Dam Threat to Valley as Greenville Pound Weakens
In Greenville South Carolina on May 5 engineers opened a flood pipe to relieve pressure on the Table Rock Cove dam. Officials report no expected loss of life though residents fled to higher ground with livestock and goods as sloughing raised concerns about the dam’s integrity. Congressman Swain and Army engineers were consulted for potential aid while Col. Ludlow traveled to assess the site. Water levels declined after the flood gate was released.
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Greenville
Table Rock Cove
Here
HH. W. Perry
Greenville Water Works
Col
J. WL. Ludlow
Winston- Salem
N. C
Swain
South Carolina
Red Cross
Dam Crack Forces Race to Release Saluda Flood Gate
In Greenville on May 5 engineers worked to open a locked flood gate at Table Rock Cove to lower Saluda river water after the dam wall sloughed away. The 42 inch drain was insufficient to quickly avert disaster. divers reported the gate possibly broken while torrents issued from multiple fissures. Refugees gathered on high ground as workers sought to ease pressure and avert collapse.
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Greenville
S. C
Saluda
Table Rock Cove
Leak at Table Rock Cove dam threatens Greenville water supply
A leak in Greenville South Carolina at the Table Rock Cove water works dam prompted concerns about water supply on May 5. City engineers assess the breach and plan rapid containment measures as residents monitor potential impacts.
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Greenville
S. C
Table Rock Cove
Heywood Broun Fired Again By The World
The New York World prints an announcement that Heywood Broun is no longer employed, citing disloyalty to the paper. Broun had criticized the World in Current Nation and his column had been dropped during the Sacco Vanzetti controversy.
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Heywood Broun
New York
New York World Today
Braun
Air Show at Pope Field Features 70-Ship Flypast
Fort Bragg reports a Monday air show at Pope Field with 70 planes in a 7,000 mile route from Langley Field to Raleigh. War Department officials, seven major generals, two civilian war aides, and embassy attachés will witness aerobatics and new attack maneuvers during the morning program.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
War Department
U.S. Army Air Forces
Pope Field
Langley Field
North Carolina
Raleigh
Pee Dee River
Albemarle
Washington
United States
Senate Frowns On Bank Probe Resolution
The Senate Banking Committee voted adverse on the Blease resolution calling for a senate inquiry into the administration of the Federal Land Bank and the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank at Columbia. Meyer of the Farm Loan Board noted no criminal acts by officials, while three defendants were found guilty in a separate trial.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Blease
Senate
Federal Land and Intermediate Credit Bank
Columbia
Us.c
Norbeck
Eugene Meyer
Farm Loan Commission
Meyer
Farm Loan Board
United States
Department of Justice
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia
Hart launches flight to claim endurance world record
Chickasha Oklahoma May 5 Joe Hart a local businessman and former army aviator took off at 9 38 20 in his Ryan monoplane aiming to set a new world endurance flight record.
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Chickasha
Okla
Joe Hart
Plane Falls and Explodes In Ontario
A United States mail type biplane crashed into Lake Erie near Long Point Ontario and exploded. Only clues remain including a grey wing piece with blue stripe and a route map. The pilot and any passengers were not identified and search efforts failed. Possible occupants named include John Rosecrans and James M Latey.
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Long Point
Ont
Lake Erie
United States Mail
Boston
Chicago
S. B. Cook
Cook
Cleveland
John Rosecrans
Milwaukee
Harvard University Law School
James M. Latey
Buffalo
N. Y
Rosecrans
Cambridge
House Delays Mississippi Flood Control Conference Action
Washington May 5 report says the House delays action on the conference report of the Mississippi river flood control bill so Senate and House conferees may consult with President Coolidge early next week.
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Washington
Senate
House
Coolidge
Air Pioneer Leonard Bonney Killed In Gull-Themed Plane Crash
Leonard W. Bonney, 55, aviation pioneer, died at Curtiss Field when his gull shaped Bonney Gull crashed on its first test flight. He spent years and $100,000 developing it, and planned its gull wing design to mimic bird flight.
