Mississippi flood fears shift as levees dynamited and guards deployed
Thousands flee flood danger as vandals blew levee sections along the Tallahatchie and Yazoo basins. Governor Connor orders state troops to patrol critical zones while convicts reinforce swelled swamps and crests move toward Swifton and Greenwood.
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Whaey
Greenwood-Phillipp Road
Greenwood
Green‘wood
Swan Lake
Quiver River
LeFlore
Sunflower County
Morthern Quiver Basin
Swiftown
Oliver Tann
Ager
State Penitentiary
Tann
Swifton
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Sidon
Cruger
Philipp
Mace
Tallahatchie County
Sennett Conner
Philipp Levee
Drybayou
Here
Upper
Mississippi
Yazoo River
Honey Island
Belzoni
Emergency Relief Administration
Tchula
Glendora
Mississippi River
Missouri
Arkansas
St. Francis
Monette
Ark
Cache River
Devalls Bluff
St. Francis River
Lake City
Big Louisiana mail fraud case targets Independence residents
Federal agents say 65 Louisianians are charged in a scheme using seven post offices. Chicago company losses reached 12000 dollars as con artists took orders with one dollar down for items up to 150 dollars and vanished after delivery. Postal Inspector Lucas Leighton led the investigation from Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas Leighton
Fort Worth
Texas
Leighton
Independence
Federal
Chicago
Seven Indicted on Conspiracy in Texas Water District
Seven individuals including Frank P. McEl wrath director of Willacy county water control and improvement district and Leonard C. Hammond of Hammond Lumber company were indicted for conspiracy. Warrants to arrest were to be issued immediately and attempts to bring them to Washington for trial in the District of Columbia supreme court. Conviction could bring up to two years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondville
Tex
Willacy County
Wallace Sees No War Yet Optimistic on Trade Paths
Wallace, an Iowa farmer and former editor, expresses optimism that Europe will avoid war though noting rearmament. He criticizes military alliances as ineffective for peace, urges US state department action, and discusses US policy shifts toward foreign trade and crop control under the AAA with a focus on cotton and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hitler
Europe
State Department
United States
Wallace
Iowa
Washington
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Wallace Sees U S Nearer Trade Policy Decision
Secretary Wallace argues America must move away from debtor and tariff mindsets toward a rational creditor position. He says educating the country will take time and that domestic agricultural adjustments will continue amid reduced foreign demand. He endorses a clear program of planned international trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wallace
Fortune locked in police safe
Police kept money estimated by railroad detectives to be worth at least 500000 in the police safe. The currency, mostly in ten thousand and five thousand and one thousand and five hundred bills, would stay there until Grand Trunk railroad officials authorize release. Train crew alerted authorities after spotting a passenger dropping large denomination bills and attempting to stash them through the car ventilator. Mrs. McHie was said to have Montreal accounts and was en route to convert them into cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Els
Grand Trunk Railroad
Pennsylvania automotive association urges headlight tilt rule
The Pennsylvania Automotive Association has recommended to the state legislature an amendment requiring drivers to tilt or depress the high beam headlights when meeting or passing other vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania. Automotive Association
Relief for Athlete's Foot Promises Quick Comfort
An advertisement touts Tetterine as a pleasant ointment that instantly soothes burning and itching by destroying the fungus. It claims rapid healing and clear skin within days and guarantees relief from skin irritations when used as directed. Ask your druggist for Tetterine.
Traffic officer Toombs killed in Monroe crash
A traffic officer, Toombs, died from multiple injuries after a head on collision with Barringer's car near Feazel's service station in Monroe. Barringer, a traveling salesman, testified he could not avoid the motorcycle. Toombs had served as a highway officer for years and leaves a widow and a young son. Burial is at Riverview cemetery with services planned at either the home or Peters Funeral chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toombs
Dr. Mengis
Frank W. Hawthorne
Barringer
Monroe
Cypress Street
Feazel
Mr. Toombs
Arnold Keith, Jr
C. L. Toombs
Gus Toombs
Watch kidneys as closely as bowels in health care
An old 1934 Doan's Pills advertisement urges daily urine output of about 3 pints, warns that reduced flow signals kidney tube clogging, and claims Doan's Pills cleanse the 79,200 feet of kidney tubes to relieve symptoms like backache and fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Department of Commerce approves radio sign language for airliners
Airplanes equipped only with radio receiving sets may use a sign language devised by the department of commerce to communicate with operators at intermediate stations on the federal airways system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Federal Airways
Grieved New Orleans Woman Takes Own Life
Miss Rose Marquette, 24, reportedly killed herself in New Orleans by shotgun blast to the abdomen. Police say she acted from grief over her sweetheart Andrew Dutillet, who died in a motorcycle collision last September after she urged him to buy the bike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Rose Marquette
Andrew Dutillet
Miss Marquette
Aircraft engine production in 1934 surpasses two thousand for commercial use
Production of aircraft engines in 1934 totaled 2 736 units, with 2 048 built for commercial use and the rest likely allocated to military or other applications.
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Adolph Zyker
Myrna Loy
Cary Grant
Paramount Picture
Escoe Karns
Hobart Cavanaugh
Dean Jay
Elmer
Shelley Temple
Barrymore
Little
Velyn Venable
John Lodge
Bill Robinson
Willie Whopper
Tous
Louisianians
Kellogg
Old Kentucky
Cream of
Kentucky
Tuckians
Schenley Distributors, Inc
Schenley
U.S.A
DSS
F. Strauss & Sons, Inc
Walnut St
Ouachita Candy CO
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