Highways Damaged by Flood to be Restored Soon
Parish engineer R O Morrison said Ouachita parish roads damaged by the May flood will be resurfaced and bed rebuilt including bridges. Water may recede in two weeks allowing work to begin, with another two weeks needed to remedy overflow damage. Crevasses near Boscoe are being tied and repaired.
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Ouachita Parish
Morrison
Ie. Se
Monroe
Boscoe
Boscoe-Blanston
Parish
Bastrop
Lone Star Highway
Perryville
Sterlington
Island Road
Jonesboro
Lower Chenays
Chauvin
River
S Y Bottoms
Marines to Tientsin as China tensions rise
Nearly 2,000 U S marines under Brig Gen Smedley Butler move from Shanghai to Tientsin to bolster northern China garrisons amid civil warfare. The force, joined by Japanese troops and a British contingent, aims to protect lives and property with withdrawal planned when feasible.
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Butler
China
Tientsin
Peking
Washington
Legation
MacMurray
Smedley D. Butler
Shanghai
United States
Nanking
Yangtse
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Hong Kong
Lindbergh to Return Home by Noon on June 11
The Memphis cruiser will bring Captain Lindbergh to Washington and dock at noon on Saturday June 11. Officials report he expects to reach the capital after completing arrangements for his homeward trip.
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Lindbergh
Washinton
United States
Memphis
Washington
London
Lindbergh Postpones Paris Flight Due to Weather
Captain Lindbergh delays departure from Kent to Paris after fog and haze at the flying field and rain in Paris. He will spend the night at officers' quarters and hopes to depart at dawn.
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Hop Kenty
England
Lindbergh
Paris
Channel
Lindbergh Eager to Rest After European Honor Circuit
After two demanding weeks as a public figure Lindbergh longs for home and a quiet reception with President Coolidge. He has met kings presidents and diplomats in France Belgium and England and would prefer a rest this morning before departing for Paris.
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France
Belgium
England
Coolidge
Lindbergh Praised in London Before Homeward Voyage
Lindbergh thanks Britain as the Spirit of St. Louis is readied for shipboard duty. American residents honor him at the Savoy with Sir Samuel Hoare and Winston Churchill lauding his feats. He praises Wright brothers and other aviation pioneers and hints at a future overseas visit before meeting President Coolidge.
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London
Spirit of
Savoy
Samuel Hoare
Winston Churchill
Exchecuer
Air Miinister
Sir Samuel
Lands Flier
Lindbergh
England
Lindy
Croydon
Wilbur Wright
John Alcock
Orville Wright
Arthur Whitten Bown
Louis Blercet
Lindbergh to be hailed by president in Washington
Washington awaits June 11 when Captain Charles A Lindbergh will be honored aboard the cruiser Memphis with President Coolidge presenting the nation’s gratitude Then he will travel to New York and St Louis to receive further honors and continue his tour.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Memphis
Coolidge
Lindbergh
New York
Fame
St. Louis
Planning to Withdraw Coast Guard Boats
Mobile reports the gulf division will pull most boats from the Mississippi Atchafalaya basin within a week as flood waters recede. Lieut S P Edmonds will command remaining service operations in the basin with Mobile and Pensacola boats released first. Over 170 boats were mobilized after the Bayou De Glaize levee broke endangering 100000 lives across five parishes. A man who smokes twenty cigarettes daily smokes a mile of cigarettes in just over three years.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Coast Guard
Gulf Division
Mississippi- Atchafalaya
S. P. Edmonds
Pensacola
Bayou de Glaize Levee
German Birth Rate in New York City Thirty Years Ago
Thirty years ago nearly one quarter of New York City's inhabitants were born in Germany or had German parentage. Abyssinia is described as a vast territory matching the combined areas of Great Britain, France, Holland and Belgium.
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New York City
Abyssinia
Great Britain
France
Holland
Belgium
Davis and Jadwin Visit Flood Areas to Outline Relief
Secretary of War Dwight W. Davis arrives with Major General Edgar Jadwin to address flood relief concerns. Davis promises a broad overview of War Department actions and future plans while Jadwin discusses engineering details. President Coolidge has shown strong interest in the flood control effort.
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Dwight W. Davis
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Coolidge
Mississippi flood conference aims for nationwide plan
Delegates from 27 states gather in Chicago to craft a flood control program for the Mississippi Valley. Mayor Thompson, Senators Harrison Capper Tyson and others push for a practical plan and insist Congress must decide due to cost and scale.
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House
Commerce Committee
Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Congress
Thompson
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Capper
United States
Sherman
Information Organization Committee
America First
Relief rush to Woodside and Odenburg flood areas
New Orleans dispatch reports emergency supplies rushed to 300 to 400 refugees in Woodside and Odenburg on the Atchafalaya west bank after two days without food. Choctaw boat delivered food and livestock feed. more aid to follow from Baton Rouge as floodwaters recede and demobilization begins.
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New Orleans
Woodside
Odenburg
Atchafalaya River
Baton Rouge
Engineer Corps
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Morgan City
Breaux Bridge
St. Martinville
New Iberia
The
Red Cross
Spalding reassigned as relief fleet moves 100000 evacuees
Lieutenant Colonel George R. Spalding of the engineer corps, based in Louisville, is relieved and will return to his station. Major S. C. Godfrey will resume duties in Memphis and Major Malcolm Elliott goes back to New Orleans. Spalding says his 850 boat rescue fleet has evacuated 100000 refugees and moved 30 000 to 40 000 tons of food. Lower Mississippi conditions unchanged with New Orleans gauge down to 18.8 feet.
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George R. Spalding
Engineer Corps
Louisville
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Col. Spalding
Mississippi
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