Mississippi River Flood Expands Across Delta Regions
New Orleans reports the Mississippi flood swelling rapidly with levee breaches at Vicksburg and Natchez threatening Concordia Parish. Arkansas embankments fail and Yazoo City area floods destroy cotton stores worth about half a million dollars.
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Missisippi
Vicksburg
Miss
Jlasscock
Natchez
Concordia
Art
Arkansas
Gould
Yazoo City
Miss Garr’s Surprise Atlanta Wedding to Salt Lake Student
New York April 30. Miss Nancy Carr heiress of Atlanta, age 20, wed Edward F. Rosenbaum a Salt Lake City student in a small church with six friends. Her former fiancé William T. Healey, Princeton athlete, competed in javelin at the University of Pennsylvania carnival as the ceremony occurred. Healey declined comment on the marriage upon being informed.
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New York
Nancy Carr
Atlanta
William T. Healey
Princeton University
Edward F. Rosenbaum
Salt Lake City
Utah
Culven Alford
Carr
Julian S. Carr
North Carolina
Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
Rosenbaum
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ivy Club
Princeton
Healey
Hotel Plaza
Levee Breach at Caernarvon Threatens New Orleans Area
The Mississippi River crevasse near Caernarvon is expected to widen to 600 to 2,000 feet within 46 hours as dynamiting continues. Chief engineer George Schoenberger said 4,200 pounds of dynamite have been used with 4,000 pounds more available, and two major gaps will be joined before morning.
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New Orleans
Ississippi
Caernarvvon
George C. Schoenerger
Fae
Birger Linked to Youth Confession in West City Murder Plot
In open court a 19 year old youth testifies that Charley Birger hired him and his brother to kill Mayor Joe Adams of West City. The witness also accuses Birger and associates of burning Shady Rest cabin, killing Elmo Thomasson and others, and of paying for the hits. He claims Birger offered 49 dollars for Adams shot and 50 dollars to each participant.
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Shady Best
Birger
Elmo Thom
Steveres
Elmo
Joe Adams
Charley Birger
Adams
Ray Harlan
Charles H
Blakeney Found Guilty in Bank Fire Case
Tart T. Blakeney former Bank of Midland cashier convicted by Cabarrus Superior Court jury after a five hour deliberation of setting fire to the bank building last April. Sentencing set for Tuesday before Judge Michael Schenck.
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Oncord
Tart
T. Blakeney
Bank of Midland
Cabarrus Superior Court
Michael Schenck
Atlanta Society Reacts to New York Wedding News
News arrives that Miss Nancy Carr married Edward Rosenbaum in New York, surprising Atlanta society. The couple had been engaged to William Healey, with a June wedding planned. Clark Howell, her stepfather, will travel to New York to join the bride. Nancy Carr is the daughter of Julian S. Carr Jr. of Durham and the late Mrs. Howell.
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Atlanta
New York
Nancy Carr
Edward Fr. Rosenbaum
William Thomas Healey
Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
Rosenbaum
Howell
Washington
Julian S. Carr, Jr
Durham, N. C
Julian S. Carr
United Confederate Veterans
Miners Trapped After WV Mine Blast Kills Seven
A massive explosion at the Everettsville mine of the New England Fuel and Transportation company in Fairmont West Virginia traps 76 miners. By nightfall seven dead, 15 injured, and ten escaped the wrecked tunnels with fate undetermined for many.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Everettsville
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
Hoover Sounds Flood Alarm On Radio Broadcast
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover used a national radio address after a week touring the Mississippi flood area from Memphis to New Orleans. He warned of the most dangerous flood in U S history, urged stronger levees, and described extensive devastation and the urgent need for relief and rebuilding across Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Missouri Mississippi and Arkansas.
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Memphis
Tenn
Nation
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Mississippi
New Orleans
Coolidge
Hoover
Edgar Jadwin
Army
Mr. Hoover
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Mississippi Valley
Duke system adds new hydro plant on Catawba at Oxford Shoals
The Southern Power company plans a 56 000 horsepower hydro plant on the Catawba river at Oxford Shoals near Claremont to be operational by 1925. It joins Duke system as the twelfth hydro plant on the river, boosting total hydro capacity to about 721 004 horsepower, with additional output tied to High Rock on the Yadkin river for the Talahassee company.
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Duke Intereste
The
Southern Power Company
Talahassee Power Company
High Rock
Yadkin River
Duke System
Talahassee Company
Duke
Ae Drew
Oxford Shoals
On Trial as Sister Slayers in New York
Ruth Snyder and Lucy Early stand trial for complicity in husbands deaths. Snyder faces charge alongside Henry Judd Gray for Albert Snyder’s murder, while Early and William Wesley are indicted for Daniel Early poisoning at Newburgh. The published photo shows Mrs Early in court.
