Gale and flood menace southern Florida coast
Distress flares sighted from the Coast Guard base as a tropical disturbance moves along the gulf toward Tampa. Lake Okeechobee swells with rains for 24 hours while dozens of towns are isolated and fifty families seek aid after rivers overflow.
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ST. Petersburg
Gulf
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Gulf Coast
Boca Grande
Tampa
Labelle
Alrready
Lakeport
Okeechobee City
Moorehaven
Pinellas Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Little Ol
Pass-A-Grill
Key West
Key Islands
Venice
Sarasota
Trainmen Meet for Strike Vote in Western States
Cleveland Aug 13 Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors plan sectional meetings to distribute strike ballots. They seek wage increases from 10 to 18 percent while the railroads offer 7.42 percent only if working rules are altered. About 70 000 employees on roads owning 98 percent of track mileage west of Chicago are affected.
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Cleveland, O
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
Chicago
John Williams
Fedral Board of Mediation
Brotherhoods
William F. Dwyer Freed From Federal Prison
William F. Dwyer, convicted in a New York federal court of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act, was paroled from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary after serving about eighteen months of a two year sentence. His release followed a prison doctor’s recommendation due to poor health.
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Atlanta
William F. Dwyer
New York
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Dwyer
Beause
Chicago Man Admits Slaying Teacher for $1.19
David Shanks, 23, a Chicago Negro, confessed to killing Miss Jennie Meta Constance, a schoolteacher beaten with an iron bar on a Northwestern Library route. He said the plan was robbery and he netted $1.19 from selling her wristwatch, later traced to him by a youth, Leland Bastian. Police say the case is cleared and Shanks and Bastian are held awaiting further investigation.
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Chicago
David Shanks
Jennie Meta Constance
Evanston
Shanks
Leland Bastian
Bastian
William O. Freeman
Constance
Northwestern ‘University Library
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Ill
Flood Threat Looms in Indus Valley After Glacier Dam Break
Twenty million tons of water surge toward the Indus Valley from the Shyok river basin in Kashmir after a glacier dam burst near Leh. British authorities fear floods could wipe out crops and endanger villages while warning systems and evacuations were deployed. Sir Francis Younghusband notes the dam site is nearly inaccessible and warns the Gilgit bridge could be lost, isolating the town as river levels rise sharply.
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London
Indus
Shyok
Kashmir
Lahore
India
Leh
Indus Valley
Punjab
Sir Francis Younghusband
Gilgit
Sheriff warned over failure to enforce law in coal fields
Gov. Donahey ordered Athens County Sheriff William Williams to act or resign after National Guard observers reported no arrests in the attack on Mack Woodruff at Mine No. 266. Woodruff said two men shot at him and beat him with a club during the August 8 incident.
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Columbus, O
National Guard
Athens County
William Williams
Donahey
Williams
Mack Woodruff
Ohio Colleries Company
Woodruff
Missouri probes life insurer officers in 3.56 million shortage
Missouri attorney general Stratton Shartel and federal and local prosecutors began questioning International Life Insurance Company officers in St Louis over a 3 562 million shortage that led to receivership. They focused on vice president T J Mc Reynolds and officers Toombs and George Toombs as investigators seek accounting for cash withdrawals by Roy C Toombs of Chicago. The examination follows state and interstate insurance examiners who found funds manipulated under President Toombs and associates, threatening solvency and public harm.
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ST. Louis
International Life Insurance Company
Stratton Shartel
Missouri
Louis H. Breuer
United States
Howard Sidener
Roy C. Toombs
Chicago
T. J. McReynolds
McReynolds
Toombs
George E. Toombs
George Toombs
Sam Baker
Jefferson City
Grief Drives Man to Kill Grandson and Wound Daughter
Clarksville Tenn Aug 13 cem etery attendants found Gordon C Young 48 on his wife’s grave with a forehead wound his grandson Harold Schlinker four dying and his daughter Edith Schlinker neck wound The act is believed to be grief driven and the man died at once The child died at a hospital Mrs Schlinker may recover
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Clarksville
Tenn
Gordon C. Young
Harold Schlinker
Edith Schlinker
Young
Schlinker
Taft Sells $1,000,000 Ranch in Texas Gulf Coast
The Coleman Fulton Pasture Company owned by Charles P Taft sold its 80000 acre San Patricio Arkansas County ranch to a Texas syndicate led by P Driscoll H Josey J Locke D C Reed and Will C Hogg. The tract includes Taft Gregory and Portland towns and 100 plus houses and business buildings with a power plant and electric lighting system. Tenant farmers and employers could buy land on favorable terms. The cash sale totaled over a million dollars according to an Associated Press dispatch.
