Floods roar through ten states as Ohio river hits record high
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Ohio river cresting near 71.1 feet and rising toward 72 in a day of historic flooding. More than 33,000 people fled, with 120,000 homeless across the region as floodwaters inundated Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and towns like Portsmouth, Lawrenceburg, and Shawneetown. Rescue efforts, military aid, and emergency measures intensified amid widespread damage and power outages.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
E.S.T
American Red Cross
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Carlos E. Black
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Golden Triangle
Johnstown
Portsmouth
Scioto
Louisville
Frankfort
State Reformatory
West Virginia
Wheeling
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Iilnois
Illinois
Shawneetown
Middle Tennessee
Cumberland
Nashville
Clarksville
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Roosevelt Renominates Farley for Post Office Chief
President Roosevelt renominated James A. Farley as postmaster general to day and the senate quickly confirmed him. The unanimous consent action followed a swift formal confirmation alongside Roswell Magill to be interior secretary and other senior nominations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Senate
Charles Edison
Navy
William D. Leahy
Thomas Holcomb
Marine Corps
Farley
Roswell Magill
New York
The
Treasury
Thomas J. Coolidge
Magill
Columbia University
Morgenthau
Peace in Treaty and Politics Cloud Auto Industry
Washington reports linked strikes threatening the auto sector with congressional moves on reciprocal trade policy extension. Sayre urged action to restore world economy, while leaders faced delays on Reconstruction Finance Corp lending powers and air mail funding. A federal survey shows relief needs easing from January peaks as Treasury tallies about ten billion dollars spent since 1932.
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Washington
Francis B. Sayre
House
Ways and Means
Aace
Doughton
D-N.c
Senate
Special Civil Liberties Committee
National Metal Trade Association
Administration House
Reconstruction Corporation
Bankhead
Postoffice Department
Roosevelt
We Treasury
Sewer Explodes At Courthouse. Investigators Probe Cause
An exploding sanitary sewer at the courthouse and jail caused damage and disruption since yesterday afternoon. A manhole cover blew off and shattered windows in the county treasurer's office. Workers replaced the ice in the vent, but a midnight blast blew toilets in a jail block and forced prisoners to mop cells for hours. Officials investigate stoppage from paper towels and souring gas. opening the manhole allows cold air to enter, hindering progress. A barricade surrounds the hole as cleanup continues.
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Court House
Lewis Calls for Pay From F D R for Labor Aid
John L. Lewis rallied strikers to hold out for an honorable settlement as the automakers faced a prolonged stoppage. Chrysler closed four Detroit plants due to a glass shortage while General Motors reported 79 percent of workers in 43 plants striking. President Roosevelt urged a pause in statements and headlines to promote peace.
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Asanciated
Perkins
General Motors
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Ford
Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Fatal boiler blast kills four in wildcat oil drill
Four Roxana Drilling company workers died when a boiler explosion rocked the No. 1 Bailey wildcat test rig northwest of Hutchinson Kansas in Rice county just before midnight. Five others escaped unharmed as the blast shattered the area heard for miles. Names listed include Jack Stone C S Lemon Ralph Crelly and J G Calame. Cause under investigation. Dickinson Adv.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Rice County
Jack Stone
C. S. Lemon
Sterting
Rank
Ralph Crelly
Lusk
Wyo
J. G. Calame
Lyons
Roxana Drilling Company
No. 1
Bailey
Sloan Sits Down to Peace With General Motors Strike
New York January 22 Alfred P Sloan Jr declared the obstacles to peaceful settlement are the sit down strikers who occupy plants unlawfully General Motors is willing to bargain when it receives back its plants The company aims to restore 135000 employees to work and to keep them working as much as possible Knudsen returns to Detroit to extend the policy he notes the strike costs the company about 6 million dollars daily in wages
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
General Motors
Alfred V. Sloan, Jr
New York
White House
Committee For Industrial Organization
America
Congress
Flint
Mich
Messrs Sloan
Knudsen
Brown and Smith
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Sloan
Sion
William S. Knudsen
Detroit
Cold snap eases as Kansas warms after heavy snow
In Topeka on January 22, federal meteorologist predicts 25 to 32 degrees tomorrow with sunshine easing the cold. statewide readings ranged 6 to 10 yesterday, with subzero in northwest counties. Eastern and southern Kansas to stay 5 to 0 above tonight, western areas colder. In Pittsburg and Parsons, snow totals reached eight and three inches respectively, with highs near eight above and traffic slowed as plows cleared roads. C. E. Skinner noted seven inches in Columbus and a nine above minimum.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
Karas
Flora
Pittsburg
Kan
State Highway Department
Parsons
Fort Scott
C. E. Skinner
Columbus
Pope Pius Prostrated Twice by Great Pain
Vatican officials announced Pope Pius endured two episodes of faintness due to heart strain from severe leg pain. Sources said his condition worsened over the past days though he briefly felt better after rest and hoped to enjoy sunshine outside.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Pius
Holy Father
Oklahoma Snow Bites Hard as One Dies in Tulsa Area
Central and eastern Oklahoma shivers under heavy snow with drifts of three to six inches and temperatures plunging to zero. A 61 year old farmer near Tulsa, Howard Ames, was killed after being struck by a car as he sat recovering from a fall on the icy road.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Howard Ames
Tulsa
Germans Rumored to Lease Part of Angola for 99 Years
Berlin reports persistent yet unofficial rumors that Germany plans to lease part of Portuguese Angola for 99 years after a January Reichstag address marking four years of Nazi rule. Engineers and technicians were preparing to travel to Angola, drawn by its rich resources, while Voelkischer Beobachter attacked Czechoslovakia as a Soviet outpost.
