Flood Threat Sparks Wide Human Effort Across States
Memphis area reports severe Mississippi Valley floods as engineers guards convicts Red Cross and volunteers battle rising waters. Gov Ferguson proposes a 50 million reservoir system after touring Coldwater Tallahatchie sites in Mississippi. Yazoo varies with Swifton levee sandbagging and forced evacuations in Arkansas and Missouri seeing rising White and St. Francis rivers.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
National
Red Cross
Missouri
Arkansas
Mississippi
Harley B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Coldwater
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Swifton
Greenwood
Cache River
Devils Bluff
St. Francis
Russian Motion Pictures to Be Shown Thursday
Julien Bryan, noted traveler and photographer, will present the sixteenth Community Lecture program in the University auditorium on Thursday at 8:20 p.m. The Russian pictures explore life across the Soviet Union including work, homes, hospitals, clinics, courts, and daily life.
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Soviet Russia
Siberia
Julien Bryan
Bryan
Soviet Union
HOCKENHULL NAMED VP TREASURER OF WICHITA CREDIT GROUP
A W Hockenhull former New Mexico governor becomes vice president and treasurer of the Production Credit Corporation of Wichita an agency of the Farm Credit Administration. He succeeds Arthur J Jones of Portales NM who resigned from the FCA board for the Wichita district amid a note on loan applications the smallest since May first.
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Wichita
Kan
A.W. Hockenhull
New Mexico
Production Credit Corporation of
Farm Credit Administration
Hackenhull
Arthur J. Jones
Portales
N.M
FCA
Hugh L. Harrell
Wichita Federal Land Bank
Mobilization Planned for 60 000 in Mimic War at Pine Camp
The War Department plans a peace time mimic war involving about 60 000 soldiers. The exercise would take place at Pine Camp in northern New York, likely during the last two weeks of August.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Pine Camp
New York
Garden beans for small plots and early varieties
Garden string beans, also called bush beans, suit small plots. Leading early bush varieties include Stringless Green-Peas, Bountiful, Currie Rustproof Wax, and Refugee Wax. Plant bush beans in rows 24 inches apart with plants 3 to 4 inches apart. Make three or four plantings at two to three week intervals.
Patman backs cash bonus as sound currency claim
Representative Patman of Texas argued during 10 hours of debate that his bill to pay the bonus in cash with new money would not cause inflation and would be a “Godsend rather than a detriment to the country,” insisting the money used to buy adjusted compensation certificates would be perfectly sound.
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Washington
Patman
Tex
Prison population grows at Leavenworth main prison
Warden Fred G. Zerbst reported the federal prison in Leavenworth Kansas has risen rapidly since last November and now sits 360 over capacity. The total population today reached 2,360.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fred G. Zerbst
New War Machine Is Powerful Unit
A 1935 Associated Press report from Berlin outlines Nazi Germany's rearmament drive and the creation of a modern military machine. It describes mobilization of resources, roads, canals, munition plants, and trains of equipment while noting observers expect a sizable mobilization capability.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Nazi Germany
Belgium
Reich
Germany
Storm Troops
Schutz Staffel
Air
Flood affects 17 000. 13 000 still out of homes
Howard Bonham of the Red Cross says 17 000 people were affected by the southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas floods, with nearly 13 000 still out of their homes. He warns the situation remains acute as relief efforts continue.
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Red Cross
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri
Arkansas
Howard Bonham
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Final Honors To Actor
High water in the Kaw river tests a newly built jetty at the municipal water intake. The jetty aims to direct flow and keep deeper water available during drought, with bank protection helping scour and prevent silt deposits that threatened the intake last year.
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Kaw
Water Department
Cit
Huge Crowd Attends Richard B. Harrison Rites
A silent bareheaded crowd of 20 000 filled the streets outside St. Edmunds Episcopal Church as Richard Berry Harrison known for The Green Pastures received last honors. The little Negro church built as a mission project was filled past capacity.
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Chicago
St. Edmund's Episcopal Church
Richard Berry Harrison
McPherson Police Dodge Death By One Loyal Dog
In McPherson Kansas AP report police tried to shoot a dog over unpaid city tax. Officers Lyle Littlefield and Richard Knowles stood ready as the animal tilted its head and wagged a ear. The gun was lowered and the dog walked upright prompting a surrender. The pair ultimately did not fire.
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McPherson
Kan
Lyle Littlefield
Richard Knowles
Littlefield
Knowles
British note to Berlin praised as capitulation by Britain
Moscow reports authorized Russian circles hail the British note to Berlin on Germany's conscription as a capitulation and praise Hitler Simon talks as decisive. Observers expect Sir John Simon to Berlin and then Eden to Moscow to shape future negotiations. The Soviet press warns England against concessions that could ruin a European settlement.
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Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Sir John
Hitler
Anthony Eden
England
Officers Return Dog to City for Permanent Home
Officers retrieved a stray dog and brought it back to the city where officials located a permanent home for the animal. The case highlights municipal efforts to pair rescued animals with lasting residences.
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Topeka
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