Torrential rains flood Omaha and Council Bluffs
A 4.97 inch early rain flooded Omaha and Council Bluffs causing hundreds of thousands in damage and injuring four in Omaha. Indian Creek flooded Council Bluffs, mud clogged streets, and plows were used. Homes flooded, basements damaged, and several residents hurt while others evacuated.
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Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Indian Creek
Boyne
Joe McDonald
George Latenser
Freight Loadings Show Varied Rail Freight in Week
Missouri Pacific railroad loaded 16 791 cars of revenue freight in the week ended June 22, down from 21 697 cars a year earlier. Gulf Coast lines moved 2 118 cars, vs 2 892 last year, while International Great Northern handled 3 064 cars, down from 4 671 in the prior year.
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ST. Louis
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Gulf Coast Lines
International- Great-Northern Lines
Doctor Tells Sordid Tale of Dillinger Gangs Disguise
Doctor Wilhelm Loeser testified in Chicago federal court about his fall from professional standing after narcotics violations. He described aiding the Dillinger gang by altering faces and fingerprints of John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter, admitting to taking 1700 dollars from a bureau drawer with Van Meter. He pictured returning home at 3 a.m. with the secret.
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John Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Wilhelm Loeser
Chicago
Louis Piquett
Loeser
Leavenworth
Dillinger
van Meter
Three Lions Escape Cage On Dallas Circus Truck
A trailer carrying three lions broke loose near Dallas causing a ditch collision and a door to open. Residents alerted police as the lions reportedly returned to their cage, with the driver seeking aid as law enforcement arrived.
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Dallas
Thomas
Mailbox game in Kansas ends in mock court case
Wichita judge dismisses the case after Mae Weems, 17, reports a mailbox game partner, Pete Santiago, guilty of attempted assault. The judge scolds the girl and jokes about spanking, calling the game a form of strip poker with no cards.
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Mae. Weems
Louis livestock dealer shot to death on bridge
Paul Dollinger, a Cape Girardeau livestock dealer, was killed by a bullet on a Horse Creek bridge. A silver-painted cattle truck sought by police. August Roseleyer testified he was awakened by a possible shot at 3 a.m. and saw the truck start after being halted on the bridge. Dollinger was known to carry sizable sums in East St. Louis, relatives said.
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Red Bud
Til
Paul Dollinger
Cape Girardeau
August Roseleyer
Horse Creek
Dollinger
National Exchange
Sewage Plant Completed In Brookfield Missouri
Brookfield Missouri completes a $50,000 sewage disposal plant with city bonds and a 30 percent federal grant. The project marks the city’s improvement efforts and the use of federal aid to upgrade sanitation facilities.
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Brookfield
World business mood lifts at international chamber congress
Delegates from 39 nations at the world congress of the International Chamber of Commerce report the world mood improving and business recovering while debate continues on the pace of global prosperity. Thomas J. Watson of IBM predicts a new decade of sensible prosperity with America already moving toward a boom.
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Paris
International Chamber of Commerce
United States
England
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machine’ Corporation
Europe
Asia
America
Perfect Musical Medicine for Criminal Gases
Dr. Clara M. Liepmann of the Russell Sage Foundation announced 14 years of harmonic therapy research claiming music can vaccinate mental sufferers and curb antisocial attitudes. She noted no standard doses and cautioned the last roundup could spark emotion in an asylum inmate but affect others not at all.
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Minneapolis
American Association) For the Advancement of Science
Clara M. Liepmann
Russell Sage Foundation
Johs Dillinger
Manchoukuan Patrol Battles 790 Chinese Near Jehol Chahar Front
Tokyo June 26 A Manchoukuan frontier patrol of 80 men fought 700 Chinese soldiers along the Jehol Chahar frontier. Dispatches say 500 Chinese troops met them Monday with 200 more arriving from Tushikkou as a larger Manchoukuan detachment moved toward the battleground.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Jehol-Chahar
War Office
Rengo
Kesingking
Tushikkou
Toll Bridge Plan Near Miami Missouri Approved
Senate bills include authorization for La Mine county Missouri to build a toll bridge across the Missouri River near Miami. The measure moved to the House for consideration.
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Miami
Washington
Senate
la Mine County
Missouri
House
Niangua Postmaster Appointments Named
The post office department announced acting postmaster appointments including Roy Cooper at Puxico Missouri and Clarence Elmore at Niangua Missouri.
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Niangua
Washington
Post Office Department
Roy Cooper
Puxico
Clarence Elmore
Hindu-Student Wac Took Life After Note Sent
SAMAR, Mo June 26 AP A letter from Stephen P Das 96 year old Hindu student at Kansas State College Manhattan saying he would end his life by his own hand was received by Miss Steffa Kuvent Mulberry Route 2 a day after he killed himself in St Louis He wrote all my worries will be over by midnight Das and Karen met at Kansas State College where they were Cosmopolitan Club members He came to study agriculture with intent to return to India and teach farming methods but did not receive his degree and sought help from the British consul
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Samar
Stephen P. Das
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Steffa Kuvent
Mulberry
Route 2
St. Louis
Miss. Karent
Das
Cosmopolitan Club
India
Mystery Notes and Eagles Dash Across the Sky
A fragmentary report notes a college student left a note stating the British consul would handle his body. In a separate fact, golden eagles are described as capable of flying faster than two miles per minute.
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Greathouse Moroger
ST Louis
Chamber OF Commerce Group
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Phil A. Dallmeyer
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Palma
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St.louis
Memphis
Hotel Claridge
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Lyaat
Budwe
Webster’s Dictionary
Continent
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Budweiser
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