Typhoon Flood Death Toll Rises to 132 in Tokyo Area
In Tokyo and surrounding regions floods from a typhoon and heavy rains claimed 50 more lives, raising the total death toll to 132 as rivers rose.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1935
Page
1
In Tokyo and surrounding regions floods from a typhoon and heavy rains claimed 50 more lives, raising the total death toll to 132 as rivers rose.
At the national convention in St Louis delegates roared approval for a three paragraph resolution calling for immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus. The crowd condemned Wright Patman and his inflation bill vetoed by President Roosevelt.
Washington reports farm officials facing protests from North Carolina delegates led by Gov. Ehringhaus and Senator Batley over parity pricing for flue cured tobacco. Growers cite tractor costs and regional parity as fixes while AAA defends maintaining parity based on a ten year average.
Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers said negotiations on the soft coal strike would yield a definite result by nightfall. A two miners two Appalachian producers committee resumed talks on a wage and hour agreement with disputes over a 1 1/2 cent raise and working conditions in Tennessee Alabama and Virginia.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, an unemployed textile worker, claims a fortune of about 1.8 million dollars found in the home of elderly recluse Mrs Ida Wood in New York. Attorney William Y Winter says evidence links Fitzpatrick to Wood as second cousins. The New York surrogate court holds the estate. 600 claims have been filed.
Moscow dispatch reports Senator J Hamilton Lewis suffered a relapse during the night. Doctors fear pneumonia may have spread to his left lung, signaling a worsening condition and renewed concern.
In Raleigh on September 26 a branch of the labor department announced the designation of members as deputies and commissioners. The action outlines new assignments and roles within the department.
Municipal Auditorium in Louis, Iowa hosts the American Legion national convention. Ida Grove delegate Ray By is elected to lead the organization as national commander.
Secretary Ickes announced a $500,000 advance to the South Carolina Public Authority for preliminary work on the Santee hydro electric and navigation project.
In St Louis on September 26 the Cardinals and Cubs game was postponed to finally decide the World Champion. The stoppage leaves the pennant bound teams at a halt as the outcome hangs on a later date.
Joseph J. Baines was killed by a gunshot in a port unknown dispute between dark and night near his home. The funeral is planned to take place here with details released by local officials.
Washington reports the White House announced a four city trip for the president starting tonight. A brief farm talk is planned in Montana or Nebraska on Saturday after arrival, with details not fully provided.
The North State Grange held its convention with E. Manatta named master. In Connecticut, referee Keane urged allowing Dorothy Gish to resume her screen name Dorothy Elis Gish, after a court recommendation.
In North Carolina on September 26 Benator Bailey announced the release of about $2,000,000 in public funds for sport development at Morehead City. The funds were previously allocated for the project.
Relatives announced today that DNSCORD ept 26 jter 24 recovered from a lake at Seward will not be tried in the United States trial. The funeral is planned Sunday at Seward.
William Holmes Davis of the legislative committee of the Association of the States warned Gov. Ehringhaus that price increases or current levels could harm a foreign market that has absorbed substantial prior purchases totaling several billion pounds over the past seven years.
Ancil Hoffman, manager in Baer, said today the heavyweight wanted more work as Max and his family left New York for California.
Hurricane tracking midway toward the Yucatan peninsula with center reported 600 miles south southwest of Florida. In Washington Aubrey Williams says industry must share increased business with workers to reduce unemployment, noting efficiency boosts allow more output with fewer workers.
In Boston Virginia the tobacco festival shifts from pageantry to modern crop control as crowds hear speeches by Representative John Hosea Smith, William Collins, and Rep. Thomas G. Burch. The second day features a tobacco auction recreation, an exhibition golf match with Bobby Riegel, a parade of 34 maids, coronation of Miss Westwood Byrd, and a festival dance.
ATLANTA Sept 26 A publication titled The Collapse of Cotton Tenancy argues the Agricultural Adjustment program aids landlords while tenants bear risk. Authors include Dr W W Alexander Edwin R Embree and Charles Johnson citing 1 790 787 tenant families of which 1 091 944 are white and 698 839 are negroes.
Representative Robert L. Doughton said after a talk with President Roosevelt that a $6,000,600 public works allocation for the Shenandoah-Creat Smoky Mountains scenic highway would be restored. The money had been shifted to relief, with a larger $4,880,000,000 fund now in place. A 12 mile link between Virginia and North Carolina parks is under contract, but two more sections need funds. All links are on the North Carolina side just below the Virginia line.
In Wynne Arkansas on September 26 a strike threat loomed as the Southern Tenant Farmers Union claimed hundreds of pickers had quit over the wage scale. Union leaders said the walkout was spreading while plantation owners and officials dismissed reports that 4 000 laborers answered the call to strike for one dollar per hundred pounds.
Transfer notice from Washington states Major John B. Smylie of the North Carolina National Guard Wilmington is moved from duty as instructor to Tat Corps area headquarters at Roaton. The move is dated September 26.
Washington reports show the Republican National Committee gearing up for an aggressive candidate fight to defeat President Roosevelt next year. The committee avoided official candicacy decisions but speculation centered on Herbert Hoover and William Borah as potential nominees. Hoover friends denied plans for a run, while others urged choosing a standard bearer opposed to New Deal policies.
Nineteen people faced several charges as strife persisted at the Mooresville Cotton Mills where operations kept running under a state patrol cordon. About 600 UTW members walked out Monday over alleged discrimination, with fewer pickets and spectators at dawn as police and deputies maintained watch.
The North Carolina governor honored Florida’s requisition for Walter C C Martin. The docket notes he was wanted in Hillsborough County Florida on a charge of embezzlement involving 92560 dollars.
Stocks retreated in New York as market leaders slipped back while some sectors held firm. Trading was dull overall with no clear trends in grains cotton or other commodities. Foreign exchange was mostly quiet with the guilder trending lower.
Augusta reports a special board meets October 2 to flood Savannah river for navigation flood control and power. The plan mirrors TVA aims though without strong local conflict, with Georgia Power Company backing and a $17.6 million initial outlay for Clark's Hill project in South Carolina.
Nearly 156 000 men and women knelt in darkness at Cleveland stadium as Archbishop Amileto Giovanni Cleognani presided a midnight pontifical low mass. The moment capped the seventh National Eucharistic Congress now nearing its close.
North Carolina faces increasing clouds with showers Friday and very cool interiors Friday night. South Carolina expected to grow cloudy with showers, warmer north, cooler northwest by Friday afternoon, and strong winds shifting. From Hatteras to Jacksonville expect moderate to fresh northeast to east winds, turning northerly Friday night with rain on Friday.
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