Flood Threatens Louisiana Towns as Atchafalaya Waters Rise
As the Atchafalaya river area buckles, 3,000 residents flee toward the Gulf line. Shelters near Opelousas and Opaloennes strain under evacuations from Bunkie and Port Barre. Rescue crews urge fast relocation to the Southern Pacific rail cars. camps expand to meet demand while floods advance toward Beggs Garland Dubisson and White areas.
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Orleane
Baein
Bos Celene
Borthweat
Ori
Joane
Gulf of Mexico
Bayou Dea
Atchafalaya
Melcile
Coolidge Eyes Possible Early Session for Flood Legislation
Washington May 14. President Coolidge may call an extra session of Congress for November to speed flood relief legislation. Republican sources say he has not decided but believes an extra month could provide time to address the situation. Officially he says an extra session is not warranted now.
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Washington
D. C
Coolinga
Congress
Coolidge
Mrs Maharras Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
The jury convicted Mrs Maharras of second degree murder in the drowning of her one year old son in the Cedar river. Judge Wood Kirks ordered commitment and she will be returned to Rockwell City reform school for women after sentencing and confinement.
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Rockwell
Wood Kirs
Maharras
Rockwell City
Reegan
Hawait
United States
Witla Nick Maharras
Hadeen
Cedar River
Niele Maharras
Ittia
Yds
H. T. Wagner
Ma Ragras
Edith Bishop Acquitted in Husband's Death Trial
Oklahoma City May 19 Edith Bishop was found not guilty by a jury in district court of fatally shooting her husband Luther Bishop a state detective in their home last December. The verdict ends the prolonged murder case against Edith Bishop.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Bern
Edith Bishop
Luther Bishop
Towa Queries on 1836 Population and Leaders
The Iowan Historical Society presents ten AP questions about Terwa population in 1836, Mormon migration leadership, Council Bluffs origins, and Spanish land grants in Towa. The page notes several queries and references to electoral votes, with answers on another page.
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Iowan, Historical Society
Terwa
Council Bluffs
Towa
Tornado hits Poplar Bluff causing hospital damage and 106 dead
A tornado swept through Poplar Bluff Missouri on May 9 destroying two hospitals and a school. Many injured were moved to churches and homes as reconstruction proceeds and Red Cross aid supports relief.
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Poplar Bluff
George B. Worthen
Yourth Street West
Worth Chapman
Alriaken City
Chapman
Red Cross
Farmers Financing Chartered By Des Moines Authorities
The Warners Credit Corporation of Spencer received a charter from Walter Ramsay secretary of state to operate in town. It has a central stock of 60,000 and will loan to those producing and marketing staple agricultural products. Two other charters were granted to the Iowa City Poultry & Egg Co. with 76,000 capital and the National Cerefit Foundation in Des Moines with 10,100 capital.
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Des Moines
LPI
Warners Credit Corporation of
Spencer
Walter Ramsay
Seaccesary of
Slate
Anerntain Town
Towa City Poultry & Ere Co
Capital
Ties Moines
Kautz Re-Elected Head Town Bakers Association
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 13 The meeting elected Louia Kautz Muscatine as president of the Town Merchants Bankers association. James Kinnard Des Moines was chosen to the executive board to succeed J M Frink Cherokee. Des Moines was selected for the next convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Louia Kautz
Muscatine
Muarter Bankers Association
James Kinnard
Des Maines
Aue Hend
J. M. Frink
Cherokes
Des Moinea
Board Recommends Parole for McCray
Washington D C May 19 The federal parole board has recommended that Warren T McCray former governor of Indiana sentenced to the Atlanta penitentiary for 10 years be paroled in August when he becomes eligible for that clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Parole Board
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Atlanta
Mortuary Notice for Mrs Hermann Miller 62
Floral tributes filled the bier at funeral services for Mrs. Hermann Miller 62 held at 327 Washington street family home. Arthur R. Moreton led the Christian Science service with many from the Order of the Western Star in attendance. Pallbearers included C. D. Lamaan B. F. Swisher D. J. Walker Harry Limbert Stephen Brown and F. I. Northey. Burial followed at Retnbeck cemetery family plot.
