Flood Crisis Deepens Across Ohio River Valley
The Ohio river valley faces rising floods with 293 known dead and over a million homeless as thousands of volunteers bolster levees. Cairo Evansville Paducah and Louisville endure heavy damage while officials warn of ongoing danger and potential evacuations.
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Associated Press
Ohio River Valley
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Cairo
New Madrid
Hickman
Ilinois Central
Evansville
Ind
Maryland Street
Pigeon
Creek
Report Holds Bombing Conviction of Mooney Was After Fair Trial
San Francisco January 28 special referee A E Shaw of California's supreme court ruled Mooney was fairly convicted for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing. He found no perjury or suppression of evidence and held Mooney not eligible for habeas corpus release after 20 years of a life term amid 10 dead and 50 injured.
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AI A. E. Shaw
California
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Mooney
Shaw
Attorney General’s Office
Mooney
State Supreme Court
George Y. Davis
GOP to Topeka for Kansas Day love feast 1938
Kansas GOP leaders gather in Topeka for the Kansas Day love feast with John Hamilton Landon and Dr Ernest F Pihlblad among speakers. Delegations arrive as hotels near capacity and party plans focus on reorganization for the 1938 political battles.
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Topeka
G.P
John Hamilton
G.O.P
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Ernest F. Pihlblad
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Hanford Macnnder
Mason City
American Legion
U.S
Canada
Will G. West
McPherson
Frank Torld
Everest
Wilford Riegle
Emporia
Kansas Day Club
Riegle
Fred W. Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Headlight Sun
Frank T. Sullivan
Lawrence
Frank H. McFarland
Boston Boy's Death Stuns City Investigators
Medical Examiner Dr. William J. Brickley declared the child's skull appeared disturbed within ten days. Police describe the case as one of the most gruesome crimes in Greater Boston as they question four men tied to prior offenses against children after the skull, ribs, pelvis, and upper arm bone were found near Harvard Stadium following the boy Chester Harris's disappearance on October 31.
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Boston
William J. Brickley
Chester Harris
Harvard Stadium
Altho
Toseph F. Tumilty
Brickley
Greater
City resumes two hour parking enforcement after snow removal
Workmen from the city street department cleared snow from the curb along Massachusetts street in the business district. Mayor Lawrence announced the police will restart two hour parking enforcement tomorrow, ending a pause during snow piles. Also noted is yesterday’s average of 60 stock index at 724.
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City
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Optimistic flood crest forecasts ease Mississippi tension
Memphis reports flood forecasts 48 feet at Memphis by February 5 to 7 and 57.5 to 58 feet at Helena Arkansas by February 7 to 9. Evacuation plans are prepared as 200,000 plus are homeless and 2.5 million acres underwater. Military units move to aid rescue along the river valley amid levee fortifications.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
F. W. Brist
Eugene Reyhold
East Arkansas
Helena
Ark
Brist
Weather Bureau
Engineers
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Twelve giant planes depart for Honolulu
San Diego dates a major naval flight as twelve patrol planes take off in a mass hop to Honolulu. Led by Lieut-Commander W H McDade the formation climbs to ten thousand feet over Point Loma. At 2 30 p m all twelve planes pass the Sandpiper 340 nautical miles west of Point Loma.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Honolulu
C.S.T
Point Loma
W. H. McDade
Re Elect Mrs Abels Kansas Women’s Club Officers
Mrs Edwin F Abels of Lawrence was reelected president of the Kansas Women’s Republican Club at its annual meeting in Topeka. New officers include Miss Nannie Bingham Sabetha and Mrs H H Buchmann Wamego vice presidents, Mrs Ben Franklin secretary, and Mrs Ben S Paulen Fredonia treasurer. Will Go West urged party loyalty and readiness for 1998 governorship, Frank Todd pledged Kansas will be back in two years.
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Edwin F. Abels
Lawrence
Kansas Women's Republican Club
Nannie Bingham
Sabetha
H. H. Buchmann
Wamego
Ben Franklin
Ben S. Paulen
Fredonia
Frank Todd
Republican State Central Committees
Kansas
Nebraska hires Major Lawrence M Jones as coach
The University of Nebraska athletic board selected Major Lawrence M Biff Jones as head football coach and athletic director succeeding Dana Xible who resigned to coach at a Texas university. The five year contract may require his retirement from the Army. Jones, famed West Point star and former Army mentor, plans to move to Lincoln soon and take charge.
