Levee Breach Sparks Flood Fears as Mississippi Crest Near
Flood warnings spread through Arkansas Missouri and Tennessee as the Mississippi River nears a forecast crest of 37 to 38 feet in Memphis. Levees are reinforced and engineers warn backwater from tributaries may pose the greatest danger while highways flood and sandbags reach northeast Arkansas. In Wisconsin, four rivers run full after a thaw, hindering a westbound Milwaukee Road train along the Pecatonica river near Platteville.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.21
Mississippi River
Blytheville
Ark
Missouri-Arkansas State Line
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
St. Francis
Mississippi
Mid-South
F. W. Brist
U. S. Weather Bureau
Janesville
Wis
Wisconsin
Pecatonica
Little Platte
Galena
Rock
Platteville
Mayor and Police Commissioner Arrested in Raid
Las Vegas authorities say the mayor and police commissioner along with more than twenty owners of soft drink parlors were arrested on federal prohibition charges. Agents led by U S Marshal J D Fulmer swooped in with secret indictments. Bail set at 5 000 each allowed release pending Carson City arraignment March 1. Officials declined to comment on the raid.
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Las Vegas
Nev
United States
J. D. Fulmer
Carson City
7. G. Hesse
Ror Neagle
Federal Grand Jury
Police search for Hancock principal in missing girl case
Milwaukee reports Lillian Scott a 16 year old girl missing since Sunday from Hancock Wisconsin was found Friday at the home of her sister Mrs Myrtle Cardo. Mrs Cardo says the girls left the Cardo apartment and police are seeking Allen Nightengale Busse Hancock high school principal with whom the girl left Hancock. A warrant for abduction was issued.
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Milwaukee
Hancock
Wis
Lillian Scott
Rir
Myrtle Cardo
Cardo
Lillian
Allen Nightengale Busse
Hancock High School
Gad Jones
Waushara County
Steel output rises for US Steel in February
New York reports United States Steel Corp's unshipped tonnage grew by 34,854 tons in February, bringing total to 4,144,341 tons, according to the monthly report released today.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Notre Dame Star Sets World Mark in 60 Yards Trials
Jack Elder of Notre Dame equalled the world record in the sixty yard dash during trial heats at the Central Intercollegiate Track Meet in South Bend Indiana. Lincoln University’s Wall failed to advance in the same event, one of the meet’s notable upsets.
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South Bend
Ind
U.P
Jack Elder
Notre Dame
Wall of Lincoln University
Burglary by Two Juvenile Raffies in Racine
Police report reveals two young thieves a 12-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother carried out a bold Main Street store burglary near the police station. Their father, charged with contributing to delinquency, aided only by tying up the haul in the attic as the girl confessed and the brothers role emerged. The raid yielded over 150 dresses valued around 3000 dollars, later reduced to about 1000 in police assessment. The pair used a toy wagon to approach the alley door, the boy breaking the glass with a teacup and guiding his sister inside to grab the loot.
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Racine
Wis
Mangel
Main Street
Mangoel
Mi. Jady
Joe Stemnic Given Long Sentence In Bay's Reformatory
Joseph Stemic 18 pleaded guilty to robbing the Onalaska State Bank Feb 12. A circuit judge sentenced him to 15 to 18 years at the Green Bay reformatory. He held $1959 from the robbery and had $1700 on him when arrested in Eveleth Minn Feb 22. He worked at a local garage before the crime and faced extradition before being brought to Wisconsin. His mother is deceased and his father reportedly in Arkansas, with a sister in Eveleth.
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Arkansas
Eveleth
Old Fashioned What New York UP Estelle Taylor
Estelle Taylor says there will be no divorce from boxer Jack Dempsey and discusses future plans. She hints at leaving movies, possibly taking stock parts to train for talkies, writing stories and poems, and perhaps studying at Columbia University if Dempsey settles in New York. Both cite old fashioned ideas about marriage.
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New York
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Misa Taylor
Columbia University
Jack
Claim Awarded in Alienation Case In Superior
Mrs. William Sheasby testified in an alienation of affections case here that worry over losing her husband’s affection caused her to lose 44 pounds. The jury awarded her 2500 dollars, equivalent to 562 dollars per pound.
