Flood Devastates Oklahoma City Suburbs and Relief Efforts
Oklahoma City faced one of its worst floods as water covered miles of lowlands along the stream through the southern city. Packingtown, the meat supply source, was isolated and more than 1,000 people were homeless, housed in the auditorium converted to a refugee barracks. National guardsmen aided relief, with hundreds of cots and blankets laid out. Property damage ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars. The North Canadian river rose, threatening further inundation, while streets and parks flooded, and a 48 hour live stock embargo was ordered by stock yards officials.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Packingtown
Adjt
B. F. Markham
National
Meinto
North Canadian
North Canadian Valley
Federal Weather Bureau
Robinson ‘Street
Popular Street
Wheeler
Walnut Grove
Flooded Farmland Drives Arkansas Farmers to Higher Ground
Eastern Arkansas sees 20000 acres submerged as streams rise and the St. Francis and White Rivers reach danger levels. Cotton already set in fields, farmers flee to Marked Tree and surrounding areas amid rising floodwaters.
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Arkansas
Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis
White
Marked Tree
Ark
Grandstand Collapse at Chicago Baseball Game Hurts Few
About fifteen hundred fans toppled when a temporary grandstand collapsed during a Chicago baseball game. Rescue crews freed spectators from splintered timbers. initial fears of many injuries eased as most suffered only light injuries.
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Chicago
Clara Phillips Begins Voyage After Court Decree
In Tegucigalpa Honduras Clara Phillips was freed by decree but handed to an American deputy sheriff and sent from Puerto Cortez to New Orleans aboard a shipping passage. The transfer followed a supreme court ruling ordering her release.
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Clara
Phillips
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Clara Phillips
California
Woman Flier Sets New Altitude Record in California
Mile Andre Prie, a French aviatrix, reached 15 000 feet above Rogers airport marking a new altitude record for women fliers. Aero Club of Southern California officials confirmed the feat in Los Angeles. In San Francisco, a fire caused about 75 000 dollars in damage with twenty people injured. Rocky Ford, Colorado, faced a collapsed irrigation ditch flooding cellars and some businesses after heavy rains and a hailstorm. residents aided by police and firefighters as the town mobilized to repair the dyke.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Andre Prie
Rogers Airport
The
Aero Club of
Southern California
San’ Francisco
Rocky Ford
Colo
Swater
Here Comes the Bride Lieutenant Crocker Sets Solo Flight Record
Lieutenant Harrison G. Crocker flew a specially built De Haviland from Ellington Field Houston to Selfridge Field near Mt. Clemens in 11 hours 54 minutes, the first solo distance without a stop. He encountered 29 storms, flew low amid clouds, and narrowly avoided trees before a safe landing. In Washington, coal strike tensions rose as unions and operators clash over wage scales ahead of district elections.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
Gulf of Mexico
Canada
Harrison G. Crocker
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
de Haviland
Ellington Field
Houston
Tez
Selfridge Field
Gulf
Crocker
Detroit River
Lieut. Crocker
Texas-Louisiana
Defiance
Louisiana
Selfridge
Robbers Escape With $45,000 Payroll Heist
Five armed men robbed the Staunton post office and a local postal clerk in Staunton. The band fled with about $45,000, the payroll for Mt Olive and Staunton Coal Company mines, plus related payroll funds.
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Staunton
G. A. Roberts
Mt. Olive and
Carpenters Appeal Denied by National Board
Washington D C appeal by carpenters for a rehearing of the award to the sheet metal workers in the question of construction of metal workers was denied by the national board of jurisdiction awards in the building industry.
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Carpenters
Washington, D. C
National Board of Jurisdiction
National Wheat Conference Called for Chicago Meeting
Springfield reports a national wheat conference to be held in Chicago on June 19 and 20 under the governors of Minnesota Kansas Missouri Ohio Oklahoma and Illinois. Gov Len Small announced the call and noted the event bears gubernatorial name. U S trade figures for April show imports 367 million dollars and exports 326 million dollars, leaving a 41 million dollar deficit.
