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March 18, 1929

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CALLS FOR $250,000 FOR FLOOD RELIEF; Governor Graves of Alabama Appeals for Aid for 15,000 Refugees. ELBA UNDER MARTIAL LAW Looting Is Reported There-- 2,000 Stick to Roofs and Homes at Geneva. Stick to Homes in Waste. CALLS FOR $250,000 FOR FLOOD RELIEF Reports Looting At Elba. Damage to Elba Revealed. Reports Two Deaths. River Falls, Ala., Is in Ruins. Florida Bridges in Danger. Above Flood Stage at Memphis. Martial Law Is Declared. SUCCORING FOUR STATES. Red Cross Organizes Relief for the Flood Refugees. FUND IS STARTED HERE. Committee Headed by Matthew S. Sloan Receives $1,000. DAM WORK SWEPT AWAY. Sacandaga River Is Up Five Feet at Conklingville.

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Miss R above flood stage at Memphis

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FOLEY SHUNS POST AS TAMMANY CHIEF, BUT WILL AID CHOICE; Surrogate, Who Once Held Job for a Day, Looked To as Man to Settle Leadership Fight. SMITH BACK TOMORROW Some Doubt That Opposition Can Hold Up When He Goes Into Action With Own Candidate. Curry's Boom Advanced. Others Considered for Post. FOLEY SHUNS POST AS TAMMANY CHIEF Threat to Supremacy Seen. Mahoney Talk Is Checked. Majority Opposed to Smith. Leaders Friendly to Walker.

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J A Foley shuns post, but will aid in selection of leader; J F Curry urged; J T Mahoney talk is checked; dist leaders suggested

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FIGHT NEAR TORREON, ESCOBAR LEADING; REBEL MAIN FORCE REPORTED RETREATING, BUT CLAIMS VICTORY IN SATURDAY CLASH; CAPITAL TELLS OF FIGHTING Repeated Assaults Made, Possibly to Cover Withdrawal. TRAINS REPORTED LEAVING San Pedro Falls to Federals, but Rebels Claim 300 to 1,000 Prisoners, 200 Killed. TORREON BOMBED FROM AIR Four Are Killed, One Federal Plane Shot Down--Bombs Near Our Consulate. News of Day Conflicting. TORREON BATTLE ON; ESCOBAR LEADS Calles to Be at Torreon Today. Change in Tactics Indicated. Final Phase May Be Difficult. Capital Believes Border is Goal. Laredo Hears of Retreat. TORREON BOMBED FROM AIR. Four Persons Reports Killed-- Rebels Tell of a Battle. Juares Hear Rebels Capture 1,000. Effort to Cut Rebel's Rear. Escobar Reports Victory.

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Rebels under Gen Escobar start defense of Torreon; Torreon bombed from air, 4 killed; map; Juarez celebrates rebel victory near Torreon; rebels ask priests to reenter Mexico; Monterey newspaper men reptd executed; conditions in Torreon; B Wood on life on a troop train; army leaders described

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Notable Births

Samuel Pisar

1929Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author (died 2015)[†]

Samuel Pisar was a Polish-American lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor.