Flood Wrecks Mississippi Valley Threaten Seven States
Memphis dispatch reports the Mississippi valley facing the greatest flood in history with millions in property damage and thousands displaced. Seven states Kansas Missouri Illinois Kentucky Mississippi Tennessee Louisiana battle rising waters as storms and new rainfall aggravate the danger.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Kentucky
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Train attacked by bandits amid church leader escape
A battle scene unfolds as bandits aided by priests Vera Pedroza Angulo and lawyer Kam Loza, a League for Religious Liberty commissioner, flee toward mountains with troops in pursuit. A military escort fights for hours, and attackers burn coaches killing and wounding many passengers. Witnesses report screams and burning bodies as rescue teams fail. Rumors swirl about arresting episcopate leaders amid official hints of episcopal guidance to the attackers.
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Vera
Pedroza
Angulo
Kam Loza
Léague For the Defense of’ Religious Liberty
Emi Upate
Fight for Control of Alcohol Company in New York Meeting
An annual meeting of United States Industrial Alcohol Company investors in New York on April 27 featured an opposition slate aiming to gain control. Reports say rival factions were secretly buying stock and soliciting support from other stockholders to elect directors, signaling a contested power struggle.
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New York
United Sates Industrial Alcohol Company
Flockhntders
Aly Heduetion Company
Eket
Ais Treeduestion Sitereste
Red Cross reports 52000 homeless in flood ravaged Mississippi Valley
The Red Cross says more than 52 000 people are homeless across the flood devastated Mississippi Valley and will need shelter and food for at least two months. Four inches of rain hit Littlerock Arkansas and Memphis Tennessee with heavy downpours across Missouri Illinois and the lower Ohio valley. The weather bureau forecasts cresting rivers from St Louis to Cairo and Helena with Memphis near 46 feet by April 24. Refugee camps have been set up in several towns and the War Department will supply needed tents blankets and equipment to flood victims.
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Valley
cSt. Louis
St. Louis
Clarendon
White
Cache
Texas
Texarkana
Texarkangaté
St.Francis
New “Madrid
Weil
Red Cross
Mississippi Valley
Washington, D
Red ‘Cross
Mississippi River
War Department
Littin
Rock
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Missouri
Ilinois
Ohio
Western
Tennessee
Weather ‘Bureau
Kansas
Iver
Mississin
Boardstown
St. Louis Pone
Cairo
Helena
Kentucky
Ten-nessee
Marksville
Harrisonburg
Angola
Greetville
Natchez
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Miss
Henry M. ‘Baker
Columbus
Baker
Efjutant General’s Office
Fig
Chinese Brigands Hold Engineer for Ransom in Yunnan Frontier
Paris dispatch reports Chinese brigands cut the railroad between Indo China and Yunnan Tu and captured a French engineer held for ransom. A missionary, Miss Mary S Craig of Philadelphia, was captured by brigands in Yunnan last week and her release remains unknown.
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Paris
Indo-China
Yunnan-Tu
Oye
Foreign Office
Mary
Craig
Philadelphia
Yunnan
Two Cadet Fliers Die in Chesapeake Seaplane Crash
Newport Nevws reports two cadet fliers Richard W Kennison of Boston and Wilbur F3Rineham of New York were killed when their seaplane crashed into Chesapeake Bay between Rin Rape and Willoueh nit. Bodies recovered about two hours later. they were pedet Mere at the Hampton Mans Wevnd and seenrmred.
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Newport Nevws
Richard W Kennison
Boston
Wilbur F3rineham
New York
Chesapeake Bay
Pedet Mere
Hampton Mans
Anon Tavinine
Death notices: Camilla Robinson obituary in Waterloo
Camilla Robinson died at 8 a.m. at her Waterloo home on Third Street east, age about eighty, after months of feeble health. Born in Richfield New York she lived in Waterloo for many years with cousins Misses Evelyn and Belle Sherman. She was married in New York in 1867 to Luther J. Robinson who died in 1879. Survived by relatives in New York andUtica area, services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the home with burial in the Sherman family lot, Vinton cemetery.
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Camilla
Cole Robinson
Evelyn and
Belle Sherman
Third Street
Robinson
Richfield
Waterloo
James
Baren R. Sherman
Iowa
Sherman
Boo
M. D. Savage
West Winfield
John Cole
Richland
N. Y
Oliver’w. Beals
Utica
Vinton Cemetery
Funeral rites for Ward Newell at Fairbank Friday
Ward Newell 65 longtime Fairbank native and Gates park caretaker died suddenly at St Francis hospital of heart trouble. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Fairbank with burial in Fairbank cemetery. Born March 10 1862 he spent most of his life in Fairbank later worked as a Waterloo city teamster and caretaker at Gates park. He lived at 418 Chestnut Street and is survived by a brother B F Newell of Fairbank.
