Flood Waters Rage in the Carolinas and Georgia
Hundreds of lowland homes deserted as tropical storm flood waters rise across western North Carolina and southern Georgia. Dams collapsed, bridges washed away, and crops ruined as rivers crept higher. no lives reported but Quitman and Mills near Spartanburg faced isolation and widespread inundation.
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Richmond
U.R
Carolinas
Georgia
North Carolina
Clifton
Pacolet
Broad River
Quitman
Brice
Spartanburg
S. C
Cooper Wins as Begg Narrowly Trails in Ohio Nomination Fight
In Ohio primary results Cooper carried 58 counties while Begg led in only 30. Begg’s strong showing in Cuyahoga kept him in the race. Myers won the Democratic lieutenant governor nomination. Braden topped Bricker for the Republican nomination. Bettman won attorney general. Tracy secured a large Republican nomination for auditor.
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Cincinnati
Begg
Cuyahoga County
Cooper
John W. Bricker
Columbus
Bettman
Hamilton County
Bricker
Brummer Dies After Blood Transfusion Attempt
William Brummer, 35, of Batesville Ind died on an operating table in Cincinnati last night after his brother in law donated blood in a bid to save him Brummer had shot himself yesterday following a quarrel with a neighbor in Batesville.
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Cincinnati
William Brummer
Batesville
Ind
Brummer
Children Injured In Attack by Dog
Two children of Mr and Mrs FE N Corwin of 82 Mound street Athens were injured when the German police dog owned by Jean Gist rushed from the yard and bit Betty on the leg and toppled the baby cart carrying her 8 months old brother Jack The baby suffered minor bruises Dr J L Henry says the bite is not serious Betty had an uneasy night A dog warden ordered the dog kept locked up and reports it is not mad.
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FE. N. Corwin
Mound Street
Athens
Jean Gist
Gist
Betty
Jack
J. L. Henry
Porter Dickens
Ballot Count Begins in Athens County Primaries Today
Official primary ballot tallies started at the Athens County Courthouse as the election board opened counting. County figures will be ready by Saturday with state totals due tomorrow. Unofficial county results show Davis 1384, James 1185, Boggs 1109, Evans 45. Hoover 2778 over Rathburn 2434. Blosser leads judge race with 3012 to Jones 2573 and Lefevre 4171 over Silbaugh 2187 in county counts.
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Athens County
Athens County Election Board
Dave Johnson
State Central
George B. Davis
Edwin James
Alfred Boggs
D. Price Evans
Ethel Arnold Hoover
M. E. Rathburn
Court of Appeals
Chillicothe
Glouster
Peter Blosser
Pr. FE
Sunday School Class Plans Portsmouth Trip
Members of the Married People's class at the Christian church will travel to Portsmouth to visit a similar class there. The outing follows a Columbus trip to observe the Fourth Avenue Christian church. They meet Sunday at 5:30 AM, with transport provided, and plan a picnic lunch after sessions. Dr. H. T. Phillips leads the group.
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Christian Church
Sun‘day School
Portsmouth
Columbus
Fourth Avenue
H. T. Phillips
Local Families Gather for Sunday Dinner in Buchtel
Mr and Mrs John Jones and others from Powhattan Point Zanesville Columbus and Buchtel visited Mr and Mrs Robert Rife for dinner Sunday. The group including the Richardsons Giffins Shuttleworths Butterworth Ferguson and Rife families traveled home Monday after the meal. Mrs Laura Vaughn and her son Billy Joe returned home after a two week stay in Zanesville with Mrs Richard Richardson.
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John Jones
Jaco Andes
Arthur Rife
Carrie
Powhattan Point
Richard Richardson
Pauline
Zanesville
Hugh Shuttleworth
Dorothy
Richard Butterworth
Alvin Ferguson
Lawrence Rife
Columbus
William Giffin
Doris
James
Robert
Arthur
Buchtel
Robert Rife
Laura Vaughn
Non
Billy Joe
Athens swimmers sweep South Central Ohio meet title
Athens wins 94 of 100 points at the South Central Ohio Amateur Swimming meet in Chillicothe. The team earns a 16 inch cup for most points a 10 inch cup for the six man relay and a diving cup with Bob Koegler taking all diving events. Nine teams competed including Athens Chillicothe Portsmouth and Circleville.
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Ohio
Meada Pool
Chillicothe
Bob Koegler
Jimmie Brown
Lee Morehead
Jimmie
Lee
Dutch Ludwig
Bob White
White
Oak Hill
Washington D. H
Wilmington
Circleville
Portsmouth
Byron Eby
Ohio State University
Clark Ware
Isaac Cook
Bob Koogler
Walter Mutr
Brownie Barnes
Bill Curry
Pete McKinley
Tex Geems
Paul Hottle
Harold Morgan
Stud Swires
Virgil Cross
Blosser Nominated by Large Majority
Judge Peter J. Blosser was nominated as the Republican candidate for the Fourth District Court of Appeals with a wide lead over Benner Jones. With Brown the only county reporting, Blosser carried all other counties except Jackson and Gallia by comfortable majorities.
