Death toll climbs as Great Plains flood devastates states
The western Great Plains face a massive flood toll with 128 dead across six states and $12 million in property damage. Nebraska bears the heaviest losses with 86 dead. other counts include Colorado 19 Wyoming 7 Texas 5 Kansas 9 and Missouri 2. Red Cross estimates note at least 1,000 homeless families and ongoing reconstruction efforts as rivers threaten new junctions.
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Oxford
Great Plains
Nebraska
South Platte
Colorado
Wyoming
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Republican
J. M. Power
Red Cross
R. R. Hartford
Charles R. Herrick
Curtis
Frontier County
Junction City
Eas
Smoky Hill
Ranwich
Clay Center
Weather showers and cooler in Tennessee and surrounding states
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in central and west portions with possible thundershowers tonight and Tuesday in extreme east Tennessee. Virginia mostly cooler in south portion Tuesday with cooler conditions in west and north tonight. Kentucky partly cloudy and cooler tonight with local thundershowers in the east this afternoon or tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Efternown
Laurel businessman denies murder motive in Keeton case
LAUREL Miss June 3 P W M Carter a Laurel businessman today denied on the witness stand in his murder trial that he shot and killed Mrs Daisy Keeton 57 Laurel widow as charged last week in testimony by her daughter Ouida Keeton 33 now facing a life term for the slaying Carter admitted a love affair with Miss Keeton but denied improper relations He testified Ouida entered his employ in 1920 and about a year later they began to like each other with a love affair but had no improper relations The testimony clashed with Ouida's claim of an improper intimate relationship Judge Pack ordered the courtroom cleared of all children under 15 years of age.
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Laurel
Miss
W. M. Carter
Daisy Keeton
Ouida Keeton
Carter
Miss Keeton
Ouida
W. Joe Pack
Open Warfare Seen In Nashville Taxi Strike
Nashville drivers faced open warfare as General Cab Company operated 20 cabs in daytime service, with 3 drivers assaulted and 8 men arrested. Charges included assault with intent to murder against Ray Walker and G A Robinson, both freed on $500 bonds. Union support grew as Stage Employes and Typographical locals pledged aid to end the strike, while rate cuts from nine to four and a half cents a gallon spurred tensions.
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Nashville, Tenn
General Cab Company
Nashville
Ray Walker
G. A. Robinson
James Wright
Wick Jamison
C. E. Bird
O. D. Jenkins
S. E. Fitzgerald
Jenkins
Veterans urge bonus bill linked to social security plan
MACON GA June 3 AP Commander James E Van Zandt of the Veterans of Foreign Wars says he would not be surprised to see a soldiers bonus bill tacked onto President Roosevelts social security measure in the Senate Tuesday Speaking before about 500 Georgia veterans he said defeat of the Patman bonus bill does not end the issue as money remains to be paid He noted an amendment with broad support could win a two thirds Senate vote and warned Roosevelt would have to veto his own social security bill if he blocks the bonus.
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Macon
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roosevel
Senate
Georgia
Georgis V. F. W
van Zandt
Roosevelt
Knoxville Power Case Seeks Strike of Exhibits
Hess and E Barton contractors seek to strike voluminous exhibits from the record in Knox county chancery court as part of the case over Knoxville’s proposed municipal power system. The Tennessee Public Service Company obtained the injunction blocking work. Chancellor A E Mitchell considered the motion, aiming to narrow the issues to the city’s right to build the system. Hess and Barton seek dissolution of the TPS injunction and remain allied with the city. Continued on page eight.
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Knoxville
Hess
E Barton
Tennessee Public Service Company
Knox County Chancery Court
A. E. Mitchell
Barton
Power Company
TPS
Presbyterians Set 1936 Assembly Agenda In Augusta Visit
The 75th Southern Presbyterian General Assembly unanimously accepted Augusta Georgia as the 1936 meeting site on the third Thursday in May. The body adopted an amended budget of 33473.25 with a six cent per member levy and kept a 5500 line item for the historical foundation. The assembly also addressed reaffiliation with the Federal Council of Churches and the denomination’s stance on military questions.
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Montreat
N. C
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Augusta
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Committee On Finance, Budget and
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Frenchmen rescued after desert trek in Sahara tragedy
Two Frenchmen Kneebret and Chavezus survived a five day desert ordeal in Sahara near Inguezzam after their English companions died. They traveled from Agadez on May 22 with Mrs Knight and Mr Preyston, funds for rescue failed when their truck ran out of gas. the two Frenchmen walked to safety four miles from Inguezzam as searchers found them.
