Dams Washed Out as Bridges Carried Off in Washita Floods
In Eli City Oklahoma on April 4 Mrs A M Adams and five children were missing and feared drowned after the Washita river surged and washed homes from their foundations. A baby was saved by Bill Bean, while the river widened to 1 1 2 miles and the Indian Chief White Shield family became islanded. In Hudson Wisconsin two dams a 150 foot highway bridge and a 200 foot railway trestle were washed out early today.
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Eli City
Okla
A. M. Adams
Washita
Bill Bean
Adams
Whiteshield
Hudson. Wis
Convict Shot During Attempted Prison Truck Escape
Valdosta Ga April 4 convict Louis Collett shot and killed while trying to escape from a convict truck. Two guards Desc Pittman and C Hoover fired. Collett fell dead. James Eb Ray surrendered a long dirk. County official said guards did their duty amid plans for a wholesale delivery of prisoners.
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Valdosta
Py -Louis Collett
Collett
Desc Pittman
C. Hoover
James EB. Ray
Firemen Plan Memorial Service Across City Companies
Plans for a memorial service honoring deceased members are nearly complete with committees named at each fire company. The event is likely to be held at the Maryland Theatre on an April 29 Sunday or a May Sunday afternoon, with all companies involved and public access. Committees will meet next week to pick a date and outline the program, aiming for an annual observance.
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Maryland Theatre
Woman injures hand trimming pussywillow branch
Mrs. Jacob H. Williams of Charles street received a deep knife wound to the left hand yesterday while cutting a pussywillow branch in her yard. The knife slipped, so she quickly applied a tourniquet and went to a physician for treatment.
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Jacob H. Williams
Charles Street
Raskob joins NRA advisory board in Washington
Washington April 4 John J Raskob former Democratic National Committee chairman opposed F D Roosevelt nomination was reported to have worked for the NRA for a month serving on its Industrial Advisory Board at twenty five dollars daily while in Washington The NRA keeps board changes undisclosed and rotates members every four months which aided Raskob in going unnoticed by the press during his tenure
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Washington
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
NRA
Raskob
Raskoh
Three Negroes Die For Crime
NASHVILLE Tenn April 4 Three Shelby county Memphis negroes died in the electric chair at the state penitentiary early today They were Percy Smith 20 who last night signed a confession to attacking a white woman and Jasper Graham 29 and Frank Mays 3 who were convicted of attacking a young woman in north Memphis in September 1932 after robbing and shooting her escort Graham and Mays repeatedly insisted they were innocent as they awaited electrocution last night.
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Nashville
Tenn
Shelby County
Memphis
State Penitentiary
Percy Smith
Jasper Graham
Frank Mays
North
Graham
Mays
Ice Tests Thickness on Pacana Lake in Warm April
Skaters on Pacana Lake in Mount Pocono Pennsylvania tested ice with an axe as temperatures neared summer levels. The ice measured fourteen inches thick, recalling the region's record cold February.
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MT. Pocono
Pacana Lake
United States
Burial Plan For Victims Of North Jonathan Tragedy
Harold B. Hall 40 killed Charlotte Hudson 17 then died by suicide in their North Jonathan Street apartment. Charlotte's funeral will be private at A. K. Coffman funeral home. Hall's burial likely in Tennessee. wife in Elizabethtown, Tenn awaits word. Charlotte survived by mother Maude Hudson and brother Jesse. Mrs Hudson says Hall threatened and urged Charlotte to go with him. call to police asked.
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Harold B. Hall
Charlotte Hudson
Hudson
North Jonathan Street
Tennessee
Hall
Elizabethtown
Tenn
Miss Hudson
A. K. Coffman
Maude Hudson
Jesse. Wall
Washington
New Deal Patriots Attack Silk Hosiery in China
Acid throwing by ultra nationalists targets foreign fashion, silk stockings, and high heels in many Chinese cities. Chiang Kai-Shek’s revival movement spurs anti modernist actions led by a group blamed for the nitric acid outrages, urging a return to homespun goods and Chinese crafts.
