Destructive Dominican Hurricane Spurs Global Relief Efforts
A devastating tropical cyclone shattered Santo Domingo, leaving about 600 dead. President Trujillo led relief with the army, while the Red Cross and U S officials mobilized aid. The storm damaged bridges, roads, and communications, with Cuba and Florida lanes potentially at risk as the hurricane veered toward Cuba.
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Edward W. Pickard
Anto Domingo
Dominican Republic
New World
Rafael Trujillo
Republic
Santo Domingo
United States
Red Cross
Curtis
State Department
Washington
Cuba
Florida
Porto Rico
San Juan
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Washington Weather Bureau
French aviators cross Atlantic nonstop Paris to New York
Capt. Dien donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte fly the Question Mark from Paris to New York in 87 hours 15 minutes 30 seconds. They land at Curtiss Field Long Island amid jubilant crowds as officials from President Hoover to Col Lindbergh offer congratulations.
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Atlantic Ocean
Paris
New York
Diendonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Curtiss Field
Valley Stream
Long Island
New York City
Hoover
Col
Qharles Lindbergh
Coste
Nova Scotia
W. E. Easterwood
Dallas
Texas
White House
Paul Dodes
Bellonte
France
Hoover to Launch Campaign with Four Addresses in Six Days
RESIDENT HOOVER will deliver four speeches in six days in October as part of a push to help the Republican party hold control of Congress in the November elections. The tour includes Cleveland October 2 before the American Bankers Association, Boston October 6 before the American Legion and the AFL, and October 7 at the Kings Mountain battle anniversary in North and South Carolina with North Carolina and Tennessee voters among the key audiences.
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Hoover
Washington
Republican Party
Congress
American Bankers’ Association
Cleveland
American Legion
Mr. Hoover
Boston
American Federation of Labor
Kings Mountain
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
McCormick Accuses Illinois Inquiry of Persecution
Ruth Hapna McCormick Republican candidate for the senate says the Nye committee inquiry into campaign expenditures in Illinois amounts to persecution and claims her office was broken into and papers ransacked by committee agents. She hires a detective agency to probe the North Dakota senator and his staff, while her own detectives shadow others.
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Illinnoia
Nye
Ruth Hapna McCormick
Senate
North Dakota
Farm board official sparks labor protest in Syracuse speech
HAIRMAN LEGGE told the New York State Grange in Syracuse that rising farmers taxes reflect higher labor costs. AFL President William Green telegraphed a demand for correction, arguing wage share has barely risen since 1913.
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Hairman Legge
Federal Farm Board
New York State Grange
Syracuse
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Legge
Green
United States
Van Orman Wins Gordon Bennett Balloon Race From Cleveland
Ard T. Van Orman, America's leading balloonist, won the Gordon Bennett trophy for the Goodyear VOL after flying roughly 550 miles from near Cleveland to a landing near Canton, Massachusetts. Capt. Ernest Demuyter in the Belgica placed second at about 435 miles, with a possible disqualification under review due to an assistant leaving via the drag rope to extend the flight.
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Ard T. van Orman
America
Cleveland
Ohio
van Orman
Canton
Masse
Ernest Demuyter
Drought Fears Prompt September Relief Meeting
G Poretsky of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde warns the drought may continue and spread northward. He called a September 10 meeting of state relief chairmen in Washington. Hyde notes wheat and small grains have been harvested despite ongoing drought and prices for corn and livestock rise offset some losses.
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G Poretsky
Arthur M. Hyde
Middle West
Washington
Mr. Hyde
Central States
Hyde
General Henry T. Allen Dies of Heart Disease
Retired AJ. Gen. Henry T. Allen who led the American army of occupation in Germany after the armistice died suddenly of heart disease at Buena Vista Springs Pennsylvania. Born in Sharpsburg Kentucky in 1858 he graduated West Point in 1882 and served in Alaska Russia Germany Cuba the Philippines and Mexico with Pershing. He later commanded a division in France and headed American forces on the Rhine in 1910.
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Henry T. Allen
Germany
Buena Vista Springs
Sharpsburg
Military Academy
West Point
Alaska
Russia
Cuba
Philippines
Mexico
Pershing
France
Rhine
Wasters Mowepaper Union
Wolfe and Danny's Stray Pact in Desert Encounter
A desert road moment binds man and dog Wolfe and Danny Murphy share a meal and shelter as Wolfe foils a grim urge with a human ally. Danny, jailed briefly for disorder, vows to search for Wolfe while a girl hints at a growing bond with the dog. The tale blends rugged frontier grit with odd tenderness.
The Rat Tax That Costs Four Dollars Per Capita
In Food Industries Dr. G V Akin of the United States Public Health Service calls rats the costliest U S pest, estimating a half billion dollars yearly in losses and damage from feed, spoilage, and property destruction. He notes rats travel widely, are nocturnal, and migrate seasonally between homes and fields, with brown and black rats differing in trap success.
