California coast disaster wrecks seven destroyers
In Santa Barbara seven U S destroyers ran aground in dense fog off Point Honda. Reports say 1 dead 22 missing 19 believed dead 3 adrift and 12 injured. crews were evacuated as salvage teams prepare. Cause attributed to radio signal confusion misguiding navigation.
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Los Angeles
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Fuller
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Woodbury
S. P. Lee
Southern Pacific Railway
Honda
Lompoc
Point Concepcion
Crossing Crash Claims Lifes On Iowa Line
A Cedar Falls Waterloo line car struck a six person automobile nine miles east of Cedar Rapids. Joseph Kubitek 35 was killed. His wife suffered a broken arm and Mrs Sprynce endured serious internal injuries. Daughter Ethel broke an arm. Mr Spryncel had cuts and bruises. The little girl escaped unhurt. Dense foliage hid the crossing and no warning bell was heard.
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Waterloo
Joseph Kubitek
Joseph Sprynce
Ethel
Spryncel
Steel Orders Show a Big Decrease
New York reports United States Steel Corporation unfilled orders total 5,514,000 tons, down 465,000 tons from last month. The statement was issued today.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Ireeks Bow to Council on Italo Greek Controversy
Greece accepts terms of the council of ambassadors and insists on evacuation of Corfu by Italy at the earliest possible moment in the Italo Greek dispute.
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Paris
Greece
Council of Ambassadors
Corfu
Weather forecast for Chicago area
The weather bureau indicates the next twenty four hours will be partly cloudy tonight with unsettled conditions in the eastern and southern portions. Tuesday should be fair.
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Chicago
Weather Summary of Local Observations
Local observations cover the past 24 hours ending at a.m. Readings detail temperature, wind, and precipitation across reporting stations. Data notes indicate normal to mild variation with no extreme events reported within the period.
Red Cross funds urged for Japanese disaster relief
Union county Red Cross chapter votes to meet a $900 quota by subscriptions and has collected 71 dollars by noon. Iowa calls for $80,000 to aid the $5,000,000 national fund with urgency from Judge Utterback as he notes massive loss of life in the Japanese catastrophe.
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the Red Cross
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Central Division
Finefield
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M. F., Stever
Grade Harsh
William F. Finefield
Ralph Meadows
Des Moines
Iowa
Hubert Utterback
Iowa State Council of Red Cross
Ried Cross
Utterback
America
Irish Harp Joins Concert of Europe
Geneva reports Ireland was today unanimously admitted to the assembly of the league of nations, marking a new step in European alignment. The move situates Dublin among major powers shaping postwar diplomacy.
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Geneva
Ireland
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Tokyo quake death toll soars as aid urged
Reports from Tokyo and Yokohama on September 10 describe widespread destruction after the earthquake and fire. Ambassadors urge immediate US Red Cross funds for medical supplies while fear of typhoid prompts natives to consider leaving the capital. Official tallies list tens of thousands dead and injured, with vast areas damaged and refugee relief centers set up.
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Tokio
America
Yokohama
Hakone
Laymen oppose merger vote in Iowa conference
Newton Iowa sept 10 lay men's association vote on merging Town and Des Moines conferences went 23 for 65 against at the Iowa conference gathering. Lay election conference totaled 28 for and 84 against. Henry Millice of Wellman Iowa conference historian released the figures as services dominated the day with noon appointments anticipated.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Wills Fails to Block Dempsey Firpo Fight
New York September 10. Harry Wills, a Black heavyweight, failed to block the Dempsey Firpo title bout. His petition for a writ of mandamus was denied by the courts.
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New York
Harry Wills
Fire in Treasury Causes Million Dollar Smoke
Fire broke out in the U S Treasury building in the basement near the vaults. It was discovered among brooms and controlled within ten minutes. Authorities estimated damage around 1,000 dollars.
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U. S. Treasury
Washington
Treasury Building
Germans Order End to Passive Resistance in Occupied Zone
London dispatch reports that the German government ordered residents in the occupied area to discontinue their passive resistance.
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London
Germany
Foreigners Protected as Barracks Begin Refugee Housing
Reports say temporary barracks are being constructed in several places to shelter refugees and provide protection for foreigners.
Toland Given Life Sentence For Crime Against Young Girl
Harvey Toland of Kent, found guilty of a statutory offense against Grace Hendricks aged 15, was sentenced by Judge Hom A. Fuller to an indeterminate term not to exceed a natural life in Fort Madison. Toland pled not guilty and overruled a new trial motion as a large crowd watched.
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Harvey Toland
Kent
Grace Hendricks
Hom~ A. Fuller
Fuller
Fort Madison
Ames Probed Hootch Report At Iowa State
Ames Iowa Sept 10 Iowa State college officials and Ames police express ignorance and surprise over reports Des Moines police charged Harry McCombs with supplying liquor to college students. Officials say Ames students were not known to be receiving booze and the college policy remains strict with one student expelled last year for liquor.
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Iowa State College
Des Moines
Harry McCombs
R. A. Pearson
Governor orders deputies to block Klan parade in Comanche
Oklahoma Governor Walton orders Stephens County to swear in extra deputies to prevent a KKK parade planned for tonight at Comanche. He warns he will call out the National Guard if local authorities cannot stop the demonstration.
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Walton
Stephens County
Comanche
National Guard
Soviet Plot Uncovered by Miners Union
The United Mine Workers of America releases the first of six articles accusing red forces under Moscow of trying to seize control of the American labor movement to back a communist overthrow of U S governments. The piece claims an independent investigation based on original sources and warns that imported revolution is at the door of the UMWA and North America.
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United Mine Workers of America
Red
Moscow
Organized Labor Movement of America
United States
Canada
Dempsey Reveals Card Tricks At Camp Games
The heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey enjoys camp card games with friends and admits to using a marked deck and sleight of hand to win. He and his companions treat the activity as a joke with no stakes, while Dempsey also recounts tampering with a roulette wheel during training in Atlantic City years earlier. Pinhole, hearts and rummy are his favored games.
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Jack Dempsey
Jack
Atlantic City
Georges Carpentier
Dempsey
Wheat Crop Estimate Near a Billion
Washington reports crop production forecasts from the Department of Agriculture for this year. Winter wheat 568 million bushels, spring wheat 221 million, corn 3.076 billion, oats 1.312 billion, tame hay 81.9 million tons, wild hay 16.1 million tons. Conditions on Sept 1 show spring wheat 65.1 percent of normal, oats 80.3 percent, hay 82 percent.
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Department of Agriculture
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