Red Cross Tackles Southeast Florida Disaster Housing Plan
Red Cross officials in West Palm Beach report the known dead at about 2300 after the hurricane with total reconstruction work to follow the census. Relief efforts continue as seeds and supplies reach farmers in Okeechobee City while state troops wind down patrols.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Red Cross
Okeeghobee City
Red
Vivien Gols
Ung
Everglades
Jacksonville
Martin
Faithful Dogs Guard Master After Rock Collapse Near Prince
Beckley West Virginia nine dogs stood watch over Olle Ewing 40 for two days and nights after a rock crushed him while hog hunting. An accident verdict was returned as rescuers found the man beneath the boulder. Dogs’ alerting howls led to the body’s discovery in Raleigh County mountains.
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Beckley
W. Va
Olle Ewing
Prince
Raleigh
Ewing
Weather notes and treasurer appeal from Virginia
Weather forecast mentions partly cloudy showers in the northeast and cooler in the west with Wednesday generally fair and cooler. The W T U treasurer Virginia Southworth asks in arrears to pay Mrs Henry Xramer by Sept 26 before she leaves town.
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Houstonight
Henry Xramer
Virginia Southworth
Wanted Aid Society or Club Cards in distinctive steel engraving
WANTED Aid Society or Club to se Personal Christmas Cards Distinctive steel engraved designs Good commission paid. Apply at The Grafton Sentinel phone 185-R.
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Grafton Sentinel
Hoover to Speak Twice in Tennessee on Oct. 6
Herbert Hoover will tour Tennessee and Virginia by train and car on a one day swing. He will address crowds at Lynchburg Bristol Elizabethton and Johnson City. The schedule begins Oct. 6 with a rear platform appearance in Bristol before continuing to Elizabethton and finally Johnson City before returning to Washington.
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James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
South
Tennessee
Virginia Mountains
Elizabethton
Tenn
Johnson City
Southern Railway
Lynchburg
Norfolk and Western
Bristol
Ward Leader Fies Police Ward Leader Fies Police
Philadelphia Sept 25 With two police captains under arrest charged with extortion bribery and conspiracy to accept bribes from saloonkeepers and a Republican ward leader sought on a fugitive warrant on Brimiller charges District Attorney Monaghan promised further sensational developments in the grand jury investigation of bootleggers and their rackets Captain Charles W Schoenleber commander of an uptown police station was arrested held on 15000 bail after lawyer Joseph L Ehrenreich testified that he paid him 1240 a month for six months a share of 312 196 alleged taken from patrons at the direction of Matthew J Patterson Republican leader of the 19th ward Patterson appeared from Ulac Continie Page Two
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Philadelphia
Bimillar
Monaghan
Charles W. Schoenleber
Joseph L. Ehrenreich
Matthew
J. Patterson
Hong
Patterson
Smith Flays Party Record Over Nation
Governor Smith attacks Republican record as corrupt and inactive in a Montana campaign stop at Shrine Temple. He cites oil, veterans bureau, and alien property disclosures, challenging Hoover to defend the administration. Senators Walsh and Wheeler join in, as Smith routes toward New York and planned speeches.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Teapot Dome
Montana
Shrine
Thomas J. Walsh
Burton K. Wheeler
Daugherty
Harding-Coolidge
New York
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Rochester
Albany
Hoover
Maryland
Police Head Threatened by Gangland in Cleveland
Safety Director Edwin D. Barry received a death threat from the Flathead Gang after bandit Paul Jaworski was wounded and jailed. The crude letter demanded Jaworski be sent back to the hospital with top doctors or Barry would be killed. Barry dismissed the threat as bunk. Jaworski was captured after a shootout that killed a police officer and led to his hospital treatment and jail transfer.
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Cleveland
Edwin D. Barry
Paul Jaworski
Flathead Gang
Jarowskii
Barty
Jaworski
Barry
Doctor Held for Slaying at South Side Hospital
Dr W Eugene Shelton operator of a south side apartment hospital was arrested with two nurses a maid and the tipster on murder charges for an illegal operation performed 18 months ago. City health officials said at least one girl died and others may have died in similar treatments. a guild of doctors allegedly met to discuss illicit procedures. Relatives say Stella Lickerman died in February 1927 after treatment by Dr Shelton.
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W. Eugene Shelton
South Side
Arnold Hi. Kegel
Ginte
Kegel
Stella Lickerman
Shelton
Death Car Driver Held For Manslaughter in Pittsburgh
A coroner's jury in Pittsburgh found Morris Levy liable for manslaughter after an inquest into the death of Charles E. Bradshaw a child struck by Levy's car. The report notes the incident occurred on a September day and the inquest determined the driver was at fault.
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Pittsburgh
Morris Levy
Charles E. Bradshaw
Levy
Night riders indicted for l ynching near Barton
Belmont county grand jury charged John Egerhardt of Barton with riotous conspiracy after a mob of about twenty white robed riders abducted Lester Berry 18 and Goldie Wheeler 21 on September 16. Berry and Wheeler were hanged briefly by ropes from trees before being cut down. Berry’s sweetheart Hannah Gallagher escaped. Minimum penalty if convicted is two years in state prison.
