Relief Work Goes On In Stricken Belize
Belize city faces ongoing relief as a hurricane death toll surpasses a thousand. Fire threatens Mesopotamia amid ruins while troops and civilians burn and bury bodies, cremate to curb disease, and rush medical aid by air and sea. Food and water shortages loom until relief supplies arrive.
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Belize
Honduras
British Honduras
Mesopotamia
Aoe Dietricks
Red Cross
United States Marine Corps
Nicaragua
English airman sets new record Calshot England 404 mph
The Schneider Cup team claimed a world air speed record as Lieut G H Stainforth in a seaplane hit 404.265 miles per hour on the second lap over a three kilometer course. Lieut J N Boothman then secured the cup permanently by seven runs at 340.08 mph. Thousands watched at the Solent as the wasp shaped craft roared around, Boothman’s wife declaring pride.
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Calshot
England
Great Britain
G. H. Stainforth
J. N. Boothman
Solent
Stainforth
Boothman
Drowned body of missing fisherman found at Pamlico Sound
The body of Ralph Hendren, 39, Eagle Springs, was found on Pamlico Sound near the Bay River mouth four days after he fell from a fishing boat. A Minnesota fishing party reported him missing. coroner Grady McCott ruled the drowning accidental.
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New Bern
N. C
Ralph Hendren
Eagle Springs
Pamlico Sound
Bay River
Minnesota
Hendren
Grady McCott
Lebrix Ship Exploded In Midair Killing Two Pilots
Survivor Rene Doret recounts the crash near Ufa in heavy fog and rain. Mesmin piloted and attempted to bail out but the chute failed as Lebrix and Mesmin perished. Doret was uninjured and remains in good spirits. The wreckage and fuel tank were found miles from the main engine, and Soviet officials prepared to investigate.
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Rene
Ufa
Tass
Lebrix
Mesmin
Doret
Say
Moscow
Burns Thinks It Possible Powers Trapped Sister
Emery Burns of 209 English Street plans to travel to Clarksburg West Virginia to pursue whether Harry Powers, the confessed killer of five, abducted Annie Lee Burns in 1920 and may be the Blue Beard who lured wealthy women. Linden Burns of Winston-Salem reports crucial news but will not disclose it by phone.
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W. Va
Bluebeard
Wilson Man Skates To Legion Convention
Detroit reports Jack Hyland arrived for the American Legion convention after skating 1,900 miles from Wilson North Carolina. He traveled 34 days and eight nights on roller skates, wearing out four pairs along the way.
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Wilson Man
Legion
Detroit
Jack Hyland
American Legion
Wilson
N. C
His Kid Brother Still Uses Tobacco
Columbia, Sept 14. J. C. Cribb, 92, Confederate veteran, believes it’s never too late to quit but has given up trying to make his kid brother stop tobacco. A. F. Cribb, the kid brother, is 91.
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Columbia,&. C
J. C. Cribb
A. F. Cribb
Two Germans and a Portuguese Fly From Lisbon to New York
A trio from Lisbon aiming for New York undertook a nonstop flight in a Junkers aircraft named Esa. Willy Rody, Christian Johanssen, and Fernando Costa Viega departed at 4:30 AM with 635 gallons of fuel and 165 gallons of oil, no radio, planning a 40 to 42 hour crossing despite warnings of Atlantic weather.
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Lisbon
New York
Willy Rody
Christian Johanssen
Fernando Costa Viega
Juncal Do Sol
America
Fayal
Azores
Junkers
Charles A. Levine
Esa
Rody
Atlantic
Drunk Man Triggers Uproar at Raleigh Police HQ
Eugene Coleman sparked a tense few hours at Raleigh police headquarters by shouting his parents had been killed, provoking frantic investigations by six officers that found no murder. He repeated claims about his mama and then mentioned elephants before being jailed for drunkenness.
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Raleigh
N. C
Eugene Coleman
Coleman
Pangborn and Herndon Plan Trans-Pacific Flight
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. announced they expect to depart Samushiro Beach in northern Japan about September 26 for a projected nonstop flight to the United States.
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Tokyo
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Samushiro Beach
Japan
United States
Militia Ordered to Catch Suspect in North Carolina Shooting
Union, Sept. 14. A militia unit was sent toward Wild Cat near Lockhart as a mob of about 500 hunted Wade Moore, a black farmhand, for the shooting death of Aubrey Wilburn, white plantation overseer. Wilburn, shot in the back, died en route to a hospital on buckshot. Bloodhounds were summoned from Asheville.
