Florida hurricane veers inland over Georgia and Florida coast
A tropical storm accelerated to hurricane force moved from the Gulf of Mexico across Northwest Florida and into southern Georgia. Winds of sixty to seventy miles per hour battered Thomasville Cairo Quitman and surrounding towns as floods and power outages threaten coastal Florida and border regions.
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Gulf of México
Georgia
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Cairo
Quitman
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Gulf
Tampa
St. Petersburg
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Panama City
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Friedlander Seen As Only Real Challenger In Race
In Ohio’s state primary, Friedlander appears best positioned to win amid close contests for governor and US senate seats. Cooper leads Begg for Republican gubernatorial nomination as Burton dominates the Republican short term Senate vote. Coxey, Hunt, and others trail with smaller tallies.
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James Begg
Myers Y. Cooper
Fred Kohler
Harry A Shanley
Harry C. Smit
Edward C. Turner
Albert £. Culbert
Roland G. Davis
Ervin Essences
Allen C. McDonald
William E. McKinley
Alexander M. Moore
L. Young
George de Braden
Jacobie
Theodore E. Burton
Jacob S. Coxey, Sr
Charles
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Francis M. Samiteen
Judge of the Court Appeals
Hamilton County Primary Returns Show Regulars Leading
Official returns from 400 of 648 Hamilton County precincts indicate a light vote under 50 000 with a strong showing for the Regular Republican slate. Burton leads for U S Senate short term while Bettman and Cooper run ahead countywide. Smethurst and Schwab close bids for top county posts. irregularities noted and tallying continues.
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Hamilton County
Board of Elections
Citizens Republican
Erday
Edgar Friedlander
Citizens
R.B. Smethurst
Antoinette Jackson
Organization
Chester F. Kroger
B. F. Kroger
Walter N. Lindsay
Norwood
Mr. Kroger
Mr. Lindsay
Anderson
William M. Anderson
Nelson Schwab
Charles P. Taft II
Frederick C. Swing
Charles H. Urban
Sarah H. Withrow
John Withrow
Board of Education
George Hoadly
Cooper
Bettman
Myers Y. Cooper
Gilbert Bettman
Cincinnati
James T. Begg
Sandusky
John Bricker
Columbus
Mr. Bettman
Upstate
E. D. Schorr
Victor Heintz
Peril of Flood Menaces Florida as Lake Swells
Okeechobee Florida August reports say flood waters threaten to isolate the town. Only one travel route remains open as Kissimmee River flood waters spread in a fan shaped delta toward Lake Okeechobee. Kiwimmee and Fish Eating Creek flood plains cover broad areas, hindering survey efforts and communication.
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Okeechobee
Fla
Here
Kissimmee River
Lake Okeechobee
Fish Eating Creek
Kissimmee
Poison linked to Belgian financier Alfred Loewenstein death
In Paris officials report that toxic matter was found in the viscera of Capt. Alfred Loewenstein, the Belgian financier who disappeared July 4 in a private airplane over the English Channel. The autopsy by Dr. Paul for the Surete Generale suggests traces of a characteristic poison, with results to be sent to Brussels for potential new inquiries and diplomatic implications.
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Paris
Alfred Loewenstein
English Channel
Loewenstein
Paul
Surete Generale
Scotland Yard
Boulogne
le Matin
Brussels
England
France
Cleveland Judges Clash in Fifty Precincts With Arrests
Cleveland faced its stormiest election in years as approx fifty precinct judges refused to admit challengers amid a clash between the Committee for Honest Elections led by Harley Doncaster and police. Five judges were arrested, later released on their own recognizance, and will be arraigned tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Committee For Honest Elections
Harley Doncaster
Edward Blythin
Justice of the Peace
Con
Seventeenth
Blythin
A. J. Hirstins
Board of Elections
Doncaster
Cleveland Bar Association
Death Mystery Asks Questions In Brooklyn Blonde’s Death
A young blonde woman in her early twenties was found dead on a grassy strip between a sidewalk and curb on Twelfth Avenue in Brooklyn. Detectives and doctors weighed cyanide poisoning, autopsy showed no external injury, and the victim remained unidentified with no purse or pockets.
