Flood Devastates San Antonio with 30-Year Toll
San Antonio suffers its worst flood in 30 years with about 500 believed dead and 2000 homeless. Army troops from Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis cooperate with police to rescue victims and maintain order as officials survey damages across a six by two mile flood zone. The Alamo survives floodwater while major hotels and the business district endure inundation. Local and federal authorities plan relief measures at a chamber of commerce meeting.
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Texas
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Chamber of Commerce
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Alamo
Texas Liberty
New Mexico
Col. Porter
Federal Building
Screen Actress Virginia Rapp Dies After Hotel Party
Miss Virginia Rapp Los Angeles actress died in San Francisco after a party in Fatty Arbuckle’s hotel suite. Autopsy cited congested lungs due to peritonitis. Arbuckle and attorney left LA. hotel manager says Arbuckle asked to leave.
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Los Angeles
Miss Rapp
New York Bankers See Upturn in Major Industries
A survey by Albert Apple reports New York bankers noting a cautious recovery across steel, coal, and chemical sectors. Indicators include rising traveling sales, increasing oil and fuel demand, higher pig iron output, and a gradual decline in idle freight cars, with overall business closer to normal though not rapid.
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New York
Seymour L. Andrews
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
No Successor Named for Krebs as Pastor Resigns
First Reformed church of High Point reports Rev. PD R Krebs resigned after one month in office and will return to Spring City Pennsylvania. His wife’s ill health is cited. Plans for a parsonage purchase pause as the church considers Rankin street plots. The resignation was announced at a Wednesday meeting.
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PD. R. Krebs
Mr. Krebs
High Point
Roy E. Leinbach
Spring City
Rankin Street
Raleigh
Sept
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Supreme Court
William R. Allen
Allen
Morrison
W. J. Adams
Carthage
B. F. Long
Statesville
O. H. Guion
New Bern
Atlantic Ocean
Kinston
N. J. Rouse
Wilson
W. Atlas Finch
George Rountree
Wilmington
Superior Court
Watt Stacey
New Hanover
Thos D. Warren
N. Y. Culley
Wake Forest
R. W. Winston
James S. Manning
Manning
Judge Manning
Kitchin
Heriot Clarkson
Charlotte
Clarkson
North Carolina
Col
Jos. E. Pogue
Perquimmans
Moore
Pitt
Wake
Guilford
Buncombe
Lenoir
Haywood
Ts Chamber of Commerce
Josephy
Charmpe
Andrew Tanooga
Tenn
Flood Ravages San Antonio Leaves Death Toll Rising
A devastating flood in San Antonio causes at least five hundred deaths and millions in damage. Water from the San Antonio River and Olmos Creek floods downtown, with the Gunter Hotel lobby flooded and power and water service cut. Troops guard the city as streetcars fail and newspapers flood.
Former Enemy Nations Heard in the League of Nations For First Time
In Geneva on September 10 the Austrian delegation spoke to the League of Nations assembly for the first time. The envoy, using French, outlined Austria’s financial and economic situation and the League’s work, urging swift implementation of measures so Austria can pursue its own salvation.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Council of the League
Austria
League
Police to Kill Stray Dogs In High Point Nighttime Crackdown
High Point authorities under Chief L W Blackwelder announce a night crackdown to kill dogs found at large to protect schoolchildren. The plan urges dog owners to ensure pets are tied and warns officers may shoot rabid or dangerous animals if necessary. A dog killed by Officer Cecil was reported at the station, suspected of hydrophobia.
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Tocal
High Point
L. W. Blackwelder
Blackwelder
Cecil
Cotton Shows Renewed Strength Today
The cotton market opened with renewed strength in New York on September 10 due to heavy rain forecasts in Southern Texas and nervousness about the tropical storm. First prices moved irregularly with advances of 22 to 65 points, then minor setbacks. futures opened higher across several months and closed steady with October 20.75, December 20.80, January 21.45, March 20.00, May 19.80.
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New York
Texas
Mary
Americans Named on Disarmament Body
Washington September 15 The American delegation to the world disarmament conference will include Secretary of State Hughes Elihu Root of New York Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator Underwood of Alabama. Other nations will limit their delegations to four members each.
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Washington
Hughes
Elihu Root
New York
Lodge
Massachusetts
Underwood
Alabama
White House
Pershing to Honor Unknown French Hero
General Pershing ordered by President Harding to proceed to France and present the congressional medal of honor to the unknown soldier of France.
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Washington
France
Harding
Republic
Unsettled Weather Predicted for Next Week
Washington reports the coming week will be unsettled with occasional rains in the South Atlantic states and temperatures near or below normal. Caribbean disturbances are moving west northwest, forecasters say.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Carribean Sea
Alton Boat Explodes in Lake Erie Rescue of 20
A power boat named Alton blew up one and a quarter miles north of Lakeside in Lake Erie this morning. Twenty men were aboard. four suffered severe burns and were rescued after being thrown into the water.
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Lakeside, CO
Alton
Lake Erie
Lakeside
Bank Robbers Strike Draper Bank in Virginia Heist
In Draper, Virginia, suspects blew open the vault of the Bank of Draper last night and stole bonds valued at 106000 dollars and an undetermined cash, taking everything of value. The crime occurred four miles from Pulaski, with authorities investigating the burglary.
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Pulaski
Bank of Draper
Draper
Black worker assaulted at new hotel in police report
Will Lee, a Black employee, told police he was struck by Robert Gaddy, also Black, with a shovel at the new hotel yesterday. A warrant was issued for Gaddy on a charge linked to the serious public safety incident. Lee suffered minor injuries according to police.
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Will Lee
New Hotel
Lee
Robert Gaddy
Gaddy
Senate Finance Committee Takes Up Tax Bill Revision
Washington reports the senate finance committee began revising the house tax bill for 3200 million dollars in internal revenue this fiscal year. Disagreement centers on retroactive repeal of the excess profits tax and the income furtakes while Republicans fear insufficient support. Democratic leaders plan to press the two proposals and may move to the senate floor if committee talks fail.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Congress
House
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate
Explosion on former German submarine at Birkenhead kills three
A massive blast sank the former German submarine Deutschland at Birkenhead across from Liverpool. Three men were killed and three more wounded as dismantling work proceeded in the engine room from an unknown cause. The submarine had surrendered under the peace treaty terms.
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Liverpool
Birkenhead
Pominent Virginian Ellis Dies at 75 in Richmond
Major William Munford Ellis a Confederate veteran and Virginia legislator died at a Richmond hospital at age 75. He was son in law of President John Tyler and will be buried in Shoresville Virginia after services. He had two marriages with his second wife Pearl Tyler.
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Richmond
William Munford Ellis
John Tyler
Virginia
Shoresville
Pearl Tyler
JAP FARMERS UNITE AGAINST LANDLORDS
Tokyo September 10. A rising tendency among tenant farmers to form associations to protect common interests against landlords signals swift social development in Japan modeled after western trends. By March 1921 such groups totalled 416 with 48 587 members. in 1920 disputes involved 5 235 landlords and 34 600 tenant farmers, mainly over lower rents.
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Tokyo
Japan
Man Nix Sentenced over Hair Ribbons Case in London
Albert Man nix received a three month term after police found 72 hair ribbons at his home. The case concerns shippings children's hair and was reported from London.
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London
Albert Mannix
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Fatty) Arbuckle
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