Tornado toll rises as Rye Cove graveyard fills
In Rye Cove Virginia the community buries 13 victims from the storm that wrecked the Rye Cove school. Rev J F Craft conducts funerals at home sites while Red Cross teams aid survivors. 145 of 250 pupils were injured and 12 pupils plus a teacher died.
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Rye Cove
Nolachuckey Valley
Virginia
Lonesome Pine
Stone Mountain Gap
J. F. Craft
Scott County
Jamie Taylor
Maurice Clendenen
Avis Runyan
Margaret Mitchell
Bristol
J. BE. Fultage, Jr
James Franklin
Avare
Red Cross
Carter
Carters
New Orleans
Hasker Hill
Noblin
Mohawk Valley Flood Sweeps Towns After Dam Burst
Mohawk River Valley towns plagued by flood after Balsam Dam failure. Heavy rainfall caused the dam to fail sending 26 foot uprush for a half hour washing out bridges and destroying eight or nine houses. Estimated damage up to 100000 dollars.
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Colebrook
N. H
Mohawk River
Connecticu River
Dixville Notch
Balsam Dam
Kidderville
Maine Central Railroad
Storm disables three Lake ships along eastern shores
Three Lake Erie steamers were crippled off Ohio as the City of Buffalo drifted near Ashtabula with 50 passengers and 8 crew. D. N. Philbin and Upson ran aground at Conneaut Harbor while two tugs and coast guard cutters aided the portward maneuver. The Philbin was scuttled after riding a mudbank. both ore carriers carried iron ore from Duluth to Conneaut.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Ohio
Buffalo
Ashtabula
D. N. Philbin
Ss. S. Upson
Conneaut Harbor
Gilmore
Virginia
Cleveland Harbor
Coast Guard
Upson
Conneaut
Philbin
Duluth
Southerners to Testify at Public Power Hearing
The Federal Trade Commission will hear testimony May 10 from William Lavarre and Harold Hall publishers of three Southern newspapers, in the resumed probe into financing of public power utilities. Samuel B. Wyer of Columbus, Ohio, is also named as a witness for that date.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
William Lavarre
Harold Hall
Southern
Samuel 8. Wyer
Columbus
Ohio
Berlin Riot Crackdown Deepens After May Day
Berlin police investigated charges that a Russian communist leader aided by three Soviet army staff members organized a three day riot in Neukölln and Wedding districts. 21 killed and 150+ injured as 6,000 workers joined strikes. English reporter Charles Evau Mackay slain by police after defying orders.
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Berlin
Neukoell
Wedding
Charles Evau Mackay
Waitara
Neue Zeit
Charlottenburg
Manielski
Techeka
Red Army
Neukselin
Pennell Succumbs to Shots in Warren County
S W Pennell died last night after being shot by Buddie Macon a negro as he and his brother Robert Pinnell were at a house in Afton Warren county. Robert Pinnell was in serious condition from abdomen wounds. Macon was also wounded and jailed in Franklin County for a prior killing.
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Louisbury
Franklin
Hoovers Attend White House Picnic Outskirts
President and Mrs Hoover left the White House for an afternoon picnic on the outskirts of Washington.
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Hoovers
Washington
Hoover
White House
Raleigh Kids Reenact Rum Running Curb Trade
Raleigh residents report a curious pastime as children using toy vehicles stage mock liquor runs. Police admit they cannot curb the practice, while officers monitor areas as bootleggers move between curbside sales and spectators. Continued on Page 4.
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Raleigh
Toy Automobiles
Ners
Spoers
Tornado Toll in South Put at 38
The death toll from tornadoes that struck seven southern states Wednesday and Thursday stood at 38 with Virginia hardest hit at 22 deaths. Over 100 injured and vast crop losses were reported as Rye Cove Virginia saw 12 students killed in a schoolhouse collapse.
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Atlanta
Virginia
Rye Cove
Maryland
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South
Little Mother Seeks Endurance Flight Record for Women
Detroit May 4 P A eight pound mother who was an aerial trooper and carnival stunt performer will attempt tomorrow to surpass the endurance flight record for women set by Miss Elinor Smith 17 at Freeport New York Mrs Rose Devile known as Peg Malone will fly a 125 horsepower open cockpit plane She met her husband by leaping from a speeding car at Daytona Beach in 1926 They have a seven month old daughter Margaret who has already flown with her air minded parents from Buffalo to Havana and back The record is 26 hours 21 minutes 32 seconds.
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Detroit
Mich
Mise Elinor Smith
Freeport
N. Y
Malone
Margaret
Buffalo
Havana
Miss Smith
International Paper Sells Gannett Stock
The Brooklyn Eagle reports International Paper and Power Company no longer holds financial interest in the Brooklyn Eagle or Gannett newspapers. Frank E. Gannett paid over 2.7 million dollars to retire International investments in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Albany Knickerbocker Press Albany News and Bhaca Journal News among 17 papers. Archibald Grustein, president of International, testified before the FTC that International held ten million dollars in newspaper investments.
