Men Battle to Maintain Levee on Atchafalaya
Two thousand men labor under rain at McCrea protecting a 600 foot levee front to guard two million acres and 107 000 residents as floods force relocations from Pointe Coupee par ish and surrounding parishes. Refugees swarm camps while engineers reinforce earth and sandbag barriers amid worsening conditions.
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Atchafalaya
Associated Press
New Orleans
McCrea
Louisiana
Sugar Bowl
Baton Rouge
Pointe Coupee Parish
John M. Parker
Pointe Coupes Parish
Assumption
Iberville
West Baton Rouge
Terre Bonne
Two in Auto Die When Train Strikes Vehicle Near Jennings
A Southern Pacific train collision near Jennings results in two fatalities in a car. Authorities report the crash occurred at a rural crossing with no immediate survivors.
Two Men Die As Train Hits Car At Jennings Crossing
Lake Charles reports a fatal crash at a crossing on the Old Spanish Trail near Jennings when Southern Pacific train 11 struck a car. Two men, one white and one Negro, were killed instantly. bodies moved to Welsh. Identification hindered by the wreck and missing train stop details.
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Associated Press
Lake Charles
Southern Pacific
Jennings
Homer
Lindbergh Lands Spirit of St. Louis in Paris Flight
Captain Charles Lindbergh completed a nonstop New York to Paris flight in the Spirit of St. Louis landing at Le Bourget Field at 10:21 p m Paris time. Crowds surged as police struggled to manage the landing spectacle and identify the aircraft.
Downtown Building Sparks Monroe Real Estate Upswing
A new 60 by 80 foot downtown building at Hall and Harrison is rising, cost over 20 000 dollars, with showrooms on the ground floor and storage above. Owners D Y Smith R Downes Jr and McCaleb Reed leased it for five years, signaling renewed activity as Luther Reed notes only temporary disruption from high waters.
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Hall
Harrison Streets
D. Y.smith
R. Downes, Jr
McCaleb & Reed
Luther Reed
Monroe Real Estate Board
Reed
North Fifth Street
Monroe
South Second Street
Presbyterian Assembly Requests Missionary Aid for China Losses
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States asks members to raise 15000 dollars to aid missionaries in China who lost belongings and faced costly exodus. A special offering day is planned for Sunday June 19 with prayers for relief fund.
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EL Dorado
Ark
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States
China
Andrews Resigns as Chief of Prohibition Enforcement
Washington May 21 The resignation of Lincoln C Andrews will take effect August 1 ending a two and a half year term in federal prohibition enforcement Roy A Haynes will also depart replacing them with Seymour Lowman and Dr James M Doran respectively Lowman former New York lieutenant governor and Doran chief chemist of the prohibition bureau both long identified with enforcement policy
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Associated Press
Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
Roy A. Haynes
Ohio
General Andrews
Seymour Lowman
New York
Haynes
James M. Doran
North Dakota
Prohibition
Loman
Beslin and companion Die in Jennings Railroad Crossing Crash
Shreveport reports Gus Beslin 38 of Bossier City and a Black companion killed in a Southern Pacific crossing accident at Jennings Louisiana while Beslin was en route to move his mother and sister from flood waters. Beslin owned a Bossier garage and worked for Louisiana Oil and Refining. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Shreveport
Gus Beslin
Bossier City
Jennings
Beslin
Southern Pacific
Louisiana Oil and Refining Company
Records Not Novelty for Flying Fool
New reports highlight Charles Lindbergh on May 21 noting two firsts. He flew San Diego to Roosevelt Field in about 21 hours 20 minutes, the fastest coast to coast time, and completed a solo 1,600 mile hop from San Diego to St. Louis. His overall coast to coast distance reached roughly 2,550 miles. The 25 year old, six year flyer, born in Detroit, began aviation at 19 in Little Falls, Minnesota before lessons at Lincoln, Nebraska.
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New York
Charles Lindbergh
San Diego
Calif
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
St. Louis
Lindbergh
Detroit
Little Falls
Minn
Congress
Lincoln
Neb
Army
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
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Illinois Central Hopes Line To Quebec By Wednesday
Illinois Central reports progress in restoring track and roadbed after floods. Water recession runs about 2.5 inches per day. Two crews from Crew Lake West and Millhaven east push to meet by Wednesday to complete through track from Monroe to Quebec. Monroe crew now one mile east of Millhaven. twenty five hundred workers across two shifts.
