Island Relief Efforts Rise After Huricane Disaster
Puerto Rico faces food shortages and rising prices as relief work begins led by Chief Justice Emeli Del Toro and Governor Horace M. Towner. Typhoid hits Aguadilla while damages from the hurricane push thousands to seek shelter and aid. deaths are tallied in Arecibo Cayey Bayamon and Ponce with official counts to be revised.
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Angel Ramos
United Press
San Juan
Porto Rico
Aguadilla
Emeli del Toro
Horace M. Towner
Horace M. Towner. Despite A Warning From the Attorney General's Office
Arecibo
Cayey
Bayamon
Ponce
Small Shot Found At Home Near Glouster
Gunfire mystery unsettles Oakdale Road residents as several shotgun fragments are found on the porch and home side of Isaac Trice. Sheriff and deputy investigate. Price family and Hugh Stephenson deny any shooting overnight. Neighbors report no sounds and no motive evident.
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Prices
Stephenson
Price
Canaanville
Toll Mounts as Tropic Hurricane Kills 1000 Plus
United Press reports death toll from the tropical hurricane rises above 1000 across the Caribbean and Florida. Guadeloupe leads with about 510 dead, Porto Rico 200, Monserrat 25, Florida 27, Nevins Island 13, and Virgin Islands figures noted as incomplete due to communication outages.
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United Press
Guadeloupe
Porto Rico
Monserrat
Florida
Nevins Island
Virgin Islands
Everglades
Citrus
Nanasc o steamer Nanasco sinks with loss of crew and passengers
Five survivors rescued after the lake steamer Nanasco foundered off Griffith Island in Lake Huron. The vessel carried 17 crew and possibly four passengers. Engineer Tom McCutcheon died from exposure on a life raft after the ship went down without warning. The Manitoba arrived with the raft and rescued the men after drifting over 60 hours. The ship carried cattle in its cargo.
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McCutcheon
Manitoba
Nanasco
150 Telephone Men Meet in Athens for District Conference
About 150 telephone men from Southeastern Ohio gather in Athens Wednesday for the district meeting of the Ohio Independent Telephone Association hosted by The Athens Home Telephone Company. The program includes a tour of the new building and automatic exchange, a luncheon, and remarks by Mayo r Alex M. Moore and association president J Warren Safford. The event features discussions on customer owned finances with The Athens National Bank providing stock data for 165 stockholders.
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Ohio
Ohio Independent Telephone Association
Athens
Athens Home Telephone Company
West Washington Street
Athens Company
Alex M. Moore
J. Warren Safford
Troy
Association
C. H. Harris
Athens Messenger
Athens National Bank
Home Telephone Company
Hoover outlines plan to aid labor and sustain prosperity
Herbert Hoover in Newark lays out a campaign program for relieving depressions in textile and coal while stressing Republican policies. He calls for guarded immigration, free collective bargaining, and restrained injunctions, asserting progress comes from prosperity and national unity.
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Newark
N. J
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Republican Party
Smith Told He Will Win Western States Over Campaign Stand
Governor Alfred E. Smith travels on a special train to Omaha to launch his Western tour and gain farm votes. Senator Robert F. Wagner reports growing Smith strength in Wisconsin Minnesota and the German vote shifting toward Smith. Illinois leaders promise victory downstate and in Cook County with margins up to 150 000.
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Smith
Omaha
Alfred E. Smith
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Chicago
Wagner
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Coolidge
Davis
LaFollette
Illinois
Thomas Donovan
George Brennan
Herbert Hoover
Cook County
Start Pouring Concrete Base on North Lancaster Street
Concrete base pouring began late morning on North Lancaster Street from the Catholic Cemetery. City officials expect 18 days to complete the cemetery to Second Avenue stretch with detours via Second, Central and West State streets.
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Lancaster Street
Catholic Cemetery
Second Avenue
Central Avenue
West State Street
Cemetery
Carpenter Street
Miners to Meet GLOUSTER Mass Meeting Announcement
In Lamborn's Grove Lamborn city a miners meeting will be held on Thursday night at 7 o'clock. William Huston international representative and district officers will speak. The public and miners are invited. Several mass meetings will follow in sub-district areas before a general mass meeting at Athens likely on the Fair Grounds.
