Red Cross aid aided 73 families after Bordelonville storm
Storms across the region left at least 12 dead in Arkansas Illinois Missouri Texas and Kentucky. In Avoyelles parish Louisiana 73 families sought Red Cross relief after a Monday night tornado with 100 plus homes destroyed near Bordelonville. Local leaders promised rapid assistance.
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Alexandria
American Red Cross
Bordelonville
Avoyelles Parish
Bob Wingate
National Red Cross
Jane Perry
Red Cross
Louisiana
Wash Jones
J. Howard Fore
Bunkie
Avoy‘elles Parish
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Benton
Ark
Cairoydle
Marion
Ill
J. E. McNeese
Richland
Tex
Cecil
Ted Cook
Frankston
Cook
Ruby Hawks
Grand River
Sto
Thomasville
Ala
Owensboro
Tull
Ben Hicks
Edward Hicks
Elijah F. Hicks
Elsie Hicks
Elijah Hicks
Sophie Miller
Lewis Campbell
Sikeston
Brownie Pettes
Bertrand
Ozarks
Rogers
Little Bayou Pierre Hesitates Between Calm and Rampage
Vicksburg Mississippi reports Little Bayou Pierre, normally a quiet stream near Port Gibson, turned volatile during the night, threatening surrounding areas as authorities monitor rising waters and possible flooding risks.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Port Gibson
Here
Mayor’s Punch Costs Him 2.50 in Abbeville
In Abbeville Louisiana Mayor J E Kibbree was fined 2.50 in city court for assaulting P Otis Broussard head of Vermilion parish intake and certification bureau and ex postmaster The incident followed a sidewalk quarrel sparked by a radio speech Broussard gave in Lafayette Broussard said the mayor struck him and toppled him to the pavement. The mayor claimed justification and asked the mayor pro tem not to fine Broussard.
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Abbeville
J. E. Kibbree
P. Otis Broussard
Intake and Certification Bureau
Vermilion Parish
Broussard
Lafayette
Game Warden Warns Local Trespassers Over Cattle Kills
A federal game warden in Monroe warns residents to stay off posted property after reports of cattle killed. He says he will arrest future trespassers.
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Monroe
Goons Pardon Pleas Face Opposition in New Orleans
Citizens groups condemned any pardons for alleged Election Day slugging, gathering at the board meeting to protest leniency. The pardon board opened hearings at 2 p.m. with August Hady and Eugene Gill first, each hit with fines and jail terms for assault and damaging a camera respectively.
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New Orleans
Pardon Board
Court of Appeals
August Hady
Ferguson Colcock
Arbitration Committee
Eugene Gill
House of Detention
Philip
Nina) Paterno
Fifth Ward
Jones
Paterno
Earl K. Long
Niels F. Hertz Wole
The
Peoples’ League
Louisiana Association For Clean Government
Citizens’ Potcy Committee of
Louisiana
T. Hale Boggs
People's League
Long
Murder charge filed after salesman dies from stab wounds
Lee Meyer a 52 year old Tulsa salesman died in New Orleans from pneumonia linked to abdominal stab wounds after an April 19 hotel lobby altercation with Colonel Robert E Dalton of Meridian Mississippi A formal murder charge followed with Dalton dismissed then recharged and released to Yazoo City on a bad check charge New Orleans authorities asked Mississippi officers to hold him without bail.
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New Orleans
Lee Meyer
Tulsa
Okla
Robert E. Dalton
Meridian
Miss
Dalton
John J. Grosch
John Meredith
Meyer
Yazoo City
Mississippi
Delhi Farmer Shot to Death in Main Street Killing
Johnnie Gibson a 4 year old farmer was shot and killed on Main street in Delhi Louisiana. Virgil E. Carter a 44 year old barber was arrested after firing at Gibson and injuring bystanders. Gibson died within minutes as crowds watched the fatal assault. Carter allegedly had a feud over Mrs Carter and had previously struck Gibson.
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Delhi
Johnnie Gibson
Main Street
Virgil E. Carter
William Higgins
Gibson
Carter
Goodwill Dinner Draws 450 Northeast Louisiana Executives
Four hundred fifty representative businessmen from northeast Louisiana are guests of the Missouri Pacific Boosters club at a Goodwill dinner at the Virginia hotel on May 8. S. A. Moss announces an event with addresses and musical entertainment led by J. E. Stanford of Nashville.
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Louisiana
Missouri Pacific Boosters Club
Virginia Hotel
S. A. Moss
Missouri Pacific Club
Moss
J. E. Stanford
Southern Agriculturist
Nashville, Tenn
Stanford
South
Missouri Pacific Railroad
W. F. Kirk
St. Louis
R. C. White
Farley Wins in Massachusetts Primary Vote
Massachusetts voters backed a largely unpledged Republican delegation and a Democratic Farley slate, signaling support for James A Farley over Dewey. Dewey received at least two GOP votes. many delegates remained technically unpledged for Chicago. Roosevelt momentum loomed if he sought a third term.
