Flooded Southwest Louisiana towns seek outside aid
Crowley and LaFayette report nearly 20 inches of rain in 48 hours leaving business districts under deep water. 3,000 people need food and clothing as refugees fill schools and warehouses. Water and power are gone, health measures urged. Red Cross boats expected. Several parishes submerged with crops washed away and roads blocked.
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Crowley
Louisiana
Louisiana Rice Belt
W. J. Cleveland
Emergency Relief Organization
Cleveland
Red Cross
LaFayette
New Iberia
Lake Charles
Burgunder Dies in Death Chair After Dramatic Confession
The condemned Burgunder faced the gas chamber amid a chanting crowd outside the prison. He confessed to killing two Phoenix auto salesmen, denied defense, and dictated a farewell letter to his college sweetheart while his jailtime witness Swearingen related the storychanges. The event included last meals, witnesses, and a cremation plan for the youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Burgender
Gas Chamber
Phoenix
Seattle
Wash
Burgunder
Warden Shute
Johnnie Swearingen
Swearingen
Arizona
Johnson City
Tenn
Peterson
Koury
Death House
Shirley
Arizona Supreme Court
Henry D. Ross
Hank
Methodist Youth Week Closes Tonight
The Youth Crusade at First Methodist Church ends tonight with a consecration service in the main auditorium. Over a hundred young people from city churches attended, with classes in worship, personal religion, community service, recreation, and workers with youth led by instructors from Texas and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Brabham
Genevieve Reynolds
McAllen
Texas
Velma Carter
Kilgore
H. M. Love
Cleburne
N. B. McCree
Central
Jack Mason
Pecos
Junior and Boys National Tennis Semifinals At Culver
The annual junior and boys national tennis championships reach semifinals. In singles top seed Douglas Woodbury of Los Angeles faces Earl Bartlett of New Orleans while Bobby Carrothers of Coronado meets Gardner Larned of Chicago. In the boys division Jim Brink of Seattle plays Jack Tuero of New Orleans and Bob Falkenburg of Hollywood meets Bobby Kring of Los Angeles.
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Culver
Ind
Douglas Woodbury
Los Angeles
Earl Bartlett
New Orleans
Bobby Carrothers
Coronado
Calif
Gardner Larned
Chicago
Woodbury
Earl Cochell Jr
Bartlett
Bob Smith
River Forest
Carrothers
Tom Brown, Jr
San Francisco
Larned
Victor Seixas
Philadelphia
Jim Brink
Seattle
Wash
Jack Tuero
Bob Falkenburg
Hollywood
Bobby Kring
Moseley Painting Sold to Midland Buyer
J A McDermott of Midland Texas buys Fray Marcus de Niza by Manuel Moseley. The painting had appeared in the official Coronado magazine.
Southwestern Chamber of Commerce Convention at Ruidoso
Joe H Thompson Conoco Travel Bureau director will be a principal speaker at the annual Southwestern Chamber of Commerce convention to be held Monday and Tuesday at Ruidoso. Roswell Chamber of Commerce is affiliated with the Southwestern group to advertise scenic attractions. local members urged to attend. The first session begins Monday at Navajo Lodge recreation hall at ten. Chris Fox of El Paso will preside at a banquet Monday night with other speakers expected. delegates from Midland Texas to Tucson Arizona will be present.
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Joe H. Thompsoen
Conoco Travel Bureau
Southwestern Chamber of Commerce
Ruidoso
Roswell
Chris Fox
el Paso
Thompson
Midland
Texas
Tucson
Ariz
Weather outlook with scattered showers across the central plains
The forecast notes scattered rain from the 100th meridian to the Mississippi and eastward to the Atlantic, with heavy showers in eastern Kansas and western Missouri and moderately heavy in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Mostly light totals elsewhere, cloudy in shower regions, fair elsewhere, with temps near normal. Thundershowers possible in mountain districts tonight and Saturday. Roswell travel unaffected today.
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Mississippi
Atlantic
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Roswell
Lions Club Plans Stag Party at Fin and Feather Club
At the Lions Club meeting last night plans were made for a stag party to be held next week at Fin and Feather Club. Members absent were asked to notify Arthur Allison of their attendance. A ladies night is planned for a week from next Thursday. A musical program by Miss Bobbie Johnson and Rusty Hendricks was well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fin and Feather Club
Lions Club
Arthur Allison
Bobbie Johnson
Rusty” Hendricks
Deaths and classifieds from Berkeley and La Jolla
Dane Coolidge, 67, noted author and naturalist, expert in birds reptiles and mammals and Indian lore, dies in Berkeley. Russell Palmer, 50, publisher of petroleum trade journals, dies in La Jolla. Classifieds advise phoning numbers 11 or 55.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Calif
Dane Coolidge
la Jolla
Russell Palmer
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Lambreth Hancock
C. T. McKinney
Shute
Chaves County
New Mexico
J. E. Rose
State OF New Mexico
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J. J. E. Rose
Robert A. Rose
V. E. Rose
E. Rose
Ate
O. E. Little
D. P. Greiner
Methodist
Coyote
Witaaibr
THEMI
Kook-Kwick Canners
Southwestern &CC
Congress
Senate
Appropriations
Military
HOUSE
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Rep. Gibbs
D-Ga
Main
Cleve Hallenbeck
Ears, Roebuck and CO
Roswell, N. M
Maya Amati
Ironing Board
Royal Purple
Batiste
Aror Board
Yaadee
Tad Deo Ve
Sears, Roebuck and
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