Levee Breach Plunges Rayville into Mississippi Flood Crisis
Massive flood in northeastern Louisiana forces mass evacuation as 50 000 people flee rising waters. Rescue teams from navy seaplanes to lighthouse lifeguards coordinate air and ground relief, moving refugees to camps in Louisiana and Mississippi. Families cling to roofs and trees while livestock struggles amid the surge. The flood's scale dominates efforts to divert water back to the Mississippi.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Lighthouse Department
Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Army Aeronaut Reaches New Altitude Record
Captain Hawthorne C Gray, army aeronaut, ascended to about 41 000 feet in a free balloon at Scott Field Bellville Indiana. He reports the view covered roughly eight miles of earth while instruments showed 40 000 feet with accuracy.
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Associated Press
Scott Field
Bellfville
America
Hawthorne C .Gray
Army Aeronaut
Cdiards
Washington
Gray
Flooding Cuts Off Highways Across Northeast Louisiana
Floodwaters from the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers strand traffic on all routes out of the city except the Monroe Shreveport Dixie Overland. Roads to Millhaven Winnsboro Bastrop Rayville and others are impassable with water depths from a few inches to several feet. The filling station at Rayville and surrounding areas remain under rising, muddy red floodwaters fed by breaks on the Arkansas river.
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Monroe-Shreveport
Mississippi
Arkansas
Millhaven
Winnsboro
Bastrop
Bayou Bartholomew
Old Farmerville
Jonesboro
Columbia
Rayville
Vicksburg
Young's Bayou
Harrison Rhymes
Triangle
Monroe-Vicksburg
Guy B. Stubbs
Whited Place
Pendleton
Arkansas River
Met Rouge
Louisiana
Tensas River
Bayou Macon
Boueff River
Lafourche
Ouachita River
Jefferson Point
Boeuff River
Oak Ridge
la Fourche
Weather Bureau Revises Ouachita Forecast Cuts Rise to 49 Feet
A revised Weather Bureau forecast shows the Red river below Shreveport rising to 49 feet at Monroe with other crests forecast along the Ouachita to 49 feet by May 10. The Mississippi River down slightly at 20.3 feet, wind and tides cited for the change. officials urge continued precautions for floods along multiple Louisiana rivers.
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Weather Bureau
Ouachita
Assied Press
New Orleans
Red River
Shreveport
Monroe
Bee
Guinoreorops Bares
Mississippi River Commission
The
River Commission
Louisiana
Old River
Natchez
Tensas
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Angola
Plaquemine
Donaldsonville
Atchafalaya
Melville
Alexandria
Steve Change
Memphis
Vicksbure
Camden
Sedregh Cotesenes Cin
Ohio
Cairo
Gray testifies how he struck Albert Snyder with weight
In New York on May 5 Henry Judd Gray began cross examination for Ruth Snyder's murder case. He demonstrated how he beat Albert Snyder with a window weight and described the couple's manipulation and plans to kill. He recalled joining Snyder after her dominance began in May 1925 and said he did not tie the neck wire.
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New York
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Snyder
Albert Snyder
Snyder
Dan A. Wallace
Wallace
Justice Scudded
Gray
Rising Red River floods prompt mobilization in Rapides
In Alexandria and Pineville the Red River reached a record high of 41.9 feet, spurring flood control and relief efforts. The central relief committee urged volunteers with the policy No work no food while police round up idle men and judges ready to hear cases. Workers manned levees day and night as farmers and volunteers battled Bayou Rapides to shield plantations from overflow.
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Alexandria
Red River
Pineville
Central Relief Committee
Legg
Nachman
Pineville Levee
Rapides Parish
Thomas Snell of Greenwcc At 91 Still Runs 175-Worker Painting Firm
Thomas Snell, a Greenwcc resident aged 91, remains active as a house painter and leads a company employing 175 workers.
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New York
Thomas Snell
Greenwcc
Ouachita Flood Relief Fund Near Four Thousand Mark
The Ouachita relief fund grew toward 4000 dollars with daily appeals for immediate aid. Donors are urged to send contributions to The News-Star office on North Second Street as flood devastation is detailed in the issue. The total includes 3817.14 plus previously acknowledged 3309.64 from various contributors and organizations.
