Commissioner Swayze Burns In House Fire Rescue Effort
Fire at 709 Jackson street swept second floor trapping two occupants. Commissioner R D Swayze entered in nightclothes to save his daughter and grandchild but sustained burns over one third of his body. His wife and others were treated for shock as firemen doused the blaze.
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R. D.swayze
Streets Parks
Mr. Swayze
Vaughen- Wright-Bendel Clinic
Swayze
Mr Swayze
Jackson Street
Paul Swift
Mabel
Swift
Alo
Vaughan-Wright-Bender Clinic
Gus Swayze
Kidnapped Doctor Found Shot Near Willow Springs
A week after his disappearance from Willow Springs Missouri Dr J C B Davis was found dead by a shot in an Ozark thicket. Federal agents said 20 year old Robert Kenyon confessed to killing the physician after forcing him to write a ransom letter asking relatives for five dollars.
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Willow Springs
J. C. B. Davis
Ozark
Robert Kenyon
Associated Press
Order Issued for Arrest of Sit-Downers
General Motors attorneys won a court writ ordering the arrest of sit-down strikers at Fisher Body plants in Flint Michigan. Sheriff Wolcott asked the National Guard for aid, but guardsmen reported no orders to intervene. About 200 workers at Plant No. 2 were served, with no immediate use of force planned in the present.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors
Thomas W. Wolcott
National Guard
Ralph Gault
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Joseph H. Lewis
Flint
Phil Pack
Sai
Fisher Plant No. 2
Pack
No. 2
Fisher
Chevrolet Motor Company
Man Rescued After Eight Days in Abandoned Mine
Robert Johnson a 36 year old rural mail carrier from Flemington West Virginia was found alive after eight days trapped in debris filled passages nearly two miles from the mine entrance. Rescue workers reached him through a narrow tunnel and he smiled, smoked a cigarette and said he had given up hope.
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Flemington
W. Va
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Sit-Down Lover Ends Standoff With Court After 50 Hours
Harold Hulen, 30, remains chained to a radiator outside Florence Hurlbut's apartment in Excelsior Springs as he endures a 50 hour sit-down strike for love. Hurlbut, 20, refuses to discuss marriage while he stays on her doorstep.
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Excelsior Springs
Harold Hulen
Florence Hurlbut
Hulen
Roosevelt Proposal Seeks Sweep Reform of Federal Courts
President Roosevelt proposes a sweeping reorganization of federal court machinery in a surprise message to Congress. The plan would add up to six justices to the Supreme Court and two judges to each lower court, with retirement rules for those over seventy, and include a mechanism for speeding constitutional rulings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Edward Plans to Wed Wallis Simpson April twenty seventh
Vienna reports that the Duke of Windsor intends to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson on April 27 at Enzesfeld castle or in Vienna. The date coincides with the finalization of Mrs Simpson’s divorce from Ernest Aldrich Simpson.
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Vienna
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Enzesfeld Castle
Baron Eugene Rothschild
Simpson
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Kidnap Suspect Sketch Aids Tacoma Search
Federal bureau of identification releases a facial sketch to help locate Charles Mattson, 10, abducted in Tacoma Washington. Description notes a swarthy man with a dimpled chin high cheek bones and a broken nose.
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Federal Bureau of Identification
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Associated Press
Three Women Near Drowning Near Kenner
Three women narrowly escaped drowning when their car veered into a hyacinth filled canal along the Air Line highway near Kenner while en route from Hammond to New Orleans for a carnival event. The party included Mrs. F. Warren Reimers of Hammond and two Roick Island Illinois guests Evelina and Lorna Anderson. No injuries required treatment.
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New Orleans
Air Line
Kenner
Hammond
F. Warren Reimers
Evelina
Lorna Anderson
Roick Island
Ill
Levees Hold as Flood Rages Toward Gulf
Memphis reports the Mississippi crest held by a long line of levees with 291 deaths and a refugee toll nearing one million. US engineers push 120000 workers as Roosevelt unveils a 5.011 billion public works plan for flood control, Ohio and Mississippi schemes, and broader national river management. Senator Norris proposes many TVA agencies to cover the nation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
United States
Gulf
Roosevelt
Congress
Ohio
Norris Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
TVA
Monroe Listed for Large Sum in Immediate Construction
The national resources committee proposed over 1.4 million dollars in immediate construction for Louisiana. Key items include a 1,068,000 dollar Monroe sewer and water extension, 50,000 dollar Pineville sewer project, 21,000 dollar Napoleonville wells, 125,000 dollar St. Bernard water supply, and 41,000 dollar other waterworks and desilting works across Plaquemines Parish and Delta migratory refuge. A deferred plan asks 100,000 dollars for Baton Rouge water and sewer.
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Washington
National Resources Committee
Louisiana
Congress
Monroe
Pineville
Avery Island
Iberia Parish
Napoleonville
Harrisonburg
Port Allen
Sunset
Thibodeaux
Delta Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
Plaquemines Parish
St. Bernard
Baton Rouge
Louisiana and Arkansas Weather Outlook
Louisiana shows fair skies and warmer tonight with Saturday partly cloudy and a touch cooler in the northwest. coastal areas see moderate east and southeast winds. Arkansas forecasts partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in the south and east, and colder conditions in the west and central areas Saturday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Simple Rites Scheduled For Huey Long Sr
Huey Pierce Long Sr 84 will be buried in Winnfield La after a long illness. The funeral plans call for a simple ceremony with many state officials expected to attend including Governor Richard W Leche.
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Winnfield
Huey Pierce Long
Louisiana
Long
Richard W. Leche
Lala
Orleans under Deities Rule Mardi Gras Revelry
New Orleans on February 5 sees Hermes deity of travel and Anallo god of beauty presiding over carnival revels. They direct tens of thousands to surrender care and join Mardi Gras festivities. Hermes leads a two hour parade with flaming Mambeaux and decorative floats through crowded streets before a grand procession of papier mache floats.
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New Orleans
Hermes
Anallo
Highway Workers Mustn t Chew Gum
Mimeographed notices from the Arkansas state highway department direct office workers to 8 am to 4 pm shifts with lunch, ban gum chewing, loud talk, and avoid lingering near corridors or coffee shops. Female workers are urged to refrain from awakening 10 offices.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Highway Department
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