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May 3, 1929

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25 KILLED, HUNDREDS HURT BY TORNADOES IN 8 STATES; 19 DIE IN VIRGINIA SCHOOL; CHILDREN CAUGHT AT DESKS Building at Rye Cove, With 225 in Classes, Is Wrecked. TEACHER AMONG THE DEAD 2 Killed in Tennessee and Boy in Woodville (Va.) School-- Morgantown, W. Va., Hit. JAIL WALLS CRASH IN OHIO Two Prisoners Are Killed, Ten Hurt at Columbus, as Wind Wrecks New City Prison. Toll of a Day's Tornadoes. 18 Children and a Teacher Killed. Houses Unroofed by Storm. Teacher Saw Storm Coming. Fire Broke Out, but Was Checked. Two Reported Dead in Hospital. Fifty Hurt at Morgantown, W. Va. Man Is Killed at Jacksonville. ARKANSAS LOSSES MOUNT. Dead Total 5, Injured 50--Many Buildings Wrecked by Tornado.

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EASTERN CARRIERS AGREE TO CUT RATES ON EXPORT WHEAT; Executives Meeting at Capital Hold "Emergency of National Proportions Exists." HUGE STOCKS HAVE PILED UP Action of Rail Heads Was in Response to Suggestions by President Hoover. TEMPORARY RELIEF IS AIM Canadian Roads Expected to Follow by Cuts From Montreal and West to Atlantic. Department's Announcement EASTERN CARRIERS TO CUT WHEAT RATES Rate Reductions Agreed To. Nine-Cent Cut to Seaboard Is Aim.

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Notable Births

Helen Walulik

1929Helen Walulik, American baseball player (died 2012)[†]

Helen Kiely was a pitcher and an outfield/infield utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), 121 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.