Florida recounts reveal 365 known dead in hurricane toll
Florida recounts show 365 known dead and about 1100 injured after the storm that devastated the southeastern coast. Rescue teams scour Moorehaven and nearby towns as property losses mount to tens of millions. Divers search Biscayne Bay, and more bodies are expected as floodwaters recede.
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W H Combs
Bureau of Missing Persons
L . Lowry Je Weader
Moorehaven
Associated Press
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Hollood
Hialeah
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Dania
Fulford & Stpboard Park
Engleside
Hallandale
Homestead
Pompando
Clewiston
Progresso
Wiam
Milam Beach
Coral Gables
Cocoanut Grove
Lowry
Utres
Moe
Evelyn D Whitch
Kalkeer
Biscayne Bay
Everglades
Croga
Tornado tears along Lake Erie near Sandusky
A tornado cut a 12 mile path along Lake Erie near Sandusky and through Huron, causing up to $20,000 in damage. Barns unroofed trees uprooted and a Bloomingdale house was wrecked without any reported fatalities after district checks.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie
Huron
Bloomingdale
City cancels Zurich policy after six months of losses
Bridgeport faces large compensation costs as Zurich General Accident and Liability Insurance cancels its city contract after paying out about 24 000 from March 3 to August 31. Insurance commissioner Fred Harrison seeks 9 024 40 to finance reinsurance while noting premiums already paid and a net city balance of 975 60 after partial refunds.
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Zurich
Bridgepot
Fred Warrison
Insurance Commission
Board of Apportionment
Harrison
John G Stevens
C&y
Public Works
Employers Liability Company
Six Die as Paris Train Crashes Near Hervé Station
Six persons were killed and 18 injured when the Lions express on the Paris Monterens line collided near Hervé station outside Paris. Earlier reports listed nine deaths, but official announcements later suggested a lower toll. One victim initially reported as an American student was identified as a British citizen.
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Paris
Lions Express
Herev
Paris-Vonterens
New Senate Vote for World Court Requires Action
Capital officials signal Senate must reconsider American entry into the World Court after Geneva advisory conference. verdict hinges on how Washington replies to the World Court protocol with reservations. The Geneva recommendations are advisory and allow each power to craft its own response, delaying a definite U S position.
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Senate
Plainfield halts parade of Ku Klux Klan in town
Plainfield secured a temporary injunction from Superior Court Judge John R Booth barring the Ku Klux Klan of Connecticut Inc from parade plans this Saturday. The move followed threats and the first selectman’s refusal to issue a permit citing potential ill will and traffic disruption along the proposed route.
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Plainfield
John R Booth
Superior Court
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan of
Connecticut. Inc
First Selectman
Connecticut
Rhode Island
T W Perry
New London
Frank Conedon
Louis Bradford
Frank Congdon
Louis A Bradford
Danielaon
Championship Fights Highlight Heavyweight Upset
Report covers Tunney outpointing Dempsey to claim the heavyweight title, crowd noise and postfight injury notes, plus media commentary by Grantland Rice. Also referenced are Florida disaster counts and various obituaries and market briefs from the day.
Schwab resigns from all but two posts
Charles M Schwab resigns from nearly all his enterprises, leaving only Bethlehem Steel and Chicago Pneumatic Tool. The announcement, dated September 24 from Minneapolis, cites his 45 years of intense work and his wish to step back.
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Schwab
Chicago
Charles M Dchwab
Bethelehem Steel Company
Tax Surplus to Exceed Original Estimate in Treasury Forecast
Washington says tax receipts rise, Mellon boosts 186 million surplus estimate for the year. He warns it is too early to promise tax cuts, noting the need to balance receipts and expenditures. Treasury predicts September income tax at 440 million, pushing quarterly total above 500 million and narrowing the year’s miscellaneous tax gain.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Ma Mellon
Oldfield
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Mately
Tazea
Geneva Committee Report Accepted in World Court Talk
Geneva September 28 AP A delegate conference accepted a committee report on accepting American reservations to World Court membership. The U S will be invited to help draft a protocol translating the five reservations into court and League covenant language. Delegates adjourned and signed the final act to be sent to Washington.
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United States
Washington
United State
Gust
St. Pancis Hell
New Zealand
Simon
Yale cancels thirty intercollegiate hockey games for 1928 27
Yale announces the cancellation of the entire 1928 27 hockey schedule because the new arena built in memory of H W Walker will not be completed this fall. The Yale Athletic Association says teams will play away from home and practice travel remains long. Notices go to all scheduled opponents.
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Yale Hag
Yale Athletic Association
H W Walker
Bridgeport
Clarence Wanamaker
Yale
H F Woodcock
Yale Athletic
Karena
Walker
Trail of graft funds clouds Daugherty case ends in mislaid records
Government probes a $206000 graft trail linking German interests to Harry Maugherty and Thomas W Miller amid missing deposit records. Testimony traces $441000 paid to John T King to speed claims on enemy assets, with $50000 routed to Miller and $160000 to Daugherty. Witness recounts King checks routed via multiple banks and erased trails, while Vera Veall confirms King had no account at Midland Bank.
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Harry Maugherty
Thomas W Miler
Harding
Johns T King
American Metals Company
Miller
Daugherty
Richard Merton
James Watson
King
Liberty Bonds
Seaboard National Bank of New York
Jesse W Smith
Ohio
Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati
Midland National Bank of Washington
Mark Daugherty
Vera V Veall
Midland Bank
Daughertys
Smith
Dempsey Falls to Tunney in Historic Heavyweight Title Clash
Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey by unanimous decision in a ten round title bout at Seagal Century Stadium Philadelphia. Dempsey, outboxed and battered throughout, fails to land his famed assault as Tunney dominates from start to finish before 132,000 spectators in one of boxing history's great upsets.
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Seagul-Centennial Stadium
Philadelphia
Gene “Tunney
Fighting Marine
Jack Dempsey
King
Dempsey
Pois
Tunney
Frenzied Crowd Cheers Champion After Rain Soaked Fight
A massive Philadelphia crowd braved rain to witness the Dempsey Cunney title bout. Dempsey's battered face defeated by the decision as fans surged past police, flooding the stadium and delaying proceedings in a scene of drowned chaos.
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Universal Service
Philidelphia
Dempsey Cunney
Biusang
Lynne
Vitor
Dempsey
Ted Ecbving
Tunney Defeats Dempsey In Rain Soaks Centennial Fight
Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey in a rain soaked bout at Philadelphia Centennial Stadium before about 130000. Tunney outboxed the ex champion across ten rounds, opening a gory cut on Dempsey’s face and delivering decisive blows to body and jaw. Dempsey mounted few solid counters as Tunney remained the crisper fighter, earning a historic heavyweight title win in a dramatic, stormy setting.
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Centennial Stadium
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Dempsey
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Gene Tunney
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Cuncey
Sam
Wamistreas
Tunney
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Orner
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Farty
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