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University of Nebraska Athletic Board
Lawrence M. “Biff" Jones
Cornhusker
Dana Xible
Texas University
Nebraska
Board of Regents
Kansas City
Jones
Washington
Army
Oklahoma U
Command and General Staff School
Leavenworth
War Department
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Biffer
West Point
Louisiana State
Huey Long
Oklahoma A
Sooner
Warner
R. D. Scott
Cornhusker Athletic Board
Scott
Rible
Texas
Red” Cagle
Biff
Rilston Lawrence
University of Nebraska
Memorial services honor late Judge C A Smart in Douglas County
Members of the Douglas County Bar association plan memorial services for the late Judge C A Smart at the Douglas County district court room next Monday at 1 30 p m. Invited are bar members from the fourth judicial district Douglas Franklin and Anderson counties and the general public. A memorial resolution by a committee led by R E Melvin will be reported and then spread on the district court journal.
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C. A. Smart
Douglas County District Court
Fourth Judicial District
Douglas
Franklin
Anderson
R. E. Melvin
Judge Smart
District Court
Hugh Means
Bar Association
Jude Smart
I. H. Menger
Oscar E. Learnard
M. A. Gor- Till
District Court Journal
Lawrence
Charles Springer
Justice Court
House Approves Bills in Brief Kansas Session
In a 17 minute session the Kansas House approved three bills and adjourned to Monday. A bill by Rep Nickell to allow Topeka to acquire parks and recreation grounds was amended to include Wichita. Two routine measures were also approved funding storage and display of Kansas G A R museum relics and financing work for the Kansas State Poultry Association. Rep U S Guyer of Kansas City Kansas recovered from influenza.
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Topeka
House
Nickell
Rshawnee
Wichita
G.A.R
Kansas State Poultry Association
All Petitions Must Be Read in Kansas House
Topeka January 28 reporting that Rep. Raymond E. Smith urged skipping petition readings to save time and money as 85 petitions were presented. House Speaker Henry S. Buzick and Grant Waggoner rejected the move, affirming petition readings as constitutional. Most petitions favored the 0.5 percent beer limit, with others on misc topics and 3.2 beer sales.
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Topeka
Raymond E. Smith
R-Marshall
House Journal
Henry S. Buzick, Jr
Grant Waggoner
House Committee On Rules
House
Buzick
Smith
Pioneer Life in Kansas Discussed by Kiwanis Speaker
John Ise K A professor addressed Kiwanis at Wiedemann's praising pioneers for shaping American society. He noted their sociability born of isolation, moral roughness, and hard lives, yet lauded their hopeful resilience and the belief that hardship can boost character and progress for Kansas and its people.
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Kansas
John Ise
K. A
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann's
Professor Ise
Ise
Mathy
Carlings
Tess
Manor Sold to Lawrence Woman's Club for Center
The former George K. Mackie home at 194 Massachusetts street, known as The Manor, was sold from Mrs. Mackie to the Lawrence Woman's Club to host women’s activities. The club will take possession February 1, with second-floor rearrangements for meetings and a first-floor tea room run by Mrs. W. R. Evans and Miss Nellie Reece Evans, who will move from Kansas City. The Evanses plan to open the tea room around February 15, with Mrs. Evans in charge. Mrs. F. W. Gaunt leads the club.
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George K. Mackie
Massachusetts Street
Nellie Reece Evans
Lawrence
Kansas City
F. W. Gaunt
The
Lawrence Woman's Club
Eudora Kaw bridge repair faces new danger
Douglas and Leavenworth counties confront renewed bridge trouble at Eudora Kaw river after 1935 flood and 1936 ice jam. Engineers warn the northern piers may fail requiring a full concrete pier and rapid coffer-dam work under a PWA project. Cost, timing, and river conditions hinge on Old Man River’s behavior.
