Flood Destroys Swollen East Tennessee Areas Raging Reedy Creek
Three members of one family die as the Reedy Creek and North Fork Holston flood reach records. Sullivan Street Bridge submerged and water over Sullivan Boulevard and Reedy Creek highway near Lovedale. Flood crestes exceed 1901 levels with Reedy Creek rising 16 to 18 feet above normal. Continued heavy rain caused widespread damage across the East Tennessee region.
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Holston River
Reedy Creek
South Fork
Holston
North Fork
Haleton River
Sullivan Street
Lovedale
Sullivan Boulevard
Roller Street
Blountville Mill Damaged By Flood
Flood waters surged through Blountville washing out a corner of the Blountville milling company mill and washing away the big steel mill wheel. The stream crest exceeded previous records and farms nearby suffered heavy losses from washes and hail as a severe storm hit the county seat.
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Blountville
Blountville Milling Company
Guisiama Flood Spreads Threatening Towns Along McCrae Crevasse
Hundreds crowded levees as flood waters from the McCrae crevasse extend along the Atchafalaya eastern bank. Grosse Tete Rosale and Maringouin face possible submersion while flood boats ferry residents. Continued on page six.
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New Orleans
Atchafalaya
McCrae
Gulf of Mexico
Grosse ‘Tete
Rosale
Maringouin
Four Army Aviators Die in Georgia Plane Crash
Augusta, May 30. A Martin bomber crashed during a maneuver flight near Augusta, killing four Army aviators. Lt Dan Voorhees, Sgt Clifford Glenn, Sgt James Reid, and Cpl Melvin Andrews died in the fire after the aircraft plunged from 200 feet. Captain Charles E Rust led the unit from Montgomery. Local officials and residents mourned as bodies were prepared for transport to homes.
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ARMY
Augusta
San Antonio
Langley Field
Vininin
Deat
Dan F. Voorhees
Ovaurga
Urs
Clifford Glenn
Akron
Ohio
James Reid
Pittsburgh
Melvin Andrews
Bruce Pace
Raleigh
N.C
Charles E. Rust
Montgomery
Albania
War Department
Sity
Vorhees
South Carolina
Rust
Norse flood storms cause city property damage
Kingsport residents report extensive property damage from a night flood and electrical storm. Elizabethton Dam reportedly held despite rumors of failure as river rises caused widespread damage to homes businesses and farms. further updates awaited as conditions improved.
Confessed Slayer of Quintet Quieted Mob at Jail
Tampa May 30 A crowd around Hillsborough jail threatened violence over confessed slayer Benjamin F. Levine who after viewing five bodies admitted the killings of Herman and Mia Morrell and three children Ralph Buddy Mildred. Police used fire department aid and armed deputies to regain order as Levine was moved to another prison.
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Tampa
Fla
Hillsborough County
Benjamin F. Levine
Fire Department
Wiers
Levine
Herman Morrell
Mia
Merrell
Ralph
Buds Dy
Mildred
Leonard Thompson
Lindbergh Eager To Return Home From Europe
Captain Lindbergh expressed homesickness and eagerness to return to the United States after visiting Brussels and Paris. He spoke to reporters upon returning to London, appreciating the honors but wanting to go home at the earliest moment.
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London
Lindbergh
Brussels
Paris
Weather update for Virginia and Tennessee
Weather forecast notes showers and thunder showers for Virginia tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change and winds shifting from east and southeast to moderate south and southwest by Tuesday. Tennessee expects local thundershowers tonight and possibly Tuesday with cooler tonight. Readings from the U.S. Weather Bureau station list yesterday's high and low temperatures and rainfall comparisons for the date.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. Weather Station
C. L. Ale
Cloudburst Drowns Dozens in Eastern Kentucky
AP reports twenty killed as cloudburst floods Prestonburg and surrounding towns in eastern Kentucky. Telecommunication lines down, Wayland Hotel flooded, and several mining houses washed away along the Lexing ton division. Traffic not delayed amid damaged sidings and swollen streams.
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Ashland
Prestonburg
Paintsville
Kentucky
Morehead
Lexington
Wayland
Sandy River
West Jon
Coolidge Speech at Arlington Memorial Day Ceremony
President Coolidge visits Arlington National Cemetery to honor dead soldiers in a nationwide Memorial Day observance. Major General John L. Clem presides. former Senator Means of Colorado and other dignitaries participate. French veterans and a San Francisco French colony deliver tributes. broadcast via amphitheater radio hookup. Page four continuation referenced.
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Washington
Coolidge
Inuton
Nasional
Trains Halted After Severe Storm Hits Southern Road
A damaging storm across southwest Virginia and East Tennessee left five dead, including a drowning mother and child at Elizabethton. Six trains were wrecked or halted between Bristol and Appalachia as earth slides and a derailed engine crippled service. Telephones failed between Bristol and affected areas with damages estimated around $400,000. The Lewis family residence near Brake's Cliff was swept away.
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Bristol, Tenn
Virginia
East Tennessee
Gate City
Elizabethston
Tenn
Bristol
Appalachia
Southern
Carter County
Andy Lewis
Elizabethton
Brake’s Cliff
Watauga River
Whittemore Home swept away by flood waters
Three members of one family died and another was seriously hurt when Big Moctanin Creek washed away the Whittemore home near Gate City Virginia at two this morning. The dead include Mrs Willie Whittemore Tobe Virginia and Mattie Whittemore. A girl about 16 was found in a tree badly bruised but alive and hoped for recovery. Traffic cuts and railway washouts followed as telephones wires remained down.
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Gate City
Big Moctanin Creek
Whittemore
Willie Whittemore
Tobe Whittemore
Virginia Whittemore
Mattie Whittemore
Gete City
St. Charles
Southern Railway
Gentlemen burglars raid Livemore country home jewels and cash
Two men described as gentlemen burglars stole jewels and cash totaling about 90 760 from the Livemore residence at King's Point Great Neck New York. They returned 69 000 worth of jewelry and 50 000 in other valuables after pleas from the victims, escaped after a one hour and ten minute break in dawn. Police consider amateur burglars possibly seeking stock notes or Society members seeking adventure.
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New York
Tesse L
Livemore
Wall Streat Tader
Long Island
Livermore
Harry Aronsohn
Aronsoan
Jlivemore
King’s Point
Great Neck
N.Y
Robert Galston
Lst
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Atkins
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Aix
Ben Levine
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Barone
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Cap'ain
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York-Paris
Knight of the Air
Blue Grass
Arlington
National Cemetery
Woodrow Wilson
Southern Road
Lewis
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