Murdered River Deckhand Paul Holston Fueled Huntington Mystery
Coroner orders autopsy after body found in the Ohio River near Huntington. Police suspect foul play in the death of Paul Edird Holston a W. Vb deckhand on the river steamer W K Fields. Autopsy shows skull fracture but no definitive cause of death.
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Huntington
W. Vb
A.C. Waller
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Carrel Street
Holston
Frank M. Coppock, Jr
Aot
W. K. Fields
Coppock
Bacerial
Tington
Cincinnati
Hielston
Troumeaaas
Hung
Dewy Webb
Iaja Ray
Webb
Formeny
Copenhaven
Dunfee
Piney
Holsteen
Plague Rumors Close Theatres in Fiume
Rumors report four bubonic plague cases in Fiume prompting closure of theatres and local precautions as authorities investigate and contain the outbreak.
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Fiume
Marines Guard Nicaragua Polls During Presidential Vote
United States marines guard polling stations in Nicaragua as the presidential election proceeds, according to a dispatch received in San Salvador.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
United States
Nicaragua
Southern California editors back central publicity bureau
E. O. Wickiter of Pasadena tells the Southern California Editorial Association that press agents are pests and should be eradicated. He urges a central bureau for Southern California newspapers to evaluate free publicity and be headed by a paid, elected editor to decide what deserves space.
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Los Angeles
Southern California Editorial Association
E. O. Wickiter
Pasadena
Southern California
Wickster
Southern
California
New Orleans Braces for Gulf Hurricane Strike
Weather Bureau warns residents in outlying suburbs to seek shelter as a tropical hurricane veers toward the gulf coast. Barometer drops across the region while gales of 25 mph with gusts to 60 threaten windows, shorelines flood, and refugees fill public buildings. Port Eads shelters fleets and tankers seek refuge as preparations continue.
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Gulf Coast
Lake Pontchartrain
West Mind
Spanish Fort
Mississippi
Wee
Customs House
Dancetown
Port Eads
Bomb scare at New York Customs House sparks tense day
A phoned bomb warning at the New York Customs House drew a large crowd to Bowling Green and forced security checks, but no device was found. Officials treated it as a possible joke while keeping buildings heavily guarded and workers lightly alarmed. The scare paused operations and prompted a safety dusting of the area.
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New York
New York Customs House
Bowling Green
Department of Justice
Wall Street
Lower Broadway
Internal Revenue
William H. Edwards
Ft. Amsterdam
Customs House
Lower Manhattan
Gulf hurricane shifts course toward coast
The Weather Bureau bulletin at 9 p.m. warns of a hurricane moving northward toward the coast, likely west of the Mississippi River. Winds of hurricane force expected with high tides. Pensacola to New Orleans under hurricane warning. winds to turn southeast and south by Wednesday morning. Emergency advice issued.
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Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Pensacola
New Orleans
Mississippi
Galveston Prepares for West Indian Hurricane Alert
Galveston mobilizes about 4500 people and shifts wheat and cotton cargoes to the mainland as the West Indian hurricane nears. Ground floors are vacated and harbor shipping secured while 20 mph northeast winds and rising tides signal the threat. Brig. Gen. Wolters orders National Guard motorcycle messengers and disperses troops from Camp Hutchings to Ft. Crockett.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
J. F. Wolters
Weather Bureau
Texas National Guard
Camp Hutchings
National Guard
Ft. Crockett
Baker
Wolters
Weather Bureau Downgrades Storm Threat Off Tex Coast
The Weather Bureau said no full force strike was expected. Reports note rising tides and winds of 15 to 22 miles per hour. Barometer dropped 5 points in forty five minutes from 29.92 at 1 p.m. to 29.87.
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Houston
Tex
Weather Bureau
Fireman Turns In False Alarms For Fun
Newark Ohio September 21 Harry Richardson an East Newark fireman bored by few calls admitted to four false alarms he triggered for amusement. He paid a $25 fine plus costs and resigned to Safety Department. He spent the night in the city jail after confessing.
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Newark
Harry Richardson
Safety Department
Richardson
Woman killed after alighting from Auburn avenue car
Mrs. Carl Portune, 25, of Vine street, died after being struck by an automobile driven by Carl Wendell of East McMillan Street as she stepped from a streetcar on Vine and Nix. Portune died at 10 AM at General Hospital. Wendell to face Police Court on reckless driving, later charged with manslaughter. Streetcar stood still when hit. Also injured were Mildred Niemeier, 5, and Donald Lester, 4, in separate incidents involving cars on Colerain and Williams avenues.
