Floods Do Heavy Damage Across Iowa and Nebraska
Floods hit multiple Iowa towns and surrounding states with storms causing evacuations and travel closures. Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Sioux City and Mason City faced high water as crests and downpours displaced hundreds, with rivers rising and highways blocked, while experts warned of millions in crop losses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Walthill
Winnebago
Neb
Sioux City
Norfolk
Winside
Pender
Chicago
Gulf
Dakota
Wyoming
Yuma Ariz
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Alfred Anderson
Iowa River
Four-Mile Creek
Ankeny
Floyd River
Floyd Valley
Red Cross
Council Bluffs
Turin
Kenmnebec
Mysterious death of Montgomery Ward Thorne investigated
Wealthy 20yearold heir to a million dollars revised his will naming his fiancee Maureen Ragen as chief beneficiary and executor. Thorne was found dead in his Chicago studio apartment with four needle marks on his arms. Coroner McCarron ordered an autopsy and interviewed relatives, while Thorne’s prospective marriage and estate plans drew public interest.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Thorne
Walter E. McCarron
Birmingham
Mich
McCarron
Jay Stough
Stough
Gordon C. Thorne
Ragen
Young Thorne
James M. Ragen
Racing News Service
Marion Thorne
Fordham University
Miss Ragen
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TIDE
Dorothy Perkins
Food Club
Faber
Crisco
Hampshire
ELNA
del Monte
Bax
W. K
Texas
Bell Peppers
U. S. Govt
Meaty, Ib
Jumbo
Farr
Fieny
U.S. Royal Izard Tire Co
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
House
Senate
West
Ruidoso Racing Association Inc
Ruidoso Jockey Club, Inc
Gene Hensley
Geo. L. Zimmerman
ATTY
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
New Mexico
Charles F. Ward
Board of
Regents
Vorhees and Standhardt
West Second Street
Board of Regents
Clarence E. Hinkle
Carl R. McNally, Jr
State OF
Nation
Continental Oil Company
West Anderson Ranch
Lea, Eddy and
Chaves Counties
Chaves County
Eddy County
Ree
Lea County
New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission
Santa Fe
State OF New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission
R. R. Spurrier
Chaves
I Am
George Bogert
Clara Runkel
L. F. Woodhead
L. R. Woodhead
Nora Lane
J.J. Lane
Tom W. Pruett
John B. Nowlin
Clara Boe
Christian Boe
Christian Bees
Jewel Avent Et al
District Court
Range 25
N.M.P.M
Rowley, Davis and Hammond
Clovis National Bank
Clovis
Jean Willis
State OF New Mexico
Roy S. Magruder
Fort Worth National Bank
Fort Worth
Helen Magruder
Helen Kolliker
Catherine Magruder
Roy
Magruder
Hiram M. Dow
Royas
Hervey, Dow & Hinkle
New Xico
Dorothy Herring
Juanita Terry
Inga Mulroy
Nw Mexico
Katherine M. King
Lucille Nora Mahavier
Ronda Sue Mulroy
Jill Clark Mulroy
Frazier, Cusack & Snead
West Fourth Street
Princes Long
Mobilgas-Mobiloil
Fisher Gas Station
E. McGaffey
Virginia
Cree Meadows
Gulp Club
Ruidoso
Gig
Ave
Ge A. L
Openas P.O
Hagerman, N. M
Alcoholics Anonymous
Plains Park
Papen
Kansas
M. A
Het
Tinga Bros
Woolsey ’S
Higginbotham
Capitol Cafe
Mack Laundry
P. V
Fourth Street
Ings
The
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Cor
Equitable E Building & Loan Association
Third Street
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