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Hermann Miller
Washington Street
Arthur R. Moreton
Christian Science Church
Order of Wastern Star
Miller
Pallbestera
C. D. Lamaan
Mind illness linked to physical health at AMA meeting
At the seventy eighth annual American Medical Association convention in Washington on May 35 the impact of emotional factors on disease was discussed. Leaders said anxious minds can hinder treatment and may cause further illness, urging special care for the neurastenic patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrshington
BD. C
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
Jabox N Jnokaon
Bansan
Rollin T. Woodyatt
Chicago
J. Ramsay Hunt
New York
Nellis B. Westar
Jamon
McLester
Birmingham
Ale
Charles H. Nelson
St. Louis
Tragic Blowing Up Of Schoolhouse Shocks Village
Reports detail the deadly explosion at the schoolhouse and the frantic rescue efforts. Witnesses recall pulling bodies from rubble and the crowding grief as families search for missing children amid wreckage and fires.
Stimson declares Nicaragua war over despite Sacasa protests
In Balboa Panama Canal Zone on May 19 Henry L Stimson, peace envoy, said Liberals' protests against American policy do not reflect the rank and file. He announced the war in Nicaragua is over and that a native constabulary will be organized under U S supervision to police the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
Panana Canal Zone
INS
Henry I. Stimson
Coollege
Nicaragua
Canal Zone
New York
Trenton
Juan Sacasa
Liberal Party
Snd
United States
Kehoe Tragedy Explodes School. Destructive Fireball Follows
In a rural Michigan town Kehoe killed himself and caused a deadly school blast. The blast injured many pupils as dynamite in the basement exploded after he set fires at his farm. Rescue efforts and investigations followed with authorities tracing finances and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
Kahoe
Kehoe
Winory BE
Huyck
Mehoo
Lancing
Ruth
Stunecal
Altho
State Asks Bids for Bonus Bonds in Iowa
Des Moines May 14. The Iowa bonus board advertises bids on 1.7 million dollars of soldiers bonuses bonds. The sale is set for next Wednesday. Interest earned on the balance will aid disabled veterans who reside in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Honus
Extradition Granted for Darrow. Gilbert Denied in Iowa
Iowa Governor Hammill granted extradition to Minneapolis for Edwin Darrow of Sioux City on a second degree forgery charge. He also denied extradition for C. B. Gilbert of Des Moines to Chicago on a charge of operating a confidence game.
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Dew Moines
Minneapolis
Edwin Darrow
Sioux City
Cov. Hammill
C. B. Gilbert
Des Moines
Chicago
Lions View Picture at Tuncheon Fire Prevention Talk
Members of the final club watched a 46 minute motion picture on fire prevention presented by Fire Chief Rey Tiller In Black's tearoom during the regular tuncheon hour. The show was under the auspices of the Fireless of America. Des Moines May 19. W J Kline Omaha Ademat superintendent is expected to inspect the new Des Moines municipal air field tomorrow.
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Lions View Picture
Rey Tiller
The
Fireless of America
Amamats Field Des Meines
Hill's Grd Bride Des Moines Girl
Montana ranch scene hosts Walter Hill third marriage after divorce from Pauline Hill. He wed Mildred Richardson, daughter of C R Meyare and W Karl Richardson, shortly after receiving divorce settlement including $25,000 plus $26,000 in five years and $1,000 monthly for life.
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Livingston
Mont
Montana
Walter HI
Jamea Jd. Hill
Pauline Hill
Mildred Richardson
C. R. Meyare
Long Island
N. Y
W. Karl Richardson
Hill Gete
Personal crisis reports rise in March in Des Moines
Des Moines health data show suicides and personal crisis reports climbing in March with 45 cases, up from January's 6 and February's 28. Health Commissioner Henry Albert notes March moving period and annual renters may affect figures, while acaldenta deaths drop from January 108 to March lower.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Henry Albert
Acaldente Sa
Ducks Struck by Hailstorm Near Cedar Rapids
May 18 reports say a heavy hailstorm felled a flock of Mallard ducks near Cedar Rapids as a motorist halted his arrest car. About 25 birds were on the track and five were unable to fly away immediately but eventually hopped off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legg Brown
Hehee
Huyele
Nelson AbleFarran
Glenn Smith
Bath
Qfra
Smith
Avaa
Robert Gates
Abont
Guy Richardson
Mie
Girl to Enter High School at Age of 9
Vergie Lee Vergie will enter high school next year as the youngest student in the state. She passed seventh and eighth grade exams with an 86 percent average across five subjects and completed fifth and sixth grades in one year. The teacher expects she will finish eighth grade next year and be ready for high school at nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien
Neh
Vergie Lee
Staple Removed From Child’s Throat At Iowa Play
A Des Moines hospital treated a Beyearald Jensen after a small staple lodged behind his breast bone during play. Surgeons inserted a tube and, with a hooked instrument, removed the staple.
