Missouri River High Water Delays Road Traffic Across Counties
Flooding on the Missouri River holds multiple routes in standstill. Route 47 from Washington, U. S. 40 and 61 near St. Charles, Route 94 near West Alton, and Routes 13 52 south of Clinton are blocked. U. S. 28 from St. Joseph to Hannibal is clear, U. S. 50 from Hannibal to St. Louis remains open with no expected issues.
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Washingston
Washington
U. S. 61
St. Charles
St. Charles County
Alton
Clinton
Warsaw
Tuscumbia
St. Joseph
Hannibal
Eased City
U. S. 50
Hanes City
St. Louis
Battle Levees Near Mouth of Missouri
Levee guards fought a five day battle to save dikes as floodwaters cover 625 square miles of bottom land between St. Louis and Kansas City. Osage River falling, aerial survey suggests Missouri river flood area may be larger, with crests forecast at St. Charles around 34.7 feet and other towns already at major levels.
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ST. Luis
Missouri River
H. H. Krusekoph
University of Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
Krusekoph
Missouri
Grand River
Mississippi
Osage River
C. E B. Walsh
Capt. Walsh
Bluff
Rocheport
Horntown
St. Joseph
Roscoe Nunn
Boonville
Hermann
St. Charles
Waverly
Jefferson City
Grand
Osage
Flooded Kaw Valley Areas Hit North Lawrence Hard
Nearly 2,000 flood victims in North Lawrence Kansas and adjacent Kaw valley farmlands were homeless as the Missouri river spill covered about 125 square miles of farmland in eastern Missouri. The Kaw River dike breach north of Lawrence caused extensive crop losses while Lawrence escaped major flooding despite widespread water in basements and lower floors.
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Kansas City
North Lawrence
Kas
Kaw Valley
Missouri
Lawrence
Red Cross
University of Kansas
K. C
Missouri river flood controls ease Kansas City fears
Government engineers reported no expected overflow in the low lying areas as floods spread through the region. Dikes were strengthened around Kansas City while dynamite cleared driftwood blocking bridges and hundreds watched the rising water along the Missouri and Kaw rivers.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Japanese Troops March Through Tientsin Amid Tense City
Japanese armed troops with field pieces and machine guns moved through Tientsin China led by mounted officers as foreign residents and business interests grew anxious. The action coincided with a North China command conference amid speculation on demilitarization and future occupation. Col Sakai of North China forces signaled Peiping and Tientsin may join the demilitarized zone despite foreign fears.
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Tientsin
China
Great Wall
Shanghai
Japan
North China
Peiping
United Press
Takashi Sakai
Sakai
Missouri U Names Assistant Grid Coaches
Columbia Missouri June 6 AP appointment of Phil Bengston a 1934 Minnesota football member as assistant varsity grid coach at the University of Missouri announced today J C Simmons Mount Vernon high school coach and former Faurot player named freshman coach and three Faurot trained men Orville Towers Robert Doyle and William Scholle all Kirksville 1934 team members named assistant frosh coaches
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Columbia, Mo
Phil Bengston
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
J. C. Simmons
Mount Vernon
Don Faurot
Kirksville Teachers College
Orville Towers
Robert Doyle
William Scholle
Kirksville
Frosh
Senator Hurt In Yacht Crash On Potomac Seawall
Washington gossip swirled over the identity of a United States Senator who, along with three others, was injured when a small yacht struck a Potomac seawall last night. At the emergency hospital the injured named Albert B. Clark the boat owner, Miss Frances Knaite 33, and Mrs. Evelyn Barr. The fourth passenger, described as the senator, left without giving his name and police said they did not know his identity.
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Washington
Ihe
United States
Potomac River
Albert B. Clark
Frances Knaite
Evelyn Barr
Governors pledge fast flood relief for Nebraska towns
Governor Cochran and federal officials pledged to cut red tape and speed relief to flood struck towns in the Republican river valley. They announced the governor’s coordinating committees and urged public donations to Red Cross and relief groups while noting federal participation is limited by law. Congress may pursue a separate NRA substitute or prison-made goods controls as tensions rise over interstate commerce and regulatory measures.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Cochran
John O'Connor
House Rules Committee
NRA
Congress
Solon Leaders Agree to Keep NRA Organization
Solon leaders push to use federal taxing powers to pressure industry into accepting original NRA codes or face taxes. Chairman Robert L. Coughton says this will guide permanent NRA substitute legislation this session. Stop gap moves advance as President’s plan proceeds and TVA debate shifts. Treasury proposes higher inheritance taxes. current yield is 103.6 million with next year projected at 190 million. states largely follow this pattern.
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Robert L. Coughton
Ways Ane Means Committee
House
Ways and Means
NRA
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Odo
Huey Long
Robert la Follette
Anney Litigation Ends in High Court
Emporia Kansas June 6 The Kansas supreme court mandate confirming a sentence from 36 to 800 years for Warren W Finney in an embezzlement case from a bank was received with no delay. Lyon county officials and Finneys attorneys indicated he may be moved to Lansing state penitentiary and the decision ends the long litigation unless a U S appeal is filed.
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Emporia
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Warren W. Finney
Lyon County
Finney
Sean
Lansing
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Radio attack planned in Springfield clarified
A letter from A J Gray Atchison county representative asking to broadcast an attack on T J Pendergast Kansas City Democratic leader was answered publicly by Lester Cox KWTO executive Our facilities are open as much to Mr Gray as anyone provided he adheres to broad ing rules
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Springfield
A. J. Gray
Atchison County
T. J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Lester Cox
KWTO
Gray
Cox
Steel Industry to Preserve Invalidated Code Standards
Leaders of the American steel industry representing 96 percent of capacity adopted resolutions to maintain pay scales maximum hours standards of fair competition and collective bargaining as set under the invalidated NRA steel code. Over 200 executives from across the nation attended the meeting at the American Iron and Steel Institute led by president Eugene G. Grace. Prices of steel were not discussed as third quarter quotations had already been filed.