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Algiers
Algeria
Sahara
Tamanrasset
Kneebret
Chavezus
Knight
Lef
Mr. Preys
Inguezzam
Campaign plan shaped by FDR in the Capitol
Washington June 2 The capital weighs Roosevelt's move on NRA as the 1936 fight over federal economic power grows. Senator Borah declares the constitution already grants government emergency power and dares an amendment. Senator Norris supports a constitutional amendment to curb court power, framing the legal clash.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Borah
R-Ide
Supreme Court
Hoskins Warns Grads on State Support at UT Commencement
President James D. Hoskins toldUT graduates that neglect by the state in funding personnel and equipment imperils the state itself. He spoke at UT’s 128th commencement in Alumni Memorial Auditorium, noting 207 seniors earned degrees along with 17 MS and 3 MA grads. Enrollment reached 4,918 for the year, with 1,418 in extension courses, as UT outlined nine major research and service areas including agriculture, health, education, and industry.
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Snoxville
James D. Hoskins
University of Tennessee
Hoskins
Alumni Memorial
College of Liberal Arts
College of Education
Engineering
Home Economics
College of ‘Agriculture
College of Law
University
College of Medicine
Memphis
Hoover Warns Graduates on Government Limits Future
Des Moines June 3 Herbert Hoover told 178 Drake University seniors he is troubled by forces of government that may curb their ambitions. He warned against a political bureaucracy and urged merit over state power, saying Americans must defend liberty and the Bill of Rights as they enter a pivotal era.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
Drake University
Hoover
King George V Celebrates 70th Birthday Trooping Ceremony
London reports King George V rode in the trooping colors ceremony with his four sons, wearing the Irish guard uniform, as crowds cheered God bless you and Long may you live. The Prince of Wales and others joined in, Queen Mary watched from a window, Princess Anne absent ill, and flags adorned public buildings as messages poured in.
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London
George V
British Empire
Irish Guard
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Order of the Garter
Saintes
Mary
Duchess of York
Kent
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Princess Royal
Countess of
Hare‘wood
New Record Seen for Ocean Travel
The Normandie, a French liner on its maiden voyage, set the fastest trans Atlantic time at 29.68 knots from Southampton to Ambrose Lightship, surpassing Rex and Bremen marks. It reached Ambrose Light at 10 02 a m EST and was due to dock near 2 p m at Hudson dock after tide changes. The ship also posted best northern Atlantic crossing time of 107 hours 33 minutes, beating Bremen by almost three hours.
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Alexander Uhl
Associated Press Foreign Staff
New York
Atlantic Blue Ribbon
Southampton
Ambrose
Rex
Gibralter
Ambrose Light
Goltham
Hudson Dock
B.S.T
Bremen
Pioneer Spirit Alive as Cummings Addresses LMU Grads
U S Attorney General Homer Cummings told Lincoln Memorial University graduates in Harrogate that the pioneer ethos remains vital. He urged students not to fear change, seeing opportunity in a world that has altered since Boone’s day and advising them to help set times right.
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Harrogate
Tenn
Daniel Boone
Cumberland Gap
U. S
Homer Cummings
Lincoln Memorial University
Cummings
Publisher eludes kidnapers after false fire alarm
Royal Daniel editor of the Quitman Free Press was kidnapped by two men who forced him to drive toward Valdosta. He sent a ransom postcard and threatened death if demands were not met. At a fire alarm box he triggered the alarm and fled as the pursuers arrived. police hunted the pair.
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Valdosta
Royal Daniel
Quitman
Free Press
Daniel
Gruesome underworld tale probes Walsh death tale
Police in Providence and state detectives seek to verify a grisly rum-syndicate death story about Danny Walsh. Witnesses claim Walsh was cemented in a tub and tossed into the sea after a death supper at the Bank Cafe. Arthur Rowland and Carl Rettich tied to ransom and the case, but motives and betrayals remain unsettled.
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Providence
Istate
Danny Walsh
Arthur Rowland
Bridgeport
Conn
Walsh
Rowland
Beaton
Carl Rettich
Fall River
Robery
Local Gang Believed Responsible For Kidnapping
DAVIS ARRESTED in Chicago shifts focus to a local northwest Pacific gang as the prime suspects in the $200,000 Weyerhaeuser kidnaping in Tacoma. Volney Davis of the Barker-Karpis gang pleaded guilty to part in the Bremer kidnaping and awaits sentencing as federal agents pursue the real culprits.
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Northwest Pacific
Weyerhaeuser
Karpis-Barker
Washington
Taycoma
Wash
Volney Davis
Chicago
Davis
Tacoma
ST. Paul
Barker-Karvis
Twin Cities
Nolane
Saturnay
Arthur
Ee) Barker
Bremer
Barker
M. M. Joyce
Barker- Karpis
Alvin “Ba Karpi
George F. Sullivan
United States
Karpis
Little George Weyerhaeuser
Minn
Vorney Davis
Edward G. Bremer
Midwest
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George Weyerhaeuser
Hoover
Gremer
Harald J. Anderson
Department of Justice
Yorkville, ii
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Redent
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R-Neb
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King George of
England
Normandie
Prophets
Davis Arrested
Leland Hannum
Associated Press
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