West Indies hurricane crisis hits Puerto Rico amid mass hunger and damage
In Porto Rico the hurricane's toll climbs toward 1000 dead with 300000 feared hungry. Half the population may be homeless as property losses reach 100 million dollars. Martial law is urged, national guard deployed, and rationing and drafting proposed to curb famine and looting. Nine towns report over 2500 dead.
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West Indies
San Juan
Porto Rico
Horace M. Towner
National Guard
Government Moves to Relief Efforts for Hurricane Areas
President Coolidge directs relief measures for Puerto Rico hurricane victims. Navy ships St Mihiel and Kenowis diverted with 550 and 700 tons of food. Bridge carries 1500 tons tents and blankets. Governor Turner reports 700000 homeless. crops severely damaged including 25 percent cane 50 percent tobacco and 75 percent coffee destroyed.
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President Coolidge
Porto Rico
Red Cross
Washington
Coolidge
Florida
John Barton Payne
Summerall
Army
Robbins
War Department
Wilbur
New York
St. Mihiel
Panama
Canal Zone
San Juan
West Indies
Navy
Bridge
Governor Towner
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Northcott case dominates Los Angeles police update
Los Angeles police revisited the George Northcott murder farm near Riverside seeking graves of three victims. Elder Northcott named Gordon Northcott as the killer and implicated his wife, while Sanford Clark, 15, corroborated some accounts. Authorities prepared murder charges and continued searches under a Riverside garage floor.
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Los Angeles
George Cyrus Northcott
Riverside
Gordon Stuart Northcott
Young Northcott
Louise Northcott
Northcott
Sanford Clark
Young Clark
Roma Crew Hopes to Hop Off Today
Thick fog grounded the Bellanca Roma in Portland area keeping the 4500 mile Rome attempt idle. Cesare Sabelli leads the Italian American crew with Roger Williams and Dr. L M Pisculli awaiting clearing weather at Old Orchard and Carboro field to load 1400 gallons of fuel for the Rome flight.
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Maine
Rome
Old Orchard
Carboro
Here
Bellanca
Roma
Pietro Bonelli
New York City
Willendeavor
Scarboro Field
Cesare Sabelli
Roger Q. Williams
Richmond
Hills
N. Y
L. M. Pisculli
New York
U S May Aid Reparations Settlement
Geneva dispatch notes a consensus among Great Britain France Germany Italy Belgium and Japan to form a commission of experts for a complete reparations settlement. The United States likely to participate via government or financiers to reflect Washington views. Delegates at the League of Nations assembly welcomed the possible final chapter on war losses.
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United States
Commission of Experts
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Rhineland
Europe
America
Washington
Assembly of the
League of Nations
President May Intervene In Railroad Wage Fight
Chicago Sept 17 The possibility of presidential intervention in the wage dispute between 76 000 railroad trainmen and conductors and 57 western railroads after talks with the US board of mediation showed no progress. Workers seek wage increases up to 18 percent.
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Chicago
United States Board of Mediation
Col George P Howell of Goldsboro Dead
Colonel George P Howell United States Army retired is dead in Washington He will be buried at West Point New York on Tuesday Howell was a native of Goldsboro North Carolina
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Col
George P. Howell
Goldsboro
Washington
United States Army
Westpoint
N. Y
Howell
Golsboro
N. C
Statewide Red Cross Drive Aids Storm Victims On Radio
Wake county Red Cross launched a state-wide drive for hurricane relief funds broadcast today over radio station WPTF on the suggestion of the national organization. The appeal seeks broad public support and donations to aid storm sufferers.
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Raleigh
Wake County
The
Red Cross
Natonal Organization
WPTF
Six Dead in Virgin Islands Hurricane Toll
Six people are confirmed dead after a tropical hurricane struck St. Croix. About 3,000 are homeless and 100 injured. Christiansted and Frederiksted report up to 400,000 dollars in damage as estates, sugar factories, and crops are destroyed.
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ST. Croix
Virgin Islands
Christiansted
Frederiksted
Memphis baseball strike ends as play-off with Birmingham set
The Memphis Chickasaws reached a settlement with players after a night of refusing to train over a bonus dispute. The playoff series with Birmingham will open in Memphis tomorrow after a noon announcement following talks led by club president Thomas P. Watkins and a player committee.
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Memphis
Tenn
Birmingham
Chickasaws
Thomas P. Watkins
Shipwash Charged With Manslaughter Over Captain Morris Death
A warrant charging 25-year-old Garland Shipwash with manslaughter was issued by city attorneys after Police Captain A J Morris, 62, died from a knee wound during a scuffle while Shipwash was being arrested for drunkenness at the Do Drop In cafe. Shipwash is jailed pending a preliminary hearing likely later this week. he also faces charges of drunkenness disordely and resisting arrest.
