Flood Control Conference Calls U S to Lead
Chicago Mayors host flood control conference after three days of hearings. Resolutions urge federal action, appoint a committee for permanent protection, and seek speedy congressional measures. Thompson named head of the new organization. Longworth Harrison and Watson laud the gathering.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Coolidge
Congress
Nicholas Longworthy
House of Representatives
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
James E. Watson
Indiana
Thompson
U. S
Resolutions Committee
American Red Cross
Three Men Die as Plane Burns in Fort Worth Crash
At Jubilee Flying field in Fort Worth on June 4 three residents Marvin Johnson Kearney Wright and Harry Lee Mache were killed when their aircraft fell 500 feet and burst into flames. Spectators saw a tail spin before the plunge and the gas tank exploded as a fire engine and ambulance arrived. Johnson was the pilot.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Jubilee Flying Field
Marvin Johnson
Kearney Wright
Harry Lee Mache
WwuUoNyes
Johnson
Calhoun Man Fatally Shot Self With Revolver
S H Foster 28 of Calhoun accidentally shot himself in the abdomen Friday morning in Minden after cleaning a revolver. The bullet exited his back. he died at Minden sanitarium that afternoon. He leaves brothers and a sister. funeral planned in Calhoun. He was a traffic officer and member of local Masonic and military lodges.
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News-Star
Minden
S. H. Foster
Foster
Calhoun
Monroe
Urina Lodge
A .M
Ragged peddler from Johannesburg to publish book says Galsworthy
Mrs. Ethel Reda Lewis inspired by a peddler's door to write his life story. John Galsworthy hails the work as a gorgeous book full of sheer singo. Alfred Aloysius Horn hopes the publication will end decades of poverty at age sixty.
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New York
Johannesburg
South Africa
Ethel-Reda Lewis
John Galsworthy
Alfred Aloysius Horn
White House dogs head to Black Hills with Rebecca likely left behind
Rob Roy and Prince Prim the White House collies are bound for the Black Hills. Rebecca the raccoon would also like to go but will probably be kept in the 700.
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Washington
Rob Roy
Prince Prim
White House
Black Hills
Rebecca
Flooded Morehouse Parish Rebuilding With Cotton and Crops
Rehabilitation reports show Morehouse parish areas replanting after the Arkansas flood. From 66 000 acres submerged to 11 000 remaining, 85 000 acres are now planted. aid includes cotton seed soybeans and garden seeds from the Red Cross.
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Ney
Morehouse
American Red Cross
Gladney
Biddison
Red Cross
Texas Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Murder Trial
In Jefferson City Tennessee the jury could not agree on the murder charge against W B Johnson for the death of Mrs Ida Howard. Judge J L Drinnen ordered a mistrial after the 8 10 morning verdict deadlock. Johnson also faced allegations connected to killings of Mrs Jessie Bishop and student D Bell Hicks during the January incident.
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D. Bell Hicks
Hicks
Johnson
Howard
Kidnapping of Hermitage Mills Presidents Sons Shocks Nashville
George Keith Jr and Lehman Keith age 4 sons of Hermitage Mills president were abducted around 10 am while playing near home. A large automobile with a man and two women drove off toward the city as neighbors described. A warrant was issued for a white man linked to a local detective agency who drove the car.
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Associated Press
Nashville
George Keith, Jr
Lehman Keith
George J. Keith
Hermitage Mills
Keith
Flood Credits Corporation Formed in Delaware
Articles of incorporation filed in Dover Delaware for the flood credits corporation with 2 000 000 capital stock to promote rehabilitation of the Mississippi flood area. Incorporators are T E Crotert A I Miller and T L Frank all of Wilmington Delaware. The Corporation Trust company of America filed the papers.
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Dover
Del
Flood Credits Corporation
Mississippi
Arkansas Farm Credit Company
Louisiana Farm Credit Company
Fidel LaBarba to quit boxing marry Esther Garcia
Fidel LaBarba plans to retire from boxing and marry Esther Garcia next month. He will also enroll as a college student at Stanford University. The report notes Garcia is a prize winning beauty and the couple will wed in Santa Ana.
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Fidel
Santa Ana
Cal
Fidel LaBarba
Esther Garcia
Stanford
Slayings Near Jackson Spark Nationwide Hunt
Police pressed an intensive search for the killer of Miss Martha Rees and Mrs. O S Rees who were shot in their home near Jackson Mississippi as dawn broke. A bank was stolen from the room and an automobile was linked to a possible suspect after a maid’s report. Local and New Orleans authorities joined the manhunt and surrounding roads were blocked while the motive and suspect remained elusive.