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Taft
Texas
Gulf Coast
Associated Press
Coleman-Fulton
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
San Paricio
Arkansas
Colorado Democrat Backs Out of Smith Campaign
Wayne Williams prominent Colorado Democrat and former Attorney General declares he will not support Governor Alfred E. Smith for president. Williams says Smith would have been nominee had he openly backed modifying the Eighteenth Amendment as of January 1, 1928.
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Denver
Col
Wayne Williams
Colorado
Alfred E. Smith
Williams
Smith
Legal challenge blocks site change for incinerator
Robert S. Alcorn files suit in Common Pleas Court to stop Cincinnati officials from using old Workhouse property in Camp Washington for an incinerator and municipal laundry, and to block zone change and bond funds use. Judge Morrow withholds TRO on some points, cites prospective action and asks for amended petition.
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Camp Washington
Robert S. Alcorn
Ford Bader, Jr
A. D. Alcorn
Common Pleas Court
Col. Sherrill
McGrath
Urner
Thomas H. Morrow
Bader
Morrow
Cossacks Rebel and Doff Insignia Amid Grain Crisis
Berlin and Riga report a Don Cossack revolt with divisions in the Red army removing Soviet insignia and aligning with local non Soviet governments. A light infantry unit recruited from workers travels south to back Red commanders in the Don and Kuban regions. The unrest ties to grain supply efforts amid near famine and looser sales, with Ukraine and Kuban buys at 2 and 10 percent respectively.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Berlin
Riga
Red Army
Moscow
Ukraine
Kuban
Rus
Don and
N. Y
Three Drowned Aboard Boat on American Falls Reservoir
Carl D. Clay a prominent Pocatello sportsman was rescued after an overturned boat in a storm on the American Falls Reservoir. Three companions died one after another: Carl Jones an official of the Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau, George Bailey a local insurance agent, and Benny Layng.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Carl.d. Clay
Pocatello Sportsman
American Falls
Carl Jones
Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau
George Bailey
Benny Layng
Prohibition Dominated Primary Stirs Hamilton County
Voters head to polls as prohibition issues dominate a tight Hamilton County Republican primary with regulars and Citizens factions split. Officers distribute ballots at 6 30 this morning and remain on duty until closing at 6 30 this evening amid fraud fears and absentee voting challenges. Cooper is expected to win by 25 000 to 35 000 votes, Bettman’s margin unclear, while registration and election duties proceed under Prosecutor Taft supervision.
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Hamilton County
Republican
Citizens Republicans
Col. Copelan
Cooper
Myers Y. Cooper
Gilbert Bettman
E. D. Schorr
Mr. Cooper
Mr. Bettman
Board of Elections
Lecnorr
Taft
Schorr
Republican Central Committee
Republican Party
Central Committee
Ohio primary set with dry issue dominates races
Ohio voters face a dry issue driven primary with forecasts of a 900000 turnout. Republicans hold front in the Gubernatorial and short-term Senate contests as Cooper and Begg vie under prohibition influence. Locher vs Hunt sparks the Senate fight with Burton and Marshall seen as short-term favorites.
