Yellow River Flood Rips Across Henan Province
A Japanese war dispatch reports the Yellow river flood 10 to 20 miles wide and 90 miles long sweeping Henan. The flood endangers 2,000 villages with about 500,000 people as Chinese and Japanese forces clash on the Peiping Hankow front.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Hankow
Fukow
Kaifeng
Lunghai
Japan
Chengchow
Tsin River
Tsinyang
Menghsien and
Wenhsien
Louisiana Senate approves bonding bills in rapid session
The Louisiana Senate, 33 to 0, approved a $110 million general appropriations bill after a 30 minute, section by section vote. It also passed $6 million for educational and charitable institutions and $5 million for highways, with tax hikes to fund a property tax relief fund for homestead exemptions.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
House
Richard Leche
Service Commission To Go To Capital
Louisiana Public Service commission members will fly to Washington to meet with the executive committee of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners about plans for the association's 50th annual convention in New Orleans November 15 to 18. P. A. Frye accompanies Commissioners Wade Martin John S. Patton and James O Connors. attendees will include representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission the Federal Communications Commission the Federal Power Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Washington
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
New Orleans
P. A. Frye
Louisiana Commission
Wade Martin
John 5. Patton
James O'Connor
Frye
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Power Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Adjourning Congress Delayed By Last Minute Funds
Washington rush to adjourn stalled by a 10 million barrier in the third deficiency bill. House and Senate conferees fought to decide how much of the extra 10 million to leave in the measure as the session pressed for a final windup tonight. Senate to debate public funds audit as sessions continued.
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Washington
Congress
Conference Committee of Representatives
House
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
San Antonian Killed When Car Plunges Off Embankment
Eugene Mays 32 of San Antonio was killed and companion A B Snyder 35 of El Dorado Ark was slightly injured when their car left highway 80 near Calhoun and plunged into a ditch. Authorities said Mays died of skull fractures and internal injuries. The crash was investigated by state police and local officers.
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Eugene Mays
San Antonio
Tex
Standard Oil Company
Louisiana
A. B. Snyder
el Dorado
Ark
Calhoun
Aviation
Mays
Snyder
Monroe
Irving J. Wolff
Ouachita Perish
J. G. Grant
EF. Roy Byrd
Grant
Wire tapping bill near to enactment
Washington halted over senate action on a house passed bill to legalize wire tapping by federal officers. It would amend the communications act, bar use of illegal interceptions, require departmental certification, and allow intercepted messages as evidence in federal prosecutions of felonies by two or more persons.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Communications Act
Supreme Court
United States
River funds disclosed for 1959 war department allocations
Washington June 16. The secretary of war announced allotments for new work and maintenance on rivers and harbors under the war department civil appropriation act. Total for rivers and harbors projects was 61,708,980 with several Louisiana and regional items listed including flood control and the Inland Waterway from Franklin to Mermentau.
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Washington
Secretary of War
War Department
Louisiana
New Orleans
Sabine River
Bayou Teche
Franklin
Mermentau River
New Missouri River
Creer
Orleans
Corpus Christi
Red River
Fulton
Ark
Cypress Bayou
Jefferson, Tex
Shreveport
Ouachita
Black Rivers
Mississippi River
Quake Shakes San Diego Centered Northeast of City
San Diego felt a sharp quake lasting 12 seconds described by amateur seismologist Fred Robinson. The tremor was centered northeast of the city with no damage reported.
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San Diego
Calif
Fred Robinson
Robinson
Thrifty Roanoke Bus Pass and Pigeon Plot
In Roanoke a passenger tied his bus pass to a homing pigeon and sent it back for relatives to use. In Klamath Falls the Rev C W Frost reports disruptions at church services as pranksters toss lit firecrackers through windows. In Toledo a conscientious teacher who refused to sign her name mailed $3 to the board of education.
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Roanoke
J. P. Cralle
Klamath Falls
Ore
C. W. Frost
Toledo
Edu
Three youths and stolen yacht hunted by coast guard
A coast guard plane was ordered aloft in a renewed search for the $25,000 ketch Tira as three runaway boys and the yacht vanish from Santa Cruz three weeks earlier. A tuna clipper captain reported seeing three youths on a white yacht near San Geronimo Island, 200 miles south of San Diego, prompting fresh inquiries into the missing craft and its 11 year old leader.
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San Diego
Calif
Coast Guard
Cocos Island
Santa Cruz
Joe Marina
Tuna Clipper Vigilante
San Geronimo Island
Marina
Monterey
San Geronimo
Lyle Tara
Lew K. Foote
Tara
James Henninger
Bill Grace
Franco seeks quick close of Civil War in Spain
At Hendaye on the Spanish frontier, insurgents trap government troops in the Pyrenees forcing the last government division to flee into France. Across the country Francisco Franco orders campaigns to speed a swift end, while fighting intensifies on the Cordoba front and along the Mediterranean seaboard.
