Break in Mississippi levee near Violet fails to drain flood
On April 29 state engineers dynamited a 1000 foot section of the Mississippi levee at Violet Louisiana hoping to divert floodwaters toward New Orleans. Three charges totaling 1500 pounds produced only small trenches and a slow trickle as observers watched near Point a la Hatche road.
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Violet
Mississippi
New Orleans
National Guard
Point A la Hatche
St. Bernard
Plaquemines Parishes
Levee Caves Near South Bend After Arkansas Flood
At Pine Bluff Arkansas on April 29 two thousand feet of levee giving way along the Arkansas River below the South Bend dyke prompted a Red Cross response. Col Joe Harris reported rapid riverward caving while the bend held and crews were diverted to the scene with government boat Choctaw delivering rations.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas River
South Bend
Joe Harris
South Bend Levee
Red Cross Committee
Harris
Col. Harris
Wor
Levee conditions mixed near Vidalia Ferriday
Reports from Vidalia and Ferriday indicate no levee break or serious trouble today. A sand boil appeared but was controlled. Campbell of the Fifth District Levee Board says levees from the Arkansas line to Vidalia are holding, with one stretch near Vidalia being upgraded. Glascock shows backwater risk, but a break there would minimally affect north of Vidalia. continued monitoring advised.
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News-Star
Vidalia
Ferriday
Campbell
Fifth District Levee Board
Arkansas Line
Tullulah
Louisiana
Delta Point
Glascock
Concordia
Catahoula
Gangster Birger Indicted in Mayor Adams Murder Case
Pharres Birger, gang leader, was re arrested at his Harrisburg home and taken to Benton jail on a new indictment for complicity in the murder of West City Mayor Joe Adams. Bond set at 45000. Birger offered no resistance as deputies with machine guns executed arrest.
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Harrisburg
Pharres Birger
James S. Pritchard
Franklin County
Benton
Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Adams
Shelton
China Declares War on Hankow Nationalists
Shanghai report says Chiang Kai Shek has formally decided to declare war on Hankow nationalists and ordered General Yang Sung to lead a punitive expedition with 80 000 men. The move signals a major escalation in the ongoing Chinese conflict with clear military aims and large troop commitment.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yang Sung
Overflow Water Nearing Wilmot Flood Reach
Floodwaters from the Pendleton break in the Arkansas River neared Wilmot with five miles of Bartholomew crest above the town. Refugees pour from Parkdale as Missouri Pacific shuttles cars and crowds move to high ground toward Hamburg Bastrop and Bastrop.
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Pendleton
Arkansas River
Louisiana Line
Bayou Bartholomew
Callineton
Missouri Pacific Railroad
C. E. Faulk
The
News-Star
Parkdale
Hamburg
Bastrop
Bartholomew
Bayou Bonidee
Mer Rouge
Bonita
Collinston
Monroe
la Fourche
Faulk
Twin Cities flooded as levee war rages on riverfront fronts
The battle against rising Ouachita waters intensifies in West Monroe and surrounding areas as residents flood the levee lines with sacks to halt the tide. Dozens of families evacuate as water encroaches along Riverfront and Linderman avenue, with work crews urged to bolster defenses day and night.
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Twin Cities
Nature
Parish
West Monroe
Ouachita
Linderman Avenue
South Third Street
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Flood Break Traps 200 at Brunswick Levee
Information from Vicksburg reports a private circular levee at Brunswick twenty miles north of Vicksburg broke this morning trapping about 200 people in the flooded area. The main levee remains intact and the Yazoo river rose two tenths of a foot from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.
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Vicksburg
Brunswick
Yazoo City Electric Plant Outage By Flood Waters
Yazoo City Miss will be without electric lights for about two weeks as flood waters damaged the dynamos at the Yazoo City electric plant. F R Birdsall editor of the Yazoo Sentinel reported from Memphis Tenn.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Vandals Hurl Rocks at Goods in Empty Houses
West Monroe flood evacuation left many negro quarters vacant and valuables raised high. Thoughtless west side youths allegedly throw rocks at items to topple them into flood waters, prompting officials to consider action.
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West Side
West Monroe
Danger of Flood Eases on Red River at Shreveport
Shreveport reports the danger of flood stage on Red River has passed as the river nears its peak. Weather observer J W Cronk notes a two tenths foot rise in 24 hours, with declines upstream at Spring Bank Fulton and Index and gauge at 37.4 feet, below the 39 foot flood stage. Other gauges show Dennison Texas 5.0 Arthur City 15.0 Index 124.5 Fulton 82.2 Spring Bank 9.6.
