Flood Crest Presses Louisiana Levees Near Morgan City
New Orleans reports the Atchafalaya flood crest pushing toward Gulf waters as levees brace near Morgan City and Berwick. Towns like Gibson and Donner evacuate or raise walkways amid fears of inundation while officials note winds push waters eastward and high outflow at Morgan City lowers eastern levels.
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Stirling
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Donner
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Little Port City
Weather Bureau
Louisiana Farmers Return to Rebuild After Mississippi Floods
Baton Rouge reports farmers along the Mississippi floodplain rally to replant and rebuild after severe inundation. Despite prior floods, reconstruction proves larger this time, with former Governor John M. Parker noting government aid is crucial as thousands return to damaged fields and homes.
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Baton Rouge
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Coolidge Backed as Logical Choice by National Survey
Washington June 2 AP President Coolidge topped a national survey of Republican figures with 76 percent listing him as the most available presidential candidate. Frank O Lowden 10 percent, others 14 percent. Smith 16 percent, Taeg 1 percent, McAdoo 10 percent. Burke released the White House summary.
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Jamie Francis Burke
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Illinois
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Smith
New York
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Taeg
Missouri
William G. McAdoo
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House
Poverty Drives Death of Once Popular Actress Irene Goodall
Poverty, born from a failed pursuit of screen fame, is seen as the probable motive in Irene Goodall's death by her own hand. Her trunk held tattered gowns, pawn tickets, and a 1921 love telegram from a Chicago man. The public administrator found little value remaining. a $8,000 settlement had ended a $100,000 breach suit. Her mother seeks burial in Akron Ohio.
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Mary Lugo
Follies
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Chicago
Mary Goodall
Akron
Ohio
Lindbergh Delays Paris Flight Amid Weather Halt
Adverse conditions at Kenley force Captain Charles A Lindbergh to postpone his return to Paris by airplane. He waits two hours for improved weather then plans to depart as he remains in high spirits with British air service staff at Kenley.
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Gosport
St. Louis
Lindy
Kenley
Paris Disappointed In Lindys Delay
Paris hoped for Charles Lindbergh to depart Le Bourget from England in daylight. Poor weather forced postponement until dawn. Rain and hazy skies over the channel kept the feat uncertain, while a small crowd waited at the airport.
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Charles Lintlebergh
England
le Bourget
Marines Move to Strengthen Tientsin Area Security
Official reports confirm continued concentration of U S Marines in the Tientsin region to safeguard foreign lives and property in north China. Dispatches note transfers from the Philippines and Shanghai, with about 3 000 Marines in the Asiatic area and several thousand more en route to Tientsin or nearby ports.
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Tientsin
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Williams
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Chaumont
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Shanghai
Olongapo
P. I
Taku Jar
Henderson
Butler
Constitutionality of Water Act Set for Court Test
Attorney J. H. Howard says a court test of the metropolitan water district act will be instituted soon after it becomes effective. The suit, likely a writ of mandate, targets a city clerk in the Los Angeles area and stems from Ralph Swing's measure signed by Governor Young. Los Angeles seeks 1,095,000 acre feet from the Colorado River for the aqueduct.
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J. H. Howard
Colorado River Aqueduct Association
Metropolitan Water District Act
California
Ralph Swing
San Bernardino
C. C. Young
Meeting at Obregon Ranch Leaves No Open Statement
A dispatch from Nogales Arizona reports that four attendees General Alvaro Obregon Francisco Serrano General Francisco Manzo and Governor Alejo Bay offered no comment on whether the gathering affects Serranos possible presidential bid The meeting at Naima ri ranch home of Obregon fuels talk of a potential Obregon Serrano coalition amid recent meetings in Mexico City
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Serrano
Francisco Manzo
First California Wheat Harvest Delivered at Paso Robles
The Peterson Brothers' Ranch delivered what is claimed as the first load of wheat harvested in California for the season in Paso Robles on June 2. The harvest came 15 days earlier than last year.
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Peterson Brothers’ Ranch
Chaplin Denies Wife Bid in Divorce Battle
Charlie Chaplin responded to Li ta Grey Chaplin's divorce suit with a 100 page cross complaint accusing her of long time association with two unnamed young men, heavy drinking, and neglect of their two children. He portrays himself as a devoted husband and father and asks for custody and a divorce in his favor. He states community property at 266000 dollars and asserts separate property totals 1125000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Lita Grey Chaplin
Chaplin
Winners Sought for Daily Mail Oil Story Contest
Local residents are urged to submit a not over 300 word story about What Oil Will Mean to Winslow. The best entry will be published in Sunday's Daily Mail with a photo of the Sunshine well rig. The prize is 15 dollars for the story and 1 dollar for the best picture.
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Sunshine
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Sunshine Well
Ben Smith
Santa Fe Taunk
Brutal slaying near Pittston shocks Wilkes-Barre area
Two 19 year old cousins Jedith Fonzo and Jennie Monica were found strangled and shot five miles east of Pittston. Carmél Marranca 35 Pittston owner of a car found nearby was arrested. Samuel Marranca remains missing. Victims left home last night to attend a show. bodies discovered by John Yasko at an abandoned mine. Car used by attackers wrecked when it toppled into a ten foot mine cave.
