Ohio and Ohio River Floods Sweep Kentucky and Ohio Towns
Flood waters from the Ohio river inundate several Kentucky and Ohio villages as the crest nears Cincinnati. Swollen streams in New England subside while Pennsylvania aids 110000 flood victims. Hartford and other cities face stringent safety measures under martial law.
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Associated Press
Oho River
New England
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Maine
Hartford
Connecticut
Washington
Massachusetts
Theodore F. Koop
Ohio River
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Conn
Storm warnings hoisted along Gulf Coast after Monroe windstorm
The weather bureau raised storm warnings from Morgan City Louisiana to Brownsville Texas due to a northwest disturbance. Monroe Louisiana saw trees uprooted and an oak tree crushed part of a home injuring Mr and Mrs W R Vinson who escaped. New Orleans reported brisk winds and high of about 17 degrees with possible showers.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Morgan City
Brownsville
Tex
Monroe
Pensacola
Fla
W.R. Vinson
Two governments aid plane in distress off Cuba coast
An air sea and land relief effort mobilized to assist five men adrift near Point Maternities Cuba. The US Coast Guard ambulance plane Arcturus, a Nemesis cutter from Key West and the freighter Tillie Sykes moved to the scene as waves battered the vessel, with a sick girl aboard believed to be Melton. Radio reports said all is well aboard the Arcturus despite worsening seas and wind.
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Miami
Fla
Point Maternities
Cuba
United States Coast Guard
Arcturus
W. L. Clemmer
Coast Guard
Nemesis
Key West
Tillie Sykes
Melton
Tillie Lykes
Lamson Jury Reviews Medical Testimony in Murder Trial
Deadlocked since Friday the Lamson murder jury in San Jose reviews medical testimony on the death of Allene Lamson. Dr Meyers of Stanford University addresses the question of hair pulled violently as the jury considers the contested cause of death in the bath at the Lamson home.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
A. W. Meyers
Stanford University
Allene Lamson
Lamson
The
Stanford University Press
Death Story Is Told Here By Survivor
Oswald Adams 16 recalls the tragedy that claimed two lives when a railroad car pipe shifted. Thomas Harris 15 and William Farley 17, former Western Union messengers, were smothered and crushed near Angola while returning home from a trip seeking work away from Monroe. Adams survived with minor injuries.
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Oswald Adams
North Sixth Street
West Monroe
Thomas Harris
William Farley
Adams
Harris
Farley
Western Union Messenger
Monroe
New Orleans
Angola
Double Tragedy Strikes Zeigler Family in Mississippi
In Columbia Mississippi Mrs W C Zeigler loses husband in Alexandria Veterans Hospital early Saturday and daughter Bel Ma bel Christine Zeigler dies Sunday at St Francis Sanitarium Monroe of peritonitis at age 11. A double funeral is planned in Columbia Tuesday with a brief service held Monday at Davis Lawhead funeral chapel.
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W. C. Zeigler
Columbia
Miss
Veterans’ Hospital
Alexandria
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe
Mabel Christine
Borah Wins Endorsement From Dr Townsend
Dr. F Townsend endorses Senator Borah Idaho Republican saying he has moved toward our ideals. The endorsement comes as Fletcher attacks the New Deal while Borah campaigns in Chicago listing old age pensions in his platform.
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Leonard B. Schubert
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
F. &. Townsend
Borah
Dr. Townsend
Senator Borah
Idaho
Henry P. Fletcher
Roosevelt
Chicago
Oliva Dionne Seeks Custody Of Quintuplets
Oliva Dionne wrote to King Edward VIII asking that his quintuplet daughters be returned to him and his wife Elzire. The babies are wards of the crown under Ontario law and cared for by guardians. Dionne, en route to Cornwall, Ontario, said he hoped the king would respond after his duties begin.
