Devastating hurricane hits gulf coast. seven dead
The hurricane swept from the Gulf into southeast Louisiana and Mississippi, then reached the Memphis area. Seven persons were killed, many injured, and crops and property damaged in the millions as rescue efforts saved twelve aboard a dredging fleet near Berwick.
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Morgan City
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Oyster Bayou
John Duplantis
Roosevelt
Forrest Kieff
Kieff
Duplantis
Mrs. Duplantis
Britishers abducted by pirates near Huangpu mouth
Six British citizens including two naval officers and 20 Chinese were kidnapped from the Shantien, a British steamer traveling from Tientsin to Shanghai, by pirates off the Yellow river. Captives were placed in five junks as the pirates looted valuables and the ship proceeded to Chefoo.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Tientsin
Chefoo
Postage stamp demand wanes as NRS office outgrows post status
At the old Monroe post office building Jess Ramblin Employees report a noticeable drop in stamp requests since the building ceased functions as a post office. Despite limits, calls for stamps persist, with the post office now in a new Jackson Grammont street building for about six months. Winifred Mask and Junior McCoy, local amateur radio operators, shared an unusual two way code exchange Wednesday night.
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Monroe
Jackson
Grammont Streets
Winifred Mask
Junior McCoy
Mask
McCoy
Papen Criticizes Nazi Regime Before Marburg Students
Franz Von Papen, vice chancellor and Prussia premier, denounced the Nazi regime in a guarded speech at Marburg University. He urged a monarchy restoration while challenging Goebbels propaganda and press muzzling, a move promptly suppressed by the state news bureau.
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Hitler
Franz von Papen
Prussia
Marburg University
von Papen
Germany
Joseph Goebbels
Auto accident victim dies in Texarkana area
Fred Ogan, 24, of Valliant Oklahoma, died in a Hope Arkansas hospital from injuries from an automobile crash near Fulton yesterday. Eight others were injured in the same accident.
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Ark
Fred Ogan
Valliant
Okla
Foulois Fights Removal as Air Chieftain
Major Benjamin D. Foulois challenged the findings of a House committee that urged his dismissal as chief of the Army Air Corps. The eight member panel accused him of dishonesty and gross misconduct, citing plane purchases and the air mail task that saw tragic deaths. He offered to meet accusers in open court.
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Washington
Benjamin D. Foulois
House
Army Air Corps
Dern
Foulois
Roosevelt
Air Corps
Army
President Roosevelt Letter on Flood Control for Mississippi Valley
President Roosevelt outlines flood control for the Mississippi alluvial valley from Cape Girardeau to the passes. He notes the 1928 act authorizing 325 million dollars, with about 70 million unappropriated, and states main features are over 70 percent complete. He mentions differing opinions on other project features.
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Washington
Riley J. Wilson
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Wilson
Mississippi River
Cape Girardeau
Clarksdale Girl Struck By Rare Scleroderma Case
Six year old Alma Dean Hayes of Clarksdale has scleroderma a rare disease in children. Parents O and Mrs Hayes plan to take her to Mayo Brothers Hospital in Rochester Massachusetts after doctors here contacted the hospital and showed keen interest in the unusual case.
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Miss
Alma Dean Hayes
O. Hayes
Mayo Brothers
President Roosevelt Signs $522 Million Road Bill
President Roosevelt signs the Hayden Cartwright measure authorizing 522 million dollars for road construction over three years. The program will be 50 50 funded with no unmatched emergency grants and first year funds come from a pending deficiency bill. Senators Hayden and Cartwright, both Democrats, attend the White House ceremony.
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Roosevelt
Hayden
Arizona
Cartwright
Oklahoma
White House
Solons Return to Baton Rouge to Face Storm
Louisiana lawmakers resumed work in Baton Rouge as the 1934 session neared decisive votes on automobile license reductions and a plan to cancel the $700000 annual payment to New Orleans for street maintenance. Rival anti administration bills were pulled from files, clearing the Hoffpaulr Tugwell measure as the feasible last chance for cuts.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
Hoffpaulr
Acadia
A. P. Tugwell
State Highway Commission
Joe B. Hamiter
Caddo
Guy Holloway
Union
Governor Langer seeks new trial after conspiracy conviction
Governor William Langer and four associates were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States. They face possible sentences of two years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both. A motion for a new trial will be heard, with an appeal to follow if denied. The governor's campaign for re election resumes as he weighs ballot status for the June 27 primary.
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Biasmarck
N. D
William Langer
United States
Langer
Frank A. Vogel
Bloody Sunday violence shocks Havana as ABC riot wounds many
In Havana on June 18 a parade by the ABC society devolved into a massacre. Fifty thousand members marched through Prado boulevard when machine gun fire broke out, killing 15 and wounding about 60, scattering spectators and threatening further clashes. A heavy guard surrounds a hospital amid fears of retaliation.