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Springfield
Chicago
Minneasota
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Oklahoma
Illinois
Len Small
U. S
Washington, D. C
United States
Blast Wrecks Machinery Plant in Rochester Fire
Eighteen narrowly escaped death as gasoline and oxygen tanks exploded at Mayer Machine company wrecking the plant and New York Canners garage. Loss set at $100,000 with a second major fire in 24 hours.
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Rochester
N. Y
Mayer Machine Company
New York Canners, Inc
Bank of India Cuts Discount Rate
London. The Bank of India reduced its discount rate from 8 percent to 7 percent.
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Bank of India
London
Poincare and Cabinet Quit Attempted Resignation Declined
Premier Poincare and his cabinet submitted resignations to President Miller but were not accepted. The move followed the senate’s refusal to proceed with trial of Marcel Cachin and other Communists charged with illegal acts. Poincare said the senate vote showed lack of confidence in the cabinet.
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Poincare
Paris
Millerand
Minsters
Senate
Marcel Cachin
M. Poincare
Cancel All U S Sailings From Barcelona to New York
New York agents of the Spanish Royal Mail line announce the discontinuance of all American sailings between Barcelona and New York. The action follows a recent Supreme Court ruling forbidding foreign vessels from bringing liquor into American territorial limits.
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New York
Royal Mail Steamship Line
Barcelona
Luis Llanso
Supreme Court
Gambling Must Stop in Ohio Proclamation
Governor Donahey ordered an immediate halt to baseball pool and lottery gambling punch boards and slot machines across Ohio in a statewide proclamation. The move targets organized betting schemes and aims to curb illicit wagering affecting residents and local economies.
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Ohio
Columbus
Donahey
Nebraska Washouts From Cloudburst Hit Dannebrog Area
Heavy rain across Grand Island area causes wagon road and bridge washouts on Union Pacific and Burlington lines. Over two miles of rail toward Dannebrog are in bad shape. A bridge between St Paul and Loup City washed out. Cairo reports seven inches of rain since Sunday and 4.35 inches in a day.
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Nebraska
Grand Island
Neb
Union Pacific
Burlington
Dannebrog
St. Paul
Loup City
Cairo
Huge profits in border rum trade
Smugglers along the Canadian border operate a vast booze network with some claiming daily imports of 100,000 gallons. More than 25,000 people work in border rum running as organized gangs adapt to prohibition, moving trunks of liquor openly from Ecorse to Chicago amid little law enforcement.
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Chicago
United States
Ecorse
Mich
Detroit
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Tragic Texas River Find Of Italian And Foreign Victims
Dispatches from Nuevo Laredo report thirty two corpses found in the Rio Grande near Laredo Texas. Believed to be Italians and other foreigners murdered and robbed in attempt to enter the United States. Many victims were submerged and remain unidentified as Mexican authorities investigate.
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Rio Grande
Mexico City
United States
Laredo
Tex
Nuevo Laredo
Prohibition Permits Streamlined to State Directors
Washington announces revised enforcement rules allowing physicians dentists and veterinarians to obtain permits from state prohibition directors rather than Washington headquarters. The Treasury also authorizes state directors to issue permits enabling dentists and veterinarians to use alcohol.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Auto Bandits Hit Sun Drug Cash in Los Angeles
Police say automobile bandits shot Dave Antink, cashier at Sun Drug, and fled with $25,000 he carried to the bank in two satchels. Antink, lightly wounded, believes a robber may have been struck by a bullet from his pistol as the car sped away.
