Eighteen Dead as Tornadoes Hit Four States
A series of tornadoes across South Dakota Nebraska Illinois and Wisconsin killed eighteen people and caused extensive damage. Rockford Illinois suffered seven deaths with multiple factories wrecked and about five million dollars in property loss.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Rockford
Til
Helen Rooney
Homer
Nebra
Phyllis Stewart
Lamere
Walthill
Winnebago
Davis
S. D
Dakota City
Iowa State Line
Magnolia Corners
Evansville
Texas Democrats pledge support for Smith amid turbulent convention
In Dallas on September 12, Governor Dan Moody led Texas Democrats to back Alfred E. Smith for president while vowing to continue anti liquor drives. The Texas gathering ended in violence as anti Smith factions were expelled and a split campaign formed, with Moody defending Smith and criticizing Prohibition enforcement.
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Dan Moody
Smith
Dallas
Tex
Democratic Party
Texas
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Ferbert Hoover
Lirences ‘O
Platform Committee
Colquitt
Robbery at First National Bank of Billings
A masked bandit entered the First National Bank of Billings in Billings Oklahoma near 1 PM and forced assistant cashier Lloyd Campbell and bookkeeper Katherine Williams into a vault. About $500 in currency was taken before the robber fled, direction unknown. Police searched for two men in a roadster seen in town. This was the bank’s first robbery in years, following a 1927 bank theft in Billings.
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Billings
Okla
First National Bank of Billings
Lloyd Campbell
Katherine Willams
Campbell
Miss Williams
National Bank of Billings
Rogers mocks Al Smith in Life appeal over Democratic nomination
Will Rogers attacks Al Smith in his Life weekly appeal calling Smith obscure at birth and criticizes his acceptance speech. He suggests Smith would be president only if elected and mocks farm relief promises while touting his own anti bank platform. He notes Latin America policy and quirks in Smith’s remarks as evidence.
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Will Rogers
Anti-Bank Party
al Smith
Rogers
Latin America
Pair Held on Assault Charges in Lula Vicinity
Jack Adams posted a 500 dollar bond and Arthur Robie remained in Pontotoc county jail on 3000 dollars bond after arraignment before T. C. Cul on charges of assault with intent to kill in the Lula area.
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Thns
Justice of Peace
M. M. Day
Lula
Day
Ada
Robie
Adams
Jack Adams
Liberty
Arthur Robie
Pontotoc County
T.C. Cul
Tornadoes Wreck North Yankton County Areas
A severe two part tornado outbreak hit north central Yankton County and parts of Nebraska and South Dakota. Casualties include three deaths in Yankton county and twelve in the broader region with Davis South Dakota heavily wrecked and many injured. Dozens of homes and farms were destroyed and livestock killed. A special medical train was dispatched to aid injured residents.
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Yankton
S. D
Yankton County
Chicago
Nebraska
South Dakota
Davis
Bancroft
Iowa
Sioux City
Minneapolis and
Omaha
Pot
Dakota City
Neb
Walthill
Edward Kunzie
Carreed
Winnebago
Oklahoma University Physician Dies of Heart Disease
Dr. Mary T. Roudebush, 35, University of Oklahoma resident physician for women, died Friday night from heart disease complicated by asthma. Funeral services set for Sunday in Jackson Mississippi, where the body is en route to Miss Ima James, women's physical education head. A Johns Hopkins graduate, she came to Norman last year from Peabody College Nashville. Dr Iva Stevens Merritt was mentioned unofficially as a potential successor.
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Norman
Mary T. Roudebush
University of Oklahoma
Jackson
Miss
Ima James
Roudebush
Peabody Teachers College
Nashville
Tenn
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Iva Stevens Merritt
Baptist Leaders Call Voters to Back Prohibition in Election
Five Baptist organizations issue a statement urging voters to support candidates who will uphold prohibition laws. They condemn the Democratic nominee for opposing the 18th Amendment and warn that nullifying it would cause moral chaos and political disruption. Signed by church leaders and agency heads, the statement emerged from a Northern Baptist convention conference.
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New York
Frank A. Smith
The
American Baptist Home Mission Society
W. A. Elliott
Northern Baptist Convention
W. H. Mount
Civic Committee of Women's Boards
William H. Main
American Baptist Publication Society
John W. Elliott
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Wmid
Dakotas
Ill
S. Swenson
Union Furniture Company
Rockford Chair and Furniture Company
Paris
Moody
Houston
Beaumont
Aint
Byeian
Billings Bank Kekt
BY Williams
Hes
Thetsgho
U.S. Pat
J.ewillatas
NEA Service, Inc
Will
North
Baptist Leaders
Women and Children
Virginia Hart
Ada, Oklahoma
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