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Shanghat
China
Iron Blood Association
Johnson To Direct Campaign For Stimulating Home Building
Washington April 4 Hugh S Johnson NRA administrator will direct the administration plan to stimulate home construction and spur heavy goods industries to create more jobs. Rumors had circulated he might resign to head the movement but the president’s National Emergency Council will work with him using the NRA to avoid new administration. Johnson also said he would be content to let NRA licensing lapse June 15 rather than amend the National Recovery Act. He set today as the deadline for industry payroll reports to aid code revisions.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Blue Eagle
Tional Emergency Council
Congress
Aaron Snyderman's son suffers repeated arm fractures in Philadelphia
Aaron Snyderman, a Williamsport merchant, reports his 12 year old son Aaron Snyderman has fractured a left arm during Easter in Philadelphia, the fifth fracture in a year after recovering from a right arm break removed from its cast last week.
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Aaron Snyderman
Samuel Snyderman
Williamsport
Aaron
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania City
President Roosevelt Feels Fine During Florida Vacation
President Roosevelt begins an extended vacation in Miami with good spirits and a resolve to improve fishing luck. Elliott Roosevelt reports the President dressed in a white hat and shirt, muddy trousers, and notes three barracuda were caught but no bites. Secret Service agent Robert Clark earned credit for the catch as the President kept plans flexible near Elbow Key Light.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Nourmahal
Elliott
Robert Clark
Secret Service
Pastor Found Dead In Bed In Gaithersburg Md
The Rev W Clark Sarly 34 pastor of Frederick Avenue Methodist Episcopal church Baltimore was found dead in bed in Gaithersburg Md He had attended the Baltimore district annual meeting and preached to delegates last night He was staying at the Methodist Home for the Aged as a guest of the superintendent Rev Herman Wilson and appeared in good health when he retired last night.
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Gaithersburg
W. Clark Sarly
Frederick Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
the Methodist Church
Methodist Home For the
Herman Wilson
Boy Finds Live Butterfly in Ear in Georgia
In Powder Springs Georgia on April 4 a 13 year old student Lee Hilley felt an itch in his ear. A teacher took him to a doctor after pencil work caused paint to flake. The doctor removed a living hunterfly of reddish size with gaudy plumage from the boy’s ear.
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Powder Springs
Lee Hilley
Lee
Tee
Baby’s Death Triggers Hospital Probe In Baltimore
A two year old girl Betty Leo Kovack died after falling from a second story window. Attorney Louis N. Ashman urged an official investigation into Maryland General Hospital actions for not admitting the child. Hospital official Milton W. Gatch defended the care given and denounced Ashman as a publicity seeker.
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Baltimore
Louis N. Ashman
Maryland General Hospital
Milton W. Gatch
Baltimore City Hospital
Ashman
Betty Leo Kovack
Mobster Costner Receives Heavy Federal Sentence
Isaac Costner a Touhy mobster from Chicago and once Tennessee mountain guide was sentenced in Charlotte to 30 years in federal prison for his part in the $105000 mail truck robbery on November 15 He got 25 years for robbery with firearms and five more for robbery and assault The indictment listed 12 counts but only two were sentenced Judgment on others was suspended The verdict came after a 40 minute jury deliberation Costner sat emotionless as the sentence was pronounced.
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Costner
Charlotte
N. C
Isaac Costner
Touhy
Chicago
Tennessee Mountaineer
Marvin J. Ritch
Spats Gone, Spring Here at the Capitol
Washington reports signs of spring with the first robin and Easter events, but the notable sight is Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois appearing on the Senate floor without his famous spats. His pink whiskers and tailored dress remain in evidence as a symbol of a season renewing life in the capital.