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Ouachita
Red Cross
News-Star
North Second Street
Louisiana
E. P. Tatum Dies on Duty as Dispatcher at Vicksburg
E P Tatum aged about 55 a chief dispatcher on the Illinois Central died at his key at 1130 Tuesday night while directing refugee trains at Vicksburg Heart failure caused his sudden end and he was a Monroe resident and former World War era chief dispatcher under government railroad control He is survived by his wife and family in Vicksburg and Monroe.
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E. P. Tatum
Vicksburg
Tatum
Moffett
Mr. Tatum
Toms Boy Tries To Be A Doctor In Humble Tale
Hambone's Meditations recounts a boy from Ole Tom's porch who dreams of becoming a doctor but faces mockery and missteps. The narrator reflects on ambition, community, and the pull of returning to work.
Mob Lynch Attacker as Little Rock Burns in Streets
Night of terror ends with a lynching of John Carter 88 who assaulted Mrs. Stewart and her daughter Glennie 17. State troops patrol the negro quarter after hundreds gathered and fired on streets. Mob violence follows four days of outrage over the slaying of 12 year old Floella McDonald by Lonnie Dixon.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Martineau
John Carter
B. E. Stewart
Glennie
Mike Haynie
Arn Christen
Carter
Lonnie Dixon
Floella McDonald
Dixon
Widow says Hicks feared gang attack before death
In St Louis on May 5 the widow of Clifford M Hicks, a slain lawyer and former Kaiser associate, testified that Hicks feared gangsters after a robbery on April 20. She described his mounting nervousness and his remark that Those fellows are after me before his death. He had told a bookkeeper he feared for his life while arranging his will, which left most of his estate to his brother and provided large life insurance benefits to his wife and mother.
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ST. Louis
Clifford M. Hicks
Kaiser
Hicks
J. R. Paisley
International Life Insurance Company
Glenn
Backwater encircles Monroe area as dykes near completion
Rising waters flood the region east of the Twin Cities leaving only the Ruston road outlet to Ruston Shreveport Jonesboro and other points. Monroe is largely surrounded by backwater with Bayou DeSiard and the Ouachita river driving water to the west and north while Pendleton floodwaters move toward Monroe from the Arkansas river. West Monroe remains encircled with only limited dry land along the Ruston road as backwater covers the riverfront. The situation threatens continued inundation despite partial dyke completion.
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Twin Cities
Ruston
Shreveport
Jonesboro
Monroe
West
Ruston Road
Ouachita River
Missouri Pacific
Pendleton
Arkansas River
West Monroe
la Fourche
Outlook improves as Monroe levee system nears completion
United States engineer E. S. Maupin announced a more hopeful forecast for Ouachita river flood control with the Monroe levee system nearing connection to Missouri Pacific tracks and a crest now estimated at 49 feet, down from 51. He warned against overconfidence and urged vigilant maintenance.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Ouachita River
Monroe
E. S. Maupin
United States
Mr. Maupin
Mer Rouge
Concordia Parish Flood Keeps Three Quarters Amid Inundation
Louisiana state Rep. H. B. Conner reports three fourths of Concordia parish residents stay on plantations amid Mississippi floodwaters. Families live in upper stories and on scaffolding as planters and tenants await flood subsidence to resume cotton farming. many have boats and rafts for safety.
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Baton Rouge
Concordia Parish
H. B. Conner
Vidalia
Mr. Conner
Conner
Mail delivery plans set for flood area towns
M H Bunn of Washington arrived in Monroe to arrange mail service to inundated towns. Bastrop will receive daily bus mail at 10 am. Tallulah not yet located. Red Cross may permit boat delivery if needed. The official stays several days to study the flood and adapt routes.
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M. H. Bunn
Washington, D. C
Monroe
Bastrop
Rayville levee breaks prompt city rescue effort
A Rayville levee break floods most of the town up to two to four feet while residents flee on refugee trains to Delhi. A relief train with 60 freight cars was dispatched from Monroe as Mayor Moore and 85 workers left Ruston to shore up the levee. Phone lines to Rayville were down and confirmation was limited, with authorities seeking official word as the crisis continued.
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Rayville
Delhi
Monroe
Illinois Central
News-Star
W. S. Moore
Eddie Evans
James McMahan
Ruston
Population of refugee camp rises to 1000 in days
Refugee camp in the West Monroe highlands swelled from 268 at 9 AM yesterday to 600 by 9 AM today and is expected to house 1,000 more by week’s end. Workers rush to set up tents, sanitary facilities, and supply quarters as survivors, mostly women and children, endure loss and exhaustion amid widespread displacement.
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West Monroe
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