Floods and High Winds Cause Widespread Damage
Rain and storms sweep midwest with Arkansas hardest hit. Tornado in Texarkana region causes four deaths and $160000 in property loss over a 2 by 30 mile area. About 1500 head of livestock drown on state farms. Arkansas river levee attempts fail. 4000 more acres submerged. Kentucky Illinois Missouri also suffer flood losses as crops harmed and harvest labor shifts to hand methods.
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Mid-West
Arkansas
Texarkana
Colorado
Gulf
Kentucky
Illinois
North Dakota
Missouri
Little Rock
Ark
Wilbert Wil
Kansas
Sons
Thousan
Ellis
Baring Cross
Peron
Conway County
Mordamage
Midwest
Texas-Arkansas
Chicago
Midwest Welcomes Summer Amid Floods and Tornado Toll
The Midwest enters summer as floods and windstorms persist. A tornado near the Texas Arkansas line kills four and injures 25. Levee failures in Arkansas leave about 800 homeless. Kentucky Illinois report rising rivers and damaged farm land.
Georgia Press Association bars politics from future sessions
W. Kirk Sutlive of the Plackshear Times was slated for presidency as the Georgia Press Association moved to keep conventions free of political or sectarian controversy. Bids for the 1936 meeting came from Savannah Columbus and Milledgeville, with Sutlive and other officers set for advancement.
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Carrollton
Georgia
John G. Herring
Tifton Gazette
Bsp
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
Ows
Association
Herring
Georgia Press Association
Savannah
Columbus
Milledgeville
W. Kirk Sutlive
Plackshear Times
Prince of Wales to Celebrate 41st Birthday Quietly
The Prince of Wales will spend his 41st birthday tomorrow at Belvedere House in Sunningdale Berkshire with close friends. High spring rains gave way to receding waters while subnormal temperatures in Kansas Nebraska Texas and Missouri slowed crop recovery.
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London
Prince of Wales
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Missouri
Mid American
Laval and Eden End Anglo French Naval Dispute
Paris June 22 Premier Laval and Captain Eden appeared to reconcile the Anglo French rift over the German naval accord. They agreed to work together for European peace and said talks would resume after Eden's Rome visit. Eden's call to London sparked the thaw following earlier deadlock over mutual air defense pact.
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Richard G. Maslock
Associated Press
Paris
Pierre Laval
Anthony Eden
Britain
Germany
M. Laval
France
England
Europe
Eden
Rome
London
France and Britain seek air defense pact after naval rift
Paris reports say France and Great Britain closed their Anglo-German naval dispute by agreeing on close cooperation while Paris and London push for a mutual air defense pact. Eden heads to Rome to discuss Ethiopian tensions as Laval weighs cabinet plans.
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France
England
Paris
London
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Anthony Eden
Rome
Pierre Laval
League of Nations
Eden
No Trace of Accused Man in Ex Convict Death
Lyons Ga June 22 Sheriff W Culpepper Toombs county found no trace of Sammie Mann questioned in the death of Henry Grace a paroled Florida convict Grace said before dying he was shot by Mann while riding in a truck Culpepper noted Mann had served time for slaying Bland whose death occurred at about the same spot as Grace was wounded
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Bland
Grace
Cigarette Prices to Rise As NRA War Ends
New York June 22 retail tobacco dealers of America president Pi W A Hollingsworth announced today cigarette prices will move up effective June 25 ending the cut rate war. Prices of popular brands in New York City will rise from 42 cents per pack to 44 cents with two packs for 25 cents including sales tax.
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New York
W. A. Hollingsworth
Retail Tobacco Dealers of America
NRA
New York City
New Orleans Garbage Workers Strike Demands Six Day Week
New Orleans sanitation workers under the ERA strike demand a six day work week. They say they were reduced to five days years ago and forced to collect debris seven days in the five day period. A spokesman delivered an ultimatum to Public Property Commissioner J Patrick Skelly.
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New Orleans
Public Property
J. Patrick Skelly
Copeland Denounces Mitchell Charges as Thin Air
Senate Commerce Committee member Copeland rejected Mitchell’s graft claims as thin and unfounded while Vanderberg said testimony placed the Leviathan issue before Roosevelt. Mitchell testified that liners were penalized for the Leviathan delays due to Roosevelt connections. Secretary Roper dismissed Mitchell as suspicious and meddlesome, denying presidential initiation.
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Washington
Vanderberg
R., Mich
Mitchell
United States Lines
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Kermit Roosevelt
Roper
Copeland
Linder Promises to Be Good and Second Class Status Maintained
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tom Linder pledged to cooperate with postal rules after the Post Office kept the department’s agriculture bulletins on second class mailing. The department’s decision followed concerns that the bulletins criticized the administration. Linder said he would ensure future issues comply with postal regulations.