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Hendaye
France
i/P
Pyrenees
Francisco Franco
Cordoba
Pennaroya
Mediterranean Seaboard
Old Timer Declares Filibuster Fading From Congress
Washington date June 16 an elderly observer recalls long filibusters while noting modern senators lack stamina. He cites 1908 and 1910s examples of extended talks and references a 30 day southern effort totaling 140 hours 30 minutes before the anti lynching bill was pigeonholed.
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Washington
Bob’ la Follette
Aldrich-Vreeland
Huey Leng
Congress
Clearing two bayous to improve health and hunting areas
A petition circulating in Monroe and West Monroe seeks signatures to clear Black Bayou and Bayou DeSiard of moss and water hyacinths. Organizers aim to have the Oua chita parish police jury request WPA aid to perform the clearing, aiding paddling, mosquito control, and recreation for sportsmen.
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Sporting Goods
Monroe
West Monroe
Black Bayou
Bayou DeSiard
Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
WPA
Girl's Body Recovered After River Tragedy
In Pleasant Hill Alabama on June 16 searchers recovered the body of 12 year old Tommie Gewin daughter of Mr and Mrs M B Gewin of Pleasant Hill. She drowned Tuesday night in the Sabine river while wading into deep water during a fishing party. Two other girls were rescued by a log cutter.
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Pleasant Hill
Ala
Tommie Gewin
M. B. Gewin
Sabine River
New Deal Dominates Pennsylvania Campaign
June 16 Harrisburg Pa A Democratic Republican clash sets the New Deal as the fall issue with national implications Observer view places Pennsylvania as a testing ground for Roosevelt policies The GOP pledges unity around James and Davis while Democrats unite behind Jones after a bruising primary showdown
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
Charles Alvin Jones
United States
Joseph F. Guffey
James
James J. Davis
Auto Mishap Near Coushatta Fatal
In Shreveport area a 14 year old railroad worker J J Stephens was killed when his automobile overturned three times on the Coushatta highway southeast of Shreveport. His wife and four children were injured including ten year old Jessie with a head laceration and possible internal injuries. The other injured are Blanche Billy and Bobbie Anne. Survivors include two sons J V and Ulysses in East Point, another daughter Mildred in East Point, two brothers George F and M O Stephens of Baton Rouge, two sisters Miss Alzada Stephens of Baton Rouge and mother Mrs N A Stephens of Baton Rouge.
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Shreveport
J. J. Stephens
Coushatta
Here
Blanche
Billy
Bobbie Anne
Stephens
J. V
Ulysses Stephens
East Point
Mildred Stephens
George F
M. O. Stephens
Baton Rouge
Alzada Stephens
N. A. Stephens
Judge Sentences Kidnapper to Death in Florida
In Miami on June 16 Circuit Judge H F Ate kingon sentenced Frank lin Pierce McCall 21 to die by electric chair for kidnapping James Bailey Cash Jr demanding ransom of 10 000. The minister’s son pleaded guilty and was remanded to Raiford prison. execution date to be set by the governor.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
H. F. Atekingon
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Ransons
McCall
Florida
Raiford
MccCall
Princeton
Cotton Council formed to boost world market for cotton
Oscar Johnston of Scott Mississippi led a meeting of about 300 cotton producers and processors to create a national cotton council aimed at expanding world markets for cotton and advancing research. Mississippi Governor Hugh White pledged state financial support, while Johnston outlined goals to coordinate producers, ginners, oil mill operators, and merchants into a cooperative effort to lift export trade and promote cotton and cottonseed consumption worldwide. The council will pursue legislation to stimulate demand and coordinate industry efforts.
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Cleveland
Miss
Oscar Johnston
Scott
Government Cotton Pool
National Cotton Council
Johnston
Hugh White
Mississippi
Francis B. Sayre
Old Rockefeller Home Torn Down in New York
Men tear down the brownstone and red brick dwelling once kept by John D. Rockefeller Sr for fifty years. The four story midtown mansion at 4 West Forty fourth Street near Rockefeller Center is being demolished. Furnishings and features have been moved to the Museum of the City of New York.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
New York City
Midtown
Pittyfourth Street
Rockefeller Center
Museum of the City of
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H. F. Atkinson
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Survivor
Pearl River
Southwest Pass
South Pass
Louisiana-Texas
Associated Press
Thrifty
Franco
By Jack Bell
James Bailey Cash
Skeegie
George H. Earle
Will
Cotton Council
Scott, Miss
Rockefeller
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