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Pittston
Jedith Fonzo
Jennie Monica
Carmél Marranca
Samuel
Samuel Marranca
John Yasko
Repulsed Love Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide
E A Ball 28 owner of a Dunsmuir garage killed Barbara Dial 49 and Elbert Dial 45 during a dispute over a business venture. After firing on Barbara Dial at her home Ball killed himself by poison. an eight page love letter was found in Mrs Dials hand. Ball left a note to his wife before taking poison.
F Dean Bradley Dies at 44. federal vocational education agent
F Dean Bradley 44, regional agent for the federal Bureau of Vocational Education for the eleven Western states, died today at a hospital in Weno.
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F. Dean Bradley
Federal Bureau of Vocational Education
Hoospital
Flood Control Conference Forms To Tackle Mississippi Floods
About 900 delegates from 27 Mississippi valley states met in Chicago to form the first flood control conference. After three days of study, recommendations will be adopted to aid Congress, with Dwight Davis and Maj. Gen. Jadwin speaking. Chicago Mayor Thompson will chair, with New Orleans and St. Louis mayors as vice chairs.
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Edgar Jadwin
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Waters
William Hale Thompson
Arthur J. O’keefe
New Orleans
Victor J. Miller
St. Louis
Rowlette Paine
Memphis
Tenn
James E. Watson
United States
Indiana
A. Hurley
New Mexico
Resolutions Committee
Knights of Columbus to Exemplify First Three Degrees in Tucson
Knights of Columbus in Tucson will conduct an all day exemplification of the first three degrees next Sunday starting at 10 a m. A class of about thirty five candidates will be initiated under State Deputy W J Burns with help from supreme council delegates from New Haven Conn A banquet will follow with speakers including Bishop Daniel J Gercke and John A Johnson The event coincides with plans to hold a high mass at San Xavier mission on the way to the Portland Oregon supreme council convention in August.
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Conn
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W. Voita
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Portland
Oregon
Northern Army completes Yellow River evacuation, Gansu stand
Official communique from Peking states northern forces have finished evacuating across the Yellow River. Hsuchow in Flonan province was evacuated Wednesday. General Chang Tsung-Chang reports a stand with 60 000 troops at Hunchuang on the north bank of the Grand Cane.
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Hsuchowin
Flonan
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Hunchuang
Grand Cane
Wife of Mexican President dies in Los Angeles
Senora Natalia Calles wife of President Calles of Mexico died at 3 20 p m in a Los Angeles hospital after a five day illness following major surgery She had arrived two weeks earlier after attending her daughter Ernestina’s wedding in Nogales Arizona Her physicians bulletin said she rallied after surgery but then suffered a sudden heart attack foreseen by Dr Alejandro Wallace She was treated for intestinal and gall bladder trouble described as extremely serious throughout her brief hospital stay
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Senora
Natalia
Calles
Mexico
Senora Calles
Senorita Ernestina
Thomas Arnold, Robinson
New York
Nogales
Arizona
Alejandro Wallace
California Lutheran Hospital
Sunshine Well to Spud Sunday in Sunshine Structure
Burns and the team plan to spud the Sunshine Well Sunday morning after oil transfer delays were resolved. Drilling aims to reach hard lime and Cubab and Supai sands with gas and oil indications seen later, marking Burns’ 23rd wildcat well with an expected 90 days of operations.
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Bobby Burns
Farmington
Burns
Harold Lloyd Suffering Pleurisy in California
Harold Lloyd film comedian was ordered to bed with pleurisy in Beverly Hills California. Doctors feared double pneumonia but reported today his temperature is near normal and if improvement continues he could be out within a week. No visitors are allowed at present.
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Bdievierly Hills
Cal
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Inquest Opens Into Fatal Shooting Near Prescott
Jurors probe motive in the inquest into the shooting of Lex Riggins at a Phoenix area camp. Witness Tex Paine testifies Newman claimed self defense after leaping onto a running board and firing killing Riggins. Newman surrenders to county authorities and faces possible justification.
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Clarke
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Phoenix
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Cami
Ash Fork
Paine
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Eamy Commissary
t-Paine
Jerome
Qviern
Newnidit
Patel
Stantly
Lucy Fisher
J. A. Fisher
Newm Ian
Power Company
Arizona Power Company
Tragic Montana woman drowns two daughters and herself
A mother near Sheller Montana drowned her two daughters aged one and nine then killed herself in a shallow puddle. County authorities call the case the strangest death by own action in northern Montana history.
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Sys
Roy O. Busler
Sheller
Montana
Weather summary for Winslow Arizona Friday and Saturday
The report notes a fair and warmer Friday with higher daytime temperatures and mild overnight low, indicating pleasant conditions for Winslow Arizona. Specific highs and lows are unclear due to truncated text.
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