Tornado Devastates Elaine Area. 17 Dead In Arkansas
A tornado and floods ravaged eastern Arkansas, killing at least 17 people and injuring many while displacing hundreds. Red Cross and National Guard aid moved into Smackover and surrounding areas as oil fields suffered heavy damage and production halted. Refugee camps formed, with up to 2,000 homeless and property losses rising to about a million dollars in the Smackover oil region.
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Little Rock
Auk
Arkansas
Keon
Thillins County
Farlier
Elaine
Addiion
Tootoom Atey
Tderady
South
Red River
Red Cross
Ark
North Woodwaters
South Arkansas
Phillips County
Mippi
Standard Oil Company of
Louisiana
Smackover Creek
National Guard
Army of Homeless
Smackover
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Virginia Dispatch
Tennessee and Virginia forecast shows rain and cooler conditions. Tennessee expects showers mainly in the east tonight with cooler air, while central areas see cooler readings. Virginia anticipates showers or thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the northeast Tuesday and winds from the south and southwest.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Chicago bomber captured by police at Clark Street restaurant
Chicago police trapped William Orton after a bomb explosion device was ignited at 507 North Clark Street. He confessed to two other recent bombings and said he was paid $100 and $150 for those attacks. The dynamite device at Gus Framgos' restaurant risked mass casualties at nearby clubs.
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Chicago
Frank R. Phillips
Phillips
North Clark Street
Ohio
States Attorney’s Office
Gus Framgos
Q. Cafe
Phillips Trish
William Orton
Zeppelin Arrives Seville on Atlantic Flight Leg
The Graf Zeppelin landed at Seville on May 19 completing the first leg of its voyage from Friedrichshafen to the Americas. Crowds cheered as the giant airship nosed about near its mast then prepared to land and resume toward Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro before returning to Germany.
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Seville
Spain
S. 1
Friedrichshafen
Germany
New World
Graf Zerne-rein
Jeft
Graf
Friedrichshapen
Atlantic
Pernambuco
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Kave Eckener
Fiat
Globe
Havana
Lakehurst
Zeppelin
Engineer Dies After Attempt To Dodge Crash On Rail
In Mam mond Louisiana May 19 AP an Winds Central railroad engineer Leon Bud Ford 56 locked the locomotive brakes to jump the auto on the track but died. Fireman Harry Watts and a boy in the car died. A passenger J P Wall Jr 14 died later. Conductor L M McLaurine recounted Ford’s final words Hide attempt to spare the other vehicle and take responsibility for the crash.
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Mammond
Winds Central Railroad
Easl
Leon
Bud) Ford
Hammond
Panama Limited
Ford
Harry Watts
McComb, Miss
McComb
J. P. Wall, Jr
New Orleans
T. DuBose
Fraysery Hinton
Memphis
Floyd Seely
Fhnt
Mich
L. M. McLaurine
Mr. Mac
Chattanooga Now Third City in Tennessee
Chattanooga rises to third largest city in Tennessee per census, surpassing Knoxville and challenging Nashville. Mayor Ed Bass wires Knoxville’s mayor greetings and a fond farewell and teases a 1940 meeting to contest rankings. Preliminary figures show Chattanooga at 119,439, Knoxville 105,202, Nashville 148,817, with annexation noted at 22 square miles.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Ed Bass
Knoxville
Nashville
Bass
James Trent
Vilary Howse
Waill
Chattanoga
Olin O. Derry
CAPITAL THINKS CENSUS FAILED IN WASHINGTON
The census bureau reported a 1930 population of 485,716 for the capital, an eleven percent gain from ten years prior. City directory estimates put District of Columbia residents at 61,616. Critics urge new tally. others say commuters living in nearby Maryland or Virginia reduced core counts.
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Chattanooga
Tulen
Okla
Fremo
Calif
Washington D. C
Cleveland
Seville
Spain
Greater
Cuyahoga County
Washington
Census Bureau
District ‘of Columbia
George C. Havenner
Federation of Citizens Association
Sterling Moran
Maryland
Virginia
Metropole Hotel guest attempts suicide by heat experiment
Frank Tuttle shot himself in the neck with no gun in his Metropole Hotel room last night. He says he held a pistol cartridge on a spoon above two gas jets to see if the heat would cause an explosion and survived, stating he would recover.
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Chicago
Frank Tuttle
Metropole
Pennsylvania GOP primary ends with close statewide contest
Philadelphia May 19. The closing day of a highly contested Republican primary in Pennsylvania saw last minute appeals and forecasts from major players. Davis Brown ticket claimed wide margins, Bohlen Phillips predicted a wet victory, while Pinchot Grundy and others maintained confidence as voters prepared to go to the polls tomorrow. Washington commentary notes leaders expect Congress to adjourn by June 1 pending tariff bill action.
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Philadelphia
Ay -Finnal
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
United States
Pittsburgh
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Davis
Francis Shunk Brown
Sherry Davis
Farm
Maryland
Joseph R. Grundy
Bristol
Francis H. Bohlen
Thomas W. Phillips
Davis- Brown Ticket
William BR. Douglas
Davis-Brown
Bohlen-Phillips
Grundy
Mr. Pinchot
Naval Hearings Resume on London Naval Treaty
Washington May 19 The Senate foreign relations committee resumed hearings on the London naval treaty with supporters predicting a favorable report by week’s end while dissidents from the navy testified. Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones and Captain Mark L. Bristol defended and clarified positions, arguing parity with Britain and cruiser strength limits.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mark L. Bristol
General Board of the Navy
Gristo
Great Britain
Japan
Hilary P. Jones
Bishop Cannon Faces Church Trial Over Wall Street Bets
In Dallas Bishop James Cannon Jr testified before the Episcopacy Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South that he believed he traded on the New York Stock Exchange with a legitimate firm. The Quadrennial conference awaits the committee report on his trial petition and possible removal from the temperance board as Josephus Daniels delivers a strong prohibition pronouncement.
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Dallas
Texas
Dalas News Today
James Cannon, Jr
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
New York Stock: Exchange
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Committee On
Temperance and Social Welfare
Gannon
Wall Street
Daniels
Bishop Cannon
Ihe
Board of Temperance and Social Welfare
Cannon
Board of Temperance
Italy plans 42000 tons of fighting ships for navy
Rome reports Italy will lay down 42000 tons of combat ships within a year to reach about 405400 tons of navy. Four cruisers two eight inch and two six inch class and one large submarine total 32000 tons. Italy aims to build 22 submarines this year bringing total subs to 34 and 45000 tons.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
America
England
Japan
London
Naples
Genoa
Venice
Mussolini
Duce
Senate Votes on Conferees: Instructions
Senate leaders clash as Smoot-Hawley tariff bill hangs in deadlock after six months of effort. Smoot argues to free conferees from pledges to recede, while Simmons questions certainty of Senate freeing them if House yields. Outcome hinges on whether the White House supports compromise and if conferees can resolve debenture and flexible provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot-Hawley
Smoot
House
Simmons
Faikit
White House
Nance Committee
Congress
Republcan
Conference Committee
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Christian Cagle
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Cagle
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U. S. Military Academy
Mississippi
D& M
Cole Ckoss
Marion Haile
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