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Washington
White House
J.hamilton Lewis
Mllnois
Senate
Insull Awaits Extradition as Peanuts Mark Waiting Period
Samuel Insull, held in a Turkish detention house, endures a quiet day eating peanuts while British lawyers seek delays in his extradition to the United States on larceny and fraud charges. He hopes a valise from the Maiotis, his Greek freighter, contains critical documents.
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Instanbul
Samuel Insull
United States
Insull
Istanbul
Overwork Blamed for University of Michigan Death
Louise E. Van Amerigen, 20, a popular University of Michigan junior, was found dead in Ann Arbor of a self-inflicted gunshot. Coroner said evidence indicated self-destruction, blamed on overwork and examination stress amid class play participation and four upcoming semester exams.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Louise E. van Amerigen
University of Michigan
Victor E. van Amerigen
van Amerigens
E. C. Gamzhorn
Fire destroys Miner storage shed and damages home
A two story frame and metal building owned by Lester H. Miner near North Tocust street was nearly destroyed by fire around 11 this morning, with about 1060 dollars of roofing materials and paint lost. A kettle of asphalt exploded starting the blaze, injuring Miner's young son mildly. Total loss estimated near 2000 dollars. Firefighters later fought a small cellar fire at a double house on Summit avenue owned by Joseph Young, with minor damage.
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Tocust Street
Lester H. Miner
Miner
Summit Avenue
Joseph Young
Democrats to Pay Respects to Club Head
The Democratic Organization Club will devote its Friday meeting to tribute for late club president George A. Reed. A resolutions committee will present heartfelt regrets, with Attorney General Wm. Preston Jane and State Senator Wm. D. Byron among speakers. Congressman David J. Lewis hopes to attend. A large turnout is expected.
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Democratic Organization Club
George A. Reed
Reed
Preston Jane
Wm. D. Byron
David J. Lewis
Board of Governors
Reynolds Gets Huge Fortune on 28th Birthday
Reynolds Jr. inherits about 25.9 million dollars on his 28th birthday from his father, who built a tobacco empire. The Safety Deposit Company of Baltimore handles the estate, with Reynolds remaining silent as he consults with his wife and son. Former Reynolds heir Smith Reynolds died from a fatal bullet wound at the family home two years ago.
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Concord
N. C
F. Brandon Smith, Jr
Charlotte
Joseph F. Cannon
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Associated Press
Winston-Salem
N.C
Richard J. Reynolds, Jr
Reynolds
Safety Deposit Company of
Baltimore
Young Reynolds
Richard Iit
Same Jail For Dillinger If He Is Caught
Crown Point Ind April 4 John Dillinger faces return to the same jail from which he escaped after bluffing with a toy pistol. Judge William J Murray ordered the grand jury probe and blamed his refusal to transfer him to Michigan City state prison. If recaptured, Dillinger would be kept in the same jail, the judge stated, asserting it can hold the most hardened criminals.
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Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
John Dillinger
William J. Murray
Murray
Michigan City
Dillinger Pursuit Deepens After Street Shootout
Federal raids closed in on the Dillinger gang as Eugene Green was wounded and captured in a raid. A woman was taken into custody, suspected to resemble Evelyn Frechetti. Green admitted involvement in the Saturday gun battle, with police reporting a machine gun found at his apartment. The raid remained tightly sealed by authorities.
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ST. Paul
Minn
John Dillinger
Eugene Green
Evelyn Frechetti
Dillinger
Green
W. A. Rorer
Edward G. Bremer
Rorer
Declares War On Gangsters
J Edgar Hoover announces an all out fight against the Dillinger gang centered in the St Paul area after the shooting of Eugene Green in Milwaukee. Hoover says agents have been fired on and vows to run the gang to earth with extra forces in the region.
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Washington
Dillinger
St. Paul
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Eugene Green
Milwaukee
Hoover
Held for Court in Untaxed Whiskey Case
William Peters, arrested weeks ago on a charge of possessing nine pints of untaxed whiskey, was released on his own recognizance for grand jury action after being arraigned this morning before Justice Richard Duffey in city court.
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William Peters
Sveral
Richard Duffey
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