Crowley Faces Severe Floods as Rain Lashes Southwest Louisiana
Crowley and Lafayette endure torrential rains as 19 to 20 inches fall in 24 hours. The business district sits under 15 to 24 inches of water with widespread flooding. At least 3,000 people need food and clothing. boats, milk and health officers are in urgent demand. Red Cross aid and governor's help are sought. Roads blocked, crops damaged, refugees housed. similar flooding hits nearby parishes and towns like New Iberia and Lake Charles.
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Crowley
Louisiana
Louisiana Rice Belt
Wi J. Cleveland
Emergency Relief Organization
Cleveland
Red Cross
Lafayette
New Iberia
Lake Charles
Singer's Suit Against Roach Studios Thrown Out
Marion Kerby failed in a 50,000 suit against Hal Roach Studios over alleged indirect invasion of privacy. The case claimed telephoned threats and perfume letters signed with her name inviting men to seek her, a publicity stunt for a Topper film in which the leading lady bore the same name.
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Los Angeles
Marion Kerby
Hal’ Roach’ Studios, Inc
California
Iss Kerby
Market Basket Prize Awarded to Mrs Laird
Mrs John R Laird of 428 Forest Avenue won the Market Basket prize for a summer fruit recipe titled Fruit Flip. The directions mix orange lemon cherry pineapple juices with mint tea and sugar to create a large batch served over cracked ice. Next week’s prize invites a potato salad recipe.
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Mrs. Laird
John R. Laird
Forest Avenue
Market Basket
Congressmen Deny Owning Sixteen Suits of Clothes
A quick tour of congressional cloakrooms finds no member owning 16 suits. Senators and representatives from both parties laugh off the claim by Edmund Goodman of a New York haberdashery that Congress averages 16 suits vs Hollywood’s 12.
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Washington
Congress
Edmund Goodman
New York
Jack Nichols
D.-Okla
Albert Gore
D.-Tenn
George Holden Tinkham
R.-Mass
Karl Stefan
R.-Neb
Asher L. Burdick
R.-N.d
Fish Drown In A River In Maryland County
Thousands of fish died in the upper Wicomico river in Maryland. County health officer Dr Seth H Hurdle, acting coroner, ordered an autopsy after irate sportsmen demanded an answer. He blamed foreign matter and summer heat reducing oxygen in the stream.
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Salisbury
Wicomico River
Seth H. Hurdle
Fires Near U S Embassy as Japanese Bombard Chungking
Two waves of 64 Japanese warplanes struck Chungking near the U S embassy along the Yangtze today causing large fires and fears of heavy casualties. Officials noted the embassy area had suffered little before and reports claimed Chiang Kai-shek’s residence was damaged in Shanghai.
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Chungking
United States
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Chiang Kai- Shek
Iola Woman Arrested in Armed Robbery Case
Mrs. Bessie Miller of Iola was arrested July 28 with her brother and another man after an intensive search. Ernest Potter of Iola and Robert Howerton of Joplin were sought as alleged abductors of a Fort Scott couple and charged with a shotgun holdup on Missouri highways. Miller faced charges tied to a holdup at Farney Lyerla’s farm home.
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Columbus
Kan
UPR
Bessie. Miller
Iola
Ernest Potter
Robert Howerton
Joplin
Fort Scott
Missouri
Mra
Spring grocery specials and meat cuts for home cooks
Advertises wide range of discounted meats and produce with per pound prices and orders. Lists roosters, frys, veal and mutton cuts, pork ribs and roasts, lards, sausages, fruit and vegetables. Mentions delivery service and phone number for Stop and Shop.
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Rhode Island
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Arin
Singer
Maryland County Health
Ham
Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Co
Toma Ce
Oveur
Ane
Princess White
Jayhawk Bread
Ng Bunkman’ S Bakery
U. S. Embassy
Swift
Ham Hocks
Rtd
Tartar United Wip Coffee
Ibs
Dot
Mass
Rusty’s Food Market
Ole
Tbs
Callowene
Wiggins
George’s Market
Iba
Crisco
Roy Lawrence Market
Wl Dod
Thrift and Quality Ae Tey
Tam
Fancy Elbertas
Calif
Goxyoor
Ausco
U. S
Seymour
Armour’s Star
Neste
Canterbury
Lipton
Harper House
Sugar Belle
Hershey
P-Beans
van Camp
Argo Starch
Gan
Pierre
Ana
Kansas
Ibe
Pullman
Mo-Valley
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