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Boston
James A Farley
Massachusetts
Bay State
Thomas FE
Dewey
State
Farley
New York
Chicago
Roosevelt
Saltonstall
Lodge
House
Martin
John W. Haigis
William H. McMasters
William Burke
Juror Warren Fined on Two Indictments
Judge J T Shell denied a new trial for J Lloyd Warren police jury president accused of taking parish funds beyond per diem and mileage. Warren was fined 50 dollars on two counts after the court found him guilty on a related gasoline sale indictment. two other charges were nol pressed.
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J. Lloyd Warren
J. T. Shell
Warren
Nolle
Shell
Caillouet Sworn In as U S Jurist in Louisiana
Adrian J. Caillouet of Houma was sworn in as judge in the eastern district of Louisiana. He will hold temporary offices in the federal building and will not hear motions or try cases until he reviews the docket with Judge Wayne G. Borah, his associate.
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New Orleans
Adrian J. Caillouet
Houma
Federal District of Louisiana
Federal
Wayne G. Borah
Germans Break Through Russian Lines at Gorlice
May 1 1913 Associated Press reports German forces breach Russian lines at Gorlice Galicia while the American tanker Gulflight is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine.
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Associated Press
Gorlice
Galicia
Gulflight
Thousands See New Louisiana Bishop Today
The consecration of Rev. John Long Jackson of Charlotte as Protestant Episcopal bishop of Louisiana drew thousands of clergy and laity to New Orleans. Presiding was Rev. Henry St George Tucker with fifteen bishops present. Jackson led a Charlotte delegation donating a bishop ring.
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New Orleans
John Long Jackson
Charlotte
N. C
Louisiana
Henry St George Tucker
D. D
Virginia
New York
United States
Jackson
St. Martin's Church
Texas
John J. Gravatt
Upper South Carolina
Robert E. Gribbin
North Carolina
Charles C. J. Carpenter
Alabama
R. Bland Mitchell
Arkansas
Middleton 5S
Barnwell
Georgia
Charles Clingman
Kentucky
William Mercer Green
Mississippi
H. K. Mikall
Atlanta
James Craik Morris
Panama
Women's Auxiliary
National Council
W. H. Miller
Baton Rouge
E. M. Larradet
New Iberia
Southern Convocation
Fenn Leaming
Mansfield
M. J. Farrier
J. S. Ditchburn
Christian Education
R. C. Jarreau
Alexandria
United Bank Offering
James M. McBride
Houma
Baltimore
House Kills Hatch Bill On Politics
Washington May 1 The House Judiciary Committee killed the Senate approved Hatch bill to regulate political activities of state employees paid with federal funds. The measure was tabled in a pigeonhole with no vote tally announced and remarks from Chairman Summers about the disposal. The bill would have restricted political activity by employees funded wholly or partly by federal funds.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Summers
Texas
The War At Flance War At Flance
Britain diverts shipping from the Mediterranean amid Italian hostility and pro German sentiment. German forces prepare to drive British troops from the continent while Norwegian and Swedish reports indicate troop movements near Trondheim. A German bomber crashes into an east coast resort causing deaths and injuries. Russia states it remains aloof from the war.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Five killed and ninety injured in Clacton air crash
A Heinkel bomber crashed in Clacton on the English east coast reeling a main street, killing one woman and four Germans while injuring forty nine. the aircraft exploded, destroying seven houses and causing widespread damage estimated at £100,000. Rescue teams searched wreckage for missing residents amid fears of further casualties.
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London
Britain
Clacton
Mney
Eaee
Tctuary
Witness in Jail Swallows Pin in Gulfport
Maye Allen of Vancleave, held as a material witness in an auto theft case, was moved from the county jail to a hospital after swallowing an open safety pin. The pin was located in the lower stomach with the point and head pointing upward.
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Gulfport
Miss
Maye Allen
Vancleave
Britain shifts shipping route around Africa in precaution
London reports Britain has diverted lifeline shipping from the Mediterranean to round the Cape of Good Hope as a temporary precaution amid Italian hostility and possible alliance with Germany. Officials say the move is defensive and should last only as long as needed, with hopes to reopen negotiations with Italy and resume normal Mediterranean passage.
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London
Britain
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Foreign Office
Cape
Norway
Norway War Crisis Deepens As Allied Hold Fails
London dispatch reports British caution over Norwegian fronts as Berlin claims gains. Mentioned are stalled efforts at Narvik and Dombas, possible German capture of Dumbes and Storen, and continued Allied air strikes on Scandinavian bases. A German bomber crash near Clacton adds Britain’s uneasy home-front note.
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Storen
Domvban
Narvik
Arctic
Nemace
Noes Way
Tromdneien
Dombas
Scandinavia
Dumbes
Trondheim
Berlin
Norway
Million Dollar Reward For Hitler Capture Proposal
A Pittsburgh group offers one million dollars for Adolf Hitler’s capture and delivery to a League of Nations body by end of May. Lemuel Hard Church of the Carnegie Institute announces the plan on behalf of an unnamed group, citing belief in justice and citing past Allied postwar schemes as context.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Adolf Hitler
Germanfuehrer
League of Nations
Lemuel Hard Church
Carnegie Iotitute
New York Times
Holland
Church
Hitler
High Court of Justice
the Times
Duquesne Club
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Larry Mare Phail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Kaiser Wilheim
Wilhelm
State Department
Lea
Chevy
Wilson
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Central Norway
Fee! Presse” Gave
War Office
Tendon
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Sieh Tite
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