Floods Sweep Six States Into Cincinnati Region
Flood waters from raging streams across six states inundate the Cincinnati tri state area. Deaths occur as waters rise over farms and streets from Huntington to Louisville, with towns like New Richmond and Lawrenceburg under water. The Ohio River basin swells above flood stage while continued rain threatens more high water.
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Cincinnati
Tri-State
Huntington
W. Va
Louisville
Ohio River
Elizabethtown
Indiana
Here
John Harrison
Ailee
California
Gale Thrig
George Heideman
Henry Linneman
John Bain
Covington
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Charles Stephen
Ohio
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Kentucky
Spring Equinox Ushers In Monroe's Warm Weather Note
The article notes the vernal equinox arrives Monday at 7 43 p m CST and cites a Sunday high of 79 and low of 49 degrees observed by Miss Kate Key. It recalls the groundhog shadow predicting six more weeks of winter as spring starts amid cold, disagreeable conditions.
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Kate Key
Rambling Notes From Monroe Society Columns
A column from Monroe society circles sketches locals like Axel Johansson drifting between Monroe and Shreveport and Dr. John Schrieber meeting town health aims. Jests about spring signs and fashion fill the page as readers share quips about gas bills and a Parisian moustache.
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Shreveport
John Schrieber
Ouachita Parish
Vidana
Monroe
Insanity Plea Hearing Date To Be Set Tuesday
The hearing date for W. E. Deckert's insanity plea in the 3737 robbery of the Bank of Springhill is to be set in Minden district court Tuesday. Deckert, 29, and accomplice Charlie Chapman who was convicted, escaped from jail and were pursued across East Texas and Van Buren Arkansas after a gun battle.
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Minden
W. E. "Pliney” Deckert
Springhill
Deckert
Charlie Chapman
Caddo Parish
East Texas
Slaying and Bank Robbery Suspect Fatally Wounded
New Orleans reports Donald White, a murder and bank robbery suspect, fatally shot in Slidell during a gun battle with officers. Martin Jarvis and a woman named Juanita Clair were arrested. Jarvis confessed to Sarasota slayings and the February bank robbery link. Authorities say two of the Sarasota victims were Birdie Lee Clements and Lacey Dyle.
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New Orleans
Donald White
Slidell
Here
Martin Jarvis
Jarvis
Sarasota
Fla
White
Juanita Clair
Birdie Lee Clements
Lacey Dyle
Dryades
Canal Bank and Trust Company
John Grosch
Miami
Ariz
Thomas Garrity
Louisiana Lawmakers to Meet for Prohibition Repeal and Beer Tax
Governor O K Allen convokes Louisiana legislature for a Monday night special session to repeal the Hood prohibition act or amend it and to set a $5 per barrel beer tax. He says $4 of the levy goes to the state general fund and $1 to parishes, funding schools and institutions with an estimated $1.5 million yearly revenue.
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Allen
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
O. K. Allen
Hood
Legis Sture
State General Fund
Farm man slugged and robbed on Sunday
Jim Caldwell a 50 year old farmer living eight miles northwest of the city on the Arkansas road was struck on the head with a club and robbed of 80 dollars Sunday at 6 30 p m. He suffered scalp lacerations and eye corner injuries and was admitted to Riverside sanitarium after aid at a nearby farm house. The assailant, described as a young white man, fled the scene.
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Jim Caldwell
Arkansas Road
Caldwell
Riverside Sanitarium
Arkansas Highway
Rumor of Arms Hidden at Einstein Home Searched
Berlin police and a national detachment searched Albert Einstein's Caputh country home near Berlin on Monday amid rumors that arms and ammunition were hidden there. No weapons or ammo were found.
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Berlin
Pref
Albert Einstein
Caputh
Banks Reopen In Monroe After Holiday Confidence Soars
Monroe and West Monroe resumed banking today after a two week holiday. Deposits of nearly 350000 were made in Central Savings Bank and Trust Company and its West Monroe branch in the first three hours, while withdrawals were light. Citizens commend cooperation and patience during the governor's holiday and look forward to a new era of courage and progress for the community.
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Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
West Monroe
Monroe
Robber Holds Up Man On Street Near Five Points
J W Holloway of 804 Mississippi Street reports being robbed at pistol point Sunday night near a vacant store by a masked white man. Holloway said the bandit forced him into an alcove, turned his pockets out, and took $21 from a billfold.
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J. W. Holloway
Mississippi Street
Dixie
Holloway
Twenty five Southerners Die In Week End Accidents
A roundup from Atlanta lists twenty five deaths across the south from March weekend incidents. Air crashes claim seven lives, auto accidents 11, explosions four, a shooting one, drowning one and lightning one. Names and locations span La Tenn Fla Ark Ga Nc Va and others with several families noted.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Arkansas
Florida
Kentucky
Mississippi
New Orleans
Houstonville
Techefuneta
Olens Rousseau
Stella Rousseau
Agnes Muriel
Rodney Rousseau
John Charles
C. E. Worley
Hodge
Ulmer Forester
Knoxville, Tenn
Journal
T. B. Gentry
Thomas Archer
Memphis
Tenn
BE. Greer
Trenton
Ray Buckner
Knoxville
Petersburg
James A. Willis, Jr
Bollingfield
Washington, Ma
Parents Await Word From Abductors In Masury Kidnaping
Parents of 15 year old Peter Myers, son of a wealthy local tavern proprietor, waited anxiously for word from abductors 36 hours after he was seized by three armed men who held up the family chauffeur in the Myers driveway in Masury Ohio.