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Glouster
Lamborn's Grove
William Huston
Athens
Record Breaking Freshman Class at Ohio University
At noon today Ohio University officials estimated first year registrations around 1000, a record for entering students. Returned students began registration in the Men's Gymnasium and will continue until tomorrow night. Registrar F. B. Dilley projects total enrollment near 2300.
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Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Parole Action Postponed for Cleveland Official
Parole on Josiah Kirby former head of the Cleveland Discount Company now serving seven years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary has been postponed until November according to Atlanta dispatches.
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Cleveland
U.R
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Atlanta
Atlanta Dispatches
Man kills wife and himself in Cleveland
John Denbicki aged 52 shot his wife Harrietta 41 as she slept with their 12 year old daughter in Cleveland. He then killed himself in the early morning incident reported by U P.
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Cleveland
U.P
John Denbicki
Harrietta
Denbicki
Palm Beach Homes Levelled by Tropical Storm Fury
Passengers on the Havana Special arriving in Jacksonville after a 15 hour delay described Palm Beach and West Palm Beach as almost leveled by a hurricane. Eyewitness H Hilliard reported 150 mph winds, wrecked and leaning buildings, fireless streets, and hundreds of homeless residents with emergency hospitals filling.
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Porto Rico
Bahamas
Florida
Jupiter
West Palm Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Miami
Palm Beach
Jacksonville
Fla
H. Hilliard
Easton
Tex
Palm Beaches
United Press
Threatening Atlantic Coast After Florida Hurricane Strikes
United Press reports on the second anniversary of the 1926 Florida hurricane that crippled the state with 27 deaths and widespread injuries. Caribbean islands suffer severe losses as residents begin rebuilding while Georgia Alabama and northern Florida brace for potential impact.
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United Press
Florida
500 Free Flood In Everglades As Lake Okeechobee Overflows
Five hundred residents flee the Everglades as Lake Okeechobee breaches shore and floods central Florida lowlands. Belle Glade Pahokee and Canal Point are nearly submerged and inhabitants head toward West Palm Beach.
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Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Miami
Fla
U.P
Florida
Belle Lade
Pahokee
Canalpoint
West Palm Beach
Atlantic Coast Braces for Hurricane Aftermath
The hurricane moving from the West Indies into the Southeastern states will reach New England with minor effects. Cooler Atlantic states report the storm turning northeastward, as relief agencies in Washington coordinate large scale aid for Porto Rico and Florida disasters, likened to last year’s Mississippi floods.
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Washington
U.P
Atlantic
New England
West Indies
Southeastern
United States
Porto Rico
Florida
Mississippi
Warnings Post Loaded Coast as West Indian Hurricane Hits Florida
The Weather Bureau ordered storm warnings from Charleston to Boston as the West Indian hurricane moved northward near Savannah. West Palm Beach reports heavy damage with martial law in effect and many homes and businesses destroyed. Red Cross describes severe devastation across Brevard and surrounding counties with high casualties feared and urgent relief needed. Local lines report downed wires along Georgia coast.
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Washington
U.R
Weather Bureau Today
Boston
Savannah
Charleston
D. C
Jacksonville
Fila
Red Cross
J. F. McMillan
Brevard County
West Palm Beach
McMillan
A. T. Elde
Haines City
Bartow
Joseph T. Robinson
Florida
Lauderdale
Titusville
Palm Beach
Tampa
Miami
Count Zeppelin Makes First Trial Flight From Friedrichshafen
The trans Atlantic passenger dirigible Count Zeppelin began its initial test flight over Friedrichshafen Germany on September 18 with U R reporting. The airship undertook its maiden trial as engineers observed lift controls and stability during the run.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
U.R
Household pests and garden plants sales coupon offer
A brief notice advertises a sale of home pests and plants, urging customers to fill a clip and mail a coupon with four stamps to cover return postage. It mentions distribution and associated handling, aiming to attract buyers for household goods.
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Gocquecatta
Menace Pees
Desigi Teat
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