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Auburn Avenue
Vine Street
Nixon Avenue
Carl Portune
Carl Wendell
East
McMillan Street
Edward Bireschowitz
Colerain Avenue
Biieschowitz
Donald Lester
General Hospital
Joseph Kleuner, Jr
Cormany
Connecticut Ratifies Nineteenth Amendment in Special Session
Connecticut Governor Marcus H. Holcomb convened a special session where the General Assembly ratified the nineteenth suffrage amendment. The Senate voted 25 to 0 and the House 59 to 9, with a later roll confirming the same tallies. Speaker Walsh declared ratification, amid cheers and laughter.
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Conn
Connecticut
General Assembly
Marcus H. Holcomb
Senate
Washington
House
Walsh
Harding attacks Wilson on Shantung and Haiti policy
Senator Harding charged President Wilsons Peace Commission at Versailles betrayed China by granting Shantung to Japan. He urged an association of nations based on conscience, not force, and warned against League of Nations elements. He also commented on Haiti and Roosevelts misquotation while praising fraternal ties and American independence.
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Harding
Wilson
Versailles
China
Shantung Province
Japan
America
Paris
Order of the Golden Heart
United States
Association of Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haiti
San Domingo
Lillian Russel
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburg
Moore
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
United States of America
California Safe for Harding if Johnson Speaks in So Cal
California may swing for Harding again if Johnson avoids Southern California. The piece notes Southern California favors the league while Northern California leans Johnson and Hoover, risking party rifts and a potential shift of a 100,000 vote margin.
Cox Would Let California Shape Policy Toward Japan
Governor Cox in Los Angeles outlined a plan letting California have the leading voice in fixing national policy toward Oriental races. He spoke to editors at the Chamber of Commerce and addressed Civil War veterans before continuing to Long Beach, Los Angeles events, and a Glendale farm show on a tight schedule. He defended the League of Nations covenant, praised prohibition as crucial, and proposed using $40,000,000 for reclaiming 2,000,000 acres of arid land.
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Cox
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Long Beach
Municipal Auditorium
Governor Cox
America
California
Glendale
San Bernardino
One Third of Europe Still on Bread Rations
Atlantic City N J September 21 1933 Hoover told bakers 30 percent of Europe remains on bread rations. He noted next year harvests will yield about 575 to 625 million bushels of wheat for export while Europe imports would exceed that if bread use returned to normal. The 30 percent share could rise or fall with Europe’s financial and social stability.
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Europe
Hoover
Atlantic City
N. J
Herbert Hoover
American Association of the Baking Industry
Youngster Loses Thumb to Pet Rabbit
Canton Ohio Sept. 21 George Walter Rinehardt two year old son of Mrs Charles Rinehardt had his left thumb completely chewed off yesterday by a large rabbit considered a pet The child put its hand into the pen and the rabbit seized the thumb and gnawed it off at the first joint before help arrived.
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Dunfee
Holston
W. F. Fields
Johnson
George Ross
W. K. Fields
Untington
Trunfee
Cincinnati
Huntington
Canton, CO
George Walter Rinehardt
Charles Rinehardt
Confessed Bride Slayer Sentenced To Death In Cleveland
Joseph Dell, who admitted killing his seventeen year old bride, was found guilty of first degree murder in Cleveland criminal court and sentenced to die in the electric chair on January 7 1921. The jury deliberated six hours after the case went to them. Dell had a prior death sentence overturned on appeal and a new trial granted.
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Cleveland
Joseph Dell
Woman's Body Found May Be Anna Jones In Lake Michigan
Milwaukee dispatch reports the body of a woman recovered from Lake Michigan may be Anna Jones a former New York artist and Chicago bride of John Archibald Jones. The couple sank after their honeymoon motor dory capsized off Racine Wisconsin two weeks ago and Jones survived eighteen hours clinging to the overturned craft before rescue by a passing steamer.
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Lake Michigan
Anna Jones
New York
John Archibald Jones
Chicago
Racine
Wis
Jones
Johnson Attacks League of Nations in California Speech
Senator Hiram W. Johnson Democrats attacked Wilson era policy and defended Harding on the League of Nations in a California Republican State Convention speech. He urged staying out of the league, warned of entanglements, and framed the issue as a referendum for Americanism and GOP victory.
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League of Nations
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Wilson
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Harding
America
Senator Harding
Geneva
Washington
Republican Party
Cox statements challenged by Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee issued a statement tonight challenging two assertions by Governor Cox in California campaign talks. The GOP urged readers to note what it described as obvious points raised during Cox's remarks.
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Washington
Cox
California
Republican National Committee
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