Flooded St Francis river area endangers 1700 families
Floods threaten families along the St Francis river valley as levees break near Big Lake Arkansas and Holcomb Missouri. Rescue boats operate in the Big Lake area while refugees are moved to Blytheville. Upper river conditions ease slowly as weather turns bitter and rains hinder relief efforts.
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St. Francis River
Memphis
Missouri
Arkansas
Big Lake
Ark
American Cross
Blytheville
Ippi
St. Francis
White River
Jackson Bayou
Georgetown
Holcomb
Bertig
Marked Tree
Mississippi River
Cairo
Blond playboy cleared in Adler death mystery
Dudley Murphy once linked to a ParisMontparnasse rise to a movie director post at 28 has been absolved of blame in the death of Mrs Harriet Adler. The 38 year old matron was found dead in Murphy’s penthouse in New York City. Detectives ruled the death purely accidental.
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Dudley Murphy
Paris Montparnasse
Harriet Adler
Murphy
New York City
Flood Threat Forces Evacuees From Homes In Big Lake Area
In Blytheville Arkansas on January 21 relief workers faced a serious problem as scores of families refused to abandon their homes near rising flood waters in the Big Lake flood section of Mississippi county. Water inched toward residences and a heavy onrush from a breach in the St Continued on page six.
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Blytheville
Ark
Big Lake
Mississippi County
Train wreck in Alabama kills two, injures twenty five
Two people died when passenger train four derailed near Trafford Alabama after allegedly striking an open switch. Twenty five others were injured, seven seriously, including Decatur firefighter Mack Lacon and passengers from Decatur and Louisville. Engineer Tom Harrison and rider John Henry Johnson were among the dead.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Trafford
Here
Tom Lee Harrison
Decatur
John Henry Johnson
Louisville
Mack Lacon
F. A. McGregor
C. C
Formal inquiries into plane crash underway today
The crash near Oceanside Cal on Sunday involved the T A T Maddux airliner killing sixteen. D W Tomlinson vice president of the company will preside over the inquiry with pilots Whitney Bolande and Welch as witnesses. Colonel Lindbergh will attend. An Oceanside inquest will identify victims. A San Diego county inquiry will fix responsibility Thursday. Separate probes by the San Diego board of air control and the Commerce Department inspector will be secret. The accident board will determine liability after reviewing all findings.
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Oceanside
Cal
D. W. Tomlinson
Los Angeles
Agua Caliente
Mexico
F. W. Whitney
Eddie Bolande
S. D. Welch
Tomlinson
Charles A. Lindbergh
T. A. T. Maddux Line
Air Transport
Schuyler Kelley
San Diego County
Kelley
San Diego
Peculiar weather mystery blamed for San Clemente crash
Los Angeles officials for T. A. T.-Maddux Air Line attributed the San Clemente crash to a peculiar weather mystery. Details on casualties or exact cause were not provided in the brief dispatch.
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Los Angeles
T. A. T.-Maddux Air Line
San Clemente
Fox Denies Speculation in Stocks With Film Co Funds
William Fox denies in a published statement that he speculated in Wall Street using Fox Film Corporation funds. The denial responds to Mrs Susie Dryden Kuser of Bernardsville New Jersey who seeks equity receivership against the company and accuses Fox of excessive salaries and dubious stock dealings. The suit mentions Loews stock purchases and high management costs tied to consolidation benefits. The Kuser claim notes substantial dividends since 1915. A second receivership filing was made by Ira M Gast on behalf of class A stockholders.
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New York
William Fox
Wall Street
Fox Film Corporation
Susie Dryden Kuser
Bernardsville
N. J
Kuser
Loews, Inc
Fox
Loew
Consolidated Company
Fox Film
Ira M. Gast
Rutherford, N. J
Cold Grip Deepens Across Rockies and Plains
Kansas City reporting frigid cold as a broad winter storm drives heavy snowfall toward the east and south. Wyoming and Colorado endure new blankets of snow while Montana sees sub zero readings. Basin Montana records 32 degrees below zero as Oklahoma Missouri Arkansas report snow and Kansas City sinks to 4 below with 18 mph winds.
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Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Basin
Mont
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas City
Kansas
Beloit
Gas
Freezing Memphis Weather Cuts Day After Rain and Sleet
Memphis on a bleak day as temperatures fall after rain and sleet. Forecasters warn of five to ten degrees above zero tonight and the possibility of more snow. Early readings hit freezing and then dropped to 29 degrees by 9 am.
