Dominican capital devastated by hurricane disaster
A tropical hurricane tore through Santo Domingo destroying nearly all buildings and causing an estimated 800 deaths in the capital. President Trujillo led relief efforts as the army aided victims with Red Cross support from the United States, while communications and infrastructure were heavily disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardw
Pickard
Anto
Republic
Santo Domingo
United States
Red Cross
Curtis
State Department
Washington
Cuba
Florida Straits
Coamo
San Juan
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Washington Weather Bureau
Florida
General Henry T. Allen Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
Former American army of occupation commander in Germany, retired general Henry T. Allen, died of heart disease at Buena Vista Springs, Pennsylvania. Born 1859 in Sharpsburg, Kentucky, he graduated West Point in 1882 and held posts in Alaska Russia Germany Cuba the Philippines Mexico with Pershing. He later led American forces on the Rhine during the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Allen
Germany
Buena Vista Springs
Sharpsburg
Military Academy
West Point
Alaska
Russia
Cuba
Philippines
Mexico
Pershing
France
Tha’ Rhine
Indiana briefs recount deaths, crimes, and public notices
A rundown of Indiana items notes Jesse Melbaney’s suicide near Warren, town casualties including a Wells county hog cholera outbreak, and a Green Castle electrocution. Also reported are typhoid suits in Fort Wayne, Clinton shooting, Mishawaka injuries, a deadly St Anthony freight collision, a Wisconsin captivity, Salik embezzlement, a Bedford veteran’s wartime payout, a burglary of a marriage celebration, and White River conference officers for the United Brethren churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Melbaney
Fly Home
Warren
Harley Lang
Albion
Garrett Hospital
Lock Jaw
Noble County
Wells County
Ound
Harry CL. Crumpacker
Superior Court
Michigan City
Gary-Michigan
Garrett Tress
Indiana State Farm
Greencastle
Hess
Roanoke
Cecil Kepford
Geneva Alberts
City of
Fort Wayne
Wabash Railroad Company
Peter
Clown
Pricce
Clinton
Pricco
Mqnor
William Probasco
Indiana
Mishawaka
Northern Indiana Railway
W. P. O'Neill
Progress Club of
South Bend
Mishawaka Woman's Club
League of Women Voters
St. Anthony
Wihimam
Theodore
Irene Hedinger
John Bieker
Wihiham Hedinger
Leola
Bernice Bieker
Claude Dilner
Boleslaw Salik
Northern Trust and Savings Bank of
Hammond
Ind
Paul Lipinski
Salik
First Polish Building and Loan Association
Harry Wright
Bedford
France
Wright
John Cuddy
Cuddy
Joseph Swentko
Swentko
D. L. Chambers
Huntington
Orson Fuller
Hartford City
White River
United Brethren
Christ Churches
Past the Century Mark
A foreign visitor Zara Agha claims to be 156 years old from Istambul and recalls events from the late 18th century. The piece surveys other centenarian claims, notes doubts about survival beyond a hundred, and cites experts who deem such ages unlikely while recounting famous historic or rumored cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Zara Agha
Istambul
Turkey
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
France
Napoleon
Egypt
Palestine
India
Paris
United States
Providence, R. I
Ivan Proskuniak
Henri Barbusse
Ural Mountains
Russia
M. Barbusse
Ivan Proskunlak
Zaro Ag
Lfe
Li Chung-yun
China
Zara
Agha
Ike Zara
Pei-fo
Peiping
North
Wa Baye de
Department of Education
Changta University
New York World
New York Life Insurance Company
Balkans
America
Cornelius Cole
New York Times
Wesleyan University
California
Middletown
Conn
Lincoln
Houses of Congress
Alaska
Reneca County
New York
Cole
Maj
Edward James Monroe
Monroe
James A. Toby
Scientific American
John Shell
Therese Abalva
Ivan Tretya
Rostov
Peter Zortay
Torton
St. Monagh
Georgia
Transcaucasa
Nikolai Andreyevitch Shapkovsky
Old Perr
England
Earl of Arundel
London
John Taylor
Thomas Parr
William Harvey
Taylor
James Caulfield
Old Parr
W. J. Thoms
House of Lords
Parr
Thoms
Desmond
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Buenos Aires
Walter L. Bell
Federal Trade Commission
Atlantic Ocean
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Curtiss Field
Valley Stream
Long Island
New York City
Hoover
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Coste
Nova Scotia
W. E. Easterwood
Dallas
Texas
White House
Paul Codes
Lellonte
Legion of Honor
Bellonte
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Martinez
Delleplane
Yrigoyen
Sanchez Cerro
Seguin
Revolutionary Junta
National Tribunal of Accounts
Harold B. Grow
Legula
Charles W. Sutton
National Penitentiary
Sdo Grande Do Sul
Osvaldo Aranha
Republican Party
Congress
American Bankers’ Association
Cleveland
American Legion
Mr. Hoover
Boston
American Federation of Labor
Kings Mountain
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Ilinois
Sender Nye
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Senate
North Dapta
McCormick
Nye
Ruth
Chicago
J. Reuben Clark
Utah
Mexico City
Dwight W. Morrow
Mr. Morrow
Ortiz Rubio
Hwairman Legge
Federal Farm Board
New York State Grange
Syracuse
William Green
Legge
Ardt
van Orman
Ohio
Canton
Mass
Ernest Demuster
Ecretary of
Arthur M. Hyde
Middle West
Mr. Hyde
Belt
Central States
Hyde
Edwas
Zaro Agha
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