Mississippi flood crisis prompts federal action call
A report describes widespread flooding from a Mississippi flood, leaving 609000 people in need of food aid and 100000 homeless after the Jevee at Atchafalaya. It argues private relief is insufficient and urges government intervention to prevent recurrence and fund flood control measures. Governor Pinchot supports reservoirs on tributaries to regulate flow and offset costs. De Pinedo’s transcontinental flight is noted with cautious optimism about safety.
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Atchafalaya
Mississippi
Pincho
Azores
de Pinedo
Fayal
Asia
Africa
Europe
North
South America
Vtis
Lindbergh
Damaged Matson Liner Matoon in Collision Trial Run
Coast guard cutters plan to remove nonessential personnel from the Matson liner Malolo after a collision with Swedish freighter Jacob Christensen off Nantucket. The ship will be towed to New York or Philadelphia for repairs. tugs delay due to heavy fog and bad weather.
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New York
U. P
Coast Guard
Malolo
Jacob Christensen
Nantucket
Christensen
Matson Company
Cramp Shipyards
Philadelphia
Matson
Enim. Os
Banker's Death Shocks Lounstown Community
Herbert S. Boyd a 40 year old local banker and cashier of Union National Bank died yesterday. He left a widow and child. The records note the sudden death at his home in Lounstown on May 26 with no further details given.
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Lounstown
Herbert S. Boyd
Union National Bank
Oto
Classified Section Event For Big Box Run On Same Day
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a net over two elssalfied ade and S lines one or fees to be run in the classified section on the same day. The readable text hints at a listing or ad run within the newspaper's classified pages. No clear names or dates are present.
Historic Mansions Besieged as Flood Grips New Orleans
From New Orleans to Morgan City and points along the Atchafalaya flood crest, waters invade historic mansions and sugar lands. Zachary Taylor’s former home is deserted as 150 to 175 square miles flood the parish. Rail lines risk disruption. officials predict widespread inundation within days. Senators Jones and Harris move to assess relief and prevention needs.
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BE. W. Lewis
United Press Sta
New Orleans
Point Coupee Parish
Atchafalaya
Ines
Zachary-Taylor
Southland
Morgan City
Southern Pacfic Railroad
Film Star Marie Prevost Separated From Husband Kenneth Harlan
Los Angeles May 26 Marie Prevost movie star has lived apart from her husband Kenneth Harlan for several days. She said the separation is permanent but refused to discuss the cause or say whether she will seek divorce.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Marie Prevost
Kenneth Harlan
Miss Prevost
Harlan
BAPTISTS GATHER FOR CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
Chicago May 26 Delegates to the northern Baptist convention arrived in Chicago for a gathering expected to exceed 20,000. The keynote was a plea for fundamentalism with the Bible Union of northern America pushing the issue to the main convention. Evolution and poetic interpretation of scripture are attacked. Also meeting are the Woman's American Baptist Home Missionary Society and the Woman's American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society.
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Chicago
Northern Baptist Convention
Baptist Bible Union of Northern America
Noainion
The
Bible Union
Woman's American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Woman's Amarleatt Rayth
Foreign Missionary Society
Oil Dictator Trouble Hits the Oil Industry
Ray H Collins, veteran oil man pictured above, chosen by producers to add just the difficulties arising from over production in the Frohfic Seminc eld.
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Ray H Collins
Abandoning of New Drilling Agreed by Operators
In Oklahoma's rich male petroleum field about 14 percent of the nation's oil supply, oil operators reached near consensus to abandon new drilling. Ray H. Collins of Tulsa suggested the restricted plan, adopted at the session's close. It remains uncertain if Cities Service Company will endorse, as Henry L. Doherty opposed it recently. Gulf Oil was not represented at the meeting.
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New York
U. P
Male
Oklahoma
Ray H. Collins
Tulsa
Oklo
Cities Service Company
Henry L. Doherty
Doherty
Gulf Oil Company
Jury rules Kehoe sane at time of Bath school bombing
Coroner's jury of six neighbors in Bath Michigan finds Andrew P Kehoe sane when he murdered his wife Nellie burned farms and planted dynamite that blew up the Bath consolidated school killing 38 children five adults and himself The six minute verdict closes the tragedy and states Kehoe planned the attack with time clock and wired dynamite
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Charles E. Ahrens
United Press
Bath
Mid
U. Pjy
Andrew P. Kehoe
Kehoe
Nellie
Bath Consolidated School
Andrew
Isony
William O. Sears
Clintonsounne
Lamb
More Vann Lifty
Lindbergh Honored With Historic Paris Welcome
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh visited French invalids and Marshal Joffre, then met Briand at the Quai d Orsay before a Versailles lunch. He received Paris city honors, a gold medal, and a massive crowd cheered as 100000 Parisians celebrated the famed aviator with sighs, tears, and photos touting his flight.
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Haadford
United Press
Paris
Charles A. Lindbergh
Marshal Foch
Lindbergh
Invalids
Adulati
Arters
Napoleon
Grand Army
Gerrard
The
Acthibald Mackay
the Invalides
Marshal Joffre
Marne
Joffre
Paimeley Herrick
Chateau Versailles
Briand
Lindbagh
Quai D'Orsay
Ambassador Herrick
Paul Painleer
Benjamin Franklin
Woodrow Wilson
John J.pershing
Murats
Robespierres
Arts
Garde Republiczine
France
Herrick
Vondore
Prized Flight Plan In Manila Fund Aims 19000
Manila May 28 Jacob Rosental proprietor of the Janita Times announces a flight project from the American coast toward Mount Rosanthal. The fund must total at least 19 000 to proceed with the voyage.