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Superior
Wis.u.2
William Sheasby
Stella Meyers
Mexico City Drives Northward in Largest Army Since Villa
Strong federal columns under former President Calles move north from Irapuato toward Zacatecas with an 18 000 men force. The objective is Canitas in Zacatecas to open routes to Durango or Torreon as the campaign against northern rebels intensifies. The move marks a major government sweep in Vera Cruz and the south while preparing for a decisive clash with Urbalejo Escobar forces.
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Mexico City
Calles
Mexico
Zacatecas
Durango
Torreon
Pancho Villa
Plutarco Elias Callies
Alvaro Obregon
Villa
Canitas
Zacheteas
Urbalejo
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Irapuato
Guanajuato
Lanzara Cardenas
Cardenas
Colonia
General Calles
Callies
Vera Cruz
Escobar
Stewart May Retain Influence In Standard Oil
Colonel Robert W Stewart, ousted as a director of Standard Oil of Indiana, may still influence company affairs through friends and relatives. Reports from La Salle Street claim proxy battles favored Rockefeller interests, while Stewart’s sons Robert G Stewart and James Stewart hold top roles at Pan American Petroleum and Transport. Ed G Seubert supported Stewart and assumed a directorship as no replacement chair was chosen.
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Chicago
Iu.rl
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Steware
la Salle Street
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Stewart
Robert G. Stewart
James Stewart
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Standard of. of Indiana
Robert
James A
L. Lir. Stephens
Standard O11 Company
Stephens
Rockefeller Group
G. Seubert
Reception for 103-year-old Lydia Bor He at chapel
A Friday public reception honored Lydia Bor He on her 103rd birthday at the King's Daughters chapel. The mayor and other officials visited the homebound centenarian during the event.
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Eau Claire
Lydia Bor He
King’s Daughters Chapel
Woman on Wes Husband Fire War Chicago Police Chase
Mrs James Ryan drove during a gun battle with three Chicago gangsters as two robbers attempted a getaway. Ryan and her husband exchanged fire with the assailants while a police squad cornered two of the gunmen and pursued the wounded third through an alley.
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Chicago
James Ryan
Willy
Ryan
Sen
Mmyan
Al Capone Too Ill to Appear Before Grand Jury
Chicago report says Al Capone is bedridden with bronchial pneumonia since January thirteen and unable to testify to the federal grand jury. His lawyers petition postponement to the April term with affidavits from four physicians. Capone faces questions about his role in the Chicago beer running and the February massacre linked to rival gangs.
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AL Capone
Federal
Chicago
Pi Scarface
Grand Jury
James H. Wilkerson
Capone
Homemade Plane to Be Tested at Bay Tomorrow
A home made monoplane built by East High School manual training class in Green Bay Wisconsin will make its first test flight tomorrow. Clarence Greiling will pilot the plane after completing an aviation course.
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Gree Bay
Wis
U.S
East High School
Tomorow
Clarence Greiling
Lindbergh Visits Brownsville on Airmail Run
Col Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Brownsville aboard a Mex aviation service plane from Mexico City. He planned a rapid hop over Hidalgo Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas with a possible Tampico stop, meeting officials and press as part of a new direct U S mail route.
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Valhuena Ar Kiet
Mex
Charles Allnidbergh
Inau- Fursting
Brownsville
Co City
Vilbuona
Anne Cechie
Tampicn
Mexican Aviation Company
Post Office Department
Ciarge
Alfred Kent
Mall
Chicago
New York
Neiw
United States
Larvedo
Laverlo
Siahilie
Reed Returns to Kansas City as Private Citizen
A crowd of over 5000 cheers as former United States Senator Jim Reed arrives in Kansas City to begin private life. He steps from the Union Station with Mrs Reed to a band and banners. Democratic and Republican groups attend, praising his decades of service while he resumes his law practice.
