Crossing Crash Fatal to 10 In Flood Freeze Threatens Relief
Winter and rising waters threaten northeast Arkansas with a possible freeze that would hinder rescue work as 1,600 families in Arkansas and Missouri face inundation. Red Cross officials warn that while ice could slow floods, it will impede evacuation efforts for marooned families in the Big Lake area and along the St Francis and White rivers.
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Memphis
Arkansas
St. Francis
White Rivers
Big Lake
Mississippi
Albert Evans
American Red Grass
Missouri
Evans
States
St. Francis River
Red Cross
Clarendon
Monroe County
Poinsett
Craighead
Prairie
Dunkin County
Holcomb
Macey
Lunsford
Claunch
Gibson
White Oak
Hornersville
Lenath
Rprisbee
Chicago purse snatchers netted by police squad
In Chicago on January 22 a purse theft ended with police arresting four men after they seized the purses and a pistol. Mrs. Mary Tiller, the victim, identified the suspects at a police station where the men were detained awaiting her arrival.
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Chicago
Mary Tiller
Alleged Slayers of Cop Returned to Face Trial
Irene Schroeder and Walter Glenn Dague, in Pennsylvania custody, were moved from Chandler Arizona to Newcastle Pennsylvania to stand trial for slaying Corporal Brady Paul of the state highway patrol. They waived extradition yesterday, reversing plans to fight return to the east.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Irene Schroeder
Walter Glenn Dague
Pennsylvania
Newcastle
Brady Paul
State Highway Patrol
Southern Pacific
Chandler
Farmers Fight Over Tiny Farm Duels. One Dead
In Trumann Arkansas two farmers clashed in a tree line duel over a small tract. Ernest Bush aged 38 was killed while John Bruce 40 was arrested after a pursuit in Jonesboro. Bruce had bought the farm via tax sale then disposed to Robert Olivier. Bush left a widow and four children.
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Trumann
Ark
Ernest Bush
John Bruce
Jonesboro
Bruce
Robert Olivier
Bush
Reprieve granted to Dr Snook until February 28 Columbus
A reprieve was granted in Columbus allowing Dr Snook temporary delay of execution until February 28. The ruling extends life for a limited period, suspending the death sentencepending further review. Authorities intend to reassess the case and consider new legal avenues.
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Columbus
Dr. Snook
Rescue Gangs Dig For Buried Miners In Jermyn Mine
Rescue crews hounded the Clark vein of the Judson Coal mine in Jermyn as rock and coal collapsed trapping three miners. Patrick McAndrew was freed after entombment but Harold Vansickle, James Charles, and William McAndrew remained missing as rescue efforts continued.
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Scranton
Clark
Jermyn
Judson Coal Company
Patrick McAndrew
Jessup
Harold Vansickle
James Charles
William McAndrew
Patrick
Postmaster General backs U S ship preference plan
Washington Jan 22 AP Postmaster General Brown urged Congress to favor ocean mail contracts for ships with U S financial interests. He outlined two options: amend the 1928 act to grant preference to such operators or authorize direct awards without bidding to those vessels.
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Washington
Brown
United States
House Merchant Marine Committee
Congress
Winter Holds All Country In Grasp Flood Frozen Out
A Chicago dispatch reports a nationwide cold wave with ice and blizzards crippling the Midwest and South. One thousand six hundred families in Missouri and Arkansas endure flood and cold, with widespread marooning and stranded trains. Ice jams threaten rivers from the Wabash to the Big Lake region, while Alaska stays unusually warm and the Yukon remains bitterly cold. Authorities consider dynamite to clear ice jams and crews aid refugees amid record low temperatures.
Bank probe deferred by senate banking committee
Washington Jan 22 The senate banking committee voted unanimously to defer consideration of resolutions for an investigation of the banking situation until the senate has disposed of the pending tariff bill.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Weather Fair and Colder Across States Tennessee and Virginia
Forecasts show Tennessee fair tonight and Thursday with colder in eastern areas and a cold wave in the east tonight, slowly rising temperatures by Thursday. Virginia expects rain then snow with much colder conditions, clearing later and a west cold wave tonight, followed by fair and colder Thursday with strong north winds. Readings by C. L. Bunn, U.S. Weather Office.
