Eight Lives Lost in Flood Near Altus Oklahoma
A drenching rain flooded rivers and creeks near Altus Oklahoma causing eight deaths and widespread damage. One body recovered, others missing including Carl McAlpine and his ten year old daughter Joy. Homes and bridges swept away, towns isolated, and gas supplies cut as floods surged across Turkey Creek and nearby basins.
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Altus
Okla
U.T
Claude Gowens
Carl McAlpine
Joy
Edmond Reid
Turkey Creek
Harmony
Reid
Olustee
D. T. Crowe
Salt Fork River
Here
Mangum
Elm Fork Creek
Southwest
Oklahoma
Texas
Gainesville
Dust Swirls as Hutchinson Sees Heavy May Rainfall
Hutchinson residents shoveled dust from attics and pumped basements as 2.27 inches of rain yesterday pushed May total to 7.42 inches, the wettest month in five years. Streets flooded. western Kansas farmers rejoice mud and plan large row crop plantings once rain ends.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Tribune
UPR
Kansas
Records Are Safe At Lincoln Meet
Kansas State and Oklahoma led a Big Six track race amid steady rain at Memorial Stadium Lincoln. After 10 events Kansas State 40 Oklahoma 38 with Iowa State 214 Missouri 20 Nebraska 20 Kansas 94 and other marks set despite foul weather.
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Neh
Kansas State College
University of Oklahoma
Wildcats
Sooners
Iowa State
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Memorial Stadium
Neb
Elwyn Dees
O'Reilly
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Lochner
Oklahoma
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Jane
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State
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Y Cooler
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Cardwell
Wondy Dees
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Rist
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Walker
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Poole
Short
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Harris
Miller
Wellhaugen
Minsky
Chambers
Kilgore
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Hemphill
Kan
Chaney
Oksecond
Oil
Eberhart
Reilly
Mission
Ward
Oklaging
Scott
Cooley
Fanning
Berger
Tornado kills man and injures fifteen near Crockett
A May 18 tornado destroyed the Weches community near Crockett Texas killing one man and injuring fifteen people, including Harvey Bobbit’s uncle George Crenshaw, aged 70, and Bobbit’s two year old son. Several homes were wrecked and survivors reported miraculous escapes. Civilian conservation corps workers nearby aided the injured.
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Crockett
Texas
Weches
Sinders
Harvey Bobbit
George Crenshaw
Bobbit
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bobbitts
Rains and Snow Bring Moisture to Colorado
A spring storm drenched southeastern Colorado, ending a drought and threatening floods. Twelve inches of snow covered the Pikes Peak region while heavy rain damaged streets in Manitou and Colorado Springs areas, forcing closure of two emergency hospitals for dust pneumonia victims.
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Springfield
Colo
Baca County
Colorado
Pikes Peak
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Fountain Creek
Roosevelt veto drives new bonus strategy in Congress
Congress bonus leaders, shaken by President Roosevelt’s veto, plan a immediate vote to sustain or override without debate. Roosevelt visits Quantico aboard the Sequoia, drafting his veto message for a joint session next week as inflation and currency stabilization debates gather pace.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Quantico
Great Britain
London
Bank For International Settlements
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Banks
Four Get Life Terms In Memel Nazi Plot Case
Kaunas May 18. President Smetona commuted four Memel Nazis from death to life imprisonment after they refused to appeal for mercy. They lose citizenship, have property confiscated, and will be jailed in Kaunas. Police reinforce Memel border to deter demonstrations as others from the case are sent to provincial prisons. Also: Jesse Owens ties world record at Dyche Stadium. a Forrest City, Missouri marriage was performed by Judge Menger.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Antanas Smetona Tolday
Memel
Evanston
Tfl
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Dyche Stadium
Kansas Dust Bowl Now Is Filling With Mud Streams in East Rise
Drouth ridden Kansas shifts to a rainy scene as eastern areas report saturated soils and rising streams. Western Kansas welcomes moisture while central and eastern sections receive heavy rainfall with totals from Dodge City to Hutchinson and Wichita. Readings show widespread rain, cooler nights, and potential flood warnings if rain continues.
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Kansas Dust Bowl
East Rise
Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Liberal
New Mexico
S. D. Flora
Hutchinson
Toneka
Manhattan
Junctiono City
Emporia
Eureka
Tola
Independence
Belleville
Clifton
Concordia
Clayventer
Alton
Memexpsls. Com
Ellsworth
Hays
Larned
McPherson
Wichita
Anthony
Dresden
Goodland
Tribune
Garden City
Preservation of Free Press Speech in Waterville Convocation
Col Robert McCormick of the Chicago Tribune and Howard Davis of the Herald Tribune spoke at Colby College in Waterville Maine on May 18 to honor Elijah Lovejoy and warn that government censorship muzzles radio and threatens press freedom. They urged constant effort against censorship amid debates over the publishers code.
