Devastating Caribbean Hurricane Hits Tortol ia and Nearby Islands
A hurricane from Aug 28 to Aug 29 killed at least 80 people in the Virgin Islands and Montserrat, with Tortol ia and Nevis heavily damaged. Four killed on Nevis and eight on St Jan, hundreds homeless, crops ruined, and aid consignment from government dispatched.
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Virgin Islands
Montserrat
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Tortolia
British Virgin Islands
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British Leeward Islands
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Auto Race Star Joe Boyer Dies From Injuries
Detroit driver and automobile manufacturer Joe Boyer died at 12:52 AM in Altoona Pennsylvania after his car crashed over the speedway wall during a 250 mile race. Surgeons amputated both legs and he received two blood transfusions. Boyer, 23 when he began racing in 1913, had a long career with notable finishes including wins at Uniontown and Cincinnati and competed in the Los Angeles 250 mile inaugural race.
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Adams Chosen by Texas Democrats As National Committeeman
Jed C. Adams of Dallas was elected by the Democratic state executive committee as national committeeman, succeeding Thomas B. Love of Dallas who resigned. He will represent Texas at national party affairs.
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Austin
Texas
Jed C. Adams
Dallas
Democratic State Executive Committee
Thomas B. Love
Six killed as train hits auto at grade crossing
In New London Wisconsin six people died when a southbound Chicago and Northwestern passenger train struck the automobile carrying William Haen and family from Sheboygan at a grade crossing. Haen Jr. was hospitalized in Appleton with likely fatal injuries. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line reported additional fatalities and injuries in a separate incident where a man two women and a child perished when their auto was struck by a westbound train.
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New London
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William Haen
Raymond
Ruth
Peter Keene
Sheyboygan
William Haen Jr
Appleton
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Fire damages Row of rooms in West Galena block
A diary fire struck the Cur rie rooming house in the 200 block on West Galena about 9 am yesterday. More than 20 sleepers escaped through windows as fire swept through the Edwin block, destroying the building and seizing 2000 bottles of home brew. One man Charles Wright was rescued from smoke, treated at Murray Hospital. Firefighters used ladders to save others. Damages top $12,000 across the Currie and Edwin blocks.
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First Woman Ordained in Montana Meth odist Faith
Belle Harman, pastor of the Buffalo Montana Methodist church, was ordained last Sunday at the state conference in Helena, the first woman in all Methodism to receive ordination after a church law allowing women ministers was passed at the national conference last May. She has preached in Lehigh, Benchland and Buffalo over the past four years.
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Buffalo
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Helena
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Lehigh
Benchland
Coolidge Declines Labor Government While Welcoming Wage Support
A 125 strong labor delegation met at the White House to pledge individual support to President Coolidge who reaffirmed American how the nation should govern itself. He rejected foreign economic ideas and any single group’s control, urging a common sense government by the people under the American constitution. The talks touched on healthful surroundings, fair wages, reasonable employment, and religious worship as government priorities.
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Organized Labor
Coolidge
White House
America
T. W. O'Connor
International Longshoremen’s Union
Shipping Board
George Freitas
Tugmen’s Association
Mr. Freitas
Daniel Smith
Labor Day in Butte at Columbia Gardens
Butte residents spent Labor Day at Columbia Gardens where the Silver Bow Trades and Labor council hosted the annual program with sports for all ages and speeches by Congressman John M. Evans farmer-labor candidate J W Anderson and Sheriff Larry Dugan. Attendees enjoyed ideal weather though crowds were modest and a parade was absent.
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Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
John M. Evans
J. W. Anderson
Farmer-Labor
United States Senate
Larry Dugan
Ball Park
Adams Smith
Evans
Duggan
Walsh
Hankin
Montana
Governor Farrington Survives Narrow Boat Escape
In Honolulu on September 1 Governor Wallace R. Farrington and a four member fishing party narrowly escaped drowning when their small power boat drifted on rocks at Makua Point. They were forced to swim ashore and suffered no injuries.
