Texas Floods Threaten Farm Lands and Towns
Waters receded slowly as Texas faced widespread flooding across Houston and Brazos valleys. The Colorado River near Wharton rose high, threatening crops and prompting evacuation anxieties. Alpine hail damaged orchards, tipping roofs and creating drifts, while the Red River near Arthur City overflowed and halted traffic. Laredo saw rain heavy and widespread, fields soaked. Trinity River overflow affected traffic near Liberty. Rio Grande basin teetered toward flood stages in northern Mexico.
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Texas
Brazos
Wharton
Colorado
Paines
Alpine
Red
Arthur City
Rec
Hugo
Okis
Laredo
Brazas Villey
Navasota
Chapel Hill
Old Washington
Trinity
Liberty
San Juan River
Mexico
Rio Grande
Gio Grande
Browneville
Junior Chamber Nominates Staff for Officers
OM Stevens was nominated president of the San Antonio Junior Chamber of Commerce, with Toni Jones as successor. Theo Weiss Jessie Melcher and Walter Pratt named vice presidents, Albert Buss secretary, K Spencer J L Diner Alex Pegiles 8 Straughan Gerald Letch and C J Spearman directors. Elections set for June.
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Stevens
Mgndway
San Antonio
President Roosevelts Veto Delays Plumbing Bill
President Roosevelt vetoed a plumbing bill for federal buildings after calling for a public health service investigation. The service reported lack of funds and facilities, estimating the study would cost 6 096 000 dollars. In Kentucky, health officials report 450 diphtheria deaths among children last year and push a statewide vaccination drive up to age 16.
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Washington, ID. C
Frestlent
Roosevelt
Public Health Service
Kentucky
State Health Commission
Oklahoma extortion case links sister to notes
Preliminary hearing set for May 29 as Oklahoma officials reveal scientific methods tie Lelia Thompson to extortion notes threatening coed and her family. Separate assault charges filed against Lelia and another sister for deadly weapon use in the shooting of Luke Christie. The case involves Luis Thompson, an 8 year old, and Danial Shaw, a Chinese student, on the Northeastern Oklahoma State Teachers College campus. Christie was shot by officers after failing to stop.
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Northeastern
Oklahoma State Teachers College
Oklahoma
Shaw
Lelia Thompson
Robert Huston
E.W. Marland
Thompson Baie
Hew Fife
Bullet-proof autos sent to Washington for Roosevelt Hoover
News from Rufalo dated March 24 2014 reports two bullet-proof limousines sent to Washington for President Roosevelt and J EdGar Hoover. The cars feature bullet-proof glass on all surfaces, reinforced kevy steel bodies, and wind shields designed to withstand bullets. The vehicles are capable of speeds up to ten miles per hour.
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Rufalo
Washington
Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Mexico Phone Strike Grips Capital and States
May 23 report from Mexico City says a midnight strike by Mexican Telephone and Telegraph Company employees in the capital and eight states halted communications. Negotiations failed after the firm refused higher wages and shorter hours. In Nuevo Laredo, fifteen operators joined a strike demanding a contract under collective bargaining rules, disrupting local business and homes reliant on telephone service.
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Mexico
D. F
Mexican Telephont and Telegraph Company
AREDO
Telephone Company of
Nuevo Laredo
Confession Frees Man After Deathbed Declaration
Karl Schmidt, after nine years of a twelve year murder sentence, is released when a deathbed confession by a woman led to the real killer’s arrest. The town rallied for retrial, defense funds were raised, but Schmidt remained jailed until Christmas leave allowed him to visit his four children. The community welcomed him with flowers and wreaths as he returned to Thale.
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Eric G. Boy
Thale
May Jo
INS
Karl Schmeinz
Wirderer
Holief
Karl Schnide
Lunds
Erting
Schmidt
Hartwoods
Forester
Fried
Gilbetts
Bub
Nevers
Valley Faces Flood Threat in Rio Grande Valley
Riverside strain and flood fears mount as Rio Grande water pressure grows in the valley. Hundreds of men fight a threatened break that could flood crops on the Mexican side while the Fort Brown area remains under careful watch and no flood danger is reported.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande
Hodamige
International
Fort Brown
Winfree
West
Bam Houston
Witree
Levee Supplies Sent to Fort Brown
The Eighth Corps Avon headquarters on Thursday rushed levee materials to Brownsville to protect Fort Beingh from the Rio Grande flood. Twenty thousand empty grain sacks are being sent to the fork to be filled with sand for levee construction per Lt. Col. Stephany W. Wintree, post commander.
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Eighth Corps
Fort Beingh
Brownsville
Stephany W. Wintree
Lae
Uvalde Postmaster hospitalized in Santa Rosa clinic
J. W. White postmaster of Uvalde for 19 years and resident of the town chamber of commerce, was in Santa Rosa hospital Thursday suffering from a critical illness.
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Uvalde
S. A. Hospital
J. W. White
Chamber of Garmeecca
Santa Rosa Hospital
Confession Ties Local Murder Case to Wrongful Imprisonment
A hospital patient near death confessed to knowing murder details that led to Karl Schmidt’s wrongful sentence. Her husband Raul Wesche and his brother killed the victim, and another man, Paul Wenehe, initially denied involvement before breaking down at the grave and confessing.
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Quediiurge
Schmide
Jai
Raul Wesche
Fareste
Karl Schmidt
Paul Wenehe
Stendal
Plane crash at Canton kills six and injures 43
May 3 at Lee Canton military aviation site, a formation of three planes malfunctioned. One aircraft flew too low and crashed into a building, killing the pilot instantly. Wall collapse fatally injures four guards and fatally injures five more in the blast.
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Canton
Lee Canton Military Aviation
Woman Choked and Robbed by Two Thieves
Mrs. Pearl Miller reports two Mexican men accosted her near 2 San Ponco avenue. One grabbed her purse while the other choked her, knocking her down. They escaped with the purse containing a diamond pin, $10 in checks, and a small amount of cash.
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Pearl Miller
Warren
San Ponco Avenue
Oklahoma City Flood Repurated Relief and Crest
Flood of the North Canadian River moved through barren flats as engineers used Lake Overhalser to safeguard the city water supply. Crested floodwater backed into the lake while over 500 people were moved to higher ground along the Red River south of Durant and a large stock evacuation occurred.
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Oklahoma City
Red River
Durant
Beauty queen jailed in Sino prize case with marriage plan
In Tientsin a beauty contest winner Miss Vientsin Misa Chen Hajang-chun and her mother were arrested for mistreating a slave girl. The mother received a three year term while Misa Chen Hajang-chun was sentenced to two and a half years. She remains free awaiting her hearing and plans to proceed with her marriage proposal to Chang Wei-Chua, a young official.
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Tientsin
Vientsin
Misa Chen Hajang-chun
Chang Wei-Chua
Woman's Ruse in Earring Theft in Shanghai
A young woman staged a distraction when a pearl earring with a carved image was taken from a display. She pretended distress and tricked the thief to drop the second piece while shouting insults at imitation jewelry wearers. Police reported the robber fled, but the ruse recovered the jewel.
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Shanghai
Mita
Steyet
Teft
Fire Chief Extinguishes Pocket Fire on Street
Marblehead report describes Assistant Fire Chief Walter A Chapmint aiding Wiliaza Stevens as smoke issued from Stevens pocket. He rushed up and extinguished blaze from matches ignited in pocket burning a large hole in Stevens coat.
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Marblehead
Bass
Ithe
Wiliaza
Stevens
A. Chap- Mint
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Uty
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Shreve Elaor
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Harriel Heckman
Nathan Smilie
Martha Putnam
Philadelphia
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