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Extra
Dlpi
Junior Jensen
Beyearald
Harvey Jensen
Des Moines
Jasaphyalelans
Des Molned Gay
Surgocona
Des Moines Debates Daylight Saving Move
Des Moines officials and business groups discussed starting daylight saving time from June 1. The city council heard a proposal supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Bureau. Des Moines Trades and Labor also backed the change for the summer period.
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Men Moines
INS
Ety Council
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Auc
Des Moines Trades and Tabor
Carnival Jewelry and Paddle Wheels Stolen Recovered
Novelty jewelry and two paddle wheels were stolen from a Wolf Carnival concession tent and recovered by Cedar River park officers this morning before the owners realized the loss. A heavy trunk containing watches cigaret canes knives and other pieces was found near the park. the trunk was brought to the station by Smet John Collina and Driver Lee Smith. The wheels were found in another park section.
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Wolf Carnival Company
Cedar River Park
Smet John Collina
Lee Smith
French girl wins British women's open golf title
In Nowcantra Ireland May 38 a 13 year old French golfer, Mile de la Chaumeé, defeated Miss Dorothy Pearson of England 4 up with 4 to play in the 46 hole final to capture the British women's open golf championship. Marriage licenses and unrelated items appear in the stubs of the page.
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Nowcantra
County Down
Ireland
Bimone Tion de la Chaumeé
Dorothy Pearson
Tunbridge Welsh
Kant
England
Korean Prince to Tour United States in 1930s
Prince Li, heir to a vanished Korean throne, will sail from Yokohama on the Unei Hakona Maru with a large retinue including physicians and cooks, incognito as Count Lis. He plans to visit Europe and possibly the United States for a year to study Western ways, with a potential stay in America before returning to Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Prince
Europe
United States
Yokohama
Altha
Lis
America
San Francisco
Delinquent Dog Tax List Shocks County
County records show 965 dog owners unpaid state dog taxes, with 2,608 canines licensed so far. Final registration cost rises to 1.30 per dog, then later to real estate tax status after June, with delinquent lists handed to the county treasurer for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.W. W. Esher
WOC to broadcast memorial program from Arlington VA
Radio station WOC Davenport will air a Memorial Day tribute from 12 20 to 2 p m linking the nation to the Arlington amphitheatre. President Coolidge will address the audience via the network introduced by Major General John K Clem. Marine bands Imperial Male Quartet Ruby Smith Stahl and Gertrude Lyons are among performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WOC
Davenport
Arlington
National Broadcasting Company
Coolidge
John K. Clerm
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
United States Marine Bands
Ruby Smith Stahl
Gertrude Lyons
Accident Victim Newton Improves Slowly
Ariel Newton, injured when his car left Lafayetta street and hit a ditch Sunday evening, shows slight improvement at St Frnken hospital. He remains unconscious and unable to speak though he can understand conversations. Nevada National Bank reorganizes with $40,000 capital and $10,000 surplus,ta president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariel Newton
Nevada
Nevada National Bank
M. McHose
Woman Ends Life in Mississippi River Tragedy
Lena Slemsen aged 61 ended her life by drowning after wandering from home amid a nervous breakdown. Her body was recovered in the Mississippi River near Davenport today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Lena Slemsen
Mer Hedy
Mississippi
Bootlegger Nabbed in Cedar Rapids May Day Arrest
Noble Spillman, wanted in Town City for bootlegging, was captured here and taken to Town City. Investigators are probing a related conspiracy as aviators test a new process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Noble Spillman
Town City
Ilo
Girl Testifies Mistreatment by King Ben Parnell
Mrs. Ruth Swenson of South Orange testifies in St Joseph Michigan describing abuse in 1914 by Benjamin Parnell leader of the House of David. She recalls confessing to her husband and leaving with $200 of their $2,200 investment after signing a release denying immorality.
