Tornado Toll Tops 214 Across Five States
Alabama bore the heaviest toll with 164 dead as a series of tornadoes ravaged communities in Alabama Georgia Tennessee Kentucky and South Carolina. Towns list high fatalities including Northport Union Grove Marion and Columbiana in Alabama Athens and Decatur in Georgia plus Uniontown in Kentucky and Spartanburg area in South Carolina. National guardsmen nurses doctors and volunteers joined rescue work as roads were blocked and power and communications failed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Union Grove
Collins Chanel
Thorsbr
Cullman
Talladega
Sylacausa
Marion
Paint Rock
Columbiana
Farnsdale
Northport
Fairview
Bethel, & Lomax
Bridgeport
Linden
Demopslis
Plantersville
Falkville
Benenen
Barfield
Stevenson
Stanton
Corinth
Athens
Macedonia Community
Cassville
Rome
Ty Dalton
Colbert
Atlanta
Jay
Gurriestan i
Franklin
Ladds
Lewisburgh
Halesbar
Uniontown
Spartanburg
Hess
Dama
Demopolis
Lomax
Thorsby
Columbia
Bethel
National Guard
Northville
Warrior River
Tuscaloosa
Lineville
Ine
Barton County
Pulaski
Middle
Spearianburg
Piney Grove
Druid City
University of Alabama
Main Street
Small Town Girl Holds Air Travel Record
Chicago March 22 AP Katherine Maye of Virden Illinois known as sky nurse on United Air Lines has logged 230000 miles on the coast to coast system the most for any air traveling woman in the country. She trails Ida Novelli of Seattle by a narrow margin with a goal of 500000 miles and perhaps more excitement ahead.
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Chicago
Katherine Maye
Virden
Ill
United Air Lines
Capper Attacks Foreign Securities Fraud By Banks
Senator Capper charged the federal government with aiding the exploitation of American investors through selling worthless foreign securities by bankers driven by profits. He criticized international bankers for ignoring banking ethics and warned Americans to beware a new “snipe hunt.” He praised House efforts on a dollar stabilization plan and noted the burden of debts and taxes.
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Washington
Mar
Capper
Kansas
Senate
Columbia Broadcasting System
State Department
Pa Capper
America
Congress
House Banking and Currency Committee
Tornado Briefs Include Fatality and Rescue Story
Cassville farmer Gas annon found dead near his burned home with a five to six week old baby in his arms. Athens rescue workers discover a white dog guarding shoes as a mistress’s body is found nearby. A second tornado strikes in quick succession, underscoring repeated storm damage in the town.
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Associated Press
Cassville
Gasannon
Rurned
Athens
Here
City election registration rising after storm clears
Four people registered yesterday bringing total city election registrants to 274 since the March 8 primary. Stormy weather kept many from downtown but clearing skies may spur more registrations. Books stay open until 10 each night, including Friday when they close until after the election. Residents who moved since last vote or who did not vote in the last general election are urged to register.
Roads Clear of Drifts in Harvey County
Harvey county road crews cleared 133 miles of county highways of heavy snowdrifts after lasting overnight work. Dozens of motorists were helped from drifts, with several exposed to the cold. An elderly man, not named, was rescued from a deep drift and hospitalized in serious condition at Halstead.
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Newton
Kan
Harvey
Halstead
Weather Summary For Kansas And City Roads
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Morning notes predict clear skies except Coffeyville likely cloudy. Dirt roads vary from snow covered to good with frosted areas. Wichita snow covered to blocked while Topeka main roads remain fair. Douglas county roads muddy and snow covered in spots. Previous day’s temperature shows 7 a.m. reading, today’s noon, and a 7 p.m. update with .71 inch of precipitation and seven inches of snowfall noted.
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Kansas
Coffeyville
Topeka
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Wichita
Douglas County
Weohs Canonese
Wisconsin may hire Iowa State coach Veenker
Reports indicate George Veenker, Iowa State football mentor, is poised to become head coach at Wisconsin. Authority sources say formal approval by the board of regents is awaited, succeeding Glenn Thistlethwaite who resigned in 1931.
