Famine on top of flood disaster in central China
Descriptions from Nanking on July 10 report the Yangtse flood causing wholesale death across central China. Hankow area areas like Kingchow suffer two thirds of populations wiped out as refugees flood toward Hankow. Famine compounds the toll with thousands displaced from HanYang and Wuchang as Ichang and other towns face rising waters.
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Nanking
China
Yangtse
Here
Ichang
Tibet
Hankow
Kingchow
Shasi
Han-' Yang
Wuchang
Mza
Lyautey stamps honor a French colonial governor
Memorial stamps praise Louis Hubert Lyautey for transforming Morocco during his decades as governor from desert outpost to developed colony. Born 1854, he served in Madagascar Indo China Algeria and West Africa then led Morocco during a pivotal era. He died 1934 at Thorey near Nancy.
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Quinton
James Louis Hubert Lyautey
Marshal
France
Morocco
Lyautey
Verdun
Briand
Africa
French Academy
Thorey
Nancy
Australia
Anzac
George V
Cook Islands
Niue
Samoa
Germany
Stamp updates from Paraguay Luxembourg post issues
A Paraguay 40 centavos airmail stamp bearing Kang Teh head is issued in dull blue replacing the prior deep green. Luxembourg introduces two new denominations in its post age due series 35 and 70 centimes in green with red numerals.
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Kang Teh
Hsuan Tung
China
Paraguay
Luxembourg
Oklahoma City Leads New Works Progress Plan Start
Oklahoma officials report the federal Works Progress Administration program is operating smoothly with Oklahoma claiming to be first in the nation. About 400 men began work in Oklahoma City remodeling WPA headquarters as W. S. Key completed district officer appointments. Applications totaling nearly 4 million dollars for public works were filed with the PWA for projects in Oklahoma including a city hall and courthouse, schools, college buildings, a Seminole city hall, and a plan for 60 armories statewide.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Relief Administration
W. S. Key
Works Progress
PWA
Philip Donnell
Ponca City
Northwest Teachers College
Alva
Seminole
Key
Gunfight on a Farm Leaves Two Dead Near Ava Missouri
Springfield dispatch reports a farm near Ava, Missouri, where two men were killed during a robbery attempt on Mrs. Anna Ellison and her son Rondo Ellison, 22, who died after returning fire. Sheriff Ernie Gentry said three robbers demanded water, entered the house, and fled on foot. a suspect’s Oklahoma City chauffeur license identified W H Morefield as 28. Posses searched the area as investigators noted the Ellisons kept little cash at home.
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Springfield
Aya
Ozark Hills
Anna Ellison
Rondo
Ellison
W. H. Morefield
Oklahoma City
Ava
Ernie Gentry
Gentry
Alsho
Ellisons
Wanted His Car Back in Kansas City Mystery
Washington news wires report federal agents hunt for a missing car. The owner said he only wanted the car back, not his wife, after Kansas City police found the vehicle but not the woman. Also, Dimund Grant was fined $10 for speeding and paroled in police court on the same day.
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Kansas City
Kacen
Dimund
Grant
Route 3
West Seventh Street
Bear Attacks Children At Arkansas Carnival
A trained bear slipped its chain at Thornburg Carnival near Perryville injuring two children. John D. Boyer, 2, was cut and scratched about the face while Doris Powell, 8, escaped with scratches. The bear, part of a small circus, was recaptured by its trainer.
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Perryville
Ark
Thornburg
Here
John D. Boyer
Doris Powell
Move to Expedite White House Plan
Washington July 10 Democratic leaders sought to expedite the Roosevelt program with hopes Congress may adjourn in late August They met President for over two hours to press for faster handling of bills and to ease friction between the President and the House The focus was on must action items plus tax reform coal and banking measures and social security work. Joplin father of film star Ernest Truex dies at 73 in Missouri after paralysis illness from home announced today
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Washington
House
Congress
White House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Senate House
Utilities Holding Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
Joplin
J. L. Truex
Ernest Truex
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Died of Heat Prostration Near Humboldt Kansas
James W. Adams aged 59 a farmer five miles northeast of Humboldt died at his home on July 10 after being overcome by heat while working in a field He had lived in the area 35 years and is survived by his widow and a son Glenn of Oregon Also noted is a historical fact about Birmingham Alabama noting the first dwelling built in 1835 now still standing
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Humboldt
Kan
James W. Adams
Here
Adams
Glenn
Oregon
Birtmingham
Ala
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George Frederick Handel
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NOW & Chops
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Green Bros
Mass
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Fred Harvey
Dude Ranch
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Lawrence, Kansas
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Angel Food
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Wren Angel
Lawrence
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Cal
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