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Berlin
Reichsuehrer
Adolf
Hitler
Schutz Staffel
Germany
der Fuehrer
Reichstag
Reich
Angola
Africa
Tiitler
Voelkischer Boobachter
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Europe
Debate over rural voter registration bill in Kansas House
In Topeka on January 22 the Kansas House held a sharp debate over Rep. Frank M. Kessler’s rural voter registration bill. The measure would require registration in townships in counties with over 14,000 population and taxable tangible property. amendments to widen scope were defeated. The session also passed bills on bank defunct balances and district court seal validation, while several bills were killed or introduced, including tax payment divisions and highway unit proposals.
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Topeka
Jan
Kansas
House
Donald Muir
Anthony
Frank M. Kessler
Sedgwick
Committee On
Morris Johnson
Saline
Sedgwick County
Nickell
R.shawnee
Reed
Wyandottey
Kessler
Coanties
Jones
D.sherman
Beyondlass
Bloss
R.cowley
Wyandotte
Wunseh
Kingman
Scott
Stanton
Senate
Vieux
Butler
Murr R
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas Weather Forecast and Snow Conditions Report
Fair tonight and Saturday with no cold spell in the northwest. Morning notes show snowfall and drifting roads at Coffeyville and Pittsburg, frozen roads at Wichita Arkansas City Topeka, and clear skies at Garden City. Temperature readings from the official station include yesterday’s high and today’s noon, with yesterday’s minimum and today’s low.
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Kansas
Northwest
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Wichita
Arkansas City
Topeka
Garden City
Gan
Eudora Water Works Contracts Awarded in Bid Opening
J T Constant tops bids for main lines hydrants valves and service connections at 35484 74 and W E Caldwell Co of Louisville wins elevated storage tank contract for 5788 Butter Pump and Equipment Co Kansas City awarded 1000 feet of fire hose and nozzles for 610 M F P Strachan PWA engineer attends. Total project cost 56564 with 25364 from PWA grant. Layne Western Co Kansas City to sink three test wells and build permanent well once paving and supplies arranged.
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J.T. Constant
Eudora
Constant
W. E. Caldwell Company
Louisville
Purchase Fire
Butter Pump and Equipment Company
Kansas City
FP. Strachan
Kansas Pwa
Topeka
PWA
Layne Western Company
Layne Western Camping Lune
Inne
Huxman Returns Home From Washington In Inaugural Visit
Governor Walter A. Huxman of Kansas and his 19 year old daughter Ruth returned to Topeka after a three day visit to Washington for President Roosevelt's second inauguration. They traveled via Chicago and Kansas City. Huxman met federal officials on boosting Kansas banks into the FDIC and discussed social security act eligibility with possible losses to Kansas. He noted few Kansas banks are in FDIC and said lawmakers would seek legislation to aid nonparticipating states.
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Washington
Walter A. Huxman
Kansas
Ruth
Roosevelt
Topeka
Chieago
Kansas City
Huxmans
Lynn Brodrick
Huxman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Social Security Board
Kanaas
Tuxman
RFC
Waxman
Alf M. Landon
Federal Bank
Haxman
Michigan Police Killer Gets Life Imprisonment
Alcide Frenchy Benoit confessed slayer of State Policeman Richards F. Hammond was sentenced to life imprisonment in a southern Michigan prison after pleading guilty to first degree murder. Circuit Judge G Arthur Rathbun imposed the sentence after hearing from Sheriff Joseph Bakley and State Police Sergeant Orva Jackson about the confession Benoit made after his arrest Wednesday. Benoit, arrested on a charge of abducting a Detroit automobile salesman, overpowered the trooper en route to a police station, killed him and left his body handcuffed to a mailbox post, and was captured after a 20 hour manhunt.