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New York
United States
G. V. Akin
United States Public Health Service
Doctor Akin
Akin
Swedish Flapper Bobs Hair at 103 Years
Lund Sweden one hundred three year old flapper known as Mother Karna Alm widow of a Swedish soldier enjoys life at the Wetherod Home for Aged near Col Charles A Lindbergh ancestral home She keeps up with styles reads without glasses walks daily and recalls the songs of her courting days Her memory remains sharp and she expects many more years despite her age
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Lund
Sweden
Karna Alm
Wetherod
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Karns
Girl Exhibits Two Pupils in One Eye
Five year old Shirley Whgile in Fort Collins Colorado has a single eye with two pupils that allow normal vision. An accident with a spring in a screen door caused a cut at the edge of the eye which healed, leaving two distinct pupils.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Shirley Whgile
Tolva County Hungary Introduces Motherhood Bonuses
Hungary's Tolva county inaugurates a motherhood bonus system granting a payment for every child after the third to each woman. The policy aims to counter population decline by encouraging larger families.
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Budapest
Tolva
Hungary
Napoleon Legend Hit by a Surgeon
Paris reports Dr Raoul Baudet a prominent French surgeon challenged the long standing belief that Napoleon's energy and success rested on epilepsy. He rejects past diagnoses by Lombroso and Cesar Juarros and argues there is no proof Napoleons father sister or mother caused a hereditary epilepsy. He says the fathers temperament and mothers economic pressures contradict the epilepsy claim.
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Paris
Napoleon
Raoul Baudet
Bonaparte
Bardet
Lombrosco
University of
Turin
Cesar Juarros
Baudet
Pauline
Cesar Jonarros
Rat Army Reported Moving on Manchuria
From Harbin comes a report that millions of rats march in disciplined fashion through outer Mongolia toward north Manchuria. The rat army is led by various "emmy corps leaders" and stops only to gather food, moving with apparent purpose from Yinsk in Siberia.
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Peiping
China
Harbin
Outer Mongolia
Manchuria
Yinsk
Siberia
Emmy Corps
Ancient Greek City Sought Under Sea
An expedition near here searches under Black Sea waters for an ancient Greek town reputedly submerged by shifting earth. Artifacts washed ashore near Sebastopol Crimea bolster the theory prompting the expedition.
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Sebastopol
Crimean
U. S
Black Sea
President Hoover's Chauffeur Recognized as Safe Driver
Washington report says Hoover’s longtime chauffeur, who has driven presidents since 1910 without a fault, was officially commended by the Dayton safety council for his fine safety record. The council sent a copy of its resolution to Mr. Hoover.
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Washington
Francis B. Robinson
Hoover
United States
Dayton
Ohio
Rescue succeeds as second dog saves trapped pet
In Wellston Ohio rescue efforts over three weeks failed to reach a dog stuck in an abandoned mine shaft. When a second dog was lowered into the tunnel the trapped animal emerged to greet its companion and was hauled to the surface.
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Wellston
Ohio
Wheelbarrow Pushers and Toe Stands Captivate Endurance Tests
A French youth named Reynaud from Havre pushes a wheelbarrow across the country in a craze sweeping the Atlantic. Mile. Adrienne Flauris of Vienna claims a world record by balancing on her toes for fourteen and a quarter hours.
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Paris
Atlantic
Reynaud
Havre
Mile
Adrienne Flauris
Vienna
Old Jefferson Clock Restored to Duty at Monticello
The famous clock above Monticello reinstalled after a long outage. It has a double face showing hours from both hall and terrace and now chimes across the grounds as in Jefferson's era. A jeweler offered to repair at his own expense, ensuring the clock runs again thanks to his effort.
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Jefferson
Richmond
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Fourth Gospel Charged to John the Younger by Mingana
Dr A Mingana argues a Syriac manuscript presents the Holy Gospel according to the preaching of John the younger, suggesting a discipleship author and possible writing in Bithynia rather than Ephesus or Patmos. The document, dated 1740 AD but copying an older original, casts new doubt on traditional authorship and origin.
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London
England
John the Apostle
John the Younger
A. Mingana
John Rylands Lbrary
Manchester
Mingann
Mingana
Library Bulletin
Ephesus
Patmos
Bithynia
Jesus Christ
John
British Museum
Cambridge
Paris
Jacob Leveen
Doctor Minguna
Leveen
Doctor Mingana
Robbers Loot Paramount Garage After Year of Attempts
Armonk N Y police records show twelve break in attempts at the Paramount garage over the past year, each thwarted by the burglar alarm. The latest raid yielded only 10 dollars from the cash register after the thieves carted off a 15 pound alarm device.
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Armonk
Paramount
Cat Survives Three-Story Courthouse Fall With Minor Injury
Biackle the courthouse cat fell from three stories while watching pedestrians in Poughkeepsie. He landed on all fours and only sustained a chin scratch, despite the severe impact.
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Poughkeepsie
Biackle
Firemen Now Equipped to Save Cows in Wells
Methuen Massachusetts firefighters add cow rescue gear including an improvised derrick after many calls from farmers whose cattle fell into wells.
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Methuen
Mass
Disremembera Memorable Cook Born in Slavery
Laura Watson, an Atlanta, Georgia, enslaved-born cook, worked four generations for the same family using fireplace, coal stove, gas stove, and electric stove. The article notes her long service and ties to slavery.
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Atlanta
Laura Watson
Snakes Seek Sun at Longmont Picnic Site
Dorothy and Doris Young on a picnic in Longmont observe a rattlesnake basking in the sun and refusing to move as they approach. The incident highlights the wildlife encounters common in outdoor leisure areas.
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Longmont
Colo
Dorothy
Doris Young
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