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Red River
J. W. Cronk
Fulton
Index
Dennison
Texas
Arathur City
Spring Bank
Ruth Snyder Breaks Down On Stand In Murder Trial
Ruth Snyder cried while testifying and blamed lover Henry Judd Gray for the murder of her husband. The defense opened with Hazelton stating Snyder would testify and recount her troubled marriage and her husband’s attachment to his first fiancée.
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Henry Gray
New York
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Wes
Snyder
Edgar F. Hazelton
Jessie Gerhardt
Fund Here Grows Is Still Open for Flood Relief
Donations for flood refugees continue to pour into The News-Star. Total today reached 2222.14 with many contributors listed, including Mrs C E Faunt Le Roy Rays Economy Store Tensas Delta Land Co and others. Citizens are urged to send in创 contributions promptly to support Oua chita parish relief efforts.
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Ouachita Parish
Arkansas
News-Star
North Second Street
C. E. Faunt le Roy
Tensas Delta Land Co
W. F. Cummings
Trousdale Printing Co
Ed Haas
Newman
Drs. Bennet & Perot
Harry G. Frazer Feacebeack
T. Beiettienememaveanne
Lennon Motor Co. and Employes
Monroe Furniture Co
ByMpehiser Anne
Preparations for Relief Speeds Across Parishes
Relief efforts speeded as Monroe and Ouachita Parish mobilize to shield property and lives from high water. Red Cross coordinator Charles J. Smith is en route to lead operations with refugee care, camps, and medical supply shipments arranged.
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Charles J. Smith
American Red Cross
W. E. Lawson
Ouachita Parish
Clayton Edwards
Infantry
State National Guard
G. B. Cooley
Knights of Pythias Hall
Fred Stovall
Arkansas Line
Ouachita Valley
Charles Hu
Red Cross
Bastrop
Ruston
Monroe
Faulkner Blanks
Bernice Wright
Monroe Welfare
Man Killed in Blast at Tullos Today
One man died and four were injured in an early morning explosion at the Mc Garrett machine shop in Tullos. The dead is F. C. Bush, 25, an oil field worker. Injured are J. B. Fowler, A. S. Dancy, F. G. Fisgal and John Mc Leod. cause undetermined.
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News Star
Tullos
F. C. Bush
J. B. Fowler
A. S. Dancy
F. G. Fisgal
John McLeod
McGarrett
Plain clothes men active in city in China
London reports Beijing police and plain clothes men patrolling as a fallout from the April 4 raid on the Soviet embassy compound in Peking. Twenty Chinese including Li Ta Chao were executed by strangling after a three day secret trial. Controversy over trials and foreign powers surrounds the incident.
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Associated Press
London
Peking
Daily Mail
Li Ta Chao
Daily Herald
Russia
Daily Express
Death Penalty Carried Out at Nebraska Prison
Henry Bartlett died in the electric chair at Nebraska penitentiary early today for the murder of Chief of Police Asa Ransom of Minden in 1925. Bartlett persisted in a claim of insanity to the end.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Henry Bartlett
Nebraska Penitentiary
Asa Ransom
Minden
Bartlett
Motor Boat Operators Warned to Slow Down
River boat operators are cautioned to travel slowly and stay near the center as fast passes disturb levee construction. A speeder sent high waves crashing against dyke points, hindering work and prompting requests for authorities to enforce safer speeds.
Monroe Area Highways Stay Open Except Few Brimmed Roads
Most major routes out of Monroe remain passable with Bayou Bartholomew Sterlington and Farmerville roads closed or impassable. The Alexandria Columbia highway is nearly impassable for vehicles while Columbia road floodwater rises and a Ferry crossing at Columbia is used. Detour via Filhiol is flooded and light-vehicle only. Bayou De Siard flood nears Bastrop road. Perryville, Fowler and Fairbanks cut off. Swartz Wham Doss roads still open.
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Mer Rouge
Perryville
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Fairbanks
Spyker
Swartz
Wham and Doss
Plan for Refugee Camps at Delhi Mass Meeting
Mrs. Gus Street of Vicksburg Red Cross and Miss Casement from Washington met Delhi residents in a mass meeting at Scott's theatre to discuss refugee camp sites and the flood response. A three member committee including the mayor Dr C C Thompson and C V Hunt was named to work with Red Cross staff.
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News-Star
Delhi
Gus Street
Vicksburg
Red Cross
Missisisppi levee breach delayed by blast schedule near Violet
April 29 reports delayed dynamite blasting to breach a Mississippi river levee south of Violet. Engineers sunk 175 pounds in three rows over 1000 feet while guards protected the inundation area. Officials expected the break between 1 and 2 pm, but post ponements pushed blasting after 2 pm.
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