Flood Waters Swamp Atchafalaya Basin Furthest Reach
Floods widen to 2000 feet at McCrea crevasse and flood 2330 square miles of farmland. New Iberia lies under high water as Bayou Teche backwaters flood streets and residents flee to refugee camps along the Atchafalaya watershed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
McCrea
Pointe Coupee Parish
New Iberia
Bayou Teche
McCrea Crevasse
Atchafalaya River
Mississippi River
Pointe Goupee Parish
Avoyelles
St. Landry
St. Martin
Iberia Parishes
Gulf of Mexico
Bayou Des Glasses
Louisiana
Divorce Granted to Mrs. Lois K Dodge in Detroit
In Detroit on May 27 a divorce decree was granted to Mrs. Lois Knowlson Dodge from Horace E B Dodge in circuit court before Judge Vincent M Brennan. The couple married June 1, 1921 and will finalize next week. Custody of two children was debated with a shared six month arrangement proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Lois Knowlson Dodge
Horace EB. Dodge
Vincent M. Brennan
Brennan
Dodge
Charles P. Wright, Jr
Edward Poxoray
Salisbury Times Debuts as Morning and Sunday Paper
Salisbury Maryland dated May 27 reports the Salisbury Times begins new morning and Sunday editions supplemental to the Evening Times. Both editions will carry Associated Press services and serve the Del Mar Va peninsula with News Publishing Company as publisher.
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Salisbury
Salisbury Times
Daily
Evening Times
Associated Press
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
Publisier
Eucii
Memorial Day Observances Planned Across Region
Memorial Day events are set in Rose Hill Cemetery Hagerstown Antietam National Cemetery Sharpsburg and Gettysburg area with parades led by Reno Post G A R and Legion units. Speakers include Edwin C. Ireland Frederick N Zihlman and Rev Dr G C Carpenter. Monday is a holiday with many closures and Pen Mar Park opening.
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Rose Hill Cemetery
Hagerstown
National Cemetery
Antietam
Reno Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Company B
American Legion
Market House
Rose Hill
Edwin C. Ireland
Maryland Department of the Sons of Veterans
Scott R. Wagner
Legion
George L. Fisher
Morris Frock Post
Court House
Antietam National Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Frederick N. Zihlleman
G. C. Carpenter
Knights of Pythias
Gettysburg Cemetery
Pen-Mar
Britain breaks off relations with Soviet Russia
London reports Britain severed official relations with Soviet Russia after six years of cautious diplomacy. Foreign Minister Chamberlain delivered a note demanding the Soviet charge d affaires Rosenbolz and staff leave within ten days. The move returns Anglo Soviet ties to pre 1921 status and ends ongoing protests over Soviet propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Russia
Chamberlain
Chesham House
Rosenbolz
Charges Against Leader Of Cult At St Joseph
In St Joseph Michigan on May 27, Esther Hansel, former secretary to Benjamin Purnell, testified in dissolution hearings against the House of David colony. She described alleged immoral practices and said Purnell "framed" individuals who learned of his relations with more than fifty girl members housed at his Benton Harbor residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Esther Hansel
Hansel
Purnell
Benton Harbor
Soil Congress Guests to Meet in June Luncheon
The Chamber of Commerce board discussed a possible consolidation of the Western Maryland Railroad. They expect about 160 International Congress of Soil Science members to attend a June 16 luncheon at the Y M C A with welcome by Henry Holzapfel. A Carlisle Tourists reception is planned for June 28 and a late August Appalachian Scenic and Highway Association caravan will travel from Atlanta to Canada. W P Ambrose sought and the directors endorsed opening an Automobile Club of Maryland office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
A. Newton Long
Chamber
International Congress of Soil Science
Long
Henry Holzapfel
Carlisle
Appalachian Scenic and Highway Association
Atlanta
Quebec
Montreal
Canada
W. P. Ambrose
Automobile Club of Maryland
Indian Held Here On Theft Charge
A full-blooded Indian named White Horse was held on a theft charge after allegedly taking Edward Roberts pants from his room at the Potomac Hotel in Clearspring. Constable Charles Barnhart arrested him in Hancock and he awaits a hearing.
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Washington County
White Horse
Edward Roberts
Potomac Hotel
Clearspring
Roberts
Hancock
Charles Barnhart
Public Service Commission probes unjust rate claims in Maryland
A PSC order requires Antietam Power and Electric and three Maryland rivals to answer consumer charges that rates are too high. The four companies face a Chicago company’s bid to buy stock for 468000, with local attorney J. Cleveland Grice arguing the move will raise prices and citing past rate hikes and a prior plant sale. The plan includes pledging stock to secure bonds of four million dollars as the buyer seeks control across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Antietam
Electric Public Utilities Company
Chicago
J. Cleveland Grice
Boonsboro
Keedysville
Sharpsburg
Antietam Company
Hagerstown
Electric Utilities Company
Utilities Company
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Grice
Electric and Gas
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Maryland
Premium Bid Delivers Water Bonds at High Price
City Hall reports a premium of 63900 on one million dollars of water bonds sold yesterday. Stein Brothers and Boyce of Mercantile Trust Co Baltimore bought the issue at 106.39 per 100 with 4 12 percent interest. Bonds retire at 20000 yearly and mature early next century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stein Brothers and Boyce
Mercantile Trust Company
Baltimore
Killer's suicide ends Chicago murder case
Chicago May 27 A Milwaukee hotel suicide ends the search for the identity of a Chicago girl described as a devil with a baby face. W C Martin claimed he killed her over faithlessness and left a note. His wife, with their five week old baby, denies knowing of another woman. Investigators drop Evelyn Legrand link after learning Martin and Legrand were not acquainted. Martin claimed he was the son of a New York shipping company executive and represented the firm in Chicago.
