Pueblo Flood Stricken City Seeks Bodies and Aid
Pueblo battles flood aftermath as waters recede below five feet and rescuers begin body removal in the Grove and Peppersapee bottoms. Soldiers patrol streets at night, looting rare, outsiders barred, and a refugee camp planned at Mineral Palace Park to house two thousand homeless.
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PUEBLO
Cole
Associated Press
Grove
Peppersapee bottoms
Pat Hamrock
Colorado
state rangers
N. O. Nichols
Denver
Mineral Palace Park
Sted Cross
se rchers
Colorado Southern
trinidad
Southern Junction
Denver and
Rio Grande
Minnequa
Lake Charles
Ile
St. Charles river
U S Attorney Fired in Texas and Other Nominations
Harding removes Hugh H. Robertson as U S district attorney for the Western District of Texas. No reason given. Also, Supreme Court orders the Shoe Machinery case restored to the docket for rearrangement before a full court. Robert M. Goshorn nominated to Kalispell land office register.
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WASHINGTON
Hugh H. Robertson
United States
Western district of
Tex#8
Harding
department of justice
supreme court
Unite
Wyoming
Colorado
Robert M. Goshorn
President Harding
land office register
Kalispell, Mont
Pueblo Flood Report Proves Groundless Now Rebuild Ahead
Pueblo leaders vow to rebuild after Arkansas River flood rumors spread from a Colorado Fuel and Iron wireless warning. River fell from last night’s crest by dawn as Main Street floodwaters receded to mud. Stores display optimistic signs while workers recount near-loss of ledgers and property during the surge.
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EBLO
Colo
Associated Prégs
Pueblo
Arkansas
Swallows
Associated Press
Colorado rangers
Main street
Union avenue
South Pueblo
Colorado Fuel and Tran Company
Man
Puebla
Associated out
Electric Company
H. EB. Leigh
Arkansas Valley Railway, Light and Power Company
First
Main streets
WAL
Felectrie company
Genther
Arkana
S. E. Davis
Colorado Hit by Destructive Floods
June 6 reports from the Denver AP office describe widespread flooding across northern Colorado. Greeley farms inundated as the Poudre and Platte rivers rise. Weld county bridges impassable. Eastern Weld residents warned. Estes Park and Big Thompson River flood highways. Longmont St Vrain river reaches a two year high. reservoirs drained to prevent dam breaks. Estes Park to Lyons highway submerged. Marshall Dam considered safe as residents return to Boulder. Fort Collins district hits heavy rains with Poudre river at a ten year high. overall damage slight in Wild Basin and Copeland.
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DENVER
Weld county
Estes Park
Big Thompson
here
Boulder
Longmont
St. Vrain
Lincoln highway
Foster Lake
Mulligan Lake
Terry Lake
jare
Lyons
Marshall Dam
Marshall
Fort Collins
Larimer
Loveland
Fort Coltina
Poudre
Wild Basin
Copeland
House Changes Borah's Plans on Disarmament Vote
Washington June 6 The House Foreign Affairs Committee reports a joint resolution concurring in the presidents call for an international conference to limit armaments. Republicans vote for it while Democrats oppose or say present. A competing measure by Representative Wood was rejected. The committee aim is to press the House conferees on disarmament.
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WASHINGTON
house foreign affairs committee
Harding
Wlood
Virginia
Porter
French war II German chief in Upper Silesia talks
Gen Hunneker of British forces and Gen von Hoefer of German defense discuss the Upper Silesia crisis amid German Polish clashes. France issues an ultimatum over German forces near Gross Strehlitz, threatening withdrawal of French troops from industrial plebiscite areas. Government moves to sell Vashon Island military reservation in Washington authorized by House bill sent to Senate.
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WASHINGTON
Vashon Island
state of
house
senate
Wives to Cost 20 in Liberia Jungle Accord
London reports a new treaty between Britain and Liberia fixing the price of a wife at five pounds sterling, about $20, in the border area with Sierra Leone. The accord recognizes women’s rights, stating a woman can claim only through her husband and cannot be compelled to return to a claimant.
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LIBERIA
LONDON
Sierra Leone
Governor Shoup seeks $20 million for flood relief in Colorado
Governor Oliver H. Shoup urged U S government to place twenty million dollars at Colorado's command for flood relief. He filed a telegram to Senators Phipps and Nicholson requesting urgent funding to build twenty five bridges across the Arkansas River valley and its tributaries on major east and west highways in the state.
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O. H. SHOUP
South Side Pueblo Flood Casualties and Refugee Aid
Pueblo June 6 The South side isolated by a gulf of flood waters awaits word on casualties and losses as relief efforts expand. Bodies identified news reports of Florence and Canyon City unharmed. Portland Cole flood damage cuts power and storage space while refugees are sheltered in homes schools and a high school.
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PUEBLO
Colo
Colorado Springs
South side
Florence
Canyon
Canyon City
Portland Cole
cement company
Mail Robbery Trial Begins In Toledo Case
The second phase of Toledo's 1,060,000 post office robbery opens with 38 defendants in a guarded courtroom. Wanda Urbaytis, once named mastermind, and Mother Anthony Gorek of New Chicago Indiana are among those on trial for the February 17 theft where five men forced mail truck drivers to stop and the loot was loaded into a car and escaped.