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Kansas
Im Reed
Kansas City
United States
Missouri
Reed
Union Station
Mr. Reed
Eliie
Hoover farm relief bill to lead special session
Senate leader McNary and House Chairman Snell meet with President Hoover to shape a farm relief measure for the upcoming special session. The plan aims to have a farm bill ready within a week of convening on April 1 and to pursue hearings and quick passage in both chambers, aligning with Hoover’s campaign plan and tariff goals.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Congress
McNary
Senate Agricultural Committee
Snell
House Rules Committee
White House
Bell House
McNury
Tag
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
U.P
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aly
Nan Haugen
Lae Lee
Coolidge
Taurean
Tion House
Hoover Farm
SHOOTS WAY TO FREEDOM IN POTTSVILLE SLAYING FLIGHT
Cuban killer Miguel, 28, escapes from Schuylkill County jail after grabbing a guard’s keys during a tense breakout. Guard Roy Reeves wounded in leg in the struggle. Miguel, condemned for the February 1926 murder of Louise Wacks, awaited state pardon review. He overpowered a second guard and fled toward the door.
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Pottsville
Elveres Miguel
Schuylkill County
Roy Reeves
Miguel
Louise Wacks
State Board of Pardons
Miquel
Reeves
Two More Counties Quarantined in Livestock Disease
Two additional counties Richland and Verhou were placed under quarantine today by the livestock sanitary board due to rabies outbreaks among dogs. This raises the total quarantined counties to nine, joining Ashland Ravine Ozaukee Washington Kenosha Crawford and Tren.
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Mundizey
Strive, Livestock Fanitiry Board
Richland
Verhou
Ashland
Ravine
Ozaukee
Washington
Kenosha
Crawford
Tren
Hunting Party Saved From Ice Floe
Eskimo hunting party of five drifted six days on a moving ice floe from Feb 21 after ice broke away. They endured hunger and cold with sealskin clothing, reached shore near Nottingham Island, then trekked thirty miles to Boucherville where locals aided them. All appeared to recover.
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Ottawa
Boucherville
Miey
Departmental Spy Leaves With Government Agent
Atlanti Ga The Atlanta Constitution reports that Thomas G Wilcox a department of justice special agent left town yesterday with a prisoner described as a departmental spy. The man Joseph Montana scheduled for three years for a Cincinnati motor vehicle violation was taken to an undisclosed destination. Warden John W Snook denied knowledge of any undercover operation and refused further comment.
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Atlanti
Atlanta Constitution
Thomas G. Wilcox
Department of Justice
Federal Penitentiary
Frivates
Wilcox
Joseph Montana
Cincinnati
John W. Snook
Constitution
Montana
Nine Men Arrested in Resthaven Federal Raid
Nine men were arrested when federal agents from Milwaukee raided six Resthaven area locations including saloons and the veterans hospital. Proprieties listed include Raschi, Conner, Hronopolos, Renier, Vices, Allen, Nareia, Patrinos, and others. They were to be arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Kellogg on March 4.
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Waukesha—il
Milwaukee
Resthaven
Veterans’ Hospital
Senn
Cours
Joseph Raschi
Mike ¢7Conner
Hromas Hronopolos
Fred Renier
Henry Vices
Fred Allen
Leonard
Mike Nareia
Tony Patrinos
United States
H. L. Kellogg
League Intends to Revise World Court Statutes for U S Entry
Geneva dispatch reports a crowded League of Nations session urging revision of the world court statutes to facilitate United States adhesion. Sir Austen Chamberlain noted Kellogg’s note spurring informal exchanges and Geneva conference precedents. The council adopted a resolution authorizing jurists to study feasible revisions to aid U S membership at The Hague court.
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Geneva
United States
Council of
League of Nations
Council
World Court
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Austen
Kellogg
Henry Wood
United Press
Elihu Root
Permanent Court of International Justice
the Hague
League of National Counci
Commission of Jurists
Gustav Stresemann
Lae Council
Root
Chame
Professional holds glass in banditry in Chicago gem store
A proclaimed professor led a class on banditry at Kahn's jewelry store on West Twenty second street. About 1,000 people watched as student bandits entered the shop, demanded valuables, and escaped with much jewelry and cash after moving customers to a back room. They fled in a green roadster and fired shots during the getaway.
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Chicago
Ban Ditry
Kahn
West Twenty-second Street
Marshall Squire
Albert Kahn
Rmbers
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