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New York
NRA
American Iron & Steel Institute
Eugene G. Grace
Institute
Quiet Prevailed in Mine Strike Area
JOPLIN Mo June 1 AP Quiet prevailed in the Oklahoma mining field as two more mines employing about 100 men opened. A heavy rain sent workers to shelter and about 1,400 men were expected to be at work by Saturday. The field normally employs about 4,000 men.
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Joplin
Oklahoma
Pair Held In Arkansas In Kidnapping Case
Fayetteville Arkansas June 6 AP A man and woman remained jailed awaiting word from Oklahoma authorities in a case linked to 13 year old Lois Eden who alleged she was kidnapped last December in McAlester Oklahoma. The girl said she was forced to work on a farm and threatened if she spoke. She described being kept in a loft and offered nursing work for the couple’s baby before being taken to Hartshorn Oklahoma and then Arkansas. Her relatives were notified she had been found safe by deputy sheriff Tom Foforth and her uncle Her shell Ross from McAlester arrived.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Oklahoma
Lois Eden
McAlester
Okla
Highway 16
Eden
Lois
Hartshorn
Arkansas
Tom Foforth
Poteau
Hershell Ross
Ross
Tobacco program vote urged after May wheat win
The AAA calls for a June 29 referendum on continuing flue cured tobacco production control after the 1935 Kerr Smith act. Growers will decide whether to follow the 1935 program with another year of compulsory limits. The measure aims to sustain higher cigarette tobacco prices above parity.
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Washington
AAA
AAA Control J
Growlers
Toledo Strike Ends Early After 24 Hour Walkout
Toledo's electric strike in the tri state industrial district ended this morning with workers returning to power. The brief stoppage began yesterday, threatening disruption but concluded quickly as crews resumed service in the central industrial hub.
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Toledo
Tri-State
Toledo Edison Strike Seeks Settlement In Ohio
Workers at Toledo Edison reach a temporary settlement under the local IBEW with offices facing pay cuts and operating staff demanding raises. A five member union committee will join company vice president Charles Proctor in New York to negotiate. International IBEW officials ordered business agent Oliver Myers to end the strike and seek negotiations.
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Toledo Edison Company
Toledo
International Brotherhood of Electric Workers
New York
Charles Proctor
Brotherhood
Oliver Myers
French meet deadlock stalls bid for strong government
Paris June 6 Up The effort to form a cabinet with extraordinary powers to save the franc collapsed as Francois Pietri yielded to lack of chamber support after demanding decree powers and facing stern radical socialist resistance. Fernand Bouisson refused another attempt, and Edouard Herriot was recalled to the palace while Piet urged recall of Pierre Laval as a potential majority finder.
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Paris
Francois Pietri
Pietri
Navy
Chamber of Deputies
Fernand Bouisson
Edouard Herriot
Piet
LeBrun
Pierre Laval
Committee probes large retail firms over small business impact
Washington June 6 A list showing $1,000 contributions from nine large retail firms to the American Retail Federation was entered into the record by House committee chair Wright Patman after Col Clarence O. Sherrill verified it. Named givers include R. H. Macy & Co. F. and R. Lazarus S. H. Kress BAltman Liggett Jc Penney Sears Kroger Strawbridge and Clothier with dates April 24 to 29.
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Washington
American Retail Federation, Inc
House Committee
Chsiingn Wright Patman
Tex
Clarence O. Sherrill
Federation
R. H. Macy & Co
F. and R. Lazarus and Co
S. H. Kress & Co
B. Altman
Liggett Drug Co
J. c. Penney Co
Sears Roebuck & Co
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Strawbridge & Clothier
Two Killed in Photos Battle at Warwick Post Office
In Warwick New York on June 6 a Paterson New Jersey detective and a man named Gifford Wright were killed when detectives trapped Wright at the Warwick post office. Detective Robert Alexander died en route to Warwick hospital. Wright was shot through the heart according to officials. Williams the Warwick health officer noted Wright had been camping at Greenwood Lake before calling at the Warwick post office for his mail.
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Warwick
N. Y
Paterson
N. J
Gifford Wright
Wright
Robert al
Exander
Warwick Hospital
Gilbert Williams
Greenwood Lake
German Stocks Hit New Highs in Boom
Berlin reports a surge in German stocks on June 8 as markets push to record highs amid a booming economy. Traders cite strong export data and investor confidence driving gains across major indices.
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Berlin
Unclear crisis impact linked to devaluation fears and supply
Fragmentary report notes fears of devaluation and limited floating supply influenced by government speculation efforts, with mention of banking turmoil since 1931. The text is incomplete and lacks concrete names, dates, or outcomes to specify.
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Mouth
Bey
Lydis
Pinkham
Missouri U
SOLON
House Labor Committee
House Military Affairs Committee
ANNEY
Steel Industry
Buescher
Buescher Funeral
Capitol Ave
Buescher’s
Frank H. Wymore
Laurel
South Pasadena
Calif
Tay Galls
Fidelity Finance CO
J. H. Grise
Mer
Madison St
Meyerhardt
Knox Straws
E. High St
Exchange National Bank
Dallmeyer
Hugh Stephens
Thos. Lawson Price
Exchange National
Lepiti
the Exchange National Bank
Gobir Raithelwine
Adni Ice
RE. Dallmeyer
Frank Ramsey
Paul Bosch
Frank Railton
John Sinclair
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