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Memphis
West
Tennessee
Hunter Is Lost In North Carolina Search Expands
Hartford North Carolina January 21 AP The seaplane King Fisher prepared to join the hunt for Tom McMullan a prominent Hertford County man believed lost in the upper Perquimans river wild area. He left Saturday in a motorboat for a hunting trip and has not been heard from as scores of riverboat volunteers aid the search.
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Hartford
N. C
King Fisher
Tom McMullan
Hertford County
Perquimans River
McMullan
Tariff League funds show 1928 campaign role
W H Barbour testifies before the senate lobby committee that the American Tariff League raised about 40000 during the 1928 presidential campaign to promote a protective tariff. A sharp exchange with Chairman Caraway follows questions about a supposed hook-up with the Republican national committee and Work’s approval. Barbour notes Joseph R Grundy resigned as league vice president upon becoming a senator.
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Washington
W. W. Barbour
American Tariff League
Senate Lobby Committee
League
Caraway
Work
Republican National Committee
Committee
Barbour
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
The
Four Die in Snowslide Near Sonora Power House
Four men were killed in a snowslide in the Sierra near Sonora California while repairing a power house. The deceased were Jesus Lerma Mandes Penas George Milovanovich and Speze Banchiff. Banchiff’s body was not recovered. Other workers returned to mend the damaged flume amid fears of a second slide.
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Sonora
Cal
Jesus Lerma
Mandes Penas
George Milanovich
Speze Banchiff
Banchiff
Last Bandit of Gang Caught in Miami Harboring
Stanley Przybyl, said to be the last of five bandits in the Buffalo pre-nuptial dinner robbery, was arrested in a Miami apartment with a woman linked to a Buffalo family. He admitted his identity, is held on robbery charges, and faces return to Buffalo amid a wide official manhunt.
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Miami
Buffalo Family
Fra
Stanley Przybyl
Buffalo
N. Y
Seaboard
Pryzbyl
Ethel Mason
D. C. Coleman
B. H. Venne
Dade County
Coleman
Przybyl
John B. Carson, Jr
Cortland van Cleiff
Eleanor Cameron
Eddie Przybyl
Clanton Duke
Theodore Togacki
William Se
Hoover Listens to King's Talks on Naval Talks
President Hoover rises early to listen by radio to the opening session of the London conference on naval limitations. He is surrounded by Attorney General Mitchel Justice Stone Dr. Joe Boone and White House aides Lawrence Richey and Walter Newton as King George V speaks.
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Hoover
George V
Mitchel
Justice Stone
Supreme Court
Joe Boone
White House
Lawrence Richey
Walter Newton
Hoover reports rising employment nationwide
President Hoover announced the Labor Department reports show employment increasing for the first time since the stock market crash. He cited a clear ten day rise and said public works programs at federal and state levels were starting to bear fruit, with labor officials noting a sustained upward tide.
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Washington
Hoover
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Davis
Weather Update for Tennessee and Virginia
Mostly cloudy in Tennessee with rain in east and central portions, then changing to snow with a cold wave tonight. Wednesday mainly fair but colder in east and central areas. Virginia sees snow in the west and rain or snow in the east, clearing Wednesday morning and turning colder with fresh northwest winds. Readings taken at 6 p.m. daily by Cc. L. Bunn of the U S Weather Office.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Peace in naval talks opens in London with king's address
In London the five great naval powers opened a conference on sea armament limits with King George delivering the formal opening, urging a common sacrifice for peace. Delegates from Britain, France, the United States, Italy, and Japan pledged harmony as informal talks followed the ceremonial session.
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Royal Gallery
Palace of Westminster
George
St. Jame’s Palace
Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
Italy
Japan
British Dominions
Ramsay MacDonald
Henry L. Stimson
Hoover
Andre Tardieu
Dino Grandi
Mussolini
Reijiro Wakatsuki
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Red Cross
Middle West
California
Curtis
Senate
Oregon
Charles J. McNary
James E. Watson
Indiana
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Agnes Ambrosia
Fiorenzo Brancaccio
Andrew Ingugia
Ambrosia
Brooklyn
Tngugia
Air Transport Co
Film CO
Tariff League
Lobby Committee
Carson
DADE
King
King George
Cc. L. Bunn
Desire For Peace
London
Bryon Price
Associated Press
Desire Amity
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