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New York World News Service
New York
Brooklyn
Sixty-fifth
Twelfth Avenue
Guardian Angel
Gregory Robillard
Kings County
White GETo Denies Retracting Charges Against Gov Smith
William Allen White Kansas editor denies retracting charges against Gov. Smith in a cablegram to former Gov. Henry J. Allen. White says he will present proved evidence if Smith acts up and will produce the Smith record transcript if needed, while withdrawing only on gambling and prostitution votes but not saloon policy.
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New York
William Allen White
Kansas
Smith
Henry J. Allen
Gov. Smith
White
Assembly
Walter Lippmann
The
New York World
Cleansing Soil Six Shirts After Store Holdups
Emmett Shelton, manager of a Ft. Thomas chain grocery, says six robberies in as many months have ruined shirts and coats. In yesterday’s raid a youth ordered sugar, drew a pistol, and absconded with $30 after Shelton, frightened, hid behind the counter. Police arrived too late.
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Fifth
Saratoga Streets
Emmett Shelton
Shelton
Lightning Kills Barber in Salvador Village
A bolt of lightning struck Juan Rivera a barber killing him as he shaved Vicente Fernandez in Zacatecoluca on August 14. Fernandez survived as a bystander was stunned.
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Zacatecoluca
Salvador
Juan Rivera
Vicente Fernandez
Fernandez
Rivals at the polls remain friendly despite result
In Columbus on August 14, William H. Duffy City Service Director and James M. Linton Columbus attorney pledged mutual support after a luncheon. Linton said rivals can campaign without severing friendships and should avoid personal reflections.
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Columbus
William H. Duffy
James M. Linton
Linton
Toombs Blamed in New Loop of 32 Million
Chicago Aug 14 Roy C Toombs investment broker and head of Toombs Daily faces a new $2 million shortage claim by Clarence A Stelle vice president of the firm. Stelle seeks a receiver for Toombs Daily charging frauds that depleted assets tied to the International Life Insurance Co at St Louis where Toombs serves as president.
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Chicago
Roy C. Toombs
Clarence A. Stelle
Toombs & Daily
Toombs
International Life Insurance Company
St. Louis
Prisoner Revolt Leaves Two Dead in Bay St. Louis Jail Shootout
At Bay St. Louis Mississippi on August 14 a negro prisoner opened fire as police prepared to enter his cell. Chief Mark Oliver was shot possibly fatally and John Cambrine an auto shop worker was killed. Silas Richardson escaped after the shootings. A posse was formed to pursue him.
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Mark Oliver
John Cambrine
Silas Richardson
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Hundred Planes Attack London and Rain Death Across City
London witnesses massed air maneuvers as a hundred giant bombers patrol the sky. Spectators report searchlights and flares signaling destruction while authorities discuss air force expansion and strategic implications. The piece notes high death toll projections and political aftermath debates.
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London
John M. Balderston
New York World News Service
Eastland
Air Ministry
Light Vote and Hilltop Turnout Fail to Aid Citizens
A citywide election produced uneven turnout with basins light and hilltops heavy, yet the Citizens’ effort faltered as hilltop strongholds shifted away. Reports of fraudulent registration, absentee ballot challenges, and disputed votes triggered investigations by the Board of Elections and Prosecutor Taft. Police guarded polling places while officials wrestled with 40 000 transfers in the redistricting.
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Basin
Teo
Clemens Gray
West Fifth Street
Fifth and
John Streets
Black Belt
Joseph Lane
Conn Street
William J. Leonard
Board of Elections
Second Ward
Norwood
Henry Merland
Independent Democrats
Supply A. Butterfield
Merland
Butterfield
Taft
Maryland Casualty appeals $31340 death verdict in Memphis case
The Maryland Casualty Company appeals a $31 340 verdict awarded to the widow of John T Massey who died in Memphis after his wife says a single nose hair pulled at a New York hotel caused fatal pyogenic infection. Massey, a Standard Oil of Louisiana rep, died March 1 1927. the appeal was filed in Federal Court in Memphis.
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Sampson
Delilah
John T. Massey
Maryland Casualty Company
Massey
Memphis
Tenn
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Masseys
Casualty Company
Magsey
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
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