Tornado and Flood Ravage Nebraska Towns. Toll Soars
Relief workers struggle to confirm casualties as western Nebraska towns face twin disasters. A violent tornado hit Red Willow county killing three and injuring nine while floods from the Republican river overwhelmed McCook and nearby communities. Authorities fear up to 250 deaths with 25 missing near McCook. Max and Parks reportedly erased. Benkelman Alma and Oxford area deaths and missing persons tally vary. Damage costs exceed a million dollars as communications falter and rescue efforts continue.
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McCook
Néb
Arnade
Nebraska
Max
Parks
Associated Press
Red Willow County
Parks and Max
Benkelman
Alma
Hes
Perons
Oxford
California Assembly Faces EPIC Poverty Bill Clash
In Santa Monica the California Assembly debates a bill from 27 EPICS aiming to curb unemployment influx. After passing the Lower House, supporters claim it could eliminate poverty while critics argue state bans on out-of-staters are invalid. The writer envisions appealing to the Supreme Court to settle the dispute.
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Santa Monica
Calif
California
S Clair
Supreme Court
Baseball scores and postponements from AP day
National League games see rain postponements between New York and Boston while Philadelphia and Brooklyn split a doubleheader. St Louis defeated Chicago in a late game, with Detroit and Washington also tallying decisive scores.
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New York
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
P. Collins & Davis
Lee and Hartnett
Large crowd attends NMMIL finals and institute events
A citywide influx marks the Institute commencement with the largest visitor turnout. Troop G wins mounted drill earning the First National Bank cup, Troop F the dismounted drill earning the J C Penney cup, and Cadet Private Alexandre Jerome takes the buglers trophy. Several awards announced at the cadet jambalaya. Sunday program lists events from 11:00 A M to 8:00 P M including a baccalaureate sermon, polo game, regimental parade, band concert, and alumni party.
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Clyde E. Ely Jr
Thomas Samuel Doran
Alexandre Jerome
N.M.M.S
C. G. Dunwoody
Jason W. James
Dakens Gallery
Frank Brothers
P.M.S
T. Tactics
Fletcher-Hunt
Levinson Has Not Said He Will Come to Testify
Santa Fe June 1 AP Attorney General Frank Patton said he had not received any reply from David Levinson to return from New York to testify before a Gallup grand jury about the claimed kidnapping of Levinson and Robert Minor, the New York communist writer, from Gallup on May 2.
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Santa Fe
Frank Patton
David Levinson
Patton
New York
Gallup
Levinson
Robert Minor
Summer Music School a Great Roswell Success
Roswell's Summer Music School reports 249 registered across four groups led by Mrs. Helen Noah. Junior Band and Senior Band practice mornings. Senior Orchestra midweek. Municipal Band Monday nights at the Junior high auditorium. Courthouse lawn concerts expected to begin next week with more announcements to follow.
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Roswell
Helen Noah
Noah
Roswell City
Municipal
Evaile Powell
Merle Waggoner
Merril Norton
Muggins Burrow
Valdyne Taylor
Lalu Curnworth
Darrell Dollahan
Jimmie Johns
Dixie Irons
Willis Gargin
Albert Johnson
Chas Green
Claudie Cox
Marion Young
Doris Tapp
Carol Holland
Betty Emmet
Clara May Bilocksom
Gayle Haley
Ishmael Melendez
Adel Green
Eva Dawson
Donnie Danenberg
Bonnie May Fales
Mary Ruth Irwin
Leo Cox
Clifford Todd
Frances Goodman
Mildred Baker
Joseph Fowler
Harold Bryant
Stanley Irons
Ray Harison
Dorothy Villard
Virginia Lunn
Walter Rosenberg
Chas. Davidson
Dean Powell
Clint Westbrook
Johnnie Summersgill
Frank Blair
Harold Barnes
Fluegel
Virginia Hudson
Bobby Thompson
Aleen Hinkle
Marjorie Hudson
May McCracken
Francis Greening
Dick Brenneman
Louise Watt
Wannelle Norton
Laura Rutledge
Jack Jordan
Fredia Barnworth
Flo Austin
George Harvey
Jack Callester
Katherine Greening
Francis Duncan
Gene Dollahan
Virginia Burdette
Peggy Lund
Marion Stubbs
Betty Jean Herring
Mildred Fahrlander
Supreme Court Power Question Splits Congress
Washington June 1 AP Representative Boland urges Congress to first define constitutional powers of the Supreme Court arguing that the constitution places supreme authority with Congress. He cites Article One and veto overrides to claim the court’s power to deem acts unconstitutional was not intended.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Representative Boland
Pennsylvania
House
Supreme Tribunal
House Judiciary Committee
Rep
Sisson
Boland
No Effort At Present For New NRA Laws
Washington June 1 1935 President Roosevelt likely to reject all plans for stopgap NRA legislation and await public reaction to his question on whether federal or state governments should lead major economic and social policy. Debate intensifies between supporters and opponents of constitutional change following the press conference.
