Floods Ravage Kansas Nebraska And Missouri Regions
Waterlogged streams from the Republican and Missouri rivers flood low lands across Kansas Nebraska and Missouri forcing mass evacuations. Death tolls rise with 140 unofficially listed in Nebraska and eight in Kansas as 1 400 families are homeless. Damages run into millions as highways and bridges suffer and roads become impassable.
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Junction City
Kas
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Associated Press
W. Bullard
Red Cross
Colorado
South Platte
North Platte
Neb
North Fork
McCook
Kaw
Manhatta
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Ogden
Manhattan
Visit by Secretary Roper Reflects New Deal Tactics
In Los Angeles a well dressed man claiming to be a cabinet secretary, Mr. Roper, visited a burned house. The exchange showed a cooperative, Southern demeanor. The speaker notes the era's New Deal efforts and reflects on NRA implications for big business and 1936 outcomes.
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Los Angeles
Roper
Secretary of Commerce
Supreme Court
NRA
Kidnapers Hunted Across Northwest In 1935 Case
Justice agents promise compensation to innocent bystanders who received Weyerhaeuser ransom notes. A $200 000 ransom bill series will be recalled and replaced to prevent further circulation. Highway blockades resume as search centers near Issaquah for nine year old George Weyerhaeuser, last seen near Seattle.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Weyerhaeuser
Department of Justice
Department
George Weyerhaeuser
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Issaquah
Seattle
William Cole
Flood kills about 400 in Mexico Valley church tragedy
In the Valley of Mexico a flood swept through the San Pedro Church area, about 400 people perished. Rescue workers pulled bodies from mud while villagers identified the dead, many hidden under debris as hundreds of Indians mourned and chanted prayers. Authorities reported multiple towns affected and tensions rose with troops at the scene.
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Mexico
B. G
Federal District
Valley of Mexico
San Pedro
Xochimilco
Milpa Alta
San Gregorio
San Pablo
Four Missourians Missing on Border
East St Louis Illinois relatives report four Illinois residents en route to California vanished after a May 22 El Paso card. Their abandoned car was found in Dallas a week earlier and a later Albuquerque check found no trace. the party included Mr and Mrs George M Lerius of East St Louis and Mrs and Mrs Albert Heberer of Duquoin IL with $400 in travelers checks.
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East St. Louis
el Paso
Tex
California
Dallas
George M. Lerius
Albert Heberer
Duquoin
Albuquerque
N. M
Bahram Heads Odds-On Bid In English Derby
English Derby day at Epsom Downs features 17 three year olds chasing 1 1/2 miles with Bahram the odds-on favorite from the Aga Khan stable. If Bahram wins it marks the first odds-on success in 30 years since Cicero. The field mirrors the 1936 lineup in size and stables, including one American owned entrant.
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Epsom Downs
Eng
Cicero
Bahram
Plan to map U S as relief work project
Washington reports the Interior Department proposes using idle engineers and draftsmen to map the United States and territories. The Geological Survey requests 7.8 million dollars to run for a year, with topographic maps covering every square mile. Co operation from Coast and Geodetic Survey noted. completion planned over ten years.
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Washington
Interior Department
United States
Geological Survey
Department
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgi Islands
National Resources Board
Four Mountain Lions Killed in Catron County
Emmett Bannerman, a U S Biological Survey hunter, killed four mountain lions in Catron county near Miller, McCarty, or Porter ranches in the JTS park area. Local officials had received complaints that the lions were harming deer and other game.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Emmett Bannerman
U. S. Biological Survey
Catron County
Miller
McCarty
Porter Ranches
Jts Park
Bonus forces drop cash payment bid in current session
Washington reports that Congress allies of the Patman inflation bill agreed to abandon cash payment for bonus certificates this session and to campaign for the measure’s passage next session. Senators and representatives noted a 75 percent congressional support and Roosevelt’s veto risk, pledging a public campaign rather than compromise now.
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Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Thomas
D-Okla
Patman
Harrison
Smith
Otero Addresses Grads at NMMI Commencement
Judge Miguel A. Otero Jr a NM Institute 1912 graduate delivered a broad address to the class of 1935 at Lea Hall auditorium. He praised E A Cahoon Major H P Saunders and Col D C Pearson and urged graduates to be liberal in thought while preserving American institutions. He honored Senator Bronson Cutting and noted his gifts to the natatorium. Awards were announced for Alfred Lester Thelin III and NM Military Institute scholarships for cadets.
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Miguel A. Otero, Jr
New Mexico Military Institute
Institute
Lea Hall
Otero
E. A. Cahoon
Judge Otero
H. P. Saunders
Col. D. C. Pearson
America
Cutting
New Mexico
United States
Bronson Cutting
Antonio Luna
Col. Pearson
Alfred Lester Thelin III
John Curtis Jr
John Gillies Jr
Morgan
Senate panel to dismiss Cutting Chavez contest charges
The Senate Elections Committee announced it will dismiss the contest against late Senator Bronson M. Cutting of New Mexico by his successor Dennis Chavez after Cutting's counsel submitted an answer denying Chavez's illegal voting allegations. The panel plans a formal dismissal order, with some members preferring a simple statement and others a fuller explanation.
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Washington
George
Senate Elections Committee
Bronson M. Cutting
New Mexico
Dennis
Chavez
Cutting
Dennis Chavez
D-Ga
Tingley
Senate
King
Utah
Nye
R-Nd
Finis
Changes in Form of Govt Issue in 1936
Former President Herbert Hoover and Illinois figure Frank Lowden say the 1936 campaign will center on proposed changes in the form of government. Lowden predicts a major issue as Hoover returns from Drake University to Chicago and on to New York for an insurance directors meeting.
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Oregon
Herbert Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lowden
Hoover
Arch W. Shaw
Chicago
Sinnissippi
Drake University
Des Moines
New York
Shaw
County treasurers urged to remit May tax shares promptly
Santa Fe AP June 4 Chief Assistant Comptroller C. R. Sebastian urged county treasurers to remit the state's share of property taxes collected in May promptly and to make a second remittance immediately after June 15, the end of the moratorium on interest and penalties for 1984 taxes.
Baseball scoring weather caused postponements and varied results
Baseball games postponed by threatening cold weather in Brooklyn at Boston and rain in New York at Philadelphia. St Louis beat Pitt 9 to 8 with runs spread across innings, while Cincinnati and Chicago posted 6 to 3 and 3 to 4 scores respectively. Batteries listed for each game.
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Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Wallace allocates 400 million for roads and crossings
Secretary Wallace announced a $400 million apportionment to states the District of Columbia and Hawaii for building highways roads streets and eliminating grade crossings as part of the $4 billion works program.
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Washington
Wallace
States
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Chicago 000 St Louis 024 Batteries
Rain delayed games with partial box details. Fisher Sewell Coffman Hemsley noted for Chicago, while Cleveland Detroit and Boston Washington matchups produced sparse battery lists and weather interruptions.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Fisher
Sewell
Coffman & Hemsley
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