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Manila
Jacob Rosen-tal
Janita Times
Oday
Mt Rosanthal
Are You Winning Your Share Of Tribune Campaign Votes
A. I. Prinet reports Cresbana ballot advertised for one week with a potential 800000 votes next Wednesday. Campaign urges workers to secure support, urging Tribune subscriptions and active canvassing to boost vote standing across Warr ion, Faest, McKean and Bik counties. The piece promotes early action and outlines the race for eight prizes amid subgerop lions claims.
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Tribune
Prinet
Cresbana
Coe
Warrion
Faeest
McKean
Bik
General Assembly Opens Amid Church Tensions and Train Crash
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States formally opened in San Francisco amid discussion of leadership for moderator with Dr. Robert Speer favored by many, though opposition from J Willigan Smith exists. Delegates anticipate clashes between modernists and fundamentalists over Princeton Theological Seminary. a critical report, supervised by De Thompson, discusses Tol erance and possible firings. Meanwhile a work train derailment on the River Division near Warren damages several cars, with one worker hospitalized and cause under investigation.
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San Francisco
U. S
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States
de W. O Thompson
Dr Thompson
Robert Ky. Speer
New York
Based of Wore High Missions
de Speer
J. Willigan Smith
Philadelphia
Dr. Speer
Ling
Princeton Theological Seminary
de Thompson
Princeton
Prize for slogan awarded in Somerset contest
S Ruckman of Berlin won the chamber of commerce prize of 25 dollars for the best slogan among 60 entries for Somerset. His line, interset the root garden of Pennsylvania, was selected as the top submission.
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Somerset
U_ P
S._ Ruckman
Berlin
Chamber of Commerce
Jgiozan
Somernex
Root Garden
Pennsylvania
Pinedo Plane Seen Near Lisbon Report May 26
Wireless dispatch from the Azores states the Italian steamer Superga found the Infants Sai seaplane and crew, with De Pinedo aboard. Another steamer Roma reportedly heads to meet the vessel with the aeronauts. A separate Azores report mentions De Pipodo's Santa Maria seaplane damaged near Fayal.
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Lisbon
Ponta Dei Gada
Azores Islands
Italy
Superga
de Pinedo
A. Tatanid
Fayal
Azovo
Francesco de Pipodo
Santa Maria
Schoonar
Infanta Hagrou
Warren silent on tax meters and fare disputes
In Washington on May 26 a conference on weights and measures heard from J. W. Webley of the Hazelrayee Parameter Company. The discussion touched on taxi meters and alleged improper practices by chauffeurs, including gears and high fares, with emphasis on ensuring fair rates and device accuracy.
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J. W. Webley
Iirzelayee
Toni Dhe Natin
Mercer Driver Cause of Death of Youth
A Mercer boy 14, Thom as Sherwen of Sherwin, Pennsylvania, died after being run over by an Atlantic Refining Co. truck near his home while attempting to climb aboard. State police say he fell beneath the rear wheel as he tried to “Gump” the vehicle and died en route to Butler hospital. Williams, of Mercer, was the driver.
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Butler
U. P
Thomas Sherwen
Sherwin
Atlantic Refining Co
Jad
Butler Hospital
Wilhiams
Mercer
Train Collision Tragedy In Cambria Intersection
May 26 in Shamokin PJ John Starce rushed to work and tried to beat a train at a street intersection. The locomotive struck him, flinging his body over eighty feet. He was taken to a hospital and expected to recover. Two Brothers Get Life In Homestead Hold Up Case. Ben and Mike Margie were sentenced to life for the murder of Thomas Lyons during a Christmas Eve holdup at a dice game. the jury recommended life imprisonment.
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John Starce
Starce
Audit Officers Described as Mere Machines in State
State Treasurer Samuel S Lewis criticized the auditing methods of the highway department calling them mere adding machines. He spoke at the Pennsylvania Motor Federation meeting, praised the highway system, warned of a growing bureaucracy, and urged pay-as-you-go financing over loans. He contrasted current and Sproul era economies and noted projected long-term costs despite the three cent gas tax. Continues on page thirteen.
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Uniontown
Alay
Samuel S Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Sproul
Star
Lewy
Highway Department
Selk
Sproat
Pinchot
Weather Summary Shows Showers Then Clearing Across Regions
The forecast calls for showers this afternoon followed by cooler, fair conditions tonight and Friday. A low pressure area over the northeast tracks across the middle Atlantic and New England, while another disturbance grows in the Rocky Mountains causing cloudiness and light showers there. An apparent weak ridge from western Ontario to the Mississippi brings generally clear and cool weather with below normal temperatures. OBSERVATIONS note 8 p m readings across several cities and times, including Atlantic City 64 and Washington 72, with river level 3 feet and light precipitation 0.4 inches.
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Lake Region
Ohioalley
Middle Atlantic
New England States
Rocky Mountain States
Utah
Idaho
Rocky Mountain
Ontario
Mississippi
Atlantic City
Los Angeles
Miami
Pittsburgh
Washington
Yellowstone Park
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Henry J. Doherty
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Wilson
Pershing
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Walie Ton
Mon Kyle
Menin Theological Seminary
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