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NRA
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
la Follette
Byrnes
D-Sc
Wagner
DNY
Congress
AAA
Burns
American Liberty League
Robinson
Old Prospector Henry Foy Dies in Organ Mountains
Las Cruces New Mexico June 1 AP Henry Foy discoverer of the Torpedo mining claim in the Organ mountains died yesterday at his home in Organ his fortune from the Torpedo claim and later losses noted He came from Cincinnati in 1880 and remained a daily prospector until his illness Survived by his widow a daughter and a son.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Organ
Henry Foy
Organ Mountains
Foy
Cincinnati
FERA investigator attacked in New Mexico incident
Albuquerque on June 1 AP report says Joseph Miller an investigator for the FERA county administration was attacked by a FERA client at the Matter's home yesterday. Miller said he would not press charges and did not disclose the assailant's name.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Joseph Miller
Fera County Administration
FERA
Miller
Bomb At Residence College President Tiffin
A dynamite bomb exploded at Heidelberg College president Charles E. Miller's home in Tiffin early today, wrecking the front porch and shattering all house windows. Miller, his wife, and daughter Gretchen escaped injury. nearby science hall and residences suffered blast damage. fuse burned. No motive or threats identified by Miller or Police Chief Mutchler.
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Tiffin. O
Charles E. Miller
Heidelberg College
Charles J. Mutchler
Miller
Chief Mittchler
Two Executed By Gas in Colorado
Colorado records its first simultaneous double execution as Louis Pacheco and his brother John die in the gas chamber at the state prison. They were executed for the February 1934 murder of rancher Clifford Smith and the shooting of his helper Bobby Griffin near Wellington.
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Canon City
Colo
Society
Colorado
Louis Pacheco
John
Clifford Smith
Wellington
Bobby Griffin
Smith
Home Runs Today by J. Moore and Others
Home run highlights include J. Moore leading, with Bkin N. Strop and Bkin N. Hartnett mentioned. Chi N: Watkins, Phila Natl, Johnson, Phila Amn, Warstler, Phila Amn noted among players.
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J. Moore
Bkin
N. Strop
N. Hartnett
Chi
Watkins
Phila Natl
Johnson
Phila
Amn
Warstler
Kidnapped George Weyerhaeuser freed after ransom paid
June 1 1935 Tacoma Washington George Weyerhaeuser was released by kidnappers after Uncle F Rodman Titcomb paid 200000. He walked miles to a farm near Issaquah then rode home in a farmer Bonifas car. He recalled aliases used by his abductors and said he read newspaper accounts while confined.
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Tacoma
Associated Press
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
F. Rodman Tatcomb
George Bonifas
Issaquah
Here
Napers
Alvan
Harry
Bill
Hh. Titcomb
Bonifas
Renton
John H. Dreher
Seattle
Oregon
Aberdeen
Bika
George
Squah
Sior
Dreher
John Post
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Franz Zamber
Delbert Zamber
Franz Zamber, Jr
Ed Steinke
A. E. Rathe
Martin Polfus
Johanna Moore
J. M. Willis
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L. Brown, and
Andrews
RHEB
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Lyons & Sewell
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Whitehill
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Wiltshere & Berry
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Hackett
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Indi
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Allen Smith
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Jack Kravis
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Gilbert Dollahon
Robert Burdette
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Thelma Conn
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Dick Drysdale
Geo. Weyerhaueser
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John Philip Weyerhaeuser
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