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Los Angeles
Dave Antink
Sun Drug Company
Antink
Supreme Court Denies Review in Dyer Certiorari Case
The Supreme Court denied a review on a writ of certiorari in the Frederick M. Dyer case and 14 other Boston men from the Bay State Fishing Company, who are serving sentences for violations of Massachusetts monopoly laws.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Frederick M. Dyer
Boston
Bay State Fishing Company
Massachusetts
Lightning ignites oil tanks in Tulsa storm
Two 55,000 barrel oil tanks were struck by lightning during a rain and electrical storm in Tulsa Oklahoma. One tank belonged to a Texas company and the other to Cosden and Co. An inch of rain fell in an hour between 7 30 and 8 30 p m during the storm.
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Tulsa
Okla
Texas Company
Cosden & Co
Wealthy Milliner Dies in St Louis at 77
St Louis based milliner Hobart Brinsmade, a wealthy wholesale business owner, died at age 77. In Chicago, 55,000 shopmen receive wage increases of 3 cents per hour locally and 2 cents elsewhere, lifting pay 5 to 6 cents above railroad labor board standards as of May 1. The move intensifies the ongoing dispute with the U S railroad labor board and highlights Pennsylvania Railroad involvement.
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St. Louis
Hobart Brinsmade
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Iowa News Roundup Highlights State Fits and Figures
Iowa reports a busy slice of conditions and plans. Herbert Quick recuperates in Rochester. A fire probe by the state fire marshal follows Weston’s destruction. Rural grade pupils excel in the eighth grade exam at Greenfield with 122 passing. Bank stock values prompt appeals in Jones County. Tobacco spending rivals school funding nationally. Memorial Union site selected in Iowa City with half a million raised. A Sheldon inventor patents a corn cultivator shovel seen as an improvement. Pike fingered for river restocking at Spirit Lake with 300 000 fish. Disabled Veterans train to Minneapolis for national convention. Large land exchanges link Cedar Rapids to Helena ranch. Webster City preserves parks after donor’s gift. Davenport church fund boosted for expansion. Des Moines YMCA camp prep underway. Monticello invites Jones County Farm Bureau picnic. Iowa livestock mortality tracks below last year nationally. Auto plates contract bids stale high prices. Yeoman children’s home site search narrows to 25 locations. Woodbury leads butter output with over 22 million pounds, much sold out of state. Odeboldt livestock shipments reach new highs. Farmer prosperity shows improvement, with about half reporting profits last year.
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Herbert Quick
Iowa
Rochester
Minn
Weston
Greenfield
Jones County
Col. M. C. Mumma
Memorial Union
Iowa City
Iowa Falls
Spiritlake
Des Moiines
Minneapolis
J. d. McMahon
Lentonport
James W. Good
Cedar Rapids
Henry Westergren
Knox County
Helena
Mont
Webster City
J. D. Sketchiey
First Presbyterian Church
Davenport
Anamosa
United States
State Automobile Department
Executive Council
Iowa State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Woodbury County
R. G. Clark
Odeboldt Livestock Shipping Association
Western Canada reports early seeding and bright crop prospects
Weather in Western Canada favors crops with seeding completed 10 to 15 days earlier than recent years. Manitoba saw some floods, Saskatchewan and Alberta report ideal moisture conditions after snows. By May 16 wheat in many areas stood above ground, oats were sown, and corn planted. Farm labor shifted from seasonal to year long, with broader diversification into dairying and stock raising. Information available from Canadian government agents on request.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Church tale of missing sermon and a funeral service
Mrs Goodsole complains she has not seen the rector for a while and accuses him of refusing to read the funeral service over her dead dog. Mrs Dogophile explains she cannot forgive the rector for this omission and the dispute reflects a spat over religious rites.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound testimonial from Jamestown
Mrs. Alice D. Davis of Jamestown New York reports relief from nervousness backache and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash She says she is now well and manages a rooming house and recommends the medicine to others during the change of life. The ad notes that slight derangements may upset the whole system and that the compound can remove the cause of such troubles.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alice D. Davis
Second St
Lydia‘. Pinkham
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Washington, D.C
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