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Garland Shipwash
A. J. Morris
Shipwash
South
Hamilton
Russell Streets
J. A. Myatt
Myrtle Desk Company
Grimes Street
Morris
Three More Bodies Found In Rockford Tornado Debris
Rockford Illinois reports three additional bodies recovered from the debris of a chair factory disaster bringing the total dead to 14 with one more possible remains. The recovered victims include August J. Peterson Gunnar J. Peterson Gunnar Ryden and an unidentified man.
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Rockford
Ills
August J. Peterson
Gunnar J. Peterson
Gunnar Ryden
Death of Sir Theodore Cook Editor of Field Magazine
Sir Theodore Cook editor in chief of the Field English sporting magazine died today at age 65. He was a noted figure in English university sport and rowed for Oxford in 1889 and led English fencing teams in Paris in 1969 and Athens in 1906.
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London
Sir Theodore Cook
The
Field
Oxford
Paris
Athens
Senator Robinson Offers His Special Cars To Aid In Florida Relief
In Miami Senator Joseph T. Robinson the Democratic vice presidential nominee and his wife Mrs Robinson remained aboard their private car in the Florida hurricane zone. If called for relief they would cancel engagements to join the first relief train with a kitchen equipped car and supplies for five to six days.
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Robinson
Florida
Miami
Fla
Joseph T. Robinson
Bay Front Park
South
Smith Heads West on Campaign Train to Omaha
Governor Smith begins a cross country campaign tour from Albany with a special 11 car train carrying democracy's message. He will speak in Omaha on Sept. 18 on agriculture and campaign issues as he travels through northern Ohio Indiana and Illinois before ending at Albany after the Rochester convention. He is accompanied by Mrs. Smith their daughter and a team of advisors.
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Omaha
Democracy
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Neb
Oklahoma City
Denver
Helena
Mont
St. Paul
Milwaukee
John A. Warner
Rochester
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New Orleans May Escape Storm Fury
At noon today weather reports indicated the Florida storm may not reach the Mississippi Louisiana coast and New Orleans may escape it entirely. Hurricane observers said if winds follow expected patterns it would head northward after leaving Florida and dissipate over the Atlantic states.
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New Orleans
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Atlantic States
Six Missing Russian Air Men Saved
Six sailors from the plane Soviet of the North, missing since August 22 on a Vladivostok to Leningrad flight, were rescued by the steamer Stavropol near Kolyuchin Bay. They walked over 200 miles across frozen terrain to the ice coast, where they were taken aboard the ship.
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Moscoe
Russia
Vladivostok
Leningrad
Stavropol
Kolyuchin Bay
Siberia
M. Krassinsky
Arctic Circle
Bering Strait
Hurricane isolates Florida Atlantic coast cutting off comms
The entire Atlantic coast of Florida south of Titusville lost contact with the mainland as the hurricane hit. Telegraph wires to Tampa on the west coast remained functioning, and Western Union mobilized 18 repair gangs near Titusville and Palm Beach to restore service once the stricken area is reconnected.
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New York
Atlantic
Florida
Titusville
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Tampa
Palm Beach
Albanian King Possible Christian Conversion Triggers Clergy Clash
Reports from Belgrade indicate fear that Ahmed Zogu, king of Albania, might convert to Christianity if an engagement to Princess Giovanna of Italy proceeds. The development allegedly sparked clashes in Scutari between Albanian Muslims and Catholics, with one Catholic priest killed.
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Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Politica
Ahmed Zogu
Albania
Giovanna
Italy
Scutari
Storm arrives with injuries and utility outages in Daytona Beach
Dayton Beach receives a report of widespread damage from a storm as two Palm Beach travelers describe hundreds of minor injuries and paralyzed public utilities. J. W. Hutchinson of Atlanta and another employee provide details about the impact.
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Palm Beaches
Daytona Beach
Fla
Palm Beach
J. W. Hutchinson
Atlanta
Hoover Gets Big Ovation At Newark
Herbert Hoover arrives in Newark for an eastern labor speech tour. A parade leads to the First Regiment Armory where 40 000 attendees expected and radio hookup planned with 38 stations. Hoover will speak at 8:30 p m after a Essex county tour ending at Edison's Orange lab.
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Newark
Herbert Oe
N. J
Herbert Hoover
First Regiment
Mr. Hoover
City
Essex County
Edisor Laboratories
Orange
Thomas Edison
Elk Club
Hoover
Hoover Campaign Shifts East to Newark Address
President Hoover travels to Newark to address labor issues in the first of three East Coast appearances. Alfred Smith counters with his westward swing as the campaign heats up with Hoover’s focus on labor topics in Newark.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
East
Alfred Smith
West
Newark
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