Flood Breaches in Dikes Flood Wide Mississippi River Valley
Breaks in dikes cause a large flood as 80 000 acres inland from Hermann Missouri go underwater. Captain Howes and workers race to warn others while 15 foot gaps form and the Kaw and Grand rivers feed a flood five miles wide. Officials say danger to Kansas City area subsides as the crested flood moves toward the Missouri.
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Captain Howes
Lawrence
Hermann
B. M. Harlee
Bluff
Missouri
Topeka
Resolution Extends NRA Codes to April First 1936
President Roosevelt directed a study on preserving labor standards via interstate compacts with federal cooperation. Massachusetts State Senator Henry Parkman Jr. received a letter outlining the measure and its extension of voluntary codes until April 1 1936.
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Roosevelt
Henry Parkman, Jr
Massachusetts
Neville High to Graduate 81 in Class of 1935
Neville High School will graduate 81 students the largest class yet with majors in classical, commercial, home economics, mathematics, science and social science. The ceremony includes three siblings Roy Ricks William Ricks and Marjory Ricks. Teachers have received all salary checks through the term end with no unpaid staff entering summer vacation.
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Roy R. Ricks
William Ricks
Marjory Ricks
Lucy S. Ricks
W H. Ricks
Neville High School
Tax Proposals Spark NRA Debate In Congress
Washington June 6 amid conflicting NRA speculations lawmakers report the White House may study new high taxes on inheritances and gifts to extend NRA aims. The plan remains nebulous with no definite action in sight as focus shifts to stop gap NRA skeleton and labor legislation push.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA
White House
House Ways and Means
Congress
Robinson
Arkansas
American Federation of Labor Council
Guffey-Snyder
Supreme Court
Donald R
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Coughton
North Carolina
House Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means
Chamber
Senate
Brown
New Hampshire
Hastings
Delaware
States
Wallace
AAA
Shriners
Huey Long Charges Sullivan in Real Estate Case
Huey Long moves to supersede the district attorney in prosecuting Sullivan on three bills of information charging illegal operations through the Hibernia homestead and Navillus Realty. The filings allege property transfers, falsified values, and loan schemes between 1921 and 1932 with bonds set at 2500 each. Sullivan denied the charges and bonded out, flanked by listed associates at the courthouse.
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Eugene Stanley
Sullivan
Hibernia Homestead
Navillus Realty Company
Hibernia Homestead Association
James O'Connor
Huey P. Long
Telephone Rate Case Heard Again by Supreme Court
The district court challenged a Public Service Commission order as invalid and confiscatory under the state constitution. Judge Jones issued a temporary restraining order March 8 for the telephone company, later dissolved after a hearing. The case returns to the Supreme Court as the company seeks reinstatement of the restraining order pending merits review.
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District Court
Commission
Jones
Supreme Court
Mackey Named to Jackson Parish School Board
Governor O K Allen appointed George P Mackey yesterday to the Jackson parish school board to replace E E Hodge who moved from the parish.
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Baton Rouge, la
George P. Mackey
O. K. Allen
Jackson Parish
E. E. Hodge
Spurs Officers In Big Hunt For Boy Snatchers
Seattle deputy sheriffs with machine guns pursue six suspects in the kidnap case connected to the Weyerhaeuser incident. The group includes Jack Bailey Elliott Michener Richard Fransen Milo Eggers Harold McAttee and Herbert Lester Johnstone. Eggers says federal authorities have not interviewed him despite investigations. A lead near Bellevue was checked. the home appeared vacant and an old typewriter akin to the ransom note was found. The article describes the planned execution setup and the warden’s role in the impending hanging.
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John Keegan
Portland
Jack Bailey
Bellevue
Wash
O. K. Bodin
Mother and Son to Die in Delaware Execution
A mother and her son face execution for killing her brother to collect a $2000 life insurance policy. Howard Carey, 27, and his mother await final visits as James Carey and Lawrence receive life terms or lighter sentences. A tall wooden fence rises to shield the gibbet as state police restrict traffic near the building ahead of the execution.
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Delaware
Howard Carey
Robert Hitchens
Myra
James Carey
Lawrence
Execu
Athens Woman Credits Cardui For Health Boost
Mrs E R Fowler of Athens Georgia says Cardui improved her weakness and irregularity, eased nervousness, and later relieved a bad lightheaded feeling. She notes thousands of women testify to Cardui’s benefits and advises consulting a physician if no benefit is seen.
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Neville School
Duce
Seagram's
Seagram's Co
Crown
Hishies
Seagram - Distillers Corp
Lawrenceburg, Ind
Huey Long
Cee
Norge
Borg-Wa
Robhalor
Rner Corp
Detroit, Michigan
Louisiana Store & Market Equipment Co., Inc
S. Grand St
Raat
Seattle
Cardui
MOON
Hollywood
Chiffon Voile
Batiste
Tissue Swiss
Joseph A. Faurot
America
Tire Service
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