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Ilinois Central
Crew Lake West
Millhaven
Monroe
Quebec
Ruston
Hambones Meditations by J P Alley
A fragmentary humorous note features J P Alley recounting a rambling tale about a five hundred dollar hen and a joking, exaggerated laugh. The readable lines hint at a rustic, cartoonish style with exaggerated speech and cartoonish sounds.
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Hambones Meditations
J. P. Alley
Receding Water Gives Promise of Open Roads
Flood waters from the Arkansas levee break and the Mississippi River keep most Monroe highways closed except the Dixie Overland route to Shreveport and the Monroe Bastrop road. Bayou Bartholomew and several paths remain impassable. autoists may travel Bastrop road via Spring Hill by Sunday as the water recedes to one to three feet.
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Monroe
Shreveport
Monroe-Bastrop
Arkansas Lavee
Mississippi River
Ouachita River
Bayou Bartholomew
Bayou DeSiard
Sterlington
Old Farmerville
Jonesboro
Columbia
Rayville
Winnsboro
Millhaven
Vicksburg
Alexandria
Eros
Chentere
Muston
Farmerville
Arkansas
el Dorado
Tuston
Storm Warning Issued by Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau issues Southeastern storm warning for Texas coast from Port Arthur to Freeport and Louisiana coast. Small craft advisory, fresh to gale force southerly winds, squalls possible along the coast.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Texas
Port Arthur
Freeport
Louisiana
Lindbergh's Special Design Plane For New York Paris Flight
New York May 21 The Spirit of St Louis Charles A Lindberghs plane built for a non stop New York to Paris crossing features a 46 foot wing 28 foot fuselage and a special instrument board. It carries 425 gallons of gasoline 28 gallons of oil and weighs 4759 pounds. With 4500 mile range it uses about 250 gallons on San Diego to New York hops and is guided by an elaborate instrument panel with no radio a periscope for forward visibility and a pneumatic raft for sea landings.
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Associated Press
New York
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hie
Paris
Air Mail
San Diego
Calif
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindbergh Nears Water Flight Finish at Cork Coast
Captain Charles Lindbergh is nearing completion of his Atlantic flight. He was sighted at Dingle harbor on the western tip of Ireland at 12 30 p m EDT, 5 30 p m GMT, heading toward Cork. The 1900 mile ocean leg is finished and remaining miles cross land and sea toward Le Bourget France.
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Charles Lindbergh
Dingle Harbor
Ireland
Greenwich
Cork
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Hilversum
Irish
England
English
Cherbourg
France
LeBourget
Lindbergh Spans Atlantic Tracing Course to Cork
Dispatches from three points in southwest Ireland confirm Captain Charles Lindbergh has crossed the Atlantic on his New York to Paris flight. Sightings were off the Trish coast near Smerwick harbor and over Dingle bay before turning toward Cork in a south southeasterly heading.
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Associated Press
London
Ireland
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
New York
Paris
Trish
Smerwick Harbor
Dingle Bay
Flight path over Smerwick hailed for smooth progress
Captain Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic plane passed over Smerwick Harbor at about 1000 feet heading for Cork. Officials report the machine functioned excellently and climatic conditions were favorable.
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Smerwick Smerwick Harbor
County Kerry
Ireland
Lindbergh
Cork
Lindbergh Flight Sighting Near Cork Ireland
French Cable reports official British timing placing Lindbergh over Ireland at 5 20 pm Irish time heading toward Cork. Belfast AP dispatch confirms sighting over Dingle Harbor with Cork as the likely destination.
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Cork
New York
Lindbergh
Ireland
Associated Press
Belfast
Dingle Harbor
County Kerry
Lindbergh Caps Transatlantic Flight In 1927 Triumph
Captain Charles Lindbergh of the United States completed the first nonstop flight solo across the Atlantic from New York to Paris on May 21 1927. The St Louis plane arrival spared him about two hours on the schedule and made him a household name.
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Bayeaux
New York
Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Spjr
St. Louis
Atlantic Ocean
Paris
Lucky Lindbergh
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