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New York
Leonard W. Bonney
Air Pioneer
Curtiss Field
Bonney
Long Island
Mestic
Twelve Greeks Lost in Steamer Collision Near Portland
The British supply ship Bacchus and Greek steamer Ioannis Fafios collided off Portland, England. Ten Greek sailors were drowned and two others died after rescue, while Bacchus limped in port stern foremost. The captain and mate of Ioannis Fafios were lost with their vessel as fog shrouded the channel. Tiger and two tugs towed Bacchus safe.
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Portland
Eng
Bacchus
Ioannis Fafios
Tiger
Channel
PN-12 Seaplane Beats Endurance Record by Large Margin
The PN-12 seaplane set a new world flight endurance record of 36 hours 1 minute 14 seconds at Philadelphia Navy Yard, surpassing the previous 28 hour 25 minute 27 second mark. Lieutenants Arthur Gavin and Zeus Squeek piloted the craft with crew J C Proley and H E Dayton. the flight began Thursday 2:56 PM and ended Friday 2:51 AM, meeting official recognition.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Arthur Gavin
Zeus Squeek
J. C. Proley
H. E. Dayton
Wright Aeronautic Company
C. H. Schildhauer
J. R. Kyle
Italia Dirigible Grounded by Storm at Vadso E Norway
Unfavorable weather kept the Italia airship moored at Vadso Norway with storm conditions. Propellers remained turning to avoid breakaway as snow fell and General Umberto Nobile awaited a clear window to fly to Kings Bay Spitzbergen.
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Vadsoe
Norway
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Wilkins Declines Nobile Polar Expedition Invitation
General Umberto Nobile invited Captain George Wilkins to join three Italia trips to Green land the north pole and Nicholas Island but Wilkins refused while finishing a self written polar journey book. The Hobby steamship may carry Wilkins plane and possibly Pilot Eielson to Norway arriving at Svalbard Wednesday.
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Green Harbor
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
George Wilkins
Italia
Greenland
North Pole
Nicholas Island
Wilkins
Eielson
Norway
Svalbard
Canada Protests Prohibition Enforcement Actions
Protests over U S prohibition enforcement on the Canadian border and near Bermuda draw Washington attention. The coast guard is to avoid Bermuda waters pending a Britain talks, while a Canadian customs official travels to Detroit to probe possible American gunfire across the river. Bermuda protests arise from coast guard chasers near British waters chasing rum pirates.
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Washington
United States
Bermuda
Coast Guard
Customs Bureau
Detroit
Old Ford Stockholders Win Their Appeal On Tax Assessment
Former Ford Motor Company stockholders led by Senator Couzens of Michigan won an appeal on tax assessments totaling about 25 million dollars. The board of tax appeals ruled the 1913 value of 2 180 shares held by Couzens at 21.8 million dollars and fixed 1919 gains at 7.505 million dollars, while overturning 1925 assessments based on a revised gain calculation.
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Old Ford
Washington
Ford Motor Company
Board of Tax Appeals
Ford
Couzens
Michigan
Dodge
Roper
Internal Revenue Bureau
Besieged Tsinan Sees Heavy Fighting and Foreign Concern
Reports from Peking and Shanghai describe Tsinan under siege by 40,000 nationalist troops with 3,000 Japanese defenders in the foreign quarter. Japanese reinforcements move from Tsingtao and Manchuria as consuls meet to discuss order. Authorities note large ammunition losses and rioting linked to Ho Yao-Tsu commanded forces.
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Tsinan Shantung
Standard Oil Company
Shanghai
Taiwan
Nanking
Tsingtao
Tsinan
Shantung
Chiank Kai-Shek
Peking
China
Tsing- Tao
Manchuria
Weihsien
Lungkow
Chefoo
Toakura
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