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Chillicothe
Peter J. Blosser
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Benner Jones
Brown
Plane crash near Tampa claims passenger life
Charles Egeston of Atlantic City New Jersey was fatally injured when the Pan-American railways plane President Machado fell into the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa. He died aboard the tanker Legionnaire which rescued others aboard the aircraft. The plane operated in the Havana Key West service.
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Key West
Fla
Charles Egeston
Atlantic City
N. J
pan-American Railways
Machado
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Egeston
Legionnaire
Airways
Havana
State to survey Findlay site for fish hatchery
Columbus reports the state bureau of fish and game will survey Findlay late this week for a proposed hatchery site. The hatchery, planned for construction this fall, carries an estimated cost of about 25 000 dollars.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Fish and Game
Findlay
Rivers Reach Near Flood Stage In Asheville District
Three feet of water flooded Biltmore village as rain continued, swelling the Swannanoa Broad and French rivers toward flood levels. The Swannanoa rises one foot per hour and nears the 1916 peak when the district suffered a disastrous flood.
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Asheville
N. C
U.P
Biltmore
Swannanoa
Mine Disaster Kills 13 at Irvonia Coal Mine
Officials probe one of Clearfield county's worst disasters after an explosion in Irvonia No 3 mine leaves 13 dead and 135 men escaped. The blast trapped about 150 in the workings as the day shift was ending, with bodies recovered last night and the mine isolated to the South Working section.
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Coalport
Clearfield County
Irvonia Coal and Coke Company
Irvonia
Operation postponed as doctor objects
Francis P. Weston announced that the operation to separate Mary and Margaret Gibbs Siamese twins was indefinitely postponed. The 17-year-old twins remained in a New York hospital awaiting physicians guidance on the advisability of the operation, with Dr Harold M Mays, hospital director, opposing the procedure.
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New York
Francis P. Weston
Mary
Margaret Gibbs
Harold M. Mays
Prospector Returns In Rags After 48 Days Lost
In THE PAS Manitoba on August 16 Andy Taylor a prospector who was lost for 48 days in the north country returned to civilization yesterday. He survived on frogs and dead fish and came back in ragged condition and too weak to walk.
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The
Pas
Manitoba
North Country
Andy Taylor
Appreciation of Support for Cooper in Athens County Primary
Myers Y. Cooper Republican governor candidate received public support from Athens County voters. Campaign manager W. D. Robinson expresses gratitude in an advancement notice, acknowledging the backing shown during the Tuesday primary election.
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Myers Y. Cooper
Athens County
W. D. Robinson
Mr. Cooper
Mother's Friend promotes comfort for expectant mothers
Externally applied product relieves prenatal distress by relaxing tight tissues and muscles and keeps skin soft. A user from Leechburg Pa reports delivering a 934 pound baby boy moments before the doctor arrived, saying the product saved her life. Sold at drug stores with a free booklet offered by Regulator Co Desk 27.
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Regulator Co
Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Baird Ill in Columbus
Joseph Baird Republican nominee for the Thirteenth district in Congress is seriously ill with quinsy at his Columbus home and will undergo an operation this week. Secretary of State Clarence Brown announced.
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Francis Pouson
Cleveland
Bettman
Joseph T. Tracy
Columbus
Stanley Cherrington
Daniel FE. Butler
Toledo
Joseph T. Ferguson
Lancaster
Butler
Tracy
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Bert B. Buckley
Dayton
Joseph Baird
Bowling Green
Congress
Clarence Brown
Hoover Seen as Favorable South Candidate for Republicans
Republicans view Herbert Hoover as an ideal nominee to win the Solid South. His nonpartisan image and past alliance with Woodrow Wilson during the war are noted as factors appealing to independents and Southern Democrats less aligned with Smith.
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United Press
New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
South
Smith
Kansas City
Michigan
Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
Coolidge Builds Hope on War Treaty
President Coolidge told the Wisconsin American Legion convention that the Kellogg anti war treaty soon to be signed in Paris marks the greatest step toward international peace in the decade since World War I. He called it a revolutionary policy with vast promise for peaceful relations and urged more nations to sign to prevent a future world war.
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Wausau
Wis
Coolidge
Wisconsin
American Legion
Paris
Gene Austin Missing At Sea Prompting Search
Gene Austin of New York the noted lullaby singer aboard his yacht Blue Heaven with three guests a captain and crew is missing for a week off the North Carolina coast The Coast Guard ordered detachments at Fort Lauderdale and Fernandina to begin a search for the vessel and its party.
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Washington
U.P
Gene Austin
New York
Blue Heaven
North Carolina
Beast Guard
Ft. Lauderdale
Fernandina
Ila
Toledo Family Tragedy Near New Castle Crash
Two Toledo relatives were killed and three injured when their car overturned on the Youngstown road near New Castle Pennsylvania yesterday. The accident occurred on a rural stretch and authorities investigated the cause as survivors were treated at a local hospital.
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New Castle
Youngstown Highway
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