Tornado toll rises as St Louis braces for damage tally
Massive storm leaves 71 dead in city center with 671 injured and thousands homeless. Central High School collapse claims a third girl. total dead possibly reaches 140 with 18 missing. Damage estimates range from 10 to 100 million. insurance puts 75 million. City area six miles by six. World War era tone reflects devastation and urgent rescue efforts.
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ST. Louis
Central High School
Post-Dispatch
E. E. Christopher
Linde Lulevard
Newstead Avenue
Grand Boulevard
Forest Park Boulevard
Sarah Street
Pendleton Avenue
Herbert Street
E. Christopher
Central High
Mure
Roosevelt Attacks Smith As Tammany Shadow Clouding White House
Col Theodore Roosevelt, at the Rochester GOP convention as temporary chairman, warned Republicans to dispel the Tammany Hall shadow over the White House. He questioned Smiths fiscal policy, urged relying on current revenues, and criticized Albanys demotic ties to Tammany. He urged vigilance against perceived corruption and outlined party contrasts.
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Rochester
N. Y
Smith
Theodore Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
White House
New York
Fourteenth Street
Washington
Col. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
National Party
South
Albany
Tammany
Five Victims Of Accident At Crossing
In Reidsville five people died when Southern Railway train No. 135 struck a light automobile at Turner's crossing. Victims: Charles Lucas 60 his wife 48 their daughter Alice 15 son Roger 13 and L G Johnston 35. Johnston driving crossed the north bound track and was hit on the south bound line. debris stretched about a quarter mile.
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Reidsville
Turner's Crossing
Southern Railway
Charles Lucas
Alice
Roger
L. G. Johnston
Johnston
Animals Thought Possible Says Psychic Congress Delegates
Paris delegates at the International Congress for Psychic Research voiced varying views on animal thought. Some argued animals can think while others attributed apparent thinking to clever training and conditioning.
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Paris
International Congress For Psychic Research
Gregory Dies Of Injuries From Wife's Axe Attack
In South Carolina, T. Glenn Gregory died from head wounds inflicted by his wife Mamie Gregory, who had murdered their two young sons earlier and killed herself. The family had been attacked at Midway in Lancaster county before being taken to Bethune for the grisly infanticide and suicide.
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Columbia
S. C
Mamie Gregory
T. Glenn Gregory
Gregory
Midway
Lancaster County
Bethune
Glenn
Philip
Emerson High Strike Ends After City Approves Temporary School Fund
Garys Indiana Emerson High School students end a four day strike after the Gary City Council approves $15,000 for immediate construction of a temporary school to accommodate nine enrolled Negro students. The vote faced opposition from three negro council members and followed a Mayor’s conference with strike leaders.
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Gary
Ind
Emerson High School
Emerson High
Floyd E. Williams
Judge Shot In Federal Court Room
United States District Judge Tilman Johnson was shot four times in the federal courtroom in Salt Lake City by a woman identified as Mrs. Howard Simmons. The assailant fired a seven chamber revolver and was restrained by court attendants. the judge was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries. Simmons had recently been plaintiff in a $25,000 damage suit against Utah Copper, later decided for the defense.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United States District
Tilman Johnson
Federal
Howard Simmons
Storm Kills Two Men Near Poplar Bluffs
An electrical storm and a tornado tore through rural areas about eight miles east and south of Poplar Bluffs injuring many and killing two men, farmer Jess Frizzell, 30, and Thomas Dunning, 44, near Corning.
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Poplar Bluffs
Jess Frizzell
Thomas Dunning
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Absent Minded Inventor Loses Handbag With Money
Asheville police hunt for a brown leather handbag containing stock and bonds worth fifteen thousand dollars after H P Eanes, local inventor, forgot it at H L Finkelsziner pawnshop. Eanