Caribbean hurricane claims thousands. relief urged
A Caribbean hurricane swept across the West Indies for ten days and moved out to sea five hundred miles off the U S coast. Cuba reports at least 1 060 dead with some estimates as high as 2 900. Santa Cruz Del Sur was overwhelmed by a tidal wave as the storm receded. The Cayman Islands tally 67 dead and numerous injuries with heavy crop damage. Jamaica and the Bahamas suffered lesser impacts.
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Associated Press
West Indies
Cuba
Santa Cruz del Sur
Cayman Isles
Jamaica
Caymans
Bahamas
Cayman Brac Island hurricane toll hits many dead
Kingston reports 67 killed and over 100 seriously injured as a hurricane that damaged Cuba also struck Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. The storm felled dwellings on Cayman Island, with winds over a thousand miles per hour at times, prompting immediate aid and relief material shipments.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Cuba
Striuck
Cayman Brac
Cayman
Kineston
Cayman Rae
Lithh
Destruction in Santa Cruz Del Sur After Cuban Hurricane
Central Cuba battles relief and rehabilitation for thousands made homeless as Santa Cruz Del Sur bears the brunt of the storm. Official death toll rises to about 1,700 with many bodies cremated or buried as authorities rush medical aid, supplies, and trains to the area. Four trucks from Havana bring relief while crews prepare additional trains and air support.
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Camaguey
Cuba
Caribbean
Santa Cruz del Sur
Frederico Tomen
Santa Cruz
Havana
Zubizarreta
Consolidated Railway Co
Tunas
Jucaro
Santa Clara Province
Santa Crug
Murray to sign relief work checks in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Governor Murray announced he will issue relief work payments by personally signed checks. He declined requests to use relief organization payroll offices and directed laborers in Oklahoma County to pick up checks at the statehouse.
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Murray
Gram
Oklahoma County
Ada citizens urged to register for relief funds Monday
Ada residents eligible for county and national relief must register at the Convention Hall Monday. County Judge Claude V. Thompson leads the relief committee. Payments capped at ten dollars monthly and aid requires work. Survey crews prepare lists. funds target able bodied unemployed, with priority for those lacking other support. Committee members include Judge Thompson Mrs. Orville Snead Oto Strickland and Claude Russell.
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Ada
Pontotor County
Murray
Convention Hall
Claude V. Thompson
Judes Thompson
Orville Snead
Oto Strickland
Claude Russell
Col Robins Elected To Committee Again
Col Raymond Robins economist and prohibition worker missing since September 8 was reelected to the executive committee of the world alliance for international friendship through the churches. Delegates to the alliance meeting, which closed today, expressed belief he might still be alive and ordered a message of sympathy and hope to Mrs Robins.
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New York
Raymond Robins
World Alliance For International Friendship
Alliance
Robins
New England
Washington
President Hoover
White House
Roosevelt Improves After Cold as Governor Plans Rest
President elect Roosevelt, sick with a cold, is much improved but remains in bed for a second day at the executive mansion. He dictated replies to congratulatory messages and directed a commutation in a grand larceny case. The governor plans to stay through the weekend, rest, and resume work on the state budget before a trip to Warm Springs.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Mr. Roosevelt
L. W. Gorham
Abraham Isenberg
New York City
Isenberg
Chicago
North Carolina
Virginia
Warm Springs
Caraway Holds Line On Prohibition At Short Session
Senator Hattie W. Caraway predicted the prohibition law would not be modified in the upcoming short session of Congress noting the lineup for December remains unchanged. She said she had always been dry and will stay dry but acknowledged the majority rules and the country may be wet if that is the decision.
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Fattle Rock
Ark
Hattie W. Caraway
Congress
No Election On Added Lew Now For Ada Schools
Ada officials announced no election will be held to approve an extra mill and a half for Ada schools unless excise board members change their minds. Simp son and Hall said they would hear patrons, while officials warned delaying tax rolls worsens delinquencies and costs. Ed board sought an emergency declaration to fund nine months, but valuation cuts reduced available funds from about 104000 to 83000, delaying the tax cycle and raising warrant costs for teachers.
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Ada
Excise Board
Ro. W. Simpson
John Hall
City Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
School Board
State Equalization Board
Simpson
Kemah Man Named University Regent
Oklahoma City Nov 1 4 W N Berry of Okemah former state representative and defeated Senate candidate was appointed to the University of Oklahoma board of regents by Governor Murray. Berry will replace W J Milburn Sayre with a term expiring March 24 Milburn resigned saying too busy with road work Milburn is general manager of the Western Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce. Berry had Murray’s endorsement in his race but was defeated in the primary.
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Oklahoma City
W. N. Berry
Okemah
State Senate
Board of Regents
University of Oklahoma
Murray
Berry
W. J. Milburn
Sayre
Milburn
Western
Work begins on Tulsa Finn Pond
Nov 12. Pay dirt struck by Tulsa unemployed as twelve men with teams selected from thousands registered for jobs in the made work program financed by the RFC break ground for a new lake at Mohawk Park. The project aims to provide a 500 acre water area and start a larger employment program in coming days.
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Tulsa
Army of
Mohawk Park
Lincoln tragedy two deaths in Nebr apartment
Lincoln Nebraska November 12 Lee Wilsey a 60 year old grain dealer and Clara Wybel a 48 year old nurse were found dead in Wybel's apartment by University of Nebraska students. Wilsey had a gunshot wound to the mouth and Wybel a gunshot to the head with a pistol nearby. Police call it murder and self inflicted death. A $1500 mortgage deed from Wilsey to Wybel was found in the apartment. Wilsey was secretary and manager of the Wilsey Grain company.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lee Wilsey
Clara Wybel
University of Nebraska
Wilsey
Wybel
Wilsey Grain Company
BARRIE III DELAYS REMOVAL TO PEN
Princes of the Rev S A Berrie have delayed departure for McAlister penitentiary to begin a life sentence for the poison death of his first wife. Ill of influenza the unfrocked hymn writer is in Muskogee county jail hospital ward. He receives daily visits from his 18 year old wife whom he married less than two months after the first Mrs Berrie's death.
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Muskogee
S. A. Berrie
McAllster Penitentiary
Muskgoee County
Berrie
Barn Yard Loans Promised by National Poultry Council
Harry R. Lewis, president of the National Poultry Council, announced that poultry raisers and farmers will gain from barn yard loans to be offered by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation via regional agricultural credit groups. The loans will be secured by mortgages on chickens and livestock and repaid in about nine months from income from sales.
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Providence
Harry R. Lewis
National Poultry Council
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Slaying Probed as Porter County Officials Seek Suspect
Chesterton Indiana November 12 1934 Porter county officials search for the slayer of Mrs Helen Nagle 46 killed with a baseball bat her body found on a cot behind a barbecue stand near Tremont police believe the killing occurred during a robbery spree.
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Chesterton
Ind
Porter County
Helen Nagle
Tremont
State banks in sound condition report Oklahoma figures
Oklahoma Bank Commissioner W. J. Barnett says banks are in a sounder condition though total resources fell from 57.58 million to 55.74 million as of October 15. Loans dropped to 22.46 million while reserves rose to about 25.34 percent and deposits show gains in savings.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
W. J. Barnett
Barnett
Socialists stage protest strike in Geneva signals tension
A four hour general strike in Geneva protests the week's riot deaths as troops mobilize. Soldiers guard League of Nations HQ while crowds banter with troops. streetcar service halted though downtown shops stay open. The Swiss socialist party declares mourning for the slain and unions vote 7 to 58 in favor of the action.
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State Council
Third Infantry
Landwehr
Swiss Socialist Party
League of Nations
F F A. clubs banquet in Pontotoc County honors McKeown
Two Pontotoc county Future Farmers of America clubs Stonewall and Vaness have had banquets with Allen planned for Thursday night. Hon. Tom D. McKeown received praise for supporting vocational agriculture, with state officials and local leaders speaking on the program’s importance for farmers and youth nationwide.
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Pontotoc County
Stonewall
Vaness
Allen
Future Farmers of America
Tom D. McKeown
Congress
McKeown
al G. Nichols
Wewoka
Stonewall High School
Vaness School
Mr. McKeown
J. 3 S. Perdey
C. C. McIntosh
Oklahoma A
M. Coliese
Charles W. Briles
M. College
A. L. Crabl
Bethel
Wettimka
Konawa
Meeker
Welliston
Vaden
Colorado Senate Race Hangs On Official Count
Denver November 12 Officials tally a tight race between Karl Schuyler Republican and Walter Walker Democrat for Colorado's short term U S senator seat. With absentee votes estimated at 5 000 to 6 000 the count shows Schuyler leading 206 955 to 200 649 by 2 306 though totals are unofficial in most counties and final results depend on official counts in both counties.
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Denver
Karl C. Schuyler
Walter Walker
U. S
Colorado
Charles W. Watermen
Senate
Schuyler
Walker
Texas Adopts Oil Production Limiting Bill
Austin Texas November 12 The Texas House approved a senate bill allowing the Texas railroad commission to limit oil production to meet market demand. The vote stood 108 to 20, surpassing the 100 needed for immediate effect after the senate had already concurred for instant operation.
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Texas
Austin
House of the
Senate
Texas Railroad Commission
Census reports cottonseed production and stocks
Washington reports the Census Bureau’s period from August 1 to October 31 shows cottonseed crushed totaling 1 433 076 tons, up from 1 386 768 tons a year earlier. Cotton seed on hand at mills October 31 was 1 214 157 tons, versus 1 201 029 tons a year ago.