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Chicago
W. C. Martin
Milwaukee
Martin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Evelyn Legrand
Miss Legrand
New York
Court Adjourns Till Tuesday After Three Civil Suits
Circuit Court adjourned until Tuesday after Judge Frank G Wagaman heard three civil cases. William Poffenberger vs W R Caskey Baking Company involved an injury claim. the state accident commission decision was upheld on appeal. A compromise resolved two suits against the Mrs Ellen Carpenter committee. Mrs Carpenter’s guardians were awarded $1,088 to Mrs Baker and $377 to Mr Baker.
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Frank G. Wagaman
William Poffenberger
W. R. Caskey Baking Company
Poffenberger
State Accident Commission
Wagaman
Ellen Carpenter
Hancock
Five Die in Delagua Mine Blast Near Trinidad
Five men were killed at the Delagua mine twelve miles from Trinidad Colorado when No 3 shaft explosion wrecked the opening at 12 40 pm. One hundred twenty seven other miners escaped through an air shaft at the far end of the mine after the blast. The Victor American Fuel Company owned the mine and Colorado fuel and iron company crews worked to clear the damaged shaft.
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Trinidad
Colo
Delagua
Victor-American Fuel Company
Colorado Uel and Iron Company
President Coolidge Downplays Britain Russia Rift Trade
President Coolidge says the U.S. will not alter trade with Russia despite the break in relations between Great Britain and Russia. The May statement emphasizes expected no impact on American Russian commerce.
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Washington
Great Britain
Russia
Greeting From A Poppy Pledge of Remembrance
A vivid wartime tribute urges remembrance through a poppy, linking 1917 18 Flanders Field to the present. The piece recalls fallen soldiers, the red petals symbolizing blood and sacrifice, and asks readers to buy a poppy today to honor veterans.
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Flanders Field
No Herald Monday Memorial Day Issue
The Morn ing Herald announces there will be no edition on Memorial Day Monday. Readers are advised to check back for the next scheduled issue.
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Herald
Dorothy Carlson Wins National Oratorical Contest
Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake City won the National Oratorical Contest in Washington. James M. Tunner Jr. of Georgetown Delaware was second and Jefferson Meagher of Binghamton New York third among the five finalists. Other contestants’ ratings were not announced. Carlson was the sole female finalist and the first girl to win the national title.
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Washington
Dorothy Carlson
Salt Lake City
Supreme Court
James M. Tunner, Jr
Georgetown
Del
Jefferson Meagher
Binghamton
N. Y
Miss Carlson
Bandit Leader Cabulla Fatally Wounded in Nicaragua Incident
May 27 Managua reports Captain William P. Richards of the U S Marine Corps fatally wounded bandit chief Cabulla after Cabulla drew a revolver and a woman with a machete attacked. Richards fired in self defense at a house in Chinandega exposing tensions with bandits. No official Navy statement yet as to the incident and details from Rear Admiral Latimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Cabulla
William P. Richards
United States Marine Corps
Chinandega
Richards
Washington
Navy Department
Latimer
Lindbergh To Return Home As King Albert Welcomes Him
Captain Charles Lindbergh receives royal Parisian and Belgian honors after a triumphant week. He plans to fly from Le Bourget to Brussels, escorted by public adulation, before sailing home around June 16 aboard a warship as announced by Mrs. Lindbergh.
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Associated Preas
Detroit
Evangeline Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
trans-Atlantic Flier
President Coolidge
Belgium
Middle West
Brussels
Albert
Lindbergh
France
le Bourget
St. Louis
Paris
Fight for Western Maryland control stirs in financial markets
The report notes a heated contest for Western Maryland Railway control as both common and second preferred stock peak yet rise from yearly lows. Baltimore and Ohio Railway and allied interests increasingly maneuver to block a B O merger, amid involvement by Taplin interests and Loree associates seeking a broader Eastern trunk line.
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Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Western Maryland Railway
Western Maryland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Taplin
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
L. F. Loree and Associates
Maryland
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Britain
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Soil Congress
Antietam Co
L. M. Gillman
C. H. Carr
Persian Gulf
England
Gulf
Sunde
Innote
U.S
Captain Richards
King Albert
Captain Lindbergh
Western Mary Land
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
New York Central
Nickel Plate
Western
Rockefeller
Roads
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