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Washington
Tom Linder
Georgia
Commissioner of Agriculture
Post Office Department
State Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Theiaaa Linder
Linder
Wife of Byrd polar expedition leader lies near death
Mrs. Lucille T. English 29, wife of Lieut. Robert English, was severely injured in a five story plunge from a Washington apartment. Police questioned Harold W. Starr 26 as a potential witness and advisor. The victim, once an artists model, was paralyzed below the waist from a broken back.
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Washington
Lucille T. English
Harold W. Starr
English
Emily Morrison
917 Ton British Steamer Sinks Off French Coast
The 917 ton British steamer Sam Brandan grounded off Cosqueville in dense fog near Cherbourg and sank as a tug attempted to tow it to port. The crew were rescued by the tug.
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French
Cherbourg
France
Sam Brandan
Cosqueville
Long senate split over Roosevelt tax push and share our wealth
Senate leaders say it is up to President Roosevelt whether Congress stays in session to enact his wealth tax plan. Senator Robinson urges action this session to avoid uncertainty and a prolonged session. The move pits administration chiefs against liberals who want quick tax measures including inheritance taxes and higher levies on large incomes.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
New England
Harrison
D. Miss
Finance Committee
House
LaFollette
Lone
D. Sa
Midnight Sun Fairbanks Ball Game Marks Longest Day
On the 24 hour daylight of the midnight sun festival in Fairbanks residents celebrate with a baseball game starting at midnight. Attendees also ride to nearby summits, take air trips over Cleary Summit, swim at Harding Lake, and photograph themselves reading a newspaper at the unusual hour.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Cleary Summit
Harding Lake
Fire Razes Plant and Shops. Firefighter Dies in North Carolina
A large fire in Washington North Carolina destroyed a lumber plant two machine shops and four dwellings. The blaze caused an estimated 300000 in damages. Fireman Gene Jackson died of a heart attack while fighting the flames.
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N. C
Washington
Gene Jackson
Next Week Weather in South Atlantic States Outlook
Weather district forecast for the South Atlantic states calls for frequent interior thundershowers next week with temperatures near normal.
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South Atlantic States
Interior
Weather forecast for the Southeast U S
The forecast covers South Carolina Georgia and Florida with showers possible on the coast tonight and Sunday. Interior areas expect a slow rise in temperatures with overall partly cloudy to cloudy conditions and unsettled coastal regions.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mrs. Waley's Guilty Plea Denied in Federal Court
In Tacoma Judge Cushman rejects Margaret Waley's plea to plead guilty in the Lindbergh law kidnapping case of George Weyerhaeuser. He orders a not guilty entry and sets trial for next Monday. Her attorney John F. Dore is appointed, and Mrs. Waley weeps as the court explains the proceedings.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
FE. &. Cushman
John F. Dore
Seattle
Cushman
Harmon Waley
Owen P. Hughes
United States
Hughes
Stephen J. O’brien
O'Brien
19 Year Old Waley Wife Faces Freedom Decision
Margaret Tumlin Waley a 19 year old in Olympia faces federal court today to choose between pleading guilty or fighting for freedom in the 200000 kidnaping case linked to her ex husband Harmon Waley. He has already pleaded guilty and begun a prison term.
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Leland Hannum
Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Tumlin Waley
Fieght
Little George Weyerhaeuser
Olympia
Harmon
McNeil Island
Federal—Penitentiary
Salt Lake City
Margaret
Waley
Willis Dainard
William Mahan
Huey Sends Open Letter to the President
Senator Long urged President Roosevelt to push a share the wealth program promising support and predicting quick congressional action. The Senate debated the Bankhead farm tenant bill while references to wealth taxes and railroad reorganizations appeared. France reportedly discussed direct radio telephone service to the United States.
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Long
D.-La
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
House
King
Utah
Lane
Capitol Hill
Eastman
Celler
D.N.Y
Sabath
D.-Ill
Special House Committee
National Conservator
Baning
France
United States
Precautionary Measures to Fight Infantile Paralysis in North Carolina
North Carolina authorities move to curb infantile paralysis with precautionary actions statewide. Reports say 127 people affected since June and include bans on public gatherings of children to prevent further spread.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Long offers Roosevelt "every atom of support" for wealth plan
Senator Long proposes to President Roosevelt a rapid redistribution of wealth plan in a Senate letter. He says backing a wealth tax could pass in a week and warns his political elimination would follow otherwise. The 2000 word note urges home ownership debt freedom education jobs pensions through decentralizing wealth.
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Roosevelt
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Senate
D.-La
Louisiana
Congress
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