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UNION
D. C
Blackwood
Wild Cat
Lockhart
Wade Moore
Aubrey Wilburn
Wilburn
Mary Emma Foster
Asheville
Tropical disturbance near Belize threatens hurricane force winds
The Weather Bureau issued an advisory at 10 a.m. stating a tropical disturbance centered about 100 miles east-northeast of Belize would slow and intensify, bringing gales and likely hurricane-force winds near its center as it passes over Northern British Honduras.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Belize
British Honduras
Mayor Walker To Testify Before Legislature Committee
New York dispatch reports Mayor Walker will be called as a witness at public hearings next week. He returns from Europe aboard the Bremen and is expected to be questioned about the Europe trip arranged by David Maier and about stock brokerage accounts under scrutiny by aides to Samuel Seabury.
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New York
Today
Walker
Europe
David Maier
Samuel Seabury
Bremen
Maier
Legion Head Sees Threat in Unemployed Crisis
Washington dispatch reports American Legion National Commander Ralph T. O’Neil opening an unemployment conference. He warns enforced idleness endangers families and government, likens the current crisis to 1917, and urges action to provide work, guard against racketeers and communists, and mobilize Legion members to aid governors, federal officials, labor, and industry.
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Washington
Ralph T. O'Neil
American Legion
Legion
Yacht spills guests but no one drowns
In Columbia South Carolina on September 14 ten guests of Earle Wilson were spilled into Lake Murray near Saluda River when his yacht tilted at high speed. Wilson distributed life preservers and guided the vessel to safety. All aboard were saved.
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Columbia
S. C
Earle Wilson
Lake Murray
Saluda River
Wind storm of hurricane strength hits Wisconsin counties
A damaging wind storm swept through Milwaukee and neighboring counties causing more than 300000 dollars in damage across Milwaukee Ozaukee Waukesha and Washington counties.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Ozaukee
Waukesha
Washington Counties
Search for body of Benjamin Collings off Long Island
Boatmen and small yachts searched Long Island Sound from Oyster Bay and Northport for the body of Benjamin P. Collings a Stamford yachtsman. Officials weighed whether his wife’s account of two men abducting him last Wednesday night was true. A raincoat found at Eaton's Neck became a new clue to identify the culprits. District Attorney Blue planned to cross examine Mrs. Collings aboard the Penguin to challenge her story and confirm jurisdiction.
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Mineola
N. Y
Oyster Bay
Northport
Long Island Sound
Benjamin P. Collings
Stamford
Collings
Eaton’s Neck
Suffock
Blue
Constance Bennett Debunks Marriage Rumor in Hollywood
Constance Bennett arrived from Paris and New York with thirty new gowns and denied an engagement to the Marquis de La Fal aise. She said the prior report of marriage was a joke and not true.
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Constance
Hollywood
Calif
Constance Bennett
Paris
Miss Bennett
New York
Marquis de la Falaise
White Farm Hand Denies Assault on Jones County Girl
In Kinston North Carolina on September 14 authorities held Jake Harrison and two Black men after a 19 year old girl Eunice Mae Pollock could not identify Harrison as her attacker. She described a 44 year old white man in a white robe and mask who held her captive for over an hour. The girl is recovering at home from shock and bruises. Harrison denied the assault and was taken to Goldsboro for questioning. No hearing date has been announced.
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Jones County
Kinston
N. C
Eunice Mae Pollock
Jake Harrison
Raymond Powell
Will Taylor
Harrison
Callie Pollock
Jones
Lenoir County
Goldsboro
Blackwood Bets on Louisiana Plan for Cotton Relief
Texas debates curtailment versus prohibition as South Carolina moves to enact relief laws. Georgia’s Eugene Talmadge calls a mass farmers meeting to pressure a special session, while Louisiana Governor Huey Long pushes the no cotton plan. Arkansas Governor Parnell names a commission to urge Texas action.
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South Carolina
General Assembly
Texas
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Blackwood
Parnell
Arkansas
Professor Held in Death of Wife near Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Virginia September 14 Professor Elisha Kent Kane is held without bail on murder charges after his wife Jennie Graham Kane drowned during a swim near Chesapeake Bay. Fishermen testified at the coroner's inquest they heard a scream and saw Kane bring the unconscious woman to shore and place her body in a car before help arrived.
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Hampton
Jennie Graham Kane
Elisha Kent Kane
Commonwealth
Roland D. Cocke
Kane
Profesor Kane
Chesapeake Bay
Counse
Cocke
Los Angeles Teen Nadine Dore Wins Miss North America
Miss Nadine Dore of Los Angeles won the Miss North America beauty contest held at the Municipal Auditorium, prevailing over 47 contestants from across the United States and beyond. The brunette entrant stood out among rivals from Mexico and Canada in a national pageant up for grabs.
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Sean Park
Nadine Dore
Los Angeles
Municipal Auditorium
United States
Mexico
Canada
Dore
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