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Honolulu
Wallace R. Farrington
Makua Point
Fearful trouble in Herrin as troops debated leave
In Herrin on September 1 authorities weighed withdrawing state troops after a deadly clash between Ku Klux Klan sympathizers and opponents. Three of six murder victims were buried. warrants for murder were issued against members of both sides and Sheriff Galligan was arrested on a murder charge amid rising tension.
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Williamson County
George Galligan
Carlos KB. Black
Galligan
Delos Duty
Black
Herrin City
Dewey Newbolt
Chester Reid
Otto Roland
General Black
Harrisburg
Globe Flyers Plan Delayed Departure For Atlantic Flight
The American around the world flyers will not leave Indian Harbor Labrador before tomorrow due to a late dispatch. The Milwaukees report says the planes cannot depart until two September, delaying the next jump to Cartwright harbor then Pictou Nova Scotia and Boston. Major General Patrick and Dwight Davis shift plans to meet the team in Boston with Mevis traveling by rail and Patrick by air from New York.
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Wheeler case delayed as judge disqualifies itself
Trial of Burton Wheeler MT senator candidate is delayed as Judge George Bourquin disqualifies himself. Jurisdiction then rests with Judge Charles Pray who is away for a month. Demurrer entered by S C Word as defense argues indictment lacks facts. Trial date undetermined while proceedings proceed under Pray's division.
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Burton K. Wheeler
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Railway Cut by Chinese Forces Near Shanghai
Shanghai September 1 Forces under Lu Yung Melang military governor Cheking province cut the Shanghai Nanking railway about 15 miles from Shanghai severing railway communication with Peking. Troops under General Bhieh Yuan military governor of Kiangsu province advance toward Shanghai with no fighting reported yet.
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Lu Yung-Melang
Cheking Province
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Peking
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Kiangeu
General Young Veteran Officer Dies After Illness
Lieut. Gen. M. B. Young longtime field officer of the Civil and Spanish American wars and first president of the United States War College died at his home in Helena after months of illness following bronchial pneumonia. He was 84, born in 1840 at Forest Grove Pennsylvania and served from 1861 in the Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry then the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, rising to colonel and earning a brevet as brigadier general for service that helped end the Lee campaign. He received numerous citations for his strategic work.
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M. B. Young
United States War College
Forest Grove
Pittsburg
General Young
Jefferson College
Cannonburg
Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry
Venneylvania Cavalry
Young
H Robert KB. Lee
Dawes Plans Wisconsin Campaign Push
Charles G. Dawes republican vice presidential candidate moves to attack the La Follette independent movement in Wisconsin. His Milwaukee address will focus on The Constitution of the United States and expand on his acceptance speech call for preserving constitutional moorings.
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Evanston
Charles G. Dawes
Wisconsin
la Follette
Dawes
Milwaukee
United States
Davis outlines plan to abolish railroad labor board
Democratic candidate John W. Davis urged on Labor Day the abolition of the railroad labor board in its present form and the creation of flexible government directed machinery to handle labor disputes. He spoke to the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor assembly, urging fair public discussion, employer and craft representation, and rotating appointments to resolve issues without heavy legal enforcement.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Railroad Labor Board
John W. Davis
Davis
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
Lasue
Loeb and Leopold Win Baseball Game in Jail Yard
Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb played in the county jail yard under Judge John R. Caverly who will decide their Franks murder punishment on Sept. 10. Loeb captained and pitched, Leopold at first base in a 7 to 2 jail series win. They also split a checkers set two to one in Leopold’s favor.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
John R. Caverly
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Franks
Jacob Hopkins
Caverly
Criminal Court
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Labor Day Celebration in Deer Lodge Draws Thousands
Special Dispatch reports Deer Lodge hosted a large Labor Day program sponsored by Kiwanis with races, athletic events, and a speech by Judge J. K. Erickson of Kalispell. He praised labor's nobility and rights, urging unity and collective strength as a cornerstone of the nation.
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Sothwestern Montana
Kiwanis Club
J. K. Erickson
Kalispell
Labor
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