Fury of storm leaves 50 dead many missing
In Southern California a four day storm climaxed by unprecedented rainfall left a mounting toll. Eighteen dead and eighteen missing confirmed, with reports rising. Bridges collapsed sending spectators into the sea near Long Beach. Riverside and Santa Ana suffered severe flooding and power outages as tens of thousands were homeless. The disaster stretched from Ventura to San Juan Capistrano and overwhelmed communications.
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Los Angeles
California
Long Beach
Santa Ana
Riverside
Santa En
Citrus
Big Bear Valley
Coestal Plain
Ooonties
Ventura
San Juan Capistrano
Ocean
San Bernardino Mountains
Weather Turns Much Colder Across Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
The bulletin notes a cold wave gripping northeast and north central Tennessee tonight with generally fair and colder conditions extending Friday. Kentucky sees colder tonight with a cold wave in the east and central portions and a rise in temperature by Saturday. Virginia faces a cold wave tonight with possible snow or rain in the southeast, flurries in the west, and fair but colder conditions in the northeast, warming by Saturday.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Calier
Virginia
Rescue effort pressed for wrecked airliner search near Fresno
Rescue teams, delayed by flood and darkness, renewed attempts to reach a high Sierra scar 60 miles east of Fresno to locate a Douglas airliner missing since Tuesday night with nine aboard. Sheriff confirms possible flare sighting after a power company wife heard a plane nearby. Dawn mobilizes 22 planes to scour the snowbound peaks as weather hampers the search for the Transcontinental and Western aircraft that departed San Francisco bound for Albuquerque before diverting toward Los Angeles.
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Fresno, Cslif
Here
High
Sierras
Fresno
San Francisco
Albuquerque
N. M
Los Angeles
Physicians Watch Pershing Closely In Tucson
Physicians kept a close watch on General John J. Pershing as his condition slowly improved at the sanitarium. Dr. Rolard Davison said the general is still out of danger but will remain under constant care. the rate of progress slowed but remains reassuring. The report notes no alarm. In Moscow Nicholas N. Krestinsky pleaded completely guilty to treason charges after previously denying guilt, marking a dramatic moment in the treason trial alongside other defendants.
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Nicholas Krestinsky
Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Rolard Davison
Davison
Moscow
Nicholas N. Krestinsky
Mnsecow
Krestinsky
Berlin
Hans von Seeckt
Russia
Reichswehr
Nikolai Bucharin
Soviet Union
Britain
Nikolai Lenin
Buchanin
Joseph Stalin
Allen Chevrolet Company Is Sold
The W A Allen Chevrolet Company Inc announced the sale to a new firm led by J L Latimer Jr and R F Looney. Latimer becomes president with Looney treasurer and general manager as the firm will be Tennessee incorporated and operate as W A Allen Chevrolet Company. Only Chevrolets will be sold initially.
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W. A. Allen
Looney
Geercta
AW. A. Allen
W. A. Allen Chevrolet Company
Tennessee
Latimer
Washington
Capital
Parents of Kingsport Girl Believed in Storm Midst
Miss Johnnie Ferguson of Kingsport anxiously sought word about her parents Mr and Mrs Claude Ferguson from Monrovia California after heavy rains inundated the area. Communication attempts by telephone and telegraph had yielded only that messages could not be sent through as the storm’s impact persisted.
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Johnnie Ferguson
Kingsport
Claude Ferguson
California
Miss Ferguson
Monrovia
Cal
Associated Press
Monterey Park
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Premarital Blood Test and State Bar Bills Quashed in Virginia Senate
In Richmond, March 5, Senate committees killed two pre-wedding reform bills. The general laws panel voted 6 to 4 against a syphilis clearance requirement for marriage licenses, despite House approval. The courts of justice panel voted 7 to 6 to block creating a state bar under Supreme Court of Appeals oversight.
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Richmond
Maren
Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia Senate
House
Senate General Laws Committee
Iato
Courts of Justice
Senate
Senators Seek Complete Probe of TVA by Congress
Washington March 3 Senators King and Bridges demanded a complete senate investigation of the Tennessee Valley Authority, citing 23 charges. Investor Ben Bankhead said no House action is planned. The push follows a demand to TVA Chair Morgan for a congressional inquiry into agency activities amid internal disputes and funding concerns.