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Waterville
Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Col. McCormick
Howard Davis
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Colby College
Elijah Lovejoy
Davis
The
Herald Tribune
Mays Breaks Indy Track Record In Memorial Day Qualifying
Indianapolis May 18 Pi Rex Mays a 28 year old Los Angeles driver shattered the track record for the Memorial Day Indy 500 qualifying with an average speed of 120.736 mph. He drove a four cylinder rear drive speedster and holds the pole from last year’s race by Kelly Pettillo of Los Angeles. Tony Gulotta of Kansas City qualified at 115.439 mph in the car Mauri Rose used to finish second last year.
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Indianapolis
Pi—Rex Mays
Los Angeles
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Kelly Petillo
Mays
Tony Gulotta
Kansas City
Mauri Rose
Dayton
Red Army Is Strong
Moscow May 18 President Kalinin told crack parachute jumpers that the red army has reached efficiency comparable with the armies of nations whose attack may be faced one day. The remark followed prior statements by spokesmen comparing Soviet forces to Japanese and German troops and noting the army now numbers about a million men due to Germanys growth.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kalinin
Soviet Russia
Germany
Alumni Active On Haskell Program
Haskell Institute wraps its 50th annual commencement with alumni prominently featured. Indoor events proceed despite weather. outdoor campus day activities occurred yesterday. Graduates of 221 join alumni at a luncheon, with commencement at 7 pm by Navajo tribal council chair Thomas H. Dodge.
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Haskell Institute
Thomas H. Dodge
Tecumseh Hall
Rioters Attack Apollo Metal Works Dismantling Crew
In LaSalle on May 18 a mob of 490 to 590 strikers and sympathizers attacked the Apollo Metal Works plant as 40 dismantlers prepared to move the facility to another city. Tear gas and rock throwing followed repeated clashes, a cordon of state patrolmen secured the site, and the dismantling crew fled to buses. The plant, with about 750 workers, had seen a walkout over union recognition and employment disputes, prompting the company to hire Chicago workers for the move.
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LaSalle
Apollo Metal Works
Chicago
Polish Flier Dies in Crash While Stunting
Detroit reports Polish American transatlantic flier Stanley Hausner was killed when his red monoplane, planned for a non stop U S to Poland flight, crashed into a warehouse during a church area stunt. Coroner identified the body an hour after the wreckage was found. Hausner had arrived from Pittsburgh to finish preparations for the flight.
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Detroit
Stanley Hausner
United States
Poland
Hausner
Pittsburgh
Josef Pilsudski
Marshal Pilsudski
Pirates Triumph Over Brooklyn Behind Blanton Hurling
Cy Blanton limited the Dodgers to five hits for his sixth win as Pittsburgh shelled Van Mungo for five runs in the fifth inning and defeated Brooklyn. Mungo pitched for Pittsburgh with Bronson and Lopez, while Stanton and Grave homered for the Pirates.
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Cy Blanston
Pirates
van Muneo
Kronklyn
Ti Mungo
Bal
Lopez Slanton
Grave
Cincinnati
Fred Fitzsimmons
Reds
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Gene Schott
Sidalings
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Walters
Ganenix
Roy Henshaw
Philadelphia Hom
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Hartnett
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Philadelphia Athletics Today
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Coffman
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Hemsley
Wilshere
Foxx
Lefty Gomez
Lou Gehrig
Bill Dic
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Gehrig
Crey
Cleveland
World's Largest Airliner Crashes Near Moscow
A disaster near Moscow today involved the Maxim Gorky, the world's largest land airliner, killing at least 86 people including crew and shock workers. Pilot Blaguin, flying an instructional plane, collided with the Maxim Gorky during aerobatics at 2,250 feet. debris scattered over a village and eight assumed fatalities were reported. Government officials promised state funeral costs and family compensation.
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Maxim Gorky
Moscow Central Airdrome
M. Juroff
M. Mikheef
Central Aerodynamic Institute
M. Blaguin
Blaguin
Working Men’s Institute
Blaquin
London
Reuters
Moscow Exchange
Berlin
Europe
Sunday Express
Death in Escape to Hear Students
A Kansas City death follows an escape from a car after a woman, Mrs Vina Owens, 28, told of fleeing with her companion Miss Lucille Walters and two strange men. An autopsy cited fright induced heart attack. Mrs Owens died en route to hospital. Walters, niece of Wyandotte sheriff, described solicitations and a rushed car ride. The report includes other local music program notes and an open University of Kansas School of Fine Arts event for May 20.
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Kansas City
Kan
E. D. Williams
Wyandotte County
Vina Owens
Lucille Walters
Miss Walters
George Baker
Stanley Beatty
Waiters
Mrs. Owens
Owens
Melvin House
al Smith
Capt. Beatty
School of Fine Arts
University
Charles S. Skilton
Laurel Everette Anderson
Joe Burns
Mildred Seaman
Jeannette Cass
Mildred Cook
Lorene Grant Piper
George Trovillo
Blanche Thurston
Charles McManus
College of Liberal Arts
Willis Quant
Ruth Stockwell
Virginia LaCroix
Tom Ryan
Lawrence Public Schools
Mabel Barnhart
Dr. R. A. Schwegler Jr to Establish Lawrence Practice
Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler Jr, longtime staff surgeon at University Hospital in Minneapolis, has purchased the late Dr. G. W. Jones's office and equipment and will move to Lawrence to begin his practice. He earned his MD from Minnesota in 1931 and is completing a PhD. He is the son of Dean and Mrs. R. A. Schwegler of Lawrence.
