Floods From Western Rivers Ravage Kansas Nebraska Missouri
Western river floods drive families to flee as the Republican and Missouri Rivers flood vast farmlands from Kansas to Missouri. Unofficial death tolls reach 140 in Nebraska with eight in Kansas and three in Missouri. property losses exceed $15 million across the three states.
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Junction City
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Associated Press
W. C. Bullard
Pensions To Be Paid From Sales Tax Funds
The Ohio legislature advances a plan to pay old age pensions for July and August using 2.625 million dollars from sales tax receipts. Governor Davey and leaders agree to cover 2.5 million with earmarked January sales tax funds plus 125 thousand for admin expenses. The moves settle the pension issue for the next two months.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Davey
Chinch Bugs Threaten Ohio Crops in June
Ohio State University extension entomologist T. H. Parks warned that if June rains are light, chinch bugs could exceed 1934 damage. He noted the pests survived May rains, are abundant in wheat and rye, and prevalent in the north and central regions, with few found south of a Steubenville Xenia line.
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Columbus
T. H. Parks
Ohio State University Extension
Steubenville
Xenia
Parks
Congress Debates Abolition of Public Utility Holding Companies
Senate hearing features Senator Dieterich of Illinois opposing utility holding firms. House weighs private bills and military amendments while Navy appropriations move to conference. Norris supports abolition in a speech. commodity exchange control bill and minor measures pass.
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Dieterich
Ilinois
Norris Assayl
Navy
Murder and death by own action linked in Los Angeles
Los Angeles detectives search for a butcher knife slayer after Dolores Dufoe 26 is found killed. George Booth 25 is found hanging by a tree near his home with a note claiming he killed Dolores after she named him. Booth's father reported hearing his son return then leave and found the note.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Dufoe
George Booth
Booth
Dolores
Edward Chappell Named Publisher of Scioto Gazette
Merritt C. Speidel announced the appointment of Edward A. Chappell as publisher of the Chillicothe Scioto Gazette. Chappell was business manager of the Iowa City Press Citizen.
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Chillicothe
Merritt C. Speidel
The
Scioto Gazette Co
Edward A. Chappell
Iowa City, In
Press Citizen
Chillicothe Scioto Gazette
House Leaders Abandon Hope for TVA Changes
Washington June 4 House leaders today virtually abandoned any hope of moving the military committee to approve amendments to the Tennessee Valley Authority that have sat on the committee table for 10 days.
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Washington
House
Military Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mussolini Says Black Eye From Falling From Horse
Rome reports Benito Mussolini the Italian premier shows a black eye and explains it came from being bumped from his horse by a low hanging branch during yesterday's canter. He tells inquires the injury is accidental and not from any plot or attack.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
11 Duce
Can't Beat G-Guys Captured Bandit Says
Volney Davis, Barker-Karpis gangster, pleads guilty to conspiracy in the Edward G. Bremer kidnapping. Chicago arrest lifts federal score to nine in jail. four others dead, five acquitted, eight at large. Davis claims the feds know as much as he does and says it’s no use trying to beat these G-Guys.
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ST. Paul
Volney Davis
Barker-Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Davis
Chicago
Yorkville
Ill
Edna Murray
Missouri
Austin
St. Chicago
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Ethiopians Kill 30 Italians on Eritrean Border
Dispatches report Ethiopians killed 30 Italian soldiers along the Eritrean frontier last Friday. In London talks, Anglo German discussions begin that could lead to a world conference on sea armaments. Lord Ashley's divorce from Sylvia Hawkes is final.
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Rome
London
Lord Ashley
Sylvia Hawkes
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Allison Named Finance Director in Governor Davey’s Cabinet
Columbus announces M. Ray Allison, assistant secretary of state, as the new director of finance. He succeeds Howard L. Bevis who resigned to chair a Harvard University department and had held the post temporarily since January.
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Columbus
M. Ray Allison
Davey
Allison
Howard L. Bevis
Supreme Court
Bevis
Harvard University
Sugar Beet Workers Plan General Mass Meeting Sunday
A committee of sugar beet employees decided at a meeting to hold a general mass meeting Sunday. J. M. Rizor of the Agricultural Workers' Association may speak. L. M. Cramer of the Central Labor Union commented. Growers in the Findlay factory district will keep the current contract.
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Findlay
J. M. Rizor
Agricultural Workers’ Association
L. M. Cramer
Central Labor Union
Lindbergh Leaves Active Role at TWA
Henry B. DuPont announced that Col Charles A. Lindbergh has withdrawn "for a time at least" from active management as technical adviser at Transcontinental Western Air Lines. The decision follows a two month board discussion and is said to be due to personal affairs and a wish to be away from New York, with no politics involved.
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Wilmington
Del
Henry B. DuPont
Transcontinental Western Air Lines
Charles A. Lindbergh
TWA
DuPont
Lindbergh
New York
Earthquake Death Toll Surges in Queta Region
Official figures estimate 56,000 people killed in the Queta region from last Friday's earthquake. Local authorities warned the toll could rise as rescue efforts continue across affected cities and villages.