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Madison
Wis
George Veenker
Iowa State
University of Wisconsin
Veenker
Glenn Thistlethwaite
Mud Creek
Injunction Halts Voting of Stock In Topeka Merger Case
In Topeka March 22 AP a court restrained officers of Bank Savings Life Insurance from voting 488 common shares delaying a merger vote with Federal Reserve Life Insurance of Kansas Hearing set for March 26 After Stockholders in Kansas City approved the merger 22 800 to 10 with plans to form a company holding 100 000 000 in policies A separate suit over 15 000 shares owned by Fire Insurance Company of Chicago was dismissed and voting allowed
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Topeka
Bank Savings Life Insurance Company
Federal Reserve Life Insurance Company of Kansas
Otis E. Hungate
Shawnee County
National Bank of Topeka
Harry Colmery
C. Lupton
Bank Savings
George. L. Grogan
E. H. Lupton, Jr
E. C.lupton
Grogan
Colmery
Hungate
Kansas City
Kan
Federal Reserve Life Insurance Company Today
Bank Savings Life Insurance of
Federal Reserve Life, Insurance Company
B. Frank Bushman
Fire Insurance,,company of Chicago
Wyandotte District Court
Fire Insurance Company
Federal Reserve Company
Bank Savings Life Insurance Company of
Fail in Motion to Take Away Enforcement Funds
Washington March 22 AP The Senate rejected a motion by Senator Blaine to cut virtually all enforcement funds from the prohibition department appropriation The proposal sought reduce the total from 11 869 506 to 370 120 preserving only minimum for the enforcement bureau The move backed by Blaine and Senator Long argued no justification to single out prohibition laws for large funding The Senate chamber was sparsely filled when Vice President Curtis put the question After brief speeches a few ayes were recorded but the nays dominated and the motion failed
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Nnne Department
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senator Long
Louisiana
Curtis
Lawrence High Senior Receives Union Pacific Scholarship
Lawrence High School senior John Phillips received the Union Pacific scholarship of 100 dollars for excellence in agricultural projects. The 19 year old son of J D Phillips, route 4, competed with corn, poultry, and dairying projects. The award is given annually in Kansas counties the road passes through and allows attendance at any agricultural college. No Lawrence High award was given last year. In 1930 Nile Taylor, son of Mr and Mrs J Zavier, route 4, won the Schelan scholarship.
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John Phillips
Lawrence High School
Union Pacific
W.R. Essick
Phillips
J.D. Phillips
Young Phillips
Road
Kansas
Lawrence High
Nile Taylor
J.zavier
Route 4
Schelan
Benefit District Dissolution Stalls Rail Fund Distribution
Topeka March 22 A Leavenworth county benefit district tied to the Leavenworth and Topeka railroad holds 7750 that officers want to distribute to entitled persons but no statute sets lines for distribution or beneficiaries. State attorney general and county officials note similar issues in Jefferson county where a district also financed the railroad.
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Topeka
Mar
APS
Leavenworth County
Attorney General
Leavenworth and Topeka
Joseph J. Dawes
Leavenworth
Roland Boynton
Boynton
Walter Griffin
Jefferson County
Caldwell linked to Lindbergh kidnap inquiry in Chicago
Chicago reporters say H Wallace Caldwell member of the city school board has made contact with Col Charles A Lindbergh and U S Secret Service over anonymous tips from the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Caldwell visited Lindberghs Hopewell New Jersey home and traveled to Washington on instructions conveyed by telephone.
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Chicago
Daily News
H. Wallace Caldwell
Chicago Board of Education
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
U.S. Secret Service
Lindbergh
Caldwell
Chicago School Board
Hopewell
N. J
Pawee
Col. Lindbergh
Secret Service
Washington
Charles A. Lindber, Hy Jr
Pworld
Elmer Hann
Hunterdon County
Lindbehn Estates
New York City
Fire at Masonic Temple causes motor overheating
Firemen were called to the Masonic Temple at 4 50 yesterday afternoon where smoke from an overheated motor filled part of the building. Damage to the motor has not been estimated. There was no damage to the building. The cause of the motor overheating was not determined.
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Masonic Temple
Snow clears Kansas as highways reopen after blizzard
March 22 Topeka AP reports Kansas dug out after a heavy snowstorm. 5 to 8 inches in the northeast and up to 16.5 inches in the west and south caused road closures. 36 hours of generally fair weather predicted with temperatures 35 to 10 degrees, then rising. Main highways reopened by noon as snow plows cleared state routes. Medicine Lodge area noted as exception. Modern Greece’s carpet and rug industry growth linked to 1916 refugee influx from Smyrna. Majestic Refrigerator ads.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
Flora
Severley
Ira Taylor
State Highway Department
Medicine Lodge
Guard Canadian Jail Windsor Plot Threat Denied
Col. John Warden, Essex county jail governor at Sandwich, ordered extra guards after he said Detroit gangsters planned to seize him his wife and daughter to force release of Harold Fontaine. Guards at his residence and the jail were armed with machine guns as Fontaine, held for Leavenworth, faced a federal prison break case.
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Windsor
Ont
APJ
Detroit
John Warden
Essex County
Sandwich
Warden
Harold Fontaine
United States
Fontaine
Col. Warden
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Topeka Vote Sought On Pet Confine Ordinance
Topeka residents are asked to vote on a proposed ordinance requiring cats and dogs to be confined at all times. Mayor Omar B. Ketchum cites garden damage and asks for public sentiment via a haliod on the question. Proceeding to finals in Leavenworth district basketball delayed. Bowan Class vs Immaculata for championship and Lawrence against Easton for third slated for March 29.
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Topeka
Omar B. Ketchum
Leavenworth
Bowman
Immaculata
Lawrence
Easton
Cannery Plans for 1932 Set to Pack 100000 Cases
W H Pendleton announces Columbus Foods Cannery in Lawrence will expand to about 100000 cases in 1932. Fred Stare, president of Columbus Foods, backs the plan amid confidence in the community and local barley, peas, corn and tomato crops. Acreage contracts target 480 acres peas and 250 corn plus tomatoes and other vegetables, with about 150 workers employed at peak season.