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Jackson, Miss
Martha Rees
O. S. Rees
Here
New Orleans
Miss Rees
University of Mississippi
Rees
Bellanca's Log Sightings Across Massachusetts and Nova Scotia
Timeline charts multiple sightings of the Bellanca aircraft and a second plane over Massachusetts communities including North Westport Long Pond Marshfield Provincetown and over Yarmouth and La Have harbour in Nova Scotia. The report notes a non Bellanca plane over Provincetown at 9 a.m. and records two transits of the Columbia over Nova Scotia waterways.
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Ce, D. T
Bellanca
North Westport
Mass
Long Pond
Marshfield
Provincetown
Lindbergh Leaves Cherbourg Aboard U S Cruiser Memphis
Charles Lindbergh bids Europe farewell as the Memphis cruiser departs Cherbourg at 4 30 p m after his Paris to New York non stop flight. Crowds cheer from Cherbourg streets as ceremonies honor the aviator before he boards for home.
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Associated Press
Cherbourg
France
Charles A. Lindbergh
Memphis
Europe
Atlantic
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
Cherbours Cave
United States
Maritime Station
Ouachita Parish Grand Jury Set for Special Session
The Ouachita parish grand jury will convene Monday in special session called by Judge Percy Sandel to probe serious charges, chiefly criminal assault and murder against Vernon Scruggs. The DA and sheriff plan to gather evidence, and Scruggs has indicated he will hire counsel over the weekend. The session is expected to last two or three days.
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Ouachita Parish
Percy Sandel
Vernon Scruggs
Sheriff's Department
District Attorney’s Office
Scruggs
Bride and Groom Wed as Broadway Orchestra Plays
A radio wedding broadcast featured a Broadway orchestra for the marriage of Mrs. George R. Taylor and William Larcombe at Falls Church. The program aired on WEAF and WRC between 12 45 and 1 p m eastern standard time today. Vine
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New York
George R. Taylor
William Larcombe
Fall Church
Refugees Leave Camps as Flood Diminishes
Day refugees in the northern flood zone began plans to return home. In Baton Rouge a group of 60 started toward Simmesport Hamburg to assess conditions and reestablish families. Officials expect exodus to accelerate over ten days amid rising dry areas in Winnsboro and Sicily Island while Morgan City braces for more water.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Simmesport-Hamburg
Sicily Island
Rhinehardt
Harrisonburg
Winnsboro
Tensas
Morgan City
Atchafalaya
Destination kept secret Levine aboard ship as companion
A report from Lunenburg County Nova Scotia notes a vessel flying fast over the area at 1 10 random EDT this afternoon and mentions Levine as a companion on board the ship.
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Levine
Yarmouth Flight Time Compared to Lindbergh
See N. S. June 4. The Co] over Yarmouth at 12 06 eastern daylight. Chamberlin flew very low and watchers saw distinguishing marks. She was more than an hour behind Lindbergh for the same distance. Umbia flew directly.
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Associated Press
N. S
Yarmouth
Chamberlin
Lindbergh
Umbia
Chamberlin Flight Shifted Due to Illness in Iowa
Charles Lockwood announced that Mrs. Wylee Chamberlin could not join Clarence D. Chamberlin on today’s hop off because of the illness of Mrs. Chamberlin’s mother in Iowa. Levine would replace Berlin as passenger and relief pilot, with the plan finalized last Wednesday.
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New York
Charles C. Locke
Charles C.kwood
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Wylee Chamberlin
Rome
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Levine
Chamberlin
Garden City
Wylda Chamberlin
Mystery Atlantic Flight Begins From Roosevelt Field
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine started the first leg of a trans oceanic attempt in the Bellanca Columbian monoplane. They aimed to beat Lindberghs long distance record, flying toward Newfoundland with 455 gallons of fuel and provisions for two, while spectators and wives watched anxiously.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Columbia
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Columbia Air Corporation
Berlin
Prison Officers Seek Negro Escapee After St Gabriel Break
Louisiana state prison officials pursue a Hunter escapee after a mass break at the St Gabriel farm. A fellow inmate Roosevelt Simpson was killed and Ben Diggs wounded during the breakout carried out by a 45-man gang while en route to the fields. Diggs remained alive with possible recovery as Roosevelt Simpson had been serving multi-year terms for assault and robbery.
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Louisiana
St. Gabriel
Baton Rouge
Aton Rouge
Waseene
wNwaawuwsy
Harry C. Pitcher
Roosevelt Simpson
Orleans Parish
Ben Diggs
Natchitoches
Diggs
Berville Parish
Hunter
Orleans
Prisners
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