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ABC Society
Cuba
ABC
Neptune Street
Prado Boulevard
Protest Lodged Over Germany Debt Move
Washington reports a formal protest by the U S State Department against Germany's moratorium on foreign debt payments. Ambassador Dodd in Berlin was told to convey strong US regret that new hardships fall on American creditors and that debtor creditor relations and discrimination against Americans are affected.
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Washington
State Department
Department
William E. Dodd
Berlin
United States
Germany
Britain Plans To Answer American Debt Proposal
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the house of commons Britain would reply to the United States debt note over the idea of paying in kind with goods and services. He ruled out any exchange of Bermuda or other territories no longer essential for defense.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
United States
Great Britain
Bermuda
Bouanchaud Plan Seeks $10 Million Annual Public School Funding
A proposed Bouanchaud plan would create a state fund of $10 million for public schools by retaining current revenue sources and adding tobacco tax surplus and corporate tax. It envisions segregated funds, automatic reductions in local school millage, and stabilizing state expenditures with beer and liquor license revenues.
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News-Star— World Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Bouanchaud
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Fraternities and sororities hold southern conventions
Delegates from secondary schools across the south gather in the Frances and Virginia hotels for three national conventions starting Monday. Up to 600 delegates attend, with Sigma Phi Omega at Hotel Virginia hosting its tenth annual convention and Delta Sigma fraternity conjoining the event. At Hotel Frances, the ninth annual gathering continues with business and social events over three days.
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South
Frances
Virginia
Sigma Phi Omega
Delta Sigma Fraternity
Hotel Frances
Posters Remove Anti Hanfstaengl Messages Before Reunion
Police in Cambridge remove posters urging Nazi policies found on Harvard yard fences and Hollis hall windows before Dr. Ernst Hanfstaengl arrives for the Class of 1909 reunion. Some placards threaten Nazi actions while the German official evades authorities amid anxiety over demonstrations.
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Mass
Harvard Yard
Hollis Hall
Ernst Hanfstaengl
Hitler
Boston Committee
Hanfstaengl
One Killed And Another Injured In Plane Crash
Lieutenant Edward M. Johnson of Indianapolis was killed and Lieutenant James L. Bruce of Terre Haute was critically injured when their airplane crashed just after takeoff at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Both were on active duty with the officers' reserve corps en route to Dayton, Ohio. Johnson, assistant superintendent of the Indianapolis Municipal Airport, was at the controls. cause of the accident was not determined.
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Indianapolis
Edward M. Johnson
James L. Bruce
Terre Haute
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Dayton
Ohio
Johnson
Bruce
Fort Harrison
Progress Toward Ending Congress Influenced by Senate Vote
Democratic pressure to adjourn by nightfall grew as the senate approved a $2 billion general relief bill by 41 to 39. Senator LaFollette urged priority for a rail labor dispute board measure but lost to Democratic leadership. House action hinged on banking law amendments and plans to ease housing loans, with adjournment in sight if conference reports pass.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Bulkley
Ohio
Robinson
House
PWA purse strings tightened as Congress sets relief funds
Washington reports Congress will cap PWA funding at 500 million dollars with potential 250 million more from RFC securities. Of the total, 50 million is already earmarked for current constructions while federal projects claim a portion. Applications for new non federal projects continue under review.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Congress
Work Relief Agency
RFC Municipal
Assets of Southwest Utilities Concern Sold
Assets of the Southwest Gas Utilities Corporation of Shreveport Louisiana were sold for 92000 by receiver Charles F Richards. The assets were transferred to a bondholders protective committee which prepared a reorganization plan for the firm. Remaining assets pledged under a trust indenture dated May 1 1928 to be sold on June 25.
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Wilmington
Del
Southwest Gas Utiliies Corporation
Shreveport
Charles F. Richards
Discovery at Rail Station Luggage Office
A corpse was found in the rail station luggage office in a state with head arms and legs severed. Authorities described the scene as a grisly discovery prompting an investigation by local police and forensics teams. No suspect information was released at the time.
Brighton Trunk Murder Body Found At Station
The torso of a woman about 40 years old, 5 ft 2 in, was found dismembered in a plywood trunk at Brighton railway station luggage office. Police note the trunk bore Ford, may indicate town name. death likely about three weeks prior. Post mortem planned. no missing wife reports in area.
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Brighton
Eng
Ford
H. J. Pullin
El Dorado Dentist Found Dead After Kidnap Plot
Dr. H. L. Meyers a 55 year old El Dorado dentist was found shot to death on a farm near El Dorado after an all night search. The body was discovered at 10 am by Deputy Ira Choisser and photographer A M Mitchell in a weed patch on the farm. The doctor had left El Dorado to look over real estate and his office was found ransacked between Saturday night and early today. Mrs Meyers said she planned to accompany him but stayed home at the insistence of Lee Armstrong.
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EL Dorado
H. L. Meyers
Ira Choisser
A. M. Mitchell
No Title Yet Uses Face To Save Congressional Image
Hollywood report notes Congress failed to adjourn with all members seeking to save face. The column argues lawmakers pursued pet bills to appear productive, affecting national mood and public perception rather than achieving consensus.
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