Fire devastates Berkeley district as blocks burn
Berkeley Cal Sept 18 huge fire destroys Cragmont Euclid and Shattuck areas. 50 blocks laid waste with waterlogged ruins, looting fears, and refugee shelters. Police patrols, university students aid efforts, libraries feared lost, damage now estimated at about 2 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Keley
Cal
Berkeley
C. D. Lee
Pote Oh Leena
Ormory
California
Big Hals
Cragmont
Euclid Avenue
Shattuck Avenue
Ciear
Alexis Lange
Co. Chapman
Search for bodies in Berkedos blaze continues
Firefighters pursue a grisly search among charred remains in Berkedos California as investigators work to identify victims. This update notes ongoing recovery efforts and the blaze’s lingering danger with more details on the scene expected on Page 2.
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Earch
Berkedos
Cal
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Italy and Sicily
The Associated Press reports shocks felt today in Southern Italy and Sicily. No material damage or casualties were reported. Authorities suggest the disturbance centered in Japan, with seismographs registering a distant quake over 4,000 miles away.
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Italy
Sicily
Associated Press
Rome
Japan
Italy Annexes Fiume Headlines Roil Belgrade
In Belgrade on Sept 18 the mood runs high as newspaper banners claim Italy annexes Fiume with General Girardino as governor. Uncertainty grows amid no official cabinet statement after a two hour session and talk of mobilization looms.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Girardino
Fiume
Italy
Iet
Stinnes Seeks Soviet Concessions From Moscow
Hugo Stinnes, the German industrialist, is in Moscow seeking agricultural concessions from the Soviet government. The report continues on page 2, column STINNES IS SEEKING SOVIET CONCESSIONS.
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Stinnes
Associated Press
Moscow
Hugo Stinnes
Compass clues in navy court prove factor in destroyer wrecks
In San Diego a naval court of inquiry focused on radio compass readings from Point Arguello as the cause of the September 8 destroyer disaster. Testimony showed delays and doubts in wireless bearings that misdirected the squadron toward Santa Barbara channel, raising questions about why certain signals were discarded.
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Associated Press
Ban Diego
Cal
Naval Court of Inquiry
Point Honda
Point Arsuelle
Point Arguello
Santa Arbora
Ww. Pratt
Domneile
Waitehall Fair Opens With Larger Exhibits This Year
Whitehall Montana September Fair opens for its eleventh year featuring fine horses cattle purebred sheep hogs hay grain vegetables and musical and social events. Local farmers increasingly invest in high quality stock and prize crops reflecting a shift toward modern breeding and improved yields. Continued coverage on page 2 column 1.
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Whitehall
Jefferson County
Jefferson Valley
Cayuse
75 Masons Receive Highest Degree in New York Meeting
Seventy five Masons were conferred the thirty third degree at the fifth annual meeting of the Supreme Council to the United States. Nine hundred delegates from across the country and abroad attended as the ceremonies were led by Sovereign Grand Commander Cobbott Coffin.
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Associated Press
New York
Supreme Council
United States
Harding
New Gland
Coremanies
Arbbott Oofton
Youth Brings Body Of Dead Girl To Illinois Hospital
In Rockford Illinois a young man entered St Anthony hospital with the body of Sven Oleson a 26 year old nurse and vanished. Coroner Olson ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death after authorities suspected narcotic poisoning. The man was described as in his early twenties and drove an automobile away with the corpse.
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Associated Press
Rockford
Ill
Fred Olson
St. Anthony Hospital
Sven Oleson
John Oleson
Olson
Trier
Pact to control traffic in arms rejected by U.S.
Geneva Sept 18 The council of the league published a U S communication saying the United States cannot ratify the St Germaine convention for control of traffic in arms and munitions The reasons note the plan creates a control system not a general armament limit and would not bar signatories from meeting their needs or arming each other The U S also objects to a clause barring arms sales to non signatories claiming it would force states to block shipments to Latin American countries not party to the convention
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Associated Press
Geneva
Council of the League
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Five Texas Rivers Far Out Of Banks
Five Southwest Texas rivers are well above their banks and endangering lowlands and crops. The Rio Grande, receding in the morning, rose again at Eagle Pass after earlier floods threatened levees in the lower valley. New Mexico rains fed the Pecos, one of the year's largest rises, prompting the latest flood report.
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San Antonio
Texas
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Pecos
Japanese Receive Million Dollar Quake Relief Check
Ambassador Woods in Tokyo handed Premier Yamamoto a certified check for 1 million dollars as the first major installment of American Red Cross quake relief. The fund total rose to 8.5866 million, with hospital buildings purchased for quake victims and shipment to Japan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ambassador Woods
Tokio
Yamamoto
American Red Cross
State Department
Woods
Japan
Kibbe
Red Cross
Moffatt Tunnel Contract Awarded to Hitchcock and Tinkler
The Moffatt Tunnel commission awarded the 6.06 mile bore under the continental divide west of Denver to Hitchcock and Tinkler of San Francisco and New York. The contract price is $5,250,000.
