Engineers Not Certain Dike Cut Will Save New Orleans
Flood fear rises as engineers weigh cutting the Poydras dike at noon to avert the crest of the Mississippi. Residents assess sacrifices to protect the city while soldiers guard levees amid dynamite rumor fears and civilian leadership under John M. Parker during the disaster. Death tolls climb in several states as evacuations spread, Red Cross expands outposts, and rescue efforts surge along Louisiana and Mississippi front lines.
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Hope
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Poydras
John M. Parker
Hoover
Mississippi River
Crescent City
Red Cross
Arkansas
Souuth Bend Levee
Arkansas River
Rampart
New Dangers Arise In Flood Crisis Across Delta Region
In MEMPHIS April 28 AP urgent flood reports show New Orleans and lower Louisiana parishes preparing for a historic emergency. Upstream towns flood as waters rise forcing evacuations in Arkansas Mississippi and northern Louisiana. Red Cross calls for boats food and aid while refugee camps report disease outbreaks and high ground camps form.
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Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Louisiana
Lower
Mississippi Valley
Great Basin
Arkansas
Mississippi
Red Cross
St. Bernard
Palquemina
Crescent City
Poydras Rampart
Poydras
Mississippi River
Greenville
Mississippi Delta
Stops Landing
Yazoo
Sunflower
Izonia
Belgians flee with portable possessions as Memphis report notes
A Memphis dispatch from April 28 reports Belgian refugees fleeing with all portable possessions as they escape the advancing forces. The AP summary notes movement and disruption affecting civilians amid the conflict.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rotarians Back YMCA Drive With 100 Percent Signups
In a rapid luncheon effort the High Point Rotary club achieved full participation in a YMCA drive. They signed up every Rotarian and funded YMCA memberships for 22 boys unable to pay their dues, a swift display of generosity and renewals.
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High Point Rotary Club
Freud N
Ed Millis
Rotary
Early Departed From Leper Camp Without Notice
John Early escaped from Leper Acre near Burnsville in Yancey county taking a vehicle with relatives. Sheriff Banks reports he left Wednesday night from the camp and headed toward Asheville, while Polk county officers monitor the fugitive who recently left Carville leprosarium. Early has family in Tryon and nearby Columbus.
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Tryon
Burnsville
Yancey County
John Early
Polk County
Hugh Banks
Columbus
Early
Carville
Jimarly
Matt Early
Bowen Constance
High Point School Equipment Awards Announced
Superintendent T Wingate Andrews says most of the new High Point high school equipment has been purchased with contracts awarded to several firms. American Seating of Grand Rapids provides auditorium seats and desks, Kewaunee Manufacturing of Kewaunee supplies science and other room equipment, Medart of Saint Louis furnishes gym gear, Oliver Machine Works of Grand Rapids supplies woodworking machinery, and John Van Range of Atlanta provides cafeteria equipment. Library and office items remain to be purchased.
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High Point High School
T. Wingate Andrews
American Seating Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Kewaunee
Wis
Medart Company
Saint Louis, Mo
Oliver Machine Works
Grend Rapids
John van Range Company
Atlanta, Ga
U S Marine Plane Hit by Fire During Nicaragua Flight
A United States Marine Corps airplane piloted by Major R. E. Rowell, on an observation flight over Teustepe, Nicaragua, was fired on yesterday. A bullet hole appeared near the pilot's seat on its return to base while three other planes in the same patrol were untouched.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States Marine Corps
R. E. Rowell
Teustepe
Examiners Attack Fruit Growers Express Accounting Methods
Jacksonville April 28 The Interstate Commerce Commission continued its critique of Fruit Growers Express cost accounting as examiners in Atlanta prepare for adjournment tonight. Examiner Leroy Price Jr. contends the company earned more than $34 per car while the carrier says a loss of $7.61 per car occurred. He also charges inflated refrigeration charges allowed the company to distribute about twice its original capital stock and claim an equity of 75 percent in property worth around $26 million.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fruit Growers Express Company
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Leroy
Price, Jr
Commission
Bureau of Accounts
Price
Laymen Call Prayer Meeting Ahead of Southern Baptists
Lay Baptist delegates from five states issue a call for a laymen prayer meeting in Louisville Kentucky on May 3. The event precedes the Southern Baptists convention opening May 4 and aims to inspire similar services in home churches across the region.
