
Coolidge
Machado
Cuba
White House
Pan- American Union
Kellogg
Ferrara
Stokeley Morgan
State Department
Machada
Mr. Coolidge
United States
Red Cross
Mississippi Valley
Hoover
Memphis
Red Cross Organization
Henry M. Banker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
James L. Fieser
Army, Navy
Commerce Department
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Veterans’ Bureau
Baker
Mississippi
Florence Stokes Found Guilty of Manslaughter
Florence Stokes, 23, was found guilty by a Cook County jury of manslaughter in the death of her sweetheart James Glennon. A motion for a new trial will be heard on April 30.
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Florence Stokes
Chicago
James Glennon
Cook County
North Carolina State Beats Clemson In Dual Track Meet
North Carolina State defeated Clemson College 67 to 58 in a dual track meet held today. The result adds a win for NCSU as Clemson hosts the event on campus in April.
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Clemson College
North Carolina State
Los Angeles dirigible sets 26 hour training flight to Pensacola
GOING SOUTH. LAKEHURST New Jersey April 23 AP Leaving tonight for a training flight of unannounced destination the dirigible Los Angeles wirelessed the naval air station that would proceed to Pensacola Florida. The flight was expected to be of 26 hours duration and officers planned to moor to the mast ship Patoka in Pensacola harbor on arrival.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Patoka
Pensacola Harbor
Heiress Frances Dupont Elopes and Marries in Belair
Miss Frances Dupont daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip F Dupont of Fairville Pa and Richard Morgan a Philadelphia telephone clerk eloped to Belair Md late today and were married. The bride an heiress telegraphed the news of her marriage to her parents soon after the ceremony.
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Wilmington
Del
Frances Dupont
Philip F. ‘Dupont
Fairville
Richard Morgan
Philadephia
Belair
State Board of Health Faces Call for Thorough Investigation
The State Medical Society and lay observers press for a formal, oath backed inquiry into graft charges against the State Board of Health. Dr W S Ranking urges investigation to settle doubt created by the attorney general’s report, with leaders urging proof or denial under oath.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Board of Health
State Medical Society
House of Delegates
Durham
W. S. Ranking
Medical Society
Elayie
Laughinghouse
Rivers Johnson
J. B. Wright
Johnson
Dr. Wright
Debaters Clash Over Prohibition At Carnegie Hall
Clarence Darrow and Wayne B. Wheeler debated prohibition before a large audience in New York. Darrow argued repeal is impossible and liberty must be restored by disobedience, while Wheeler defended enforcement as sound policy and majority will. No official decision was announced.
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New York
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Carnegie Halls
Wheeler
Darrow
American Forum
Acquisition acquits Mrs Lucy Barley in husband murder
Newburgh New York April 23 Mrs Lucy Baxter Barley was acquitted of murdering her husband Daniel F Barley by a supreme court jury after about an hour of deliberation.
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Newburgh, N
Lucy Baxter Barley
Daniel F. Barley
Supreme Court
Flood Relief Appeal Sparks Local Donations in High Point
Amid Arkansas and Mississippi flood devastation an Associated Press report notes 75 000 homeless rising hourly. President Coolidge calls national aid. Five million dollars is sought. Rowland Real Estate leads local donations with a 25 check to support Mississippi Flood Fund via The Enterprise and Red Cross.
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TL Usafids
Arkansas
Mississippi
Associated Press
Coolidge
America
O High Point
Owen-Smith
Red Cross
Rownd Real Estate Company
High Point
Mississippi Flood Fund
Rowland Real Estate Co
Seven Wilmington men held for liquor conspiracy case
George Williams James Nolan Maynard Heenan Jerry Davis R A Snow A R Perry and Ralph Jones were bound over for the May term of federal court after being held on charges of conspiring to violate the prohibition laws. A quantity of bottled aid bend whiskey was found buried in a pit near Calabash Brunswick county. The men were arrested March 23 by federal officers and heard before United States Commissioner Louis Goodman.
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Wilmington
George Williams
James Nolan
Maynard Heenan
Jerry Davis
R. A. Snow
A. R. Perry
Ralph Jones
Calabash
Brunswick County
United States
Louis Goodman
Sailor Falls From Ship During Caribbean Maneuver
Tragedy closes the final Caribbean sea drill as Ward Thomas Nievall, a seamap on the battleship Pennsylvania, perishes after falling from the deck near a temporary anchorage at Gonaives Bay Haiti. His mother's home is in Detroit.
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United States
Haiti
Caribbean
Gonaives Bay
Ward Thomas Nievall
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Stanford Beats USC In Dual Track Meet
Stanford University track and field team defeated national champions USC 77 to 56 in a dual meet today. The Stanford victory adds to a strong home performance against top opponents.
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Stanford University
Call
University of Southern California
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