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New York State
Ruth Snyder
Lucy Early
Seventy five Miners Trapped After WV Mine Explosion
Seventy five miners were entombed in the New England Fuel and Transportation mine at Everettsville West Virginia after a massive explosion wrecked the main entry and tipple. Two men on the tipple were killed and fifteen injured. Rescue teams from state and local mines aided by company officials searched smoke filled tunnels while battling gas.
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Fairmont
W. Va
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
Everettsville
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Grant Town
J.W.' Davisson
J. E. McKay
Key
Admiral Bristol Denied Passage Through Russia En Route to China
Moscow reports that Admiral Mark N Bristol cannot pass through Soviet territory on his voyage to China. The denial follows Washington's refusal to allow Soviet officials including Gregory sokolimi koff and George Ostatakoff to enter the United States.
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Moscow
Russia
China
Mark N. Bristol
Clarence S. Williams
Associated Press
Washington
France
Gregory Sokolimikoff
George Ostatakoff
Kollontay
Mexico
United States
Lorraine Snyder to testify in Snyder-Gray trial
April 30. Lorraine Snyder nine year old daughter of Mrs Ruth Brown Snyder will testify for the defense Monday in the Snyder-Gray murder case. Edgar F Hazelton says Lorraine was an unwanted child and that her birth angered Albert Snyder who sought a boy. Lorraine first alerted neighbors to the murder scene by bringing outside the home news of the crime.
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New York
Snyder-Gray
Lorraine
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd
Albert Snyder
Queeps Village
Snyder
Aviator Shot as Planes Seized in Alien Smuggling Ring
In Los Angeles on April 30 AP reports aviator Arthur A. Daugherty, 24, was shot and killed while fleeing as federal agents seized three planes and detained seven other aviators. The incident followed word of ten Chinese nationals brought from Tijuana, Mexico, aboard the planes at Eagle airport.
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Los Angeles
Arthur A. Daugherty
Daugherty
Eagle Airport
Lacy Explains North Carolina Bond Attorney Situation
North Carolina treasurer Ben R. Lacy defends the state’s bond attorney fees and explains why Chester B. Masslich is serving as bond attorney. He recalls banking support from Joseph G. Brown and notes the 1910 bond issue required expert opinion for sale.
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Interprise Bureau
Walter Horel
Baskerwill
Raleigh
North Carolina
Ben R. Lacy
Chester B. Masslich
New York
Lacy
Masslich
McLean
Council of State
Masglich
Mr. Lacy
Joseph G. Brown
Brown
South
Mr. Brown
Political Speakers Take Final Fling Before Election Day
Arkansas flood emergencies dominate front pages as southeast Arkansas towns face levee breaks near McGehee Lake Village and Lake Village while Monticello coordinates rescues and evacuations for up to nearly all of southeast Arkansas. In High Point voters prepare for a multi-ward contest between Stanton Davis and council rivals as campaigns wind down and turnout builds ahead of Tuesday's polls.
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High Point
AJ Stanton
W. A. Davis
Dr. Stanton
Mr Davis
F. P. Conrad
J. S. Worth
Mr. Davis
Worth
Conrad
HM. A. Millis
Dr. Co
Grayson
Mills
Millis
Clinard
John Sheloff
Charles F. Blake
Blake
Sheloff
J. W. Clinard
B. H. Bradner
Davis Forces
Sheraton
Davis
Stanton
Burrus
J. Ed. Kirkman
George Penny
Fred N. Tate
Otha
Petlyio
Dar
Flood Relief Concert at Broadhurst Today
A 3 PM flood relief concert at the Broadhurst Theatre features local artists including Clarence Schultheiss and Mrs. Jess Alderman with a quartet and the High Point Orchestra conducted by Dan W. Smith. Proceeds go to Mississippi flood victims via the American Red Cross and funds will aid relief efforts with no delay.
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Mississippi
Broadhurst Theatre
Clarence Schultheiss
Jess Alderman
Edith Moore
Andrew QO. Bulter
Robert Stratton
John C. Abels
Hermann F. Abels
J. Gurney Briggs
Owen
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Axk
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Dumas
Walnut Lake
Tillar
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Lake Village
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McGehee
Joe Harris
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Chicot County
Ashley County
Mont Rose
Parkdale
Walmut
Broadhurst
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