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Monroe, Mich
Alcide
Frenchy) Benoit
Richards F. Hammond
Southern
Michigan
G. Arthur Rathbun
Joseph Bakley
Orva Jackson
Benoit
Bennit
Tammond
Detroit
RITES FOR M DERMOTT AT WINFIELD FUNERAL
Winfield Kan Jan 22 Friends of Judge George T McDermott federal circuit court judge who died Tuesday of pneumonia paid last tribute in funeral services yesterday. Today his body will go to Topeka for final services and burial tomorrow. Dr R C Jackson pastor of First Presbyterian said the jurist lived his life justly faithfully and triumphantly. Albert Faulconer former Kansas bar president spoke for attorneys saying He was our friend. Mrs McDermott recovering from operation was unable to attend. A brother Will T McDermott editorial writer for the Chicago Daily News returned to Shirara where his wife is ill.
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Winfield
Kan
George T. McDermott
Federal Circuit Court
McDermott
Will T. McDermott
Chicago Daily News
Shirara
Pal
Airmen Drop Bombs as Madrid Siege Tightens
Socialist airmen attacked faltering lines encircling Madrid while government squadrons bombed south and west of the capital. Infantry seized a hill dominating the northwest front as Portugal blamed outsiders for recent terror. insurgent chiefs claimed Biscay fleet halted vessels and thwarted a Catalan coup plot.
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Madrid
Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
San Sebastian
Biscay Bay
Catalonia
Perpignan
France
Barcelona
Move Is Blocked in Tokyo Power Struggle
Civilian factions backed the militarists seeking dissolution of Japan's diet, hindering conciliatory efforts between the army and parliamentary cadets who accuse the army of dictating policy. Cabinet members wavered on dispersing parliament as negotiations continued. The war minister Terauchi led the push for dissolution, while a four-man bloc plus possibly the navy minister resisted. Authorities warned that a stalemate could block government work and force new elections, with a Monday resumption of business hoped for.
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Tokyo
Japan
Navy
Mikado
Juichi Terauchi
Count Terauchi
May Remodel Temple To House Masons And Walgreens
Lawrence plans remodeling of the Masonic temple at 1001 Massachusetts to create ground floor Walgreens drug store space with second floor Masonic quarters. Walgreens applied to open a store. lease completion unclear, with total remodeling estimated at 15000 and 5100 for the second floor, funded over 20 years per lease terms. Roy near recovery after skull injury. seven year old Ellis Mayes regained consciousness and showed signs of improvement after car door incident.
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Masonic Temple
Lawrence
Walgreen
Walgreen Company
State Board of Pharmacy
Massachusetts Street
Hutchinson
Masonic Building Committee
Druc Company
Harry G Miller Heads Kaw Area Scouters Meeting
About 500 people attended Kaw Council Hoy Scouts of America annual meeting at the University of Kansas Memorial Union. Harry G Miller was named president. Douglas County led in membership gains with 11 troops and 112 scouts, while 131 units operated across 45 towns. Awards and honors were given to veteran leaders, with remarks by university and national council officials.
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Kansas
Scouters
Kaw Council
Hoy Scouts of America
University of Kansas Memorial Union
Harry G. Miller
Kansas City
Kan
Trad. Uricht
Leavenworth
Roscoe Graves
Emporia
A. 1. Coonpiehadt
Meyer
Lawrence
Clathe
Clarence T
Rice
Kaw
Douglas
Douglas County
Charles K. Louk
Lawrence Senior Scout Society
Gena Whetatone
Buyler
James Mott
Jay Collins
Bob Weir
J. A. Lavery
Elred Jones
Jerry Cores
Kenneth Keene
Robert Wiedemann
Edward Bosdine
Edwin Burgess
Reed Whetstone
Edward Stout
R. Sawhill
America
Charles A. Pula
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lawrence Memorial High School
Mr. Sawhill
William Badley
University of Kansas
Hanute
University
FE. H. Lindley
National Council
Earl B. Moore
Paul B. Lawson
University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dean Lawson
Paul EF. Johnson
Gannett
Jensen
Edwin T. Burgess
West Side Presbyterian Church
Adolph Qache
Christian Kopp
Camp Naish
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Weather Bureau
Townsville
Chicago
Hi States
Hamilton County
Post Office
New Deal
House Committee
Hamilton
Kansas Wildcat
Dickinson
Planta
Motor Company
S.D. Flora
Winter
Journal- World
Portuguese
Y Binith
Reishan
R-Smiths
Ry Wargoner
Ad Echoel
Antniensing Eati
Kehoo
Ry Dinham Orc
Bell M-Riley
Rankin
h-Dougins
Cagitol
Turner Coal Co
Ady
University Coal Co
M’dermott
Friends of
Judge
Socialista - Altenetie
Ellis Mayes
Lawrence Man
Albright
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