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New York
The
Daily News
Oliva Dionne
Edward VIII
Ontario
Dionne
Callander
Ont
Elzire
Flood Deaths Terrifying And Bizarre
Pittsburgh notices recount bizarre and terrifying flood deaths. Brave rescuers faced rising currents and frail craft while fires and exposure claimed victims. An ill Marko Markovich of the north side weighed 625 pounds and died after rescue efforts lowered him to a raft and then to a hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Marko Markovich
Northside
Markovich
Noe to Name Lake Charles Mayor Pending Talks
Governor James A. Noe said he will appoint a new mayor for Lake Charles likely tomorrow to fill the late J. A. Trotti’s vacancy. He has three or four candidates in mind and will confer with local citizens before naming the appointee. He affirmed legal authority to make the appointment. Noe returned from Fort Worth where he praised Texas hospitality and received a ten gallon hat.
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Baton Rouge
James A. Noe
Lake Charles
J. A. Trotti
Noe
Fort Worth
Texas
Roosevelt Warns Foes as He Accepts Rollins Honor
U S President attacks critics of New Deal as driven by group interests while accepting Rollins College honorary doctor of literature in Winter Park Florida. He cites tax debates and says education and progress face bitter opposition from entrenched groups.
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Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Roosevelt
Supreme Courts
Hamilton Holt
Eastern Flood Dominates Congress as Relief Plans Advance
Washington March 23 The eastern flood remains the top issue before Congress as lawmakers from 12 hard hit states seek relief methods. President Roosevelt, delaying his Florida trip, laid out 43 million dollars for relief while the Red Cross nears its 3 million fund goal.
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Washington
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Florida
Hagood
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
WPA
Abandonment Authorized for Louisiana Southern Route
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Louisiana Southern railway to abandon 6.5 miles of a branch line from Reggion to Shell Beach in St. Bernard Parish Louisiana. The action was announced from Washington on March 23 with no further details provided.
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Washington
Louisiana Southern Railway
IC. C
Reggion
Shell Beach
St. Bernard Parish
Louisiana
Roosevelt nominates Parran as surgeon general
President Roosevelt names Thomas Parran of New York to be surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service for a four year term, succeeding Hugh Cummings. Charles P Gridley of Illinois designated senior labor department official.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas Parran
New York
United States Public Health Service
Parran
Hugh Cummings
Charles P Gridiey
Illands
Labor Department
Atlanta Slayer Rampage Triggers Police Hunt
Heavily armed police patrolled the negro section as they search for a demented slayer who killed a man and warned spectators that three more victims would follow. The suspect known as Preacher has terrorized the area for weeks. Marksmen of the police engaged in the manhunt.
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Hunt
Atlanta
Preacher
Mussolini Abolishes Chamber of Deputies in Fascist Shakeup
In a move timed to the 17th anniversary of fascism, Mussolini replaces Italy's Chamber of Deputies with a Council of Guilds and abolishes large private industries. The new chamber consolidates 22 guilds across productive, credit, transport, agriculture and professional sectors, while medium and small industries remain under state oversight. The Duce urged national unity and warned that war could come suddenly.
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Andrue
Berding i Coprrighs
Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Fascists
Fi Duce
Austria
Hungary
Grand Assembly
Council
Chamber of Duce
Chamber of Reputies
Council of Guilds
Italy
National Council
National Council of Guilds
Ge Industries
iIndusserio
MLO
de« Hueon
Efforts Intensify to End European Conflicts
The European crisis triggered by Nazi actions in the Rhineland heats up as Foreign Offices and the League of Nations seek a final peace solution. A 13 member conciliation committee in London orders a direct peace appeal to Italy and Ethiopia while Fascist forces press a southern front offensive.
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Devon Francis Erne
Rhineland
League of Nations
League
London
Italy
Ethiopia
Committee
Infant Globe Trotter Arrives From Shanghai
26 month old Jean McElroy arrived in Atlanta after a journey begun in Shanghai. The child, whose mother died, completed a Pacific crossing with her father and two parents joining the trip.
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Atlanta
Jean McElroy
Globe Trotter
Shanghai
China
Pacific Ocean
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Minnesota
Golden Triangle
Gulf Coast
Lamson Jury
James Noe
U. S
National Lumber Manufacturers
Asstom Today
Basinet
Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Marin Counts
Nelson B Klein
U.S Department of Justice
Jack Oakie
Yuma
Ariz
Venita Varden
Southern Pacific
E. A. Freeman
Justice of the Peace
Oatie
Ve Charmber
Chamber of Fascists
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