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TOLEDO
Wanda Urbaytis
Anthony Gorek
New Chicago
Ind
Tokio Officials Under Fire Amid Gas and Bribery Scandals
In Tokyo and Yokohama a wave of graft scandals shocks public opinion. Gas bribery charges against Tokyo Gas officials and council bribery cases unfold alongside alleged smuggling schemes and inflated public outlays. Editor Yichiro Toakutomi likens the Hara ministry to Tammany Hall as protests rise.
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TOKIO
Mio
Japan
South Manchuria
Manchuria
Yokohama
Tokio Gas Company
lovery
Yichiro Toakutomi
Kokumin Shimbun
Hara
Tammany Hall organization
New York
Tokio City
Pete
Trinidad First To Send Relief After Pueblo Flood
Trinidad in Colorado becomes the first to dispatch relief to Pueblo flood victims. A relief train with provisions clothing and blankets arrived, with a second train sent later. The effort organized by city officials chambers of commerce and citizen committees.
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TRINIDAD
Colo
Pueblo
Chamber of Commerce
L. L. Stonebraker
WASHINGTON
Hardy
Colorado
congress
arca
Wyoming
Utah
Weeks
Fitzsimmons hospital
Denver
Forts Logan
D. A. Russell
Wyo
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City
Aled Grose
COLORADO SPRINGS
Oliver H. Shoup
American Red Cross organization
DODGE CITY
Kans
Fort Sill
Okla
Gov. Shoup
May Fradley
Fort Sil
Estate tax allowed as deduction in 1918 income
Washington June 6 The supreme court ruled that an estate tax is an allowable deduction from the income of an estate for net income calculations. The decision affirms the court of claims ruling in the Alan H Woolward estate case from Alabama, against the government’s denial of the deduction for 1918.
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ALBERS
WASHINGTON
Oregon Bar Association
Henry Albers
supreme court
Portland
cour of claims
Alan H. Woolward
Alabama
Pittsburg Business District Fire Threatens Downtown
Fire of unknown origin began in a downtown office building in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania early today and was controlled by 6 am. Damage was estimated between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. For a period the business district was endangered by the blaze.
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PITTSBURGH
Desolation and Flood Devastation in Pueblo City
Destruction across Pueblo follows a major flood as streets drain and water recedes. Reported widespread wreckage, submerged basements, waterlogged stocks, and mud filled homes. relief crews search for bodies near the Grove and river, with 42 dead in morgues and about 7500 refugees cared for at depots.
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Sam Thomas
Colorado and Southern bridge
Pueblo
Associated Press
united undertakers
F. J. McCarthy & Co
McCarthy & Brown
Davis &Meenas
ik. T. Whiton
the. D. Spicer
eorly
Tulsa guards kill white man in race riot aftermath
R J Osborne died in a Tulsa hospital from wounds after being shot by guards patrolling the San Springs road. He was part of an automobile party who allegedly failed to halt when ordered. Osborne’s sister Mrs Paul Warner was hospitalized with injuries from flying glass. death raises known white victims to eleven.
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TULSA
Okla
R. J. Osborne
Osborne
San Springs
Paul Warner
Care Against Epidemic Urged in Pueblo
Pueblo Colorado June 6 J B Moor head secretary to Gov Shoup in Pueblo as governor's representative sent urgent message to Colorado Springs for immediate rush of anti typhoid and anti diphtheria serums lime and chainfeet to Pueblo authorities say no outbreak danger but supplies are low-------------</assistant>
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PUEBLO
Colo
J. BE. Moorhead
Shoup
Colorado Springs
Water rising in river at Garden City Kans
Flood conditions were reported early today on the Arkansas river at Garden City Kansas but at 3 a m the river had not reached the danger point President Harding returned to the White House at 12 43 pm today from his weekend motor trip to Valley Forge Pennsylvania
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GARDEN CITY
KAS
WICHITA
Kans
Arkansas
WASHINGTON
Harding
White House
Valley Forge
Denver Faces Overflow In Jerome Park District
Denver police surveyers report Platte River floodwaters entering cellars and first floors in Jerome Park on the west side. Low ground and cheap frame houses force evacuations as guards block approaches. Twenty-five families seek refuge at Garfield school.
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DENVER
Denver police department
Jerome Park district
city of
Platte river
Zuni street
Ninth and Twelfth
West Eleventh avenue
Supreme Court backs Western Union on error damages under government control
The Supreme Court upheld Western Union Telegrapher Company’s immunity from damages for transmission errors while lines were under government control. The ruling reversed a South Carolina court decision awarding damages to eight LB Posten, a cotton dealer, on that basis.
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WASHINGTON
Western Union Telegrg
supreme court
South Carolina
Posten
Bill Would Aid Cattle Raisers in U S Banking Plan
Washington June 6 The Federal Reserve Board recommended to Congress a declaration authorizing Secretary Mellon to provide 50 million dollars to the war finance commission. The funds would be lent to cattle raisers to meet a temporary livestock industry emergency. The board and Gov Harding cited the 1920 crisis as past but urged longer term rediscountable cattle paper for up to three years to secure needed credit through reserve banks as fiscal agents for the War Finance Corporation.
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WASHINGTON
Mellon
war finance commission
congress
federal reserve board
Harding
Des Moines
Chevenna
Wyo
Albuquerque
N. M
El Push
San Angelo
San Antonio
Dallas
Tex
war finance corporation
treasury
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TEXAS
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TOPEKA
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Arkansas Valley
Seeley Farms
BORAH
PITTSBURG
Union Station
Unio
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