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Pierce Mountain
Denver
Col
Moffatt Tunnel Commission
Continental Divide
Hitchcock and Tinkler
San Francisco
New York
Oklahoma Solons Plan Assault on Governor Walton
Tulsa dispatch reports a civil military clash as Sheriff Head seizes a court summons during a state of “synthetic rebellion” over martial law. Judge Hunt orders Adjutant General Markham to appear with three military prisoners. uncertainty remains on habeas corpus rights under martial rule. Ben and Grover Sikes and Farl Sack from Broken Arrow face two years for flogging Ben Waggoner.
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Tulsa
Adjutant General
Associated Press
Oklo
Bob Sanford
Sanford
E. L. Head
General Markham
Markham
Oklahoma City
Albert C. Hunt
Oklahoma
Walton
Judge Hunt
Ben
Grover Sikes
Farl Sack
Broken Arrow
Ben Waggoner
Prince of Wales Stows Cakes Away at High River Ranch
High River Alberta report describes the Prince of Wales dining at breakfast with Lord Renfrew and hearing the call no other stacks of wheat as the royal guest signs off on a ranch morning. Lord Renfrew leads the day in field work with brook trout in view and plans for a later fishing trip.
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Associated Press
High River
Alta
Nother
Prince of Wales
Lord Renfrew
Ship Board Orders Suit for Millions
The Shipping Board will sue Bethlehem Shipbuilding for about 2.5 million dollars alleging overpayments under wartime contracts. If the suit stands, it could prompt legal review of numerous war contracts involving hundreds of millions of dollars and question whether government profits on emergency service can be capped.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sept
The
Shipping Board
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Lewiston orders police to shoot to kill hooded invaders
In Lewiston Idaho the city council told the police chief to shoot to kill anyone wearing hoods or hiding identity who invade homes or threaten residents. The order followed three white robed men visiting Georgia Cross, a Black woman, last Friday night. a lodger was told to warn her to stop.
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Associated Press
Lewiston
Idaho
Georgia Cross
New York Struck by Web Pressmen Without Papers for Day
A 24 hour strike by 2,500 web pressmen halted publication of most New York dailies. Only a hasty Evening Post edition appeared before noon, others scarce. Foreign papers and smaller papers in New Jersey rushed editions, some in English in other languages. The famine ended when a joint edition from 11 afternoon papers hit streets. The walkout followed breakdown in talks to replace the expired contract dated Sept 1.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Evening Post
New Jersey
Boston
Web Pressmen’s Union
No. 25
David Simons
Quake Relief Quotas Exceed Goals Across States
Chicago reports central division Red Cross oversubscribed its Japanese relief quota by nearly half a million. Total to date $1,311,094 of $800,000 originally allocated. Iowa sent $193,343, Montana $12,744, Nebraska $64,509, North Dakota $22,028, South Dakota $313,902, Wyoming $8,511.
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Chicago
American Red Cross
Iowa
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Oklahoma Legislature Rally to Defy Governor Walton
Oklahoma lawmakers move to convene a special session to challenge Gov. J. C. Walton and his martial law decree. Impeachment is seen as likely if enough votes gather, while Walton vows to jail any who attempt to meet without his call, with guards at the capitol doors.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Walton
Senate
Waltons Martial Law Proclamation Called Libel
E K Gaylord publisher of the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman and Times denounced Gov J C Walton s proclamation of martial law as a libel against the state asserting the move is political publicity for an anti Klan presidential run The Oklahoman and Times is an independent democratic paper and has opposed Walton since his Oklahoma City mayoralty.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. C. Walton
Oklahoma
E. K. Gaylord
Oklahoman and Times
United States
Walton
Gaylord
The
Oklahoman
Times
Labor federation backs governor in anti Empire fight
Henrietta Oklahoma September 18 unanimous convention action by the State Federation of Labor endorses Governor Walton in his fight against the Invisible Empire.
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Associated Press
Henrietta
Okla
Walton
State Federation of Labor
Feind Imprisoned For Forgery After Park Arrest In Missoula
Benny Fein known as Seasonwide will be returned to Deer Lodge to serve one to two years for forgery unless an insanity hearing can be arranged. He was picked up in Thompson park with James Spain, recently recaptured, and Fein was badly beaten and partially dressed. Fein, a parolee from Mineral county, claims he never served his sentence. He is linked to New York wealth and a loose association with early motion picture ventures, with $85,000 reportedly raised. Continued details appear on page 4.
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Sidney
Deer Lodge
Henry Levinski
Fein
Thompson Park
James Spain
Green
Missoula
Duggan
Mineral County
Feln
New York
Sanitariama
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