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St. Clairsville
Lester Berry
Goldie Wheeler
Barton
Here
Wight Riders
Belmont County Grand Jury
John Egerhardt
Hannah Gallagher
Berry
Grand Jury
Wen
Night Riders Club
Egerhardt
Train Hits Auto at Lake Roan Crossing Killing Three
North Kingsville Ohio area reports a westbound New York Central train struck an automobile at Lake Roan crossing. Three people died instantly and a fourth was seriously injured. Victims identified as Mrs. Clifford H. Lockwood 27 of North Kingsville, Friend Hatch 55 of Waterford Pa, and Victor Lockwood son of Mrs. Lockwood. Vivian Lockwood eight, daughter of the dead woman, is hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Ashtabule O
New York Central
Lake Roanl
North Kingsville
Clifford H. Lockwood
Young Hear
Friend Hatch
Waterford
Victor Lockwood
Lockwood
Vivian Lockwood
General Hospital
Loeb and Leopold Parole Eligibility Raised by Error
Chicago Sept 25 An error in the mittimus alters Loeb and Leopold parole eligibility to six years hence Though each has life and 99 year sentences for murder and kidnapping Hinton Clabaugh heads the parole board noting their “fine records” while they wait to be freed Their roles as private secretaries and their notoriety from the Franks case are cited amid ongoing debate about mercy and justice.
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Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Joliet
Bobbie Franks
Hinton Clabaugh
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Clabaugh
Loeb
Leopold
Keopold
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Bandits Hold Missionaries Near Canton China
Anxiety spread as Dr and Mrs J M Batley American missionaries along with fellow travelers were in Kwangsi province en route from Wuehaw to Kweilin amid bandit activity that led to the earlier kidnapping of English missionary Miss Tobin. Local troops were sent to pursue bandits and rescue efforts coordinated by the English Church Missionary Society.
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Canton
China
J. _M. Batley
Kwangsi
Chaoping
Miss Tobin
English Church Missionary Society
Muchow
Final Hearing In Gas Rate Increase Case Held
Final hearing conducted by the Public Service Commission on the Pittsburgh West Virginia Gas Company rate increase for Grafton and vicinity. Previous hearings were in April and June. today the commission reviewed the companys financial condition with statistics presented for advisory consideration.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Pittsburgh- West Virginia Gas Company
Grafton
Victims Of Theatre Blaze Buried Today
Madrid leaders lead a funeral procession for victims of the Novedades Theatre disaster as government aid begins. About twenty two of the more than one hundred dead were buried in a common grave with more funerals planned across the day and tomorrow.
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Madrid
Novedades Theatre
Primo de Rivera
Agaws
High Court Reverses Many Domestic and Civil Rulings
West Virginia Supreme Court reverses several lower court decisions in a Raleigh county divorce case and related matters. It orders new trial for improper jury instructions in a Boone county still case while affirming damages in a Marshall county suit. The ruling splits property rights in a divorce, affecting alimony and real estate and remands an automobile dispute for action.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Iat
Raleigh County
W. R. Philips
Supreme Court
A. H. Mitchell
Stanford Ball
Boone County
Willam H. Tarr
Keller Lumber and Construction Company
Marshall County
Tarr
Summers County
H. H. Withrow
Gertrude C. Withrow
Withrow
Auomobile
H. W. Hicks
J. M. Randich
Randich and Surety Company
O. E. Houchins
Cary. Hol
Ganna Walska Appeals Duty on Personal Belongings
Mme Ganna Walska wife of Harold McCormick faces a $2.5 million duty bill to import clothing and jewelry, with her appeal arguing residence in Paris. The port collector rules her U S address and Washington is petitioned after a separation claim.
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New York
Mme. Ganna Walska
Har
Philip Elting
Washington
United States
Walaka
McCormick
Kline Verona Split Behind Vice Inquiry Opens
Allegheny County grand jury opens investigation into charges that city officials protected vice. Judge James B. Drew orders the probe after Alderman Verona and former police magistrate were at the center of a split with Mayor Charley H. Kline. Gardiner vows to question Verona and related officials this week.
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Pittsburgh
Charley H. Kline
Allegheny County Grand Jury
Districbo
Samuel H. Gardner
James
B. Drew
Drew
John Verona
Mo ‘ Verona
Kiln
Verona
Klineauld
Gardner
Grand
Thomas Flanigan
Pean McManus
Republican Organization
James McManue
Kline
Jack London Saloon Destroyed by Fire in Oakland
Fire destroyed the Last Chance saloon in Oakland, a famous literary gathering spot linked to Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson during their west coast residence. Owner Johnny Heifold perished in the blaze, which consumed mementos and early editions said to include signed works and inscriptions.
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Oakland
Cal
Jack London
Robert Louis Blagenson
West Coast
South
Oakland Estuary
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