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Douglas
Leavenworth
E. E. Trueblood
Douglas County
H. G. Simpson
Eudora
PWA
Massman Construction Company
North Bank
J. T. Constant
Trueblood
Eudora Kaw
J.T. Constant
Constant
Massman Company
Salvation Army Seeks Clothing and Food for Flood Areas
Adjutant M. E. Burkhardt reports ongoing drive for clothing and food for flood victims in Lawrence. Residents have donated generously, and donations can be dropped at 729 Vermont Street or called in for pickup. About 60 cadets from the Chicago training school and workers from central and eastern divisions have already been sent to assist.
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M. E. Burkhardt
Salvation Army
Lawrence
Vermont Street
Salvation Army Training School
Chicago
Police Official Reads Long Stay For Secretary
Salina January 28. Directors of the Kansas Peace Officers association secured permission from Noah Wiggins of Hutchinson to remain secretary until May. Wiggins, retiring head of the state reformatory, had sought to resign.
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Kansas Peace Officers Association
Noah Wiggins
Hutchinson
Wiggins
State Reformatory
Governor Murphy Refuses to Guarantee Worker Protection
Detroit date. Governor Frank Murphy says the state will prevent bloodshed in GM strikes but cannot guarantee full protection for workers commuting to work. He told Flint Alliance envoy S A Rasbach that a yes or no guarantee is impossible, citing prior failed peaceful talks and national guard presence after Fisher Body riots.
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Frank Murphy
Lansing
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S. A. Rasbach
Flint
Buick
Murphy
Rasbach
Fisher Body Company
Flood relief fund grows as Lawrence accepts flood aid
Lawrence and Douglas county residents pour 527.30 into Red Cross relief stations, boosting the total to 1, Mish16 since Monday. The daily tally marks the largest amount yet, with many second donations from clubs and firms. Contributions are sought indefinitely at banks, the Journal-World, and the Chamber of Commerce, with rural areas joining in.
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Douglas County
Red Cross
Journal- World Office
Chamber of Commerce
Weather outlook for Kansas mentions thaw and rising highs
Federal Meteorologist 5. D. Flora reports a thaw across Kansas with temperatures from 40 to 45 degrees yesterday. Tonight will dip to five above zero in northern areas and ten above in the south. Tomorrow highs expected around 25 in the east and 30 in the west, with light snow flurries in several towns.
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Topeka
Ian
Kansas
Flora
Fllis
Moran
Phillipsburg
Light docket for new court term set to begin
The February district court term opens next Monday with a light criminal docket and a civil docket heavy on money suits and divorces. County Attorney Springer filed two felonies, one involving a fatal truck crash near Pleasant Grove and another burglary at two gas stations. Several desertion cases and a liquor possession charge are also listed alongside a potential speed case by Ervin Henderson. The civil docket includes 48 divorce filings.
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Douglas County Bar Association
Huch
Kenneth Edwards
Pearl Johnson
Douglas County
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Highway 69
Pleasant Grove Hill
Edwards
Walter Kennedy
Halton
Kan
Lawrence
Carlyle Dawes
Harold Tuttle
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J. F. Corbingtra
J. F. Corbin
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Ted Corbin
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Henderson
Cities Service Gas Company
Mary Skinner
Ashe
Five Die When Flood Boat Capsizes Near Mounds Illinois
National guard officers reported a boat with 12 flood workers capsized near Mounds Illinois. Five laborers drowned, raising Illinois flood deaths to eleven. The incident occurred at the southern edge of the town as the flood continued.
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Springfield
National Guard
Cairn
Mounds
Illinois
Flooding Weakens Kaufman Strauss Store in Toursville KY
Flooding from a weakite foundation began to sag the Kaufman Strauss department store on Fourth Street in Toursville. Federal soldiers roped off the area fearing collapse while firemen pumped 14,000 gallons from a roof cooling tank and residents reported flooded cellars though streets remained dry.
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Toursville
Kaufman- Strauss
Fourth Street
Kansan Weather Forecast and Conditions Update
Generally fair with a colder spell in extreme east, then a slight warmup as clouds increase tonight and Friday. Morning conditions are cloudy with frozen rough roads and mist near Pittsburg, while yesterday’s high and today’s low temperatures are noted.
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Pittsburg
Associated Press
Turner Coal, Co
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