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St. Joseph
Mich
TNS
Ruth Swenson
South Orange
N. J
Tnday
Benjamin Parnell
House of David
Swanson
State Pays Nearly Seven Millions in Public Fund Losses
Nes Meines May 19 News reports the state has paid $6,617,008.32 in claims against the sinking fund for public deposits. Treasurer R. J. Johnson announces a remaining balance of $407,678.70 to be paid. Anticipatory warrants totaling $436,000 will be redeemed by the state on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nes Meines
R. J. Johnson
Aviator Ployd Ketner Fatally Killed Near Moline Airport
Moline aviator Ployd Ketner was instantly killed when the plane he was firing at and had pulled himself crashed to the ground near Moline airport this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Ployd Ketner
Emperor in Manila Taken to Insane Asylum
The deposed self-styled emperor of the Philippines, backed by around 400,000 followers across five provinces, was hustled onto a gangplank in Manila and sent to an insane asylum after arriving on Gen. Wood's orders. His brass crown mocked as faux gold with glass diamonds was not on his head.
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Manila
P.T
Atrencherado
Philippines
Wood
Scoffarg Sald
Lutherans Eye Big Des Moines University Purchase
Fremont Nebraska May 19 Dr H F Martin president of Midland college proposed a plan to consolidate Afrd land Tremont Carthage ill colleges and acquire Des Moines University to form one large Lutheran school The Des Moines institution would transfer ownership to the Iowa synod if the Lutherans assume $100000 debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, Neb
Afrdland College
Tremont
Carthage College
Carthage
Ill
Des Moines University
H. F. Martin
Midland College
Nebraska Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Martin
Des Blainas
Iowa Synod
Des Moines
Oxford Professor Will Address State Bar Acknowledged
Oxford Professor William Holdsworth, Vinerian professor, will deliver the principal address to the Town State Bar Association at its annual meeting in Iowa City. He recently received a PhD from Yale. Swisher announced after returning from Washington, DC, where the engagement was arranged. Holdsworth will make one trip to the west coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Searle Holdsworth
All Souls Colleges
University of Oxford
England
Town State Bar Association
Iowa City
B. F. Swisher
Washington, D. C
Yale University
Holdsworth
PD. Holdsworth
Illinois road contracts awarded for Route 78 and Route 6
The State Department of Highways awarded contracts for major road work. Peoria County's Route 78 section 129 B bridge project goes to A PV Munson for 64 384 15 dollars. Cook and DuPage counties Route 6 4 6 miles pavement goes to J J Dunnegan Construction Company Shepahdeah Ta for 176 264 59 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
State Department of Highways
Peoria
County
PV. Munson
Marion
J. R
Cook and Dupage
J. J. Dunnegan Construction Company
Shepahdeah
Isolates Germ That Causes Trachoma
Washington D C Mayhen One of the greatest medical discoveries of recent years has been made by Dr Hideyo Noguchi attached to the Rockefeller Institute In the isolation of the germ that causes trachoma scientists at tending the American Medical association convention declared today RECRUITER SEEKS OKEH ON SIDEWALK BOARDS Corporal Lee G Greenup local U S army recruiter announced today he will go before the city council at its meeting Monday night to ask revision of an ordinance adopted several years ago before Waterloo has an army or navy recruiting station affecting placing of advertising boards on the sidewalks Greenup stated he will petition the council to exempt the A boards of the army and navy one of the best advertising mediums our national defense has for filling its ranks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hideyo Noguchi
Rockefeller Institute
American Medical Association
OKEH
Lee G. Greenup
U. S. Army
Waterloo
Army Or Navy
Greenup
Army
Navy
Clear skin promise from blood purifier advert
A vintage medical testimonial promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier to cure pimples boils and eruptions by cleansing the blood. The ad claims cured users regain weight energy and skin clarity and cites Myra J. Parker of Cincinnati Ohio urging others to try the remedy sold in drug stores in two sizes.
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Natura
S. S
Myra
J. Warker
Cincinnati
Pnot
Alex
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