Fighting Chance Remains In Play As Floods Rise
Heavy rains worsen Mississippi levee danger in the third district with 1382 square miles flooded in the lower Yazoo basin. Army plans for refugees include tents. 850 extra workers are sent to bolster levees at Fulton Lake Stopps Landing and other sites. officials say a fighting chance to hold the Mississippi within the levee remains.
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Vicksburg
Ouachita
West Side
Associated Press
Third District
F. R. Andrews
Board of Trade
Yazoo Basin
Fulton Lake
Arkansas City
Stopps Landing
Charles Craig
War Department
Rayville
Monroe
Mississippi
Harmon Returns Home After Mysterious Disappearance
C C Harmon from near Swartz in Ouachita parish reappears after weeks, claiming he woke in a Little Rock hospital with memory lapse. He recalls possibly being taken to Dermott then Arkansas and questions whether he was struck. He seeks reunification with his two daughters held by Volunteers of America and Juvenile Officer Wright as officials investigate.
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C. C. Harmon
Swartz
Ouachita Parish
Harmon
Wright
Dermott
Ark
Little Rock
Arkansas
Elizah
Haynesville
Volunteers of America
Florin
Legreep
Destructive Midwestern Storm Leaves Dozens Dead
Chicago reports revised death tolls from a sweeping storm across Illinois Indiana and Missouri with 30 dead and 300 to 400 injured as floods and tornadic winds devastate communities. Danville Illinois records ten dead forty one injured from a tornado in Champagne and Vermillion counties.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Central States
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Middle Western
Rocky Mountain
Ohio
Danville
Champagne
Vermillion Counties
Levees in Southeast Arkansas Likely to Hold Says Miller
A. V. Miller of Monroe reports Mississippi flood pressures easing if levees hold between Arkansas City and Gaines Landing. Efforts increase along Gaines Landing two miles of low levee topped and 300 feet at Panther Forest corrected. Tensas Basin Levee Board and engineers direct repairs with flood fighters led by T. B. Gilbert.
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Louisiana
Arkansas City
Gaines’ Landing
A. V. Miller
Monroe
Panther Forest
Mississippi
T. B. Gilbert
Tensas Basin
El Dorado Poised for Second Oil Boom Says Mann
J H Mann, president of Imperial Oil and Gas Company of Monroe, predicts El Dorado will see a second oil boom larger than the first. He notes the "east side" field five to six miles from El Dorado shows three wells producing, Woodley gas field yields 45 000 000 cubic feet daily, and Mann's associates hold ten producers south of the city with 620 acres and thirty new wells under way.
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el Dorado
J. H. Mann
Imperial Oil and Gas Company
Monroe
Mann
el Dorado Oil
Woodley Gavser
Mr. Mann
House Prowler Vacates When He is Discovered
An attempted robbery at John Williamson’s home on Eighth and Adams streets ended when the intruder fled out the back door after Mr. Williamson pursued him with a weapon. The scene showed rooms ransacked and valuables possibly targeted, but nothing was taken.
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John Williamson
Eighth and
Adams Streets
Williamson
Colton
Ally Debt Commission Formed to Tackle 11 Billion Foreign Debt
Washington on April 18 reports the allied debt commission formed to fund the eleven billion dollar foreign debt. Elliott Wadsworth named assistant secretary of the treasury to head foreign loan operations as executive secretary, preparing groundwork for negotiations with debtor nations.
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Washington
Allied Debt Commission
Elliott Wadsworth
Treasury
Foreign Lane
Genoa Conference Shaken by Russo German Pact
The Genoa talks reel as Germany and Russia sign a treaty at Rapallo, prompting experts to review its clash with Versailles and Cannes mandates. Allies fear the pact may imperil the conference and prompt plot to bar German and Russian participation.
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Genoa
Rapallo
Supreme Council
Cannes
London
Paris
A. Hevas
Germany
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Lloyd George
Playleaders Class Meeting Tonight at City Hall
The regular play leaders class session convenes at city hall tonight at eight. Miss Julia Wossman chairs the program with Mrs. F. Watts directing games. Members are urged to attend and bring a new member. certificates and game lists will be issued to active leaders and regular attendees.
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Julia Wossman
F. Watts
Central Recreation Committee
Jack Hays
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Flalies
Aed
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Missouri Pacific
Mangham
Oak Ridge
O. Taylor
United States Department of Agriculture
Tallulah
Monroe-Jonesboro
H. C. Daigre
Trenton
Natchitoches
Lower Cheniere Road
Sander Berry
Seasion
West Monroe
River Front
Ouachita River
State Highway Department
Highway Department
River Bank
Arkansas Hospital
Valery
Altus
Ozark
Clarksville
Manitou
MR. Miller
New York
Selig & Russell
Playleaders
Cobb-Jackson
Insurance Agency
Genasco
American Legion
Elks Club
Morris & Castle Carnival
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Entzminger
Fidelis
J. D. Hitchcock
the Harvesters
First Baptist Church
S. J. Meek
W. LL. Husted, Pres
E. Richards
Pres
Boethian
Aubrey Morris
May Carroll, Pres
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