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New York
Brooklyn Eagle
International Paper and Power Company
Gannett
Frank E. Gannett
International Papers and Power Company
Chemical National Bank and Trust Company
International
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Alabany Knickerbocker Press
Albany News
Bhaca Journal News
Archibald R. Graustein
The
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
the International
Senate near vote on export debenture plan for farm relief
May 4 Washington reports a tightly contested senate vote on the export debenture portion of the farm relief bill. Ill senators Shipstead and Kendrick cannot vote, prompting pairs attempts to sway the outcome. House delays as tariff revision work proceeds and Ways and Means drafts a bill for release.
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Washington
Senate
Shipstead
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor
Kendrick
Wyoming
Hoover
Skendrick
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bess
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon Cleared for Treasury Post by Senate Panel Vote
Eight members of the senate judiciary committee found Andrew W. Mellon, a stockholder, not disqualified from serving as secretary of the treasury. A Steiner report granting Mellon clear title passed 5 to 0 with four Democrats not voting. Norris panel ruling disqualifying Mellon was rejected 10 to 3. Borah and King supported a third report holding that stock ownership violates the statute if there is direct or indirect business participation.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Steiner
Burton
Ohio
Hastings
Delaware
Waterman
Colorado
Deneen
Illinois
Gillett
Massachusetts
Robinson
Indiana
Overman
North Carolina
Oregon
Mellon
Norris
Borah
Idaho
King
Utah
Afghan battle near Longarh pits Aman ullah loyalists against rivals
Reports from Peshawar indicate heavy fighting in Afghanistan near Longarh with about 3 000 troops loyal to the deposed Emir Aman ullah engaging roughly 6 000 followers of Bacha Sakao the self styled Usurper of Amanullahs throne amid ongoing turmoil in the region.
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Afghanistan
Peshawar
India
Longarh
Amanullah
Bacha Sakao
Chicago grand juries indict 124 in graft sweep
Federal and county juries indict 124 politicians officials and criminals in a sweeping Chicago graft probe. Sanitary District case adds 15 indictments including six trustees and the former president. Federal panel returns 81 accused of Chicago Heights booze ring. Police captains number six among the 28 additional indictments tied to slot machine graft.
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Chicago Heights
Capone
Chicago
Chicago Sanitary District
Federal Grand Jury
Sanitary District
Timothy J. Crowe
The
Sanitary Board
James M. Whalen
Frank J. Link
John K. Lawler
August W. Miller
John J. Touhy
Three Drown As Car Plunges From Harahan Viaduct
A Memphis crash sent a car 20 feet off the Harahan Viaduct into the Mississippi River killing a man a woman and a girl. The vehicle carried Tennessee plate 172789 registered to Cc Cuff of Memphis. Victims unnamed, identification pending.
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Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Harahan Viaduct
Arkansas
Harahan
Tennessee
Cc. Cuff
Mother and three children die in gas stove explosion
Newcastle Pa May 4 Three children Virginia nine Dorothy fourteen and William thirteen were burned to death in a fire sparked by a gasoline stove explosion. Their mother Mrs Stevens was burn ed possibly fatally with a four year old Eleanor injured but not seriously at the hospital.
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Newcastle
William Stevens
Virginia
Dorothy
William
Lindbergh Wedding Near as His Mother Takes Mysterious Trip
News from Englewood New Jersey reports a flurry of rumors about Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow’s wedding. Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh left Detroit en route to the Morrows, while Charles Lindbergh may soon fly cross country on lines linked to the Transcontinental Air Transport.
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Lindy
Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Paris
North Haven
Morrow
Colonel Lindbergh
Detroit
Evangeline Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Trans-continental Air Transport
Miss Morrow
France And Belgium Yet To Accept New Plan
Paris May 1. The German and American reparations delegations have reached a full agreement on a complete settlement. France and Belgium must still be won over by Mr Young and the other creditor nations. British and Japanese delegates are tentatively favorable, but France and Belgium and possibly Italy may dissent. The plan splits the difference between Germanys offer and Allied demands, with many details to arrange and a possible plenary session tomorrow.
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Paris
Owen D. Young
France
Belgium
Italy
America
Poincare
Young
Earthquake Toll Believed Heavy Across Persian Border
Earthquakes west of Samarkand caused widespread damage in Persian towns with reports of up to 1,090 dead in three towns. In the area around Ashabad one death and 26 injuries occurred, with 90 houses demolished as four tremors struck villages near the Persian border. Russian Turkestan provided aid as destruction spread to Firuza and Germab.
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Ashabad
Russian Turkestan
Samarkand
Tamberlane
Turkestan
Persia
Firuza
Germab
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Peggy Swann
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Sally Schenck
Charlotte
N. C
Miss Schenck
Ramseur
Little Mother
International Paper
Treasury Head
Mrs. Hoover
Land
Herbert Hoover
Lawrence F. King
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New Board
Martin J. O’brien
Dr. Schacht
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