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Louisville
Southern Baptists
South
Louis’ ‘le
Red Cross Headquarters Relocated to Ford Plant Near Tracks
The American Red Cross moved its Memphis headquarters today from the chamber of commerce building to the Ford Motor company plant. The new site offers ample space adjacent to railroad tracks.
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Memphis, Tenn
American Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Ford Motor Company
Walter Boothe sinks deeper in flood era struggle
Roanoke April 28 Walter Boothe 18 of Botetourt County remains on life support as doctors call his condition unchanged after lung collapse during vertebrae surgery. An extension to his neck harness was added to ease spinal pressure while fans in High Point kick off a flood relief drive aiming to raise 2000 dollars for Mississippi flood victims with many locals urged to contribute.
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Botetour
Magistrate Mangum Sought by Capias in Charlotte
A capias was issued for Magister S. A. Mangum in recorder's court after he failed to appear for trial on charges of failing to settle with the county for fines forfeitures and fees collected while he served as judge of the rural police court. Detective J H Owen reported Mangum absent and his wife said he had not been seen for two days. The defense sought a continuance claiming illness. no doctor’s certificate was provided and the capias stands.
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H. Wilson Price
Cupid Not Drowned
In Greenville Mississippi on April 27 George Crittenden married Miss Hebe Smyth as floodwaters rose. The ceremony took place in a rectory floor just inches above the water mirroring a wedding march. The couple linked two prominent delta families in a notable social moment amid disaster.
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Greenville
Miss
Cupid
George Crittenden
Hebe Smyth
Mississippi Delta
Carter Glass Sees Smith as Presidential Possibility
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia weighs Gov Er Smith as a potential presidential candidate in the current Review of Reviews. He argues Smith could win with a sound democratic platform but would face defeat if prohibition is the party test, especially in Virginia and the South.
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Prohibition
Virginia
Old Dominion
New York
Carter Glass
Review of Reviews
Smith
South
al Smith
Samuel J. Tilden
Clem L. Shaver
Democratic National Committee
George W. Olvany
Tammany Fall
Democratic Committee
Tammany
Olvany
Shaver
Poers
National Committee
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Little Mintosh Boy Dies At Home In This City
Don MeclIntosh son of Mr and Mrs James L McIntosh died at 722 Russell Street yesterday afternoon after a several day illness He would have been one year old today Survivors include parents three sisters Etta Maye Viola and Thelma and a brother J C McIntosh Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow at 2 pm with Rev T E Pierce of the Welch Memorial M P Church officiating Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery
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High Point
Winston-Salem
Catherine Gill
Okwakees
Green St
Baptist Church
Charles R. D’hollosy
Loma E. Dodamead
G. E. Hutchens and
Employes
Mpoome
Oss
Cca Wee
IANO
Ccccisensve Bee
Owen- Smith
Lola Moon
Welch Memorial Senior
J. J. Hamlin
Roy Almstrone Oc
Owen Ews
G. Darhbee
Friends
Friends Sunday School
W. B. Pollock
Consolidated Veneer and Panel Company
Tom A. Sykes
Lucian Long
F. R. Taylor
Ae Prom Odooy
Nettie Kennedy
McEwen Lumber Company
Moiy St. Baptist Church
J. Ss
J. Ss. Welborn. 10.00 Mrs. Margaret Easy Cesta ! Gee Charles F. Long
Cena Epee
William London
Rowland Real Estate Co
M. P. Baraca
C. P. Coble
E. M. Singlefield
A. Matton
M. W. Stump
W. F. Clayton
S. P. Chandler
Superior
W'son Mot. Co
James Re
Ee Erlecoe
Mr. Hilliard
Marianne Martin
Nick Drakulakos
Eagle Wee Teed
Iks
Trinity Baptis
Waci Motus Occckacekacee
Bemeres
Awk
Vecane
Don MeclIntosh
James L. MclIntosh
Russell Street
Etta Maye
Viola
Thelma
J. C. McIntosh
T. E. Pierce
Welch Memorial M. P. Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Infant Daughter Dies Funeral Service Today
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Burton died yesterday at 5 PM. Funeral services were held at Sechrest Funeral Home at 11 AM with Miss Cora Lee Norman of Oak Hill Friends church officiating. Burial followed in Springfield cemetery.
