Mississippi flood crisis deepens with levee break
Heavy rains push Mississippi childhood floods as Cassidy bayou levee near Bolen is blown by a night blast. Thousands of acres in Quitman county inundated, schools closed in Sledge Darling and Hinchcliff, Coldwater river exceeds 1927 levels, residents seek refuge as embankment damage prompts further blasting fears.
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Cassidy Bayou
Bolen
Sledge
Darling
Hinchcliff
Quitman
Peneinn Tuak
Baggage On Board Prince Pignatelli In Mexico City
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report the baggage of Prince Pignatelli, heir of Cortes, placed aboard a liner in Veracruz. He remains in Mexico City with no new move to enforce deportation. The government offered help from archives and papers outside the country.
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Mexico’ City
Vera Cruz
Prince Pignatelli
Hernando Cortes
Mexico
Government denies Sarcee provisce station plans
Reports from Uruguay dated January 14 say the government denied a proposed station at Nepomuceno Rivera in the province. Indications suggest the issue was political in nature and unlikely to gain broader support.
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Seegermec
Uruguay
Nepomuceno Rivera
Missing in Blast at Shenandoah Caused Fire
A blast damaged a building in Shenandoah Iowa. A large outdoor tank exploded near the structure and a fire quickly spread from the resulting flames. The cause of the blast was not determined.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Prisoners Escape From Nashville Workhouse One Captured
A prisoner from the Nashville workhouse escaped with seven others but authorities captured one man identified among eight escapees. The incident occurred in Nashville Tennessee on January 14 with police continuing to hunt the remaining fugitives.
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Nashville
Dry Unit Transfer To One Head Called For In House Bill
A proposed bill to transfer the city unit enforcing prohibition from the Treasury to the Department of Justice was introduced by Congressman Williamson. Hearings will be set to report the measure soon as part of Hoover administration reform to realign prohibition enforcement.
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Williamson
Washington
Sabath
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Prohibition
House Expenditures Committee
Treasury Department
Longworth
Expenditures Committee
National Law Enforcement Commission
Department of Justce
Internal Revenue
Three Slain In Gun Battle As Chicago Cops Foil Gang
In Chicago early today two robbers and a detective were killed when robbers fleeing a checkout they had just held up collided with a responding police squad. A third robber barricaded himself and was captured after tear gas. The gang’s first floor apartment retreat led to the deadly exchange.
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Chicago
Patence
Four Die After Pay Car Dynamite Blast in Coal Region
Four men were killed when dynamiters attempted to loot a Glen Alden Coal Company pay car near Nanticoke Pennsylvania. Two others were saved by a heroic injured man. The blast destroyed the pay car on a narrow gauge line one mile from the colliery as four assailants fled in a New York plated blue car. Authorities hunted for the suspects without success.
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Wilkesbarre
Glen Alden Coal Company
New York
Nanticoke
Coal Company
Disct
Solons Clear Hoover on Senate Lobby Probe
The Senate lobby investigation committee found no impropriety in President Hoover regarding efforts to mobilize opinion over sugar tariff policy. It cited total related expenditures at over 400000 dollars, with roughly 175000 to 200000 by supporters and 200000 to 225000 by opponents. The report noted no improper influence and addressed claims Hoover sought a sugar industry sliding scale agreement.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate Lobby Investigation Committee
United States
Appeal For Coffin Cloth Bares First Flood Death
In Texarkana a flood disaster leaves a mother appealing for coffin cloth after a child drowns near the bridge. A marooned father, nearly bedridden, gathers scrap lumber to build a coffin as he pleads for burial near the family home. The mother objects to a crude burial and resists the plan.
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Gregory
Border Guard Reformation Set for July 1
Washington reports a unified border patrol under the coast guard is planned to start July 1 if Congress approves. Treasury surveys determine ports of entry and manpower needs, with estimates ranging from 400 to 500 additional agents beside the 100 current posts as plans for transfer of enforcement bureaus move forward.
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Hoover
Washington
United States
Congress
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Navy
Treasury
The
Melton
Lowman
Treas
Talks With Byrd on Short Wave From Arctic Weather
A fragmentary report notes a conversation over a short-wave link at 41 meters with Krenkel transmitting from the Arctic. The exchange touched on weather conditions and the distance involved as Byrd sought Arctic weather news and updates.
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Antarctic
Krenkel
Arctic
Will Not Testify In Chattanooga Prosecution
Chattanooga prosecutors will not call the wife of the defendant as a witness. Her claimed affair with the defendant helped shape earlier Nashville trials, but no decision to call her has been made.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Turney
Nashville
Shepherd Ense Counse
Flier Found Dead in Colchester Route Suspect
Two bodies were found in Colchester after a collision near Farmingdale. Pilot Daniel Marra and an unidentified passenger died Friday while a third person survived. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Colchester
Conn
Daniel Marra
Dgoplore Eee
Farmingdale
City considers street clearance ordinance in Dauphin business district
An ordinance to clear overhanging awnings and porches from Dauphin Street between Commerce and Broad was introduced by Mayor Hartwell and held for study. The proposal would bar new structures and require removal of existing ones, with the city to reclaim costs if owners fail to act. The commission also authorized leasing Bates Field hangar to Solar Aviation Corp of Mobile for 2000 dollars annually with temporary storage rights.