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Virginia
Weather Blamed For Fatal Plane Crash Near Los Angeles
A weather condition described as unpredictable and unforeseen contributed to a Transcontinental Air Transport-Maddux line crash south of Los Angeles killing 16. A technical board of inquiry released its findings after two days of investigation, with the coroner’s inquest set for tomorrow. Aviation experts and witnesses will testify.
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Los Angeles
Transcontinental Air Transport
Maddux
Here
Memphis Sees 23 Degree Night as Cold Wave Hits
Memphis woke to a frigid fore noon with a low of 23 degrees and clear skies. Last night’s high reached 29 degrees as light snow flurries passed through. Meteorologist F W Brist rated conditions 31 degrees below normal and warned of a further fall to five degrees above zero tonight.
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Memphis
F. W. Brist
Weather Bureau
New Cold Wave Whips Western Dixie States
A new frigid air mass swept the western Dixie states with Arkansas near zero temps and subfreezing readings in Tennessee Mississippi and northern Louisiana Snow blanketed Arkansas with 1 to 3 inches while Nashville saw more snow and Louisiana Mississippi faced rain and sleet Shreveport prepared for potential water pipe damage Cotton harvests in Mississippi slowed Emergency squads arranged in Shreveport and forecasts warned bitter cold would spread to the Carolinas and Virginia
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Dixie
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Nashville
Tenn
Fayetteville
Bentonville
Shreveport
Atlantic Seaboard
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
Extreme Cold Grips Fayetteville as Snow Drifts Rise
At the University of Arkansas experiment station farm near Fayetteville thermometers mark 23 degrees below zero this morning while the city records 14 degrees below. Ten inches of snow blanket the area after a 36 hour storm, leaving frigid conditions across the region.
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Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Experiment Station Farm
Here
Chicago Crises Deepens As City Faces Collapse
Silas H. Strawn warns Chicago city, county and school board are “flat broke” with no bank relief in sight. Three days of searching yielded no aid, tax anticipation warrants failed, and payrolls remain unpaid. Debt nears $290 million, daily interest about $80,000, threatening immediate financial collapse.
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Chicago
Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ Committee
Strawn
Widow of Great Commoner Dies
Hollywood, January 22. Mrs. William Jennings Bryan widow of the Democratic leader dies at 69 after long arthritis illness. She was married October 8, 1884 and lived with daughter Ruth Bryan Owen in Florida before returning to California. Funeral plans set to bury beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery after services in Los Angeles. She is survived by her children and several grandchildren.
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Hollywood
Cal
William Jennings Bryan
Beverly Hillis
Miami
Fla
Ruth Bryan Owen
Congress
Florida
Bryan
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington D. C
Hargreaves
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Los Angeles
Owen
Washington
Mary Elizabeth Baird
Perry, Ills
Radio Set Growth Reported by Commerce Official
W D Terrell of the commerce department radio division told a House sub committee that radio receivers in homes jumped from 60 000 in 1922 to at least 10 million now. He said the 1922 audience was about 75 000 while this year is estimated at over 40 million.
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Washington
W. D. Terrell
Department of Commerce
House
Nine Children Die as Ohio Bus-Train Crash Signals Tragedy
A Cleveland area bus carrying 23 students was struck by a train at Sheldon Road near Berea. Nine children and the driver Don Taylor were killed, with one seriously injured. The cause is undetermined as rescuers rush to aid survivors and the injured are taken to Berea Hospital.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sheldon Road
Berea
Don Taylor
William Davidson
Rita Zelinski
Vernon Davidson
Evelyn Kaltenback
Jacob
Juanita Walters
Dorothy Zelinski
Vincent Zelinski
Rita
William Pastorik
Ethel Davidson
Berea Hospital
Berea High School
Brooks Park School
J. H. Beck
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