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Queta
India
Roosevelt Adds Coal Bill to Must List
Washington June 4 President Roosevelt placed the Guffey coal stabilization bill on his must list prompting encouragement from supporters. Senator Guffey the bill’s author declined to comment.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Guffey
Pennsylvania
NRA Provisions Endure in Businesses After Court Ruling
A AP survey finds many employers keeping 40 hour week and minimum wages despite the Supreme Court strike down of NRA provisions. Some firms pledge to continue Blue Eagle standards or raise wages while labor groups report growing shifts away from the 40 hour week and minimum pay.
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United States Supreme Court
Associated Press Today
NRA
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Normandie Prep for Return Voyage in New York
The record liner Normandie rested in the Hudson amid preparations for a return trip. Officials and crew provisioned the ship while repairs and repainting from the maiden voyage were completed. France’s Mme Albert Lebrun, the president’s wife, toured the vessel with her entourage.
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New York
France
America
United States
Chic
Mme
Albert Lebrun
Ohio NRA Compliance Office Marks Time
Miss Mary Woods state NRA compliance officer said the office is relaying complaints on business failures to adhere to former code rulings to keep the national office informed. The office she said is marking time.
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Cleveland
Mary Woods
NRA
Washington
Sunbonnet Brigade Marshals For Mayor Bid in Glenville
In Glenville West Virginia on election day supporters of Amanda Mandy Thompson parade in old fashioned sunbonnets to back her mayoral run over Roy Thompson who has quit as ballots were delayed. The family feud ended with Mandy running the town while Roy steped aside saying there was no chance while she campaigned.
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Sunbonnet Brigade
Mandy” Thompson
Glenville
Amanda Thomp
Roy Thompson
Thompson
Mandy
BUNCH OF KEYS OBSERVES TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY
Hollis Oklahoma reports the Keys quadruplets Mona Roberta Mary and Leota turning 20. Their parents Mr and Mrs Flake Keys organized four cakes with 20 candles each to mark the milestone the first documented quadruplets to celebrate such a birthday.
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Keys
Mona Roberta
Mary
Leota
Flake Keys
Flood Devastates San Pedro Church Area In Mexico City
Daylight survey in the flood ravaged valley of Mexico reports about 400 dead. At San Pedro church volunteers pull 255 bodies from six feet of mud. Five nearby towns affected as torrential rains drown streets and wash out roads.
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Mexico
D. F
Federal District
Valley of Mexico
San Pedro
French Cabinet Ousted In Narrow Chamber Vote
Paris June 4 French premier Fernand Bouisson, in power four days, was ousted by a 254 to 252 vote of the Chamber of Deputies after seeking free powers to direct financial measures. Earlier he had won strong confidence 390 to 192. The vote followed his push for immediate passage of a decree enabling ministers to legislate financial actions.
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Bouisson
France
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Marietta College Board Accepts President Parsons Resignation
Marietta June 4 1934 the Marietta College board of trustees accepted President Edward S Parsons resignation with provision he stay until April 1 1936 unless a successor is named before then.
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Marietta
Marietta College Board of Trustees
Edward S. Parsons
Lima Hosts International Magicians for Week of Tricks
In Lima 1500 wand workers gather as the International Brotherhood of Magicians convenes. A four by six foot deck of 52 playing card replicas hangs along Main Street while Houdini cuff exhibits, parades, and contests for amateurs shape the event. Leo Huber opens the museum with the famed cuffs. Uncle John Davison arrives from Ashaway with wife. R. I. resident is member No. 900.
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Lima
International Brotherhood of Magicians
John” Davison
Ashaway
R. I
Davison
Brotherhood
L. L. Henry
Toledo
Leo Huber
Pittsburgh
Houdini
Birmingham
England
W. W. Durbin
United States Treasury
The
Roosevelt Cabinet Advances New Deal Reshaping NRA
President Roosevelt and his cabinet signaled continued push for a reworked New Deal with a restricted NRA revival, a reviewed social security bill on constitutional grounds, and potential broadened federal powers. Secretary Perkins argued the social security measure rests on taxing power, and NRA support was described as likely piece meal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
Supreme Court
Perkins
Hughs. Johnson
Borah
Idaho
Donald R. Richberg
Capitol
Force increases in kidnap search near Tacoma
The DOJ expands Tacoma field force to about 30 with twelve new agents as the George Weyerhaeuser case heats up. Officials hope to resolve the kidnapping within the week, amid threats of a long wait if suspects stay hidden. Bystanders who receive ransom notes will be compensated.
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Tacoma
Federal Department of Justice
George Weyerhaeuser
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr
Department of Justice
Associated Press
Murder charge dismissed in Linden train wreck case
Columbus, June 4. Judge Randall dismissed the first degree murder charge against Hugh Brockman after the prosecutor cited insufficient evidence. Brockman, 35, was the third man indicted in the December 27 Linden train wreck. His uncle, Hubert Lindsey, 54, is serving a life term, and Lindsey's stepson-in-law, W. Tomlinson, also received a life sentence.
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Columbus
Donald J. Hoskins
Cecil J. Randall
Hugh Brockman
Linden
Brockman
Hubert Lindsey
Ohio
W. ¥. Tomlinson
Lindsey
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