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Washington
Census Bureau
First woman elected prosecuting attorney in Missouri
Trenton Miss Agnes Mae Wilson of Trenton a former country schoolteacher won as the Republican nominee in Grundy county. She campaigned on a bone dry platform promising strict law enforcement and bucked the democratic votes last Thursday.
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Trenton
Missouri
Earth Tremors Reported in Salt Lake City
Nov 12 residents reported strong earth shocks around 2 45 am. Pictures were knocked awry, doors opened, and windows rattled as the tremor was felt citywide.
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Salt Lake City
Robbers Lift Four Ton Safe From Decatur Bank
In Decatur Arkansas on November 13 a six man crew used a winch truck to lift a four ton safe from the Bank of Decatur before dawn. They escaped with about $4,000 after binding a night watchman. Nearby Gravette Arkansas had a similar prior heist of $6,000. Police seek suspects in the Ozarks foothills with interstate warrants.
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Decatur
Bank of
Gravette
Ark
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Ozarks
District court opens Monday for five days of criminal trials
The district court will convene Monday morning for five days of criminal trials, led by Judge Orel Busby. The first docket includes murder charges against Sam Rice, with other Monday cases involving larceny of an automobile and burglary against Lizzie Cannon, Mattie Cannon, John Copeland, and Marie Copeland. Rice is accused of fatally shooting Buster Harris near the low water bridge at Francis.
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District Court
Orel Busby
Sam Rice
A. C. Cross
Bank Messenger Kidnapped in Little Rock Robbery
In Little Mock Arkansas on November 13 Governor Harvey Parnell watched as three bandits seized M. C. Hicks, 21, the bank messenger, and a porter, robbed them of 4000 dollars, forced them into a car, and fled south after a swift pursuit. The victim and porter were later released in a residential area. The bandits' sedan carried an Illinois license.
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Little Mock
Arkh
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Parnell
M. C. Hicks
Peoples Trust Company
Federal Reserve
Arnell
Porter
Little Rock
Hoover pledges unity to sustain economic recovery
President Hoover, en route to Washington, pledged continued unity and constructive action to advance economic recovery. He urged militants to strengthen national and local party organizations, vowed to work for unity after March 4, and thanked supporters for their campaign efforts.
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Hoover
Washington
Glendale
Cal
White House
Palo Alto
California
British Miners Die in Edgegreen Colliery Blast
Twenty four miners were killed and about 100 were at work when a blast at Edgegreen Colliery in Ashton-In-Makerfield Lancashire wiped out a night shift. Rescue teams arrived quickly and doctors aided the injured. The tragedy marks a second explosion in the Wigan coal fields in recent weeks.
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Wlgan
Lancashire
England
Edgegreen
Ashton-In-Makerfield
Wigan
Manchester
Henderson State Bus Forced to Buy Oklahoma Tag
Henderson State Teachers College football team from Arkadelphia, Arkansas, traveled to Durant on a belated schedule after the bus lacked an Oklahoma license. Missouri Pacific had to buy an Oklahoma license for 25.75 dollars before returning the team to Arkansas. The Henderson squad beat Southwestern State Teachers of Oklahoma last night. Also noted, the Navy defeated Maryland 28 to 7 in Baltimore to claim its first major win of the season.
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Durant
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelpha
Ark
Oklahoma
Missouri Pacific Transportation Company
Arkansas
Henderson
Southwestern State Teachers of Oklahoma
Baltimore
Navy
University of Maryland
Arkansas Like TT Governor Action on Bank Shortages
November reports show shortages totaling 874 16 in two banks with Lt Governor Wilson as liquidating agent. State Bank Commissioner Taylor moved to release on Wilsons bond of 15 000. Governor Parnell said no action possible without grand jury action and noted Wilson already restrained from liquidating duties.
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Little Rock
Lawrence FE. Wilson
Walter E. Tayior
Wilson
Parnell Bhat
Stree Wilson
Senator Nye Injured in Auto Mishap Near St Paul
United States Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota was injured in an automobile mishap near St Paul. He was en route to Chicago to meet his wife after reelection. Initial medical reports said injuries not believed serious.
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ST. Pail
Minn
United States
Gerald Pr. Nye
North Dakota
Nye
Clcagco
Car Found Stripped and Burned After Weekend Theft
County officers recovered a State car stolen Saturday night from Henderson Machine Shop. The vehicle was located in the northwest county near the South Canadian River, stripped of removable parts and burned.
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Tolen
Henderson
Henderson Machine Shop
South Canadian River
Regional Forecast Bulletin Notes Warm Weekend Outlook
Oklahoma and West Texas expect generally fair skies with a slight warming trend. Arkansas and Kansas show fair to generally fair conditions with warmer southeast areas and light coastal winds in Texas.
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Oklahoma
Texas
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