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Senate
Cyrus Locher
Graham P. Hunt
Cincinnati
Locher
Hunt
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
Carrington T. Marshall
Zanesville
Charles Dick
Akron
Jacob S. Coxey
Massillon
Coxey
Army” Fame
H. D. Cook
Ashtabula
Burton
Marshall
Ciry
Cook
Simeon D. Fess
Earl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Herman R. Witter
Canton
Peter Witt
James C. B. Beatty
East Liverpool
George White
Marietta
Wharton
Fred Kohler
Harry C.C. Smith
Harry C. Shanley
Forrest
Philip Krug 77 dies at Good Samaritan Hospital
Philip Krug, 77, president of Krug Realty Co., died at Good Samaritan Hospital after a week of illness. He lived at 2200 Madison Road with a summer home on the Ohio Pike. Born in Arnsheim Germany, he built a 45 year real estate career in Cincinnati and led Heran Court Brewery Co. prior to its years ago. He was a Knights of Pythias and Hanselman Commandery member. survived by widow Louise, son Carl F. H. Krug, and granddaughter Dorothy Louise Krug. Funeral services pending.
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Philip Krug
Krug Realty Company
Good Samaritan Hospital
Madison Road
Mr. Krug
Ohio Pikese
Arnsheim
Germany
Raskob Praises Hoover Speech Elevating Political Debate
John J. Raskob, Democratic National Committee chair, called Herbert Hoover's acceptance speech for the Republican nomination one that tends to raise politics to a higher level. He urged Gov. Smith to speak first for the Democrats and praised Hoover's tempered, issue-focused approach. Raskob said the campaign should educate voters on merits, character, and leadership.
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New York
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Gov. Smith
Raskob
Hoover
Hoover upbeat after acceptance speech in campaign tour
Herbert Hoover, at Stanford, cites positive reception and hopeful national outlook while acknowledging a tough race for the presidency. Party leaders reportedly present a more contesting view than some public reports, after briefings by Dr. Hubert Work and others.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Associated Press
Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Gov Smith hosts farm leaders in Albany to discuss plan
Gov Smith received Middle Western and Southern farm leaders in Albany for a five hour session. He and ten callers said the talks centered on farm legislation with no political talk. Smith promised a full farm policy presentation at his upcoming notification ceremony and aligned relief aims with the Democratic platform.
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Dixie
Paul F. Haupert
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Smith
Republican Party
Smith
Pastor Straton Seeks Ouster Over Sterling Forest Hotel
In Greenwood Lake New York Rev John Roach Straton pastor of Calvary Baptist Church seeks police action to oust William Hecht lessee of the Sterling Forest Hotel which Straton recently bought for a summer Assembly after reports liquor was sold there. Straton, with associate W H Agricola, learned the hotel lies outside town limits and awaits sheriff guidance. He vows action if charges prove true and hits at the delay in removing Hecht.
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New York World News Service
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
W. H. Agricola
Sterling Forest
Straton
Assembly
Greenwood Lake City
Sterling Forest Hotel
Julius E. Brandies
Paterson
N. J
Hecht
Airplane Catapulted From Moving Liner to Shore
An amphibian plane launched from the deck of the Ile de France 450 miles at sea and landed at quarantine in New York, ending a five hour journey. Commander Louis Demougeot piloted the craft with a crew and passenger aboard, marking the first ship to shore catapulted flight. The experiment aims to extend ship to shore mail service on future trans Atlantic runs.
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New York
le de France
Ile de France
Havre
Louis Demougeot
B. Mon
Associated Press
Ch Line
Westteenth Street
Post Office
Demougeot
Bitter Factional Fight To Settle In Dayton Today
Dayton voters in Montgomery County face a record primary turnout amid a bitter Republican intra party fight for control of the county Central Committee. The battle shapes campaigns for county offices including Count Commissioner and General Assembly as a large field competes. Supporters of Representative James T. Begg push for the GOP nomination for governor from a local headquarters, the lone candidate backed there.
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Dayton
Montgomery County
Republican Organization
County Central Committee
General Assembly
James.,.t. Begg
Man Fatally Struck On Final Day In Town
Peter N Vallatte aged 75 was killed by an automobile in Toledo on August 13 as he and his wife and son prepared to move to Grand Rapids Michigan. He was crossing when the crash occurred in the city street leaving the family shocked by the sudden death.
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Toledo
Peter N. Vallatte
Wie
Grand Rapids
Mich
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