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Ward Newell
Gates Park
St. . Francis Hospital
Fairbank
Newell
Waterloo
Chestnut Street
B. F. Newell
Wendell Strike Dies After Surgery Complications
Wendell Strike 33 died at his Anamosa home from complications after an appendectomy. Born Feb 18, 1894 in Chickasaw county, he served as county agent of Jones county. He is survived by his widow and several siblings. Funeral likely Friday in Nashua, Iowa. Mrs Emmargene A Edwards dies at 627 Park Ave East. Services set for Friday at 2 pm at O Keefe Towne chapel with Rev J R Macartney. Burial in Fairview.
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Wendell
Wendell Strike
Anamosa
Airs
S. J. Fairbank
Kimball Avenue
Chickasaty County
Jones County
Nashua
Emmargene Edwards
Amonargene A. Edwards
Park Avenue East
O'Keefe & Towne
J. R. Macartney
First Presbyterian Church
Fairview
Plan Uniform Fish and Game Statutes
Springfield April 21 With lawmakers eager to join a move for a uniform game and fish code in the six northern states the uniform game and fish laws committee will meet Wisconsin legislators at Madison. Two weeks ago their own sessions approved the plans outlined by Illinois committee members.
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Springfield
Towa
Senate
Wisconsin
Madison Pridey
Three Schoolboys Killed on Crossing
Three youths died when their car was struck by a fast train near Battle Creek. The victims were Edwin Tanokes, 37, Tar old Powers, 18, and Clarence Tos ey, US, students in loon sehents, Vautpesses middhe airliine crashed Treeepost gates.
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Battle Creek
INS
Attehigan
Edwin Tanokes
Tarold Powers
Clarence Tosey
Loon Sehents
Vautpesses
Inquest Promises Details On Beat Actor Death
Los Angeles April 21 The inquest into Ray Raymond musical comedy star death promised revelations bearing on the fatal fight with Paul Kelly indicted for murder. Dorothy MacKaye widow testified with emotion about the quarrel and alleged suppression of facts after the incident. Kelly reportedly argued over a telephone call before rushing to Raymond's home, where the fight occurred.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ray Raymond
Paul Kelly
Screen Juvenile
Ital
Ray Jaona
Frank
Nance
Boe
Raymond
Dorothy. MacKaye
Vinckaye
Kelly
Plans for King of Trails paving bond issue discussed
Monona county supervisors plan an afternoon meeting to consider a bond proposal to pave highway No. 73, the King of Trails, from the Woodbury county line to the Harrison county line. The gravel road has been nearly impassable since February prompting the bond plan.
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Onawa
Monona County
Woodbury
Harrison County
County Board of Supervisors
Current Events Quiz Questions From The Paper
A set of quiz items asks which country cut diplomatic ties with China, which season began April 12, which theatrical figure started a year in Atlanta, and other queries. It mentions Massachusetts executions, a Broadway play opening in London, a recent prohibition commissioner appointment, an English driver’s speed record, Nevada divorce residence requirement, the American high commissioner at Constantinople, and the author of The World Crisis 1916 19182.
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China
Atlanta
Massachusetts
London
Nevada
Constantinople
Fragmentary Weather Notice for Wednesday to Thursday
Incomplete OCR text likely notes temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday night. Contains garbled terms and names, no clear locations or figures to confirm.
Marines Cut Gates of Peking Soviet Embassy
A 25 man multi national Marine detachment under Col Little scaled the wall and opened the gates of the Soviet embassy compound at noon to secure the legation quarter. The Soviet compound itself remains lightly occupied by Chinese police since a raid two weeks earlier. In Shanghai fighting furthers rumors of Chiang Kai Shek alliances while anti communist actions and executions in Lungwha continue. Rioting and looting flared in Nankow area as foreign ships stand ready and eight American vessels patrol the Yangtze river.
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Peking
INS
Little
United” States Marine Corps
Legation
United States Legation
Shanghai
China
Chiang Wai Shek
Shantung
Ata
Mats
Chiang
Chiang Kai Shek
Wankow
Rankow
Nanking
Des Moines Woman Bootlegger Sentenced to Reform School
Des Moines reports the first woman in the city to be sent to the state reformatory for bootlegging. Patricia Jones received six months at Rockwell City, three months for a liquor nuisance charge, and another three months for contempt of court, with a $300 fine. The contempt stemmed from violating a liquor injunction.
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j.Des Moines
Des Moines
Reformatory
Patricia Jones
Bonner
Rockwell City
Illinois Senate Bans Armour Grain Officials From Trading on CBOT
In Springfield Illinois on April 21 the senate passed by 24 to 11 a resolution barring Armour Grain Company officials from trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Regular business was sidetracked two hours as the chamber debated the measure with two failed attempts to return it to committee or postpone consideration.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Armour Grain ‘Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Senate
Two Men Missing in Arkansas Tornado
A tornado near Mellwood Arkansas reportedly left two men missing WY. L. Meacham and J. S. Floyd. Messages received from Elaine near Mellwood noted winds at 55 miles per hour.
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Arkansas
Kansas City
Mellwood
Ark
WY. L. Meacham
J. S. Floyd
Elaine
Building permits issued for wash house project
John Morrow received a building permit for a wash house at 1826 Jefferson. The project value is listed as $75.