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Dauphin Street
City Commission
Hartwell
Commerce
Broad Streets
Dbso
Bates Field
Solar Aviation Corporation of Mobile
Commission
Bates
Ees
Election Tuesday at the Chest nomination for eight directors
Members of the Chest gathered Tuesday to nominate eight directors for terms to be held after the election. Walter K. Smith and Harry Stover chaired the proceedings with contributions from Dix John T. Cochrane and W. H. Reynolds as voting members. Directors will elect Chest officers at the next meeting.
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Mobile
Walter K. Smith
Harry Stover
Dix
John T. Cochrane
W. H. Reynalds
Ong
Chest
Motion to rescind receiver for estate of Dr B J Jones
In Knox County chancery court a motion to rescind Frank West as receiver and executor of the Jones estate was heard with a ruling pending from Chancellor M Jones. The Jones family and Willow Court have been linked to the Christmas Eve killings of Dr. Jones his wife and Mrs Jones nephew Botan. Theodore Harris the family servant faces trial tomorrow on the deaths.
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Knoxville
Tenn
B. J. Jones
Chancery Court
M. Jones
Joneson
Paul Jones
Washington
D. Cc
Frank West
Chancery
Charles R. Morse
West
Dr. Jones
Jones
Botan
Theodore Harris
Committee to Study Rubber Production Limits
A meeting here established a committee to cooperate with rubber interests in studying methods to restrict production by ten to twenty percent in Dutch East Indies. The group plans to travel to Java to discuss anti European and pro European positions and likely to coordinate actions.
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Java
Dutch East Indies
Davis Says Stone Advice Not Asked In Making Budget
The Davis county board of revenue held a meeting to review Treasurer George E. Stones advice and budget borrowing. Officials noted road and bridge damages from last spring and unusual floods increased costs beyond bond funds, while Stone contends his input wasn’t requested.
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George E. Stone
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Ont St Tae
Sett Toe
Ark Bende Pyen Eee
American National Bank Bond Offer Accepted by County Board
The American National Bank bid to accept deposits and pay four percent interest was approved after the county board refused a higher offer. The revenue board members favored the bank proposal as the best option for the county.
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American National Bank
American National
Senator Brown Sees Coosa River dredging plan gains support
In Gulf City during a Tuesday visit Senator Watt Brown of Ragland Alabama spoke with witnesses about the Coosa river developing as a major inland waterway. He noted current surveys and federal recognition and urged funding for dredging to a nine foot channel from Mobile to Rome to serve large barges and freight vessels. He compared the Coosa river's importance to the Warrior river and pressed for future appropriations.
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Mobile
Clair
Watt Brown
Ragland
Als
Gulf City
Brown
Coosa River
Rome
Coosa
Fire department records show Mobile December losses and alarms
Mobile fire department monthly report shows total losses of 12 561.90 dollars from insured and uninsured fires in December. A total of 201 alarms were received with 14 false alarms and 60 66.50 involved in fires, insurance losses at 12 233.32. Most blazes hit one story frame dwellings with 44 grass and trash fires and 31 two story fires. Chief Gus Rehm notes sparks caused many fires and 55 originated undetermined.
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Mobile
Mobile Fire Department
Gus Rehm
Central Fire Headquarters
Rehm
Deane
Motorcycles Stir Board Meeting On County Speed Officers
A City Revenue Board debate centered on motorcycles for county speed officers with salesmen pressing for action and officials weighing options. The chair urged trying a motorcycle and avoiding political maneuvering as they postponed any decision to the next meeting.
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Board of Revenue
A. D
Burbank
County Board Cancels Sand and Gravel Contract
Treasuree Toward Contract Held as county officials disapproved last year’s contract for sand and gravel used in highway work. The board voted to cancel the $6,000 bond with Herndon Radcliffe, ending plans for paving and halting the disputed agreement that has circulated in court for years.
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Board of Revenue
Herndon Radcliff
Boykin
Upf
Radcliff
Hearing Set on Bus Route Between Mobile and Coden
A January hearing will consider two petitions for permits to operate a Mobile to Coden bus line. Edgar Roberts and Theodore Irvington seek authorization to run buses along the route, after the Owen Transportation Company suspended service on the line.
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Coden
Alabama Commission
Lm Mobileon
Hotice Day
the & Chamber of Commerce
Edgar Roberts
Theodore
Irvington
Erie Bimore
Bay
Bayou la Batre
Jernberg
Roberts
Owen Transportation Company
Weather outlook and river forecast for January 1930
Unsettled weather continues with rains and cloudy skies. Local rivers show a rising trend with Montgomery and Selma affected. temperatures expected to drop near freezing in central regions Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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Mississippi
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