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Raymond A. Schwegler, Jr
University Hospital
Minneapolis, Minn
G. W. Jones
Lawrence
Schwegler
Jones
Minneapolis
University
Kansas
Medical
University of Minnesota
Schwegler, Jr
R. A. Schwegler
Voss Reaches Net Finals In Big Six Championships
Lincoln Nebraska May 18 Art Voss of Kansas University advanced to the singles finals in the Big Six conference championships by defeating Albert Rollins of Oklahoma 6 0 12 10. Rain forced play indoors to the University of Nebraska coliseum. Upshur later beat Kenneth Kell 6 4 6 3 to reach the singles final. Finals set for this afternoon with doubles to follow.
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Lincoln
Neb
Art Voss
Kansas University
Albert Rollins
Oklahoma
Rollins
Albert Ursher
University of Nebraska
Upsher
Kenneth Kell
Sooners
University of Oklahoma
Kansas Bankers elect Bryant as new president at Topeka
Harry A. Bryant of Parsons becomes president of the Kansas Bankers Association, succeeding M. L. Breidenthal of Kansas City. He was raised from vice president at the conclusion of the 48th annual convention. New officers include R. C. Clevinger, W. W. Bowman, Fred Bowman, and R. S. Dunsmire. The 1936 convention will be in Kansas City with Missouri Bankers. Wichita bid for the 1987 golden anniversary gathering.
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Topeka
Upi
Harry A. Bryant
Parsons
Kansas Bankers’ Association
M. L. Breidenthal
Kansas City
Bryant
Association
R. C. Clevinger
Wichita
W. W. Bowman
Fred Bowman
Daltons son named to West Point from Garnett
Kansas freshman Clay A. Dalton of Garnett is appointed to West Point by Senator Capper and Representative Guyer. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Dalton and resides at 1301 Vermont Street.
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Clay A. Dalton
University of Kansas
Garnett
West Point
Arthur Capper
U.S. Guyer
Dalton
H. P. Dalton
Vermont Street
State Convention Opens Here Today
More than 50 persons expected to attend the state convention of the Christian Commercial Travelers Association with joint services by the Ministerial Alliance and Gideons. O C Parks of Hutchinson presided at opening, banquet planned at Wiedemanns, sessions and union services scheduled through Sunday featuring visits from Topeka and Wichita delegates and officials from Eau Claire Kansas City Chicago and other cities.
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Christian Commercial Travelers Association
Gideons
Henry F. Draper
First Christian Church
O. C. Parks
Hutchinson
Wiedemann’s
First Presbyteria
Centenary ME
International
J. B. Brinsmaid
Jesse Bigley
Orville Boyd
Fred Scamell
Claude Puckett
A. E. Lewis
Eau Claire
Wis
International Trustee
Richard Preston
O. L. Ford
Kansas City
Virgil H. Kraft
Chicago
Wichita
L. L. Wilson
John A. Hunt
Dorothy
Sid Wolfe
George Massey
George Baird
F. H. Camp
L. B. Steele
Rains Fail to Raise Kaw River Though It Drifts Low
Heavy showers have fallen across the region, but the Kaw River remains nearly unchanged and slightly lower than yesterday. Officials monitor the jetty project as drift increases with more rain expected to fill ponds and streams. Wakarusa runs high but not at flood stage. May rainfall now totals 5.27 inches, above normal for May by 0.57 inches, contrasting with last year's hot and dry conditions.
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Kaw
Wakarusa
Pilots Break Two World Speed Records in Brooklyn Flight
D W Tomlinson and Joseph Bartels piloting a twin motor Douglas airliner set two world speed records on a 1 000 kilometer course at 190.143 mph over a Brooklyn closed loop finishing at Bennett Field at 2 55 p m EST. They beat the 1 000 kilometer records with 1 000 kilograms payload and aim to surpass 2 000 kilometers on a second lap while France held both prior marks. Also included is a brief note on the Stock Market Index showing an average of six stocks at 48 yesterday 42 2.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
D. W. Tomlinson
Joseph Bartels
Tomlinson
Bartels
Bennett Field
France
Weather forecast for Kansas region with rain and warmer Sunday
The latest weather summary reports rain tonight and Sunday morning with warmer Sunday afternoon. Ottawa, Arkansas City and Topeka may see rain and cloudy morning skies. Dirt roads are muddy, Coffeyville and Topeka softer. Douglas County also muddy. Temperatures show 52 degrees at 7am and noon, rainfall near .99 inches by 9:30am, May total 5.27 inches. New Ford V-8 Hamilton's advertisement.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Arkansas City
Topela
Coffeyville
Topeka
Douglas
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