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Masury
U.P
Peter Myers
Myers
Zangara Executed in Raiford Florida Electric Chair
Giuseppe Zangara was electrocuted at 9 15 a m in Raiford Florida after a February 15 assassination attempt. Officials ordered an autopsy focusing on brain and stomach while guards watched the execution amid a rainstorm.
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Raiford
Fla
Giuseppe Zangara
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Miami
Raiford State Prison
Ralph N. Greene
Jacksonville
State Hospital For the Insane
R. R. Killinger
Duval County
C. D. Whitaker
Zangara
Primary Election Held Tuesday For Fourth Judicial DA
Final preparations completed as ballots placed in boxes for 29 precincts in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. Candidates J B Thornhill George Lester and Frank Hawthorne campaigned quietly after weekends of activity. The elected official will succeed the resigning district attorney David J Garrett.
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Fourth Judicial District
Ouachita
Morehouse
Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
J. B Thornhill
George Lester
Monroe
Frank Hawthorne
Bastrop
David J. Garrett
Gas firm suit on gas distribution moved to briefs
The Peoples Gas and Fuel company of Shreveport had its bid to restrain the Louisiana Public Service Commission from investigating its Ruston natural gas distribution ordered submitted on briefs in East Baton Rouge district court on Monday.
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Baton Rouge
Peoples Gas and Fuel Company of
Shreveport
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Ruston
East Baton Rouge
Rogers Has His Say on Alcohol Arithmetic
In Santa Monica March 20 the speaker jokes that alcohol content could be regulated by arithmetic. He notes a 3.5 per cent drink requires 33 1 3 glasses to reach 100 per cent intoxication and quips the treasury may profit more than drinkers from such rules.
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News-Star
Bill Perbamus
L. J Hulin
Warren Garrett
Mercury
Santa Monica
Cal
John
Treasury
Final action on beer measure is expected today
Roosevelt aims to finish differences on the Cullen beer bill as Congress nears agreement with the economy package. Leaders anticipate quick conference action and sending the $500 million economy bill to the president after budget bills are cleared. House moves to farm relief legislation with Burns predicting passage by Tuesday night amid potential amendments.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Garner
Agriculture Committee
Representative Burns
Winter Wallop Across Nation Ends With Floods And Snow
Winter left a final wallop as snow sleet and floods hit the nation for inauguration week. Ohio valley floods forced boat evacuations while parts of the Midwest faced a foot of new snow. At least seven deaths were reported from floods as storms moved from Texas to Pennsylvania and shipping was endangered on seas and lakes.
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Associated Press
the Nation
Nation
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Middle West
Victoria
Tex
Pacific
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Indiana
Pennsylvania
British Officer Charged With Selling Country
Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart of the Seaforth Highlanders faces court martial in London charged with selling his country for fifty pounds. Major H. Shapcott opened the case detailing alleged plans with a German agent to obtain and relay army secrets. A letter signed Marie Louise and mailed from Berlin with ten pounds in notes was presented as evidence.
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London
Norman Baillie-Stewart
H. Shapcott
Tower of London
Baillie-Stewart
Seaforth Highlanders
Shapcott
Marie Louise
Berlin
Bratton Plans Senate Probe Session on Louisiana Primary
Washington dispatch reports Bratton aims to convene the senate special campaign funds committee to advance the 1952 Louisiana Democratic senatorial primary investigation. The plan follows a Monday meeting delay as key members confer for Tuesday sessions. Overton defeated Broussard in the primary with support from Senator Long.
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Washington
Bratton
Senate
Special Campaign Funds Committee
Edwin S. Broussard
John H. Overton
House
Overton
Long
Banks reopen after two week holiday in Monroe area
Central Savings Bank and West Monroe institutions welcomed depositors as operations resumed at 9 AM. Total deposits reached 349,935.23 with Monroe main bank at 296,818.70 and West Monroe branch at 53,116.53 while West Monroe State Bank reported withdrawals were light and deposits strong. An official noted the reopening proceeded smoothly despite a state order limiting withdrawals by cash-deposit ratio set as of March 2.
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Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Monroe
West Monroe
Monroe Bank
E. D. Cason
Supreme Court Upholds Louisiana Bank Tax Statute
The Louisiana high court ruling sustaining the 1917 tax statute on national bank shares was upheld by the U S Supreme Court. The banks had argued shares were taxed at higher rates than other capital and that their personal property was taxed without federal authorization.
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Washington
Louisiana
First National
Commercial National
American National Banks
Shreveport
Supreme Court
American National
United States
Louisiana Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Mussolini Aims Broad Peace Plan Including All Nations
In Rome Premier Ramsay MacDonald said Mussolini's plan would cover the entire continent and even the United States to an extent. He travels to Paris to seek Daladier's approval and asserts the proposal seeks complete agreement among all nations, not a few powers. The United States would be kept fully informed as negotiations proceed.
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United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Mussolini
de Jouvenel
John Simon
Rome
MacDonald
Benito Mussolini
Andea
Mr. MacDonald
Europe
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Bill
North Grand Street
Einstein
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Cermak
Rogers
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Stewart
Baillie- Stewart
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