Texas Floods Kill and Displace Many Across State
Associated Press reports 47 people unaccounted for or dead after Texas floods and a windstorm. Trinity River rises threaten Fort Worth with 25 square miles flooded and several towns reporting drowned or missing. an appeal for 40 000 is made to aid flood sufferers as rescue teams evacuate residents from trees.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Breckenridge
Grand Prairie
Palmer
Waco
Sonora
Belton
Ft. Worth
Trinity River
Mississippi river at 22.6 feet. levees holding
In New Orleans on April 26 the Mississippi river range remained at 22.6 feet as engineers report all levees holding in the district with no observed changes in the past twelve hours.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Levee Break Suspicion Placed on Dynamite Causes
Baton Rouge reports show all river levees holding below Red river mouth with no new weaknesses. Fort Worth leader John G. McCain accuses unknown parties of dynamiting levees that broke yesterday, seeks grand jury investigation based on John Lyddon’s patrol and theory of deliberate sabotage.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Red River
Fort Worth
Texas
John G. McCain
Levee Board
McCain
John Lyddon
Boy Scout Plans Outlined At Kiwanis Luncheon
Cc. E. Carmack regional Boy Scout director outlined aims for the fifth district. He said Monroe would be a regional headquarters and up to 140 troops may form across several parishes. The address urged Kiwanis support as plans move to organize an executive council. Rev. Entzminger endorsed the drive.
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Kiwanis Club
Cc. E. Carmack
Boy Scout Movement
Louisville
Mr. Carmack
Fifth Congressional District
Monroe
Carmack
Executive Council
Louis Entzminger
New Orleans
First Baptist Church
Charlie Butler
Julian Holloway
Monroe Delegation Named for Muscle Shoals Conference
Mayor Arnold Bernstein of Monroe appointed a ten member delegation to represent Northeastern Louisiana at the National Conference on Muscle Shoals to be held May 22 to 24 in Florence Sheffield and Tuscumbia Alabama. The conference aims to decide a plan of action and aid expedited legislation for Muscle Shoals with several thousand expected attendees and notable speakers.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Florence
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Ala
Southern Commercial Congress
Arnold Bern- Stein
Deelgates
T. E. Flournoy
Fred G. Hudson
H. R. Speed
H. J. Fernandez
Charles Tiche
Jesse L. Adams
J. H. Trousdale
Travis Oliver
Judson W. Smith
George Wright
Congress
South
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Congress of the
United States
Southern
Washington, D.C
Monroe Company May Be Ordered Out for Service
A wire from the adjutant general's office says Company G of the 156th Infantry Louisiana National Guards based in Monroe is ready to leave on two hours notice for points in Louisiana. Extra guards will be needed on the levees and the unit must be prepared for any immediate emergency. Further details will be telegraphic.
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156Th Infantry
Louisiana National Guards
Monroe
Louisiana
Adjutant General’s Office
Woodward Cooper
Arcadia Physician Killed. Cousin Held in Connection
Dr. C. C. Crawford, a widely known Arcadia physician, was shot to death while at the steering wheel of his car. His cousin, C. C. Crawford, is detained in connection with the killing. The incident occurred in Arcadia on April 26, as reported by Associated Press.
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Arcadia
C. C. Crawford
Twenty Die In Fire At Government Buildings
An early report from Malaga states twenty persons are known dead and thirty injured after a blaze that gutted government buildings last night and continued to burn this morning.
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Malaga
Spain
Ouachita Planters Urged to Join Flood Fight in Parish
Mayor Arnold Bernstein calls Ouachita Parish planters east of the Ouachita River to organize at once and furnish labor for levee defense at Arkansas City and along the Mississippi. A 16 foot flood stage threatens lowlands and Monroe. a 16 member committee is named to lead the effort.
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Arnold Bernstein
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita River
Tensas Basin
Arkansas
Mississippi
Edeuar
Maupin
Ouachita Locks
Monroe
Arkansas City
Levee Board
John P. Parker
Chas. W. Phillips
Herbert Cole
Guy P. Stubbs
Percy Sandel
Stubbs
R. L. Moore
Grayson Guthrie
A. L. Smith
J. A. Perry
J. T. Austin
John B. Filhiel
C. H. McHenry
Charles Brooks
John F. Frantum
J. L. Adams
S. W. Pipes
Monroe Gas Policy Drive Moves Through Chamber
A Monroe meeting spurred by the Chamber of Commerce spurs unity among gas interests within Ouachita Union and Morehouse parishes. A committee, led by S. M. Collins, will draft a bill shaping gas use and distribution to protect Monroe industries. A conference within ten days aims to finalize policy before the state legislature.
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Monroe
Louisiana
S. M. Collins
C. H. McHenry
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Henry Bernstein
T. E. Flourney
Ouachita National Bank
General Assembly
Ouachita
Union
Morehouse Parishes
Missouri Pacific Railway
Ouachita Parish
John Schreiber
Schreiber
Southern Commercial Secretaries
Nashville
Tenn
Wind Storm Damages Parish Roofs and Buildings
A strong wind and rain swept through Monroe West Monroe and Ouachita parish yesterday, tearing roofs from Cullen's Pharmacy and the New Star hotel. Small houses lost their frames, trees fell, and rain damaged second floor physician offices. Hotel guests lost rooms, with plaster loosened and many furnishings ruined. losses are substantial though no serious injuries reported.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Cullen’s Pharmacy
New Star
Collens
Collins Pharmacy
C. L. Ford
New Star Hotel
Five Russians Arrested in Genoa by Italian Police
London reports five Russians were arrested in Genoa by Italian police on Sunday. Among them is Boris Slavinoff, Kerensky's former secretary, found with a forged passport and a plan of the hotel housing the Russian Soviet delegation.
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London
Kerensky
Boris Slavinoff
Genoa
Daily Herald
Slavinoff
U S Engineers of Ouachita in Flood Campaign
M S Maupin engineer in charge of locks and dams at Monroe on the Ouachita river and five or six other government men are assigned to levee work between Arkansas City and Lake Village. The government has withdrawn most expert engineers from Columbia to Camden Ark for use along the Mississippi flood fight.
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M. S. Maupin
Monroe
Ouachita River
Arkansas City
Lake Village
Columbia
Camden
Ark
Mississippi
Seaplane Santa Maria Found Off Wilson Island
Seaplane Santa Maria missing since Monday on a Key West to Nassau flight with six aboard was located at Wilson Island. A wireless message reported the discovery in Miami reports dated April 26.
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Miami
Fla
Santa Maria
Key West
Nassau
Wilson Island
Alabama Officers Killed in Caliber Car Shooting
Anniston April 26 two policemen Joe T Holliday and C B Hurst were killed by officer Marshall Welch who drove the bodies to an undertaker and surrendered Welch claimed self defense in Hollidays death and an accidental shot in Hurst's case
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Anniston
Ala
Joe T. Holliday
C. B. Hurst
Marshall Welch
Welch
Undertaking Establishment
Holliday
Hurst
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Monroe Company
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M. L. Ermich
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Ermich
H.B. Ford
Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce
8S. M. Collins
Houston
Memphis
Parish
U. S. Engineers OF
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Major Stave CO
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Roofing
R. H. Rogers
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