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Washington
King
Utah
Bridges
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sneaker Benkhsad
Morgen
H. A. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Authority
Er Ivnd-Nebs
Chaiman Morgan
TVA
King and Bridges
Berry opposition narrows as candidates weigh Berry race
Nashville March 3 The field of possible candidates to oppose U S Senator George L Berry for the Democratic nomination narrowed while Phil Whitaker of Chattanooga was suggested to throw his hat in late this week Public Utilities Commissioner Leon Jourdan of Inexville and Nashville quit consideration as anti administration candidates A Tennessean story said Whitaker would announce later this week Jourdan stated he would stay with railroad and Public Utilities work and thanked supporters Others considered for the bid were Congressman Sam D McReynolds of Chattanooga and John T O Connor of Knoxville The piece notes Browning appointee Gay allies backing Berry and carries Jourdan's final remarks about continuing his current duties
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Nashville
U.S
George L. Berry
Tme
Phil Whitaker
Chattanooga
Tate
Leon Jouroman
Inexville
Tennessean
Whitaker
Chattanoogan
Jourdlman
Sam D. McReynolds
John ‘T. O'Connor
Knoxville
Berry
Gay
Gordon Browning
Jourdamba
Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Tax Revision Seen as Business Help
Washington March 3 Chairman Doughton of the ways and means committee said the new tax bill would stimulate and encourage business by modifying the undistributed profits and capital gains taxes. He testified that witnesses at hearings claimed the tax burden harmed expansion and working capital, but he defended the bill as promoting equity and certainty. Debates opened after the House limited debate to 12 hours.
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Washington
Doughton
D-N.c
Ways “and Means Committee
House
System Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Four Brief United States News Snippets
Governor Browning orders action in a case against A D Sher convicted in 1947 for drunk driving. A Cunard liner fire damages the first class lounge with undetermined origin. Senator George L Berry to appeal a TVA related ruling on marble holdings. Longshoremen threaten strike if wages are cut and demands unmet by shipping line.
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Sherrill
New York
Cunard
Fremen
Berry
Knoxville
iPj
George L. Berry
Tennessee
Federal Commission
TVA
University Seeks Farm Laboratory for Knoxville Campaign
Knoxville Tenn March 3 A campaign to bring to the University of Tennessee a 31000 farm laboratory to be funded by the federal government in the southeast was discussed today Dr James D Hoskins university president said he had written to Tennessee's congressional delegation asking for support and would seek backing from Knoxville civic organizations Back Campaign Co F Holland Chamber of Commerce manager said his organization was squarely behind the effort to establish the lab under the new farm bill
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Knmoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
James D. Hoskins
Tennessee
Knoxville
F. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Lo Knoxville
Berlin Protects Critic of Nazism
The Berlin authorities say Rev. Martin Niemoeller, a carding critic of Nazi church policy, was arrested after release from jail for speaking against government leaders and violating pulpit rules. Protective arrest was deemed necessary amid public excitement and potential demonstrations.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Reedom
Missing Boy Case Break Falters in Kew Rochelle
Police await a break in the case of 12 year old Peter Levine missing for a week as reports persist of contact with alleged kidnappers. Murray Levine denies paying a ransom reportedly demanded at 40 005. An attorney and Rabbi Nowak figure in the tangled messages while the family endures fatigue from continuous inquiries.
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Kew Rochelle
Peter Levine
Murray Levine
Pointblank
New York
Monady
Abraham Nowak
Levine
Dynmite deaths split Carter county mob verdicts
White Tollett 26 and Church Lester 44 of Pikeville Tenn were sentenced to die in the electric chair for the dynamite deaths of three little girls near Elizabethton on January 7. Co defendants Crave Tollett acquitted, Lee Waller and Ulysses Walling jailed for 21 years each. The trial firmed a complex web linking Harmon Gouge father of the victims and Arnold Tollett, Gouge’s business partner.
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White Duller Tellett
Church Lester
Pikeville
Unnipton
Elizabethton
Cerler
Ulysses Walling
Joe Walker
Crave Tollett
White Tollett
Tenn
Churchster
Crave Toltett
Lee Waller
Harmon Gouge
Sonia
Luena
Roma Jeas
Arnold Tollett
White End Crave
Lester
Courhroom
Ben Allen
White
Follett
Crave
Ailen
Walling
Walker
Roma Jean Gouge
Ray Asher
Gouge
Mae Tollett
Primary race heats up in Sullivan County slate
Twenty one men and one woman file for county offices in Sullivan County Democratic primary to be held April 2. Contests loom for sheriff as eight candidates seek the post, while four incumbents face opposition. Trustees, highway posts, and education posts draw several challengers, including T N Orr opposed by Malcolm Morich and J W Erwin facing a rival for highway commissioner.
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Sullivan County
Democratic
George S. Barger
W. R. Thames
J. D. Nawland
H. P. Richards
J. W. Erwin
T. N. Orr
Malcolm Morich
Kingsport
H.W. Copenhaver
A. No Hawk
Pees Cross
Register
Thomas Curtin
County
Attorrney
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Nan Bing
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