115 Mile Hurricane Devastates Florida Cityscape
Miami Beach, once a booming real estate hub, faced near total ruin as a 115 mile per hour hurricane and floods hammered the state. Death toll rises with extensive damage in Miami and neighboring coastal towns including West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Dania, Palm Beach, and Lake Worth.
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Miami Beach
Florida
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New River
Coast Guard
Miami
Miami Harbor
Biscayne Bay
Miami Tribune
Hollywood
Dania
Yamato
del Ray
Schaub Named Extension Leader For Land Grant Colleges
Dean I. O. Schaub of the North Carolina state college school of agriculture chairs the extension division of the Association of Land Grant Colleges. The group meets in Washington the week of November 15 as Schaub prepares the extension revision program on agriculture and home economics under federal and state perspectives.
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Raleigh
I. O. Schaub
School of Agriculture
State College
Association of Land Grant Colleges
Washington
Dean Schaub
Police Band Leader Kiefer Guides Sesqui Centennal Exposition Pride
Lieutenant Joseph Kiefer leads the Philadelphia Police Music Makers, official Exposition band at Sesqui Centennal. The Navy veteran built the group from 14 to a famed 50 member orchestra, raising funds for the Police Pension Club and balancing classical, semi classical and popular numbers including Somebody's Lonely.
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Joseph Kiefer
Police
Philadelphia
Kiefer
Navy
Police Pension Club
America
Florida hurricane distress spurs High Point concern
Local readers show strong sympathy as news from Southern Florida arrives. Casualty lists run in the thousands and property damage tops 125 million dollars. Linemen race to repair wires while families await word on relatives in the storm zone.
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Florida
High Point
Miami
South
Frank
Fred Sealy
Baxter Younts
Jacksonville
Greensboro men acquire Kirkwood estate for development
Mayor H A Moffitt and G H Kearns of High Point purchased 10 000 feet of valuable Kirkwood real estate in Greensboro as an investment. The tract lies in an undeveloped section near Irving Park and will be divided into building lots for immediate sale. Bounded by streets not listed here, the purchase signals a strong residential outlook.
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G. H. Kearns
High Point
Kirkwood
Greensboro
Kirkwood, Inc
Irving Park
Moffitt
Kearns
Mosquito War Uses Poisoned Sawdust by Air
Washington September 18 Entomologists employ air plane dispersal of arsenic soaked sawdust in a new effort against mosquitoes. Marine corps fliers conduct the trials claiming dilution makes it harmless to fish birds and people.
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Washington
United States Marine Corps
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