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Lawrence
W. H. Pendleton
Columbus Foods Corporation
Fred Stare
Columbus
Wis
Pendleton
Stare
Douglas County
Kansas
T. Stare
Wisconsin
Rotary International
Leavenworth Bond Vote For New Senior High School
Citizens of Leavenworth voted on a $120000 bond issue to replace the fire-destroyed senior high school. The planned building costs about $177560 with $57000 insurance aiding reconstruction. supporters predict victory and promise local labor use if bonds pass.
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Leavenworth
Tin Roof as Parachute Kills Passenger in Arizona
BisbeeArizona March 22 AP a tin roof in a high windstorm served as a parachute for a bed carrying two men and dropped one to his death J S Jackson rancher was killed and his father in law J T Pile seriously injured The roof lifted with the bed and carried them several hundred yards before crashing to a field Pile escaped when the roof fell on the bed a daughter in a car nearby narrowly escaped death as the roof sheared off its top
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Bisbee
Ariz
Mar
Cochise
J. S. Jackson
J. T. Pile
Jackson
Pile
Vinland student wins Douglas County essay prize on Washington
James York wins first in Douglas County for the George Washington Bicentennial contest with the essay The Many Sidedness of George Washington. Marian Yewdall finishes second on George Washington as a Farmer. Elizabeth Raymond takes third with George Washington the Friend. prizes are $5, $3, and $2 respectively. two entries were disqualified for exceeding 750 words.
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James York
Vinland High School
Douglas County
George Washington
C.E. Birch
W. L. Rambo
Paola
Young York
Marian ~Yewdall
Connecticut Street
Lawrence High School
Charles Yewdall
Elizabeth Raymond
F. N. Raymond
Illinois Street
FE. S. Weatherby
Seth Slaughter
W. A. Dill
Baldwin Woman Receives Book Dedicated to Son
Baldwin City reports a Carnegie Institution of Washington release honoring the late Captain Percy Ault with a commemorative book sent to his mother Mrs M A Ault. The tome, The Last Cruise, commemorates the Carnegie shipboard service in 1929 and lauds Ault as a leader in science and geography.
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Baldwin
Son
Company M
137Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Ernest C. Ayer
Ayer
Harrie Mueller
Wichita
Regular Army
Raymond J. Wismer
Co. M
Scil- Carnegie
Shore
Iain Percy -Ault
M. A. Ault
Apia
Samaz
Carnegie Institution of Washington
J. Hari and Paul
Carnegie
Captain Ault
Man gets life for murder of Columbia student in Apache territory
LeBee Arizona March 22 AP Guilty verdict on Mac Seymour Apache Indian for the murder of Miss Henrietta Schmerler 23 research student of Columbia University. Jury deliberated four hours and twenty minutes. Sentenced to life imprisonment. Schmerler slain July 18 on a Fort Apache trip for material for a thesis. She was a promising anthropology student.
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Lebee Ariz
Henrietta Schmerler
Columbia University
Mac Seymour
Seymour
Arizona
Four Die in Fire Destroys Dallas Hotel
A fire in Dallas early today killed four men and severely injured four others when a two story hotel in the business district burned. Hazel Wood, 11, and her mother woke the alarm. origin of the blaze is undetermined. In Missouri, Gov. Henry S. Caulfield said he would not seek the U S Senate seat.
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Dallas
Texas
Hazel Wood
Jefferson City
Mer
Henrys. Caulfield
Fenubligan
Missouri
United States
Cleanup follows Monday storm in Lawrence area
Monday's blizzard left Lawrence and vicinity digging out as rising temperatures aided by a warm sun. City crews under J L Constant cleared streets and walks, maintained two way traffic, and kept buses and trains running with delays. Tractors plowed, snow was trucked or melted, and service remained mostly uninterrupted throughout the day as schools and rural routes faced disruption.
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Lawrence
J. L. Constant
Public Utilities
Massachusetts Street
Masonic Temple
Reinisch
Fopeka
Travers
Eldridge
M. D. Morgan
Union Pacific
Oakley
Salina
Wichita
Tulsa
Ottawa
Kansas Electric Power Company
University Line
Massachusetts
Tennessee Street
Kansas
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Foras
Sterlay
Towa
Bank Savings Life
L. & T. Road
St. Louis
Enat
Steubenville
Carol S. Cole
Western Airways
Ohio River
Hal George
Chester
W. Va
Hancock County
George
Brown's Island
William Bingham
East Orange
New York Hospital
Cole
Ohio
Caroline Skinner
Carol
Carol Skinner
E. H. Skinner
Greece
Smyrna
Majestic Refrigerator
Adr
Canadian
James York O
Vinland
Marian
Yewdall
Ernest C. Ayers
Okla
Oi! Andi Gas Journal
York
Union Pacific Railroad
Reien Keller
New_York
Helen Keller
Thorofares
Mr. Morgan
E. E. Trueblood
Santa Fe
Highway 40
Newman
Highway 10
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