Tornado toll and flood damage hit West Texas area
Three tornadoes on the Texas New Mexico border killed one man, injuring eight others and leaving Shallowater roads littered with dead livestock and timber. W. J. Jackson was killed in a demolished farm home. Mrs. Theresa Hamby fractured a hip in Texas flood conditions. Colorado City and Snyder faced flash floods as bridges failed and traffic rerouted.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas
New Mexico
Shallowater
W. J. Jackson
Lingo
N. M
Clarence Daniels
Theresa Hamby
Colorado City
Snyder
Big Spring
Bavn
Colorado River
Four Escaped Women Still Uncaptured at Reformatory
Marysville Ohio June 21 reports say Velma West of Painesville and three other escapees remain at large after mass tips failed to locate them. Superintendent Margaret Reiley led a statewide search with officers noting sightings in Kingston Pennsylvania and hints of Long Island New York. Beside West are Florence Sheline Virginia Brandy and Ellen Richards as officials probe possible complicity. West was convicted of clubbing death of her husband Thomas Edward West in Perry Queens in 1927.
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Marysville, O
Velma West
Painesville
Husband Slayer
Womens Reformatory
Margaret Reiley
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Kingston
Stanley Lloyd
West
Long Island
N. Y
H. R. Mooney
Census Reports Record Low U S Death Rate in 1938
The Census Bureau announced the nation had its lowest death rate last year with 1,380,986 deaths in 1938 and an average of 10.6 per 1,000. Infant mortality fell to 50.9 per 1,000 live births while 45 states and the District of Columbia shared in the decline. North Dakota 74, Oklahoma 78, South Dakota 7.9, Arizona 14.5, New Mexico 12.0, and D C 12.7 recorded the extremes.
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Washington
Census Bureau
States
District of Columbia
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Arizona
New Mexico
Monroe Mayor Sees No Tax Increase Amid Budget Cuts
Monroe mayor H. H. Benoit announces no extra taxes this year as reduced assessments and a $11,566 general fund transfer cover bond deficits. The 1939 assessment trails 1938 by $2,130, revenue is projected at $847,312, with funds allocated for power plant work, drainage improvements, city hall repairs, and sewer extensions.
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Monroe
H. H. Benoit
Commission Council
Young's Bayou
Benoit
Britain eyeing U S diving bell after submarine disasters
London reports the British admiralty, prompted by the Thetis disaster, is studying the U S diving bell used to rescue 33 from the Squalus sinking near Portsmouth New Hampshire. Geoffrey Shakespeare told the House of Commons the diving bell option will be considered alongside other submarine safety measures. France also showing interest after the Phenix loss with 71 dead.
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London
Admiralty
United States
Portsmouth
N. H
Geoffrey Shakespeare
House of Commons
United States Navy
Shakespeare
Phenix
Indo-China
Express urges Britain to settle American debt reasonably
The Daily Express suggests Britain should settle the American debt along reasonable lines. It notes the United States has shown forbearance in not pressing the issue and argues Britain should take it up itself.
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London
The
Daily Express
Britain
United States
Express
Student Army to Airdrop in Four Months
A student army unit prepares for air deployment in four months with initial success reported. The group has completed training milestones and demonstrates readiness for further staged operations.
Americans to train 95 000 pilots under new civilian program
Congress sent a bill to the White House to create a vast pool of airmen for peace or war. Civil Aeronautics officials predicted full training by October 15 with 15,900 pilots to be trained next year and 20,000 annually thereafter. Ground schools will begin in September at 300 to 400 colleges, while flying follows.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Civil Aeronautics
PRA Ril Ste
Bendix
N. J
New York University
CAA
Purdue University
Army
Navy
Germany
United States
Hunt Spreads for Ray Olson in Wisconsin Manhunt
A nationwide search for Ray Olson, a 30 year old ex convict who killed two deputies, intensified across northern Wisconsin. Posse units deployed in Rusk and Sawyer counties with volunteers guarding roads and stores near Bruce and Moose Lake as Olson reportedly was seen near Bruce. Deputies checked all stores, resorts and fuel stations while divides forces hunted the fugitive.
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Hayward
Wis
Ray Olson
Wisconsin
Bruce
Here
Olson
Ellsworth Wilson
Rusk County
George Seehuetter
Sawyer County
Moose Lake
Moose
Infant shot as sacrifice dies in Charleroi
In Charleroi Pennsylvania a 19 month old girl Ada died after being shot by her father Clair Young 35 a miner and part time evangelist He was held on a district attorney detainer and he said he fired as she crawled to ward him claiming a sacrifice in the eyes of the Lord to go to heaven The state patrolman said Young would be charged with murder.
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Charleroi
J. C. Conway
C. L. Turk
Clair Young
Young
Ada
Conway
Sex predictor wrong as baby proves theory fails
Newark June 21 Sid ney A Fortel's 35 year old son proved a girl born yesterday at Beth Israel hospital at 4 20 p m Eastern standard time Fortel said the error shows his sex predetermination theory may still be correct and vowed to try again with another baby His wife 25 and their daughter are reported well Fortel studied medical books for 20 years hoping to prove his method wrong though he expected a son Continued on second page.