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C. L. Burton
Sechrest Funeral Home
Cora Lee Norman
Oak Hill Friends Church
Springfield Cemetery
Mrs Ruth Snyder to testify in her murder defense tomorrow
In Queens County Court Mrs Ruth Snyder plans to take the stand in her own defense as Henry Judd Gray and Snyder face murder charges. The defense adjourned to file motions while prosecutors prepared to finish their case.
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Ruth Snyder
Queen’s County
New York
Henry Judd Gray
Edgar F. Hazleton
Defense
Snyder
Haddon Gray
Syracuse
Albert Snyder
Gray
Edgar F. Hazelton
Paul Mathis
Jamaica
Frank Voorhis
New York Central
Proessel
Albany
Tragic Death From Charged Barbed Wire Fence
In Buncombe county North Carolina a heavily charged barbed wire fence sparked by a fallen transmission line caused the death of 13 year old Weaver Murphy who was attempting to reach a local store. Several neighbors were shocked but none seriously hurt as rescue crews cut the power and recovered the body from the fence.
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Asheville
New Found
Buncombe County
Iat
Weaver Murphy
Charles Murphy
Young Murphy
Murphy
Reward Offered for Hit-and-Run Drivers in Raleigh
In Raleigh on April 28 Charles 5 Wallace of the Carolina Motor Club posts a $50 reward for drivers who abandon the scene after accidents. He cites rising highway crashes due to inexperienced drivers and urges car owners to report license numbers of reckless motorists to help convict offenders.
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Raleigh
Charles 5. Wallace
Morehead City
Carolina Motor Club
Wallace
State's Schools Valued At 84 Million Dollars
Total appraised value of all public school property used for elementary and secondary education in North Carolina was 84,541,828 on June 30, 1926, up 13,835,993 from prior measurement, per the state department of education. Carload shipments of strawberries to eastern markets may exceed 1,000, says A B Etheridge of the agriculture department.
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Raleigh
State Department of Education
North Carolina
A. B. Etheride
State Department of Agriculture
Governor McLean Appeals North Carolina Aid for Mississippi Flood Sufferers
Governor McLean, returning from New York City, dictated a second appeal to civic and religious groups and individuals in North Carolina urging intensified efforts to aid Mississippi flood sufferers.
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McLean
New York City
North Carolina
Mississippi
Edwin Bridges Enters Bid For State Pardon Commissioner
Edwin Bridges of Charlotte announced today his readiness to assume Hoyle Link’s duties as state pardon commissioner, effective May 1.
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Edwin Bridges
Charlotte
Hoyle Link
Pan American goodwill fliers arrive in Wilmington
Pan American goodwill fliers land at the Carolina shipyards Wilmington at 12 35 pm after a Savannah leg covering two hours fifty minutes. Major General A J Bowley Major Walter H Blair and local officials greet the visitors who will attend a dinner and an evening cotton ball hosted by the local women’s club.
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Wilmington
United States Army
Pan- American Good Will Fliers
Savannah
South America
Carolina Shipyards
Genral A. J. Bowley
Fort Bragg
Walter H. Blair
Woman’s Club
Foreign Exchange Rates Quoted Worldwide
The New York market reported dollar exchange rates in cents for currencies and currencies abroad. The list includes Great Britain 485 3 8 bid and 485 3 4 cables, France 391 5 8 bid and 391 3 4 cables, Italy 531 1 4 bid and 531 3 4 cables, plus Belgium 1389 1 2, Germany 2369 1 2, Holland 3998 1 2, Norway 2582, Sweden 2674 1 2, Denmark 2666, Switzerland 1923, Spain 1761, Greece 132 1 2, Poland 1140, Czecho Slovakia 291, Jugoslavia 176, Austria 1412 1 2, Roumania 62 1 2, Argentina 423 166, Brazil 1181 1 4, Tokyo 4766 1 4, Shanghai 6187 1 2, Montreal 100.15 5 8.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho Slovakia
Jugo Slavia
Austria
Roumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Montreal
Woodmen Welcome Members to Eastern Carolina District Meet
Judge E L Stewart greeted about 300 Woodmen of the World members from eastern North Carolina today in Washington. The district meeting drew attendees from multiple towns as the organization convened for regional activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N. C
E. L. Stewart
Order of Woodmen of the World
Carolina
YY. L. Johnson
Aboskie
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Missouri Pacific
NEA
Simsboro
Ark
Express
Boothe
Roanoke
Walter Boothe
Capias
Mintosh
Atson
Pan-American Fliers Lang
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