Break in Mississippi levee near Violet aims to save New Orleans
Engineers detonated dynamite on a 1000 foot dike to release floodwaters and shield New Orleans as the Mississippi crest neared the gulf. Red Cross mobilizes boats, refugees rise to thousands while health and flood relief plans expand across six states.
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Violet
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Gulf
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Lower
Tallapoosa
Natchez
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Kankakee
Navy
Henry Baker
Relief
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St. Bernard
Plaquemines
England
Arkansas
Sophie Foot
Kentucky
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Missouri
Louisiana
Missississippi
Tennessee
William R. Redden
Senator Robinson
Congress
President Coolidge
Department of Agriculture
Here
Right of J P to Try Criminal Case Debate Grows
In Raleigh April 29 AP attorneys and magistrates across the state discuss the Greensboro case testing whether a magistrate may try criminal cases in which he has a financial interest. The test arose after John L Williams of High Point was fined ten dollars and costs for speeding with W D Henderson representing the Carolina Motor Club.
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Raleigh
Greensboro
C. W. Roberts
Carolina Motor Club
John L. Williams
High Point
W. D. Henderson
Superior Court
Congress Urged to Meet Emergency Flood Crisis
Senator Robinson of Arkansas urged a special session of Congress to handle the Mississippi river flood emergency. President Coolidge faced Cabinet discussions as Curtis, Republican leader, questioned the benefit of an extra session and favored waiting for the regular session to pass permanent flood relief measures.
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Flood
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Arkansas
Senate
Curtis
Mississippi
President Coolidge
Young Haymaker farmer fights for life on life support
Walter L. Boothe, 18, of Haymaker town roars against a paralyzing illness as neighbors pump air into his lungs on a 192 hour battle. Doctors report his condition unchanged but witnesses hail his iron will and defiant spirit despite near hopeless prognosis.
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Boothe
Roanoke
Walter L. Boothe
Haymakertown
Playlet Presented Tonight at College by Nikenthan Society
A playlet by Miss Lucy Nunnerry of the Nikenthan Literary Society will be presented tonight at 7 by the college organization as a forerunner to Nikanth an Day. Tomorrow morning at 6 a May Day festival opens on campus with a series of features culminating in the first annual banner ceremony in the dining hall.
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Lucy Nunnerry
Nikenthan Literary Society
State oratorical contest to be held at State College
Raleigh April 29 AP The third annual state oratorical contest on the constitution will be held at State College tonight with UNC, Lenior Rhyne, Guilford and State College entered. The winner will represent the state in the southern region contest at Asheville May 20.
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Raleigh
State College
University of North Carolina
Lenoir-Rhyne
Guilford
Contet
Asheville
Mississippi Relief Fund surpasses $1450 with goals toward $2000
Local residents raise funds for Mississippi flood relief totaling $1,450.55 with contributions from many individuals and groups including families, churches, and civic clubs. The effort aims to reach $2,000 soon as Mississippi suffers ongoing flood havoc with deaths injuries and homelessness across the state.
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Mississippi Relief Fund
High Point
Association Workers Target YMCA Membership Drive
Association workers led by General Britt M Armfield and Colonels I R Stewart and Nat Walker boosted YMCA membership to about 650 from a 400-name drive. They aim for 1,000 and plan several days of canvassing plus two to three weeks of ongoing efforts to strengthen the drive and improve follow-up.
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Britt M. Armfield
I. R. Stewart
Nat Walker
Women Elected Officers in Meet Missionary Group
Greensboro April 29 AP Mrs Charles C Weaver of Winston Salem was reelected president of the Methodist Woman s Missionary conference Western North Carolina Conference at a three day convention. Gastonia chosen as next meeting place and 1928 conference sessions set. Numerous officers reelected with few new district secretaries added across Asheville Charlotte Greensboro Marion Mount Airy North Wilkesboro Salisbury Shelby Statesville Waynesville Winston-Salem.
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Greensboro
Charles C. Weaver
Winston-Salem
Methodist Woman's Missionary Conference
Western North Carolina
West Market Street Church
Gastonia
B. L. Morris
J. Dale Stentz
Asheville
W. W. Hagood
Charlotte
H. A. Dunham
W. R. Harris
P. N. Peacock
Salisbury
Hoke Bullard
Amy Hackney
S. H. Isler
M. B. Goodwin
Morganton
Christian Advocate
V. Ll. Stone
Ray Smith
New
V. L. Dawson
Marion
J. F. Jonas
Mount Airy
J. L. Waltz
Nat Pickett
North Wilkesboro
Seymour Taylor
Ida Graham
Shelby
A. J. Owens
Statesville
George Foard
Piedmont Group Leads State in Church Program
The Biblical Recorder reports the Piedmont Baptist association led North Carolina in Cooperative Program giving for the quarter ending April 1. Total church gifts reached 12,880, ahead of Chowan's 7,773.75 and West Chowan's 7,429.39. Individual leaders were First Baptist Greensboro 5,858.89, First Raleigh 4,352.77, and First High Point 3,0447.08. The Ramseur session set a 38,775 goal, with several churches over half their apportionment in three months, implying a potential exceedance of 59,000 for the year.
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Biblical Recorder
Piedmont Association of Baptist Churches
High Point
Chowan Association
West Chowan Association
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
First Church
Raleigh
Churches of the Association
Ramseur
Ruth Snyder on the Stand in Murder Trial Tears Describe Lover
Mrs Ruth Snyder testified in her defense accusing Henry Judd Gray of pressuring her into murder of her husband Albert Snyder. Prosecutors and defense outlined marital strife, a named boat Jessie Gerhardt and insurance policies as key context in the Queens case.
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New York
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Snyder
Queens County
Justice Cudder
Edgar F. Hazelton
Tie
Hawaii
Albert Snyder
Jessie Gerhardt
Judd Gray
Raleigh Attorney General Inspect State Hospital Officials
Attorney General Brummitt returned from Morganton with first hand information on the state hospital and conducted a inspection with Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, commissioner of public welfare. The hospital had been cited in testimony related to the death of B. G. Williams of Beaufort County.
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Raleigh
Brummitt
Morganton
State Hospital
Kate Burr Johnson
B. G. Williams
Beaufort County
Hoover to Speak Over Memphis Radio Linkup
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover will describe the Mississippi valley flood situation to the public via a national radio linkup from Memphis stations WMC. The speech will be aired Saturday night through the Memphis Evening Appeal and Commercial Appeal.
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