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Newark
N. J
Sidney A. Fortel
Forte
Beth Israel Hospital
Fortel
Compromise Farm Money Bill OKayed
A senate-house conference committee approved an agriculture appropriation bill of over 1.2 billion dollars for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The panel kept the senate’s 225 million dollar rise for farm aid payments and proposed separate votes on about 140 million dollars in other increases.
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Senate
House
Cannon
Missouri
Bankhead
Alabama
Have Not Nations Challenge Britain's Empire in Sun
British empire faces crisis as have not nations led by Germany Italy and Japan press for greater power. Tientsin affair signals Anglo Japanese struggle over China while Germany pursues Danzig eastern Europe aims toward Turkey and the Dardanelles. Italy furthers Mediterranean aims as Arab unrest in Palestine draws Italian propaganda.
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Associated Press
New York
Hitler
Mussolini
Mediterranean
England
Germany
Italy
Japan
Britain
Britannia
British
Tientsin
China
Far East
Europe
Danzig
Turkey
Dardanelles
Near East
France
Palestine
Flashes In The News: Odd Local and Personal Notes
In St Louis a district station cannot be closed due to a missing key and doors left unlocked since 1886. In Ramseur North Carolina Ora Petty reaches a milestone by losing her final wisdom tooth at age 80. In Denver Ira Sneary, a telephone installer, reports a knife confrontation after arguing with a man who pulled a blade.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Farrell
Japan Seizes Swatow Port In South China Drive
Dispatches report 800 Japanese troops occupied Swatow after air raids and naval bombardment. The capture tightens Japan's hold on the south China coast as Chinese forces failed to implement expected scorched earth resistance in the city of 178000.
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Japan
Swatow
South China
Britain
Tientsin
Can
Hero Medal Winner Held For Slaying
Mound City Kansas June 21 Lester Dedo a WPA timekeeper and Carnegie hero awardee was charged with murdering Earl Peterson 25 assistant timekeeper after a quarrel following a band rehearsal Dedo allegedly shot Peterson Deco 39 dived eight times to rescue Mrs Clare Harness of Olathe after her car went off a bridge into water.
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Mound City
Kas
Lester Dedo
WPA
Forrest Ball
Dedo
Earl Peterson
Deco
Clare Harness
Olathe
Snyder details Ruth Etting misdeeds in love suit
In Los Angeles on June 21 Martin Moses Snyder known as The Gimp testified in Alma Alderman's $150000 suit against Ruth Etting regarding Etting's relationship with pianist and present husband Myrl Alderman. Snyder described a Chicago divorce aftermath conversation with Etting and suggested further testimony.
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Los Angeles
Martin Moses Snyler
Ruth Etting
Myrl Alderman
S. S. Hahn
Plane Crash Hurts Two Louisiana Men Near Ida
Shreveport Louisiana June 21 Jesse L Means 24 and Gordon Oaks both of Ida Caddo parish injured in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Ida airport en route to El Dorado Arkansas Means considered most seriously hurt placed in sanitarium with back and facial injuries Oaks minor injuries The plane owned jointly by Jesse and his brother William Means of El Dorado was destroyed after it struck ground near a water hole about a mile from Ida
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Shreveport
Jesse L. Means
Gordon Oaks
Ida
Caddo Parish
Means
el Dorado
Ark
T. J. Means
Oaks
A. D. Evans
Secon
William Means
Blaze torches Chinatown as eight die in worst fire in 30 years
A Chinatown blaze on Dover Street raged through two tenements, killing at least eight. Firefighters, joined by Mayor LaGuardia, battled four alarms amid twisting streets. four rescuers injured, a man clinging to a fire escape died after being saved. The flames ripped through old wooden interiors, threatening surrounding buildings.
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New York
Chinatown
Dover Street
LaGuardia
Roosevelt declines third term talk during press conference
President Roosevelt said he would say nothing about a possible third term now or soon. He laughed off questions on reelection and urged reporters to stand in a corner with dunce caps when pressed. The remarks came as he prepared for a west coast trip after Congress adjourns.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Ickes
LaGuardia
New York
Ventilating system blamed in Squalus tragedy
Lieutenant William T. Doyle Jr testified that the submarine Squalus relied on an almost unprotected ventilating system and its air induction failure may have caused the disaster. He said the green Christmas tree indicator signaled readiness, masking danger, as senior officers confirmed readiness from forward and after compartments.
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Portsmouth
N. H
William T. Doyle, Jr
Baltimore
Naval Court
Doyle
Dove
John C. Nichols
Chicago
Joseph W. Patterson
Oklahoma City
O. F. Naquin
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Trail of Velma West
Lou Gehrig
General Fund
U. S
Ed Barrow
New York Yankees
Barrow
Gehrig
Mayo Clinic
HUNT
Posse
George Seehueter
King
By DeWitt MacKenzie
Ramseur
N. C
Ora Petty
Denver
Ira Sneary
Sneary
Louisiana
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