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John Morrow
Jefferson
Examiners Urge Lower Freight Rates for Livestock
Washington April 21 examiners of the interstate commerce commission urge railroads to cut the Chicago to New York freight rate for cattle hogs and sheep from 46.4 to 48.6 cents per 100 pounds with proportional decreases to New England. They say rates on fresh meats and packing house products from central territory to the eastern seaboard are not unreasonable and should not be disturbed.
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Washington, D. CG
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
New York
New England
Seaboard
Washington's shift to career diplomats in foreign posts
Washington notes a trend toward career appointees filling key diplomatic posts abroad. Ambassadors and ministers shift from political debt appointments to trained professionals, with vacancies in Canada, Ireland, Argentina, Belgium, Sweden and beyond. Notable moves include William Phillips to Thissels, Frederick A Sterling to the Irish Free State, and Robert Woods Bliss to Argentina.
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Thissels
Dea
Frederick A. . Sterling
London
Irish Free State
Robert Woods
Bliss
Am‘bassador
Argentina
Francis White
Stockholm
J. Butler. Wright
Budapest
London subway ads spark three month rush season
A London Underground campaign funded at 110 million dollars used newspaper ads to boost winter business in January to March. The effort, targeting theatres restaurants and hotels, lifted Underground traffic 23 percent and raised Savoy restaurant sales 24 percent year over year, yielding an estimated 2 million extra revenue from a 220 thousand dollar ad outlay.
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London
Eee
London Underground
West-End
Savoy
Chinese nationalist leader Soume Cheng hailed as Paris figure
Paris report portrays Soume Cheng 35, head of the Cantonese tribunal in Shanghai, as Joan of Arc to China. A Sun Yat Sen confidant, she mingled in Paris society while leading nationalist students and aiding bomb plots. She studied law at the Sorbonne and drew upon Kuomintang ties and highborn access in China before dedicating her life to China.
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Soume Cheng
Joan of Arc
Paris
Soume
Cheng
Shanghai
Department of’ Justice
Sorbonne
France
Montparnasse
Peking
China
Sun .Yat.Sen
Hoang Hsing
Kuomintang
Ottumwa Cellars Menaced by Flood
Ottumwa Iowa April 11 Wholesale houses along the Des Moines river remove stocks from basements as waters rise to a record 12.75 feet this morning. Mined waters have spilled into the lowlands but officials expect no major damage unless rains come. The Ney age race: one fant during suhe dast 24 hours.
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Ottumwa
Nsi
Des Moines
Leg Cramp Holds Woman Helpless in Street Traffic
Fremont Nebraska April 21 Mrs Nettie F Stemets suffered a leg cramp while crossing a street leaving her immobile in the center of an intersection. Dr Norris Hitchcock stopped traffic and carried her to safety as bystanders watched the ordeal with alarm and fear.
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Fremont
Nettie
F. Stemets
Norris Hitchcock
Stemets
Altho
Man Helps Woman Start Balky Car Then Steals It
A Good Samaritan, Joe Mallett, aided Mrs Maud Poyner of 1425 Lafayette Street to start a balky car at Halsted and Merriman Streets at 11 45 a m today then drove away with the vehicle. Police later arrested Mallett at Mobile Street Viaduct after a scuffle with officers Wilson and Johnson. He faced intoxication charges. Mallett is described as a 20 year old Negro resident of 123 Halsted Street.
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Joe Mallett
Maud. Poyner
Lafayette Street
Halsted
Merriman Streets
Poyner
William ‘Wilson
Harry Johnson
Mallett
Mobile Street
Halsted Street
Mexican Slayer Is Sought at Newton Iowa
Des Moines reports Polk county deputies hunt for Antonio Sarate alleged slayer of Alexander Tribuno. Clues place Sarate in Newton Iowa prompting a rapid deputy squad to travel there after a Valley Junction Mexican colony festival shooting at Master morning.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Antonio Sarate
Alexander Tribuno
Newton
Sarate
Tribune
Valley Junction
Millionaire Carl Weeks Traces Ancestry In England Fireplace Inscription
Des Moines millionaire Carl Weeks travels to England to source timber for a new mansion and uncovers a hidden inscription linking him to C Weeks, Mayor of Salisbury in 1579. Genealogists confirm a direct line from the 16th century mayor to Weeks, whose mansion reportedly cost $750,000.
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Anes Moines
Carl Weeks
Des
Moines
England
C. Weeks
Salisbury
Eng
Lee . Weeks
San
Indiana
Des Moines
Decoratory
Weeks
Sarum
Mallionaire
Tow Independent Telephone Convention Reelects G Moore
In Des Moines on April 21, G. Moore of Washington Ta was re elected president of the Tow Independent Telephone Association after its convention concluded last night.
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Des Moines
G. Moore
Washington
Tow Independent’. Telephone Association
Children Use Gastoria For Stomach Ailments Since Long
A vintage advertisement touts Gastoria as a trusted remedy for babies and children. It claims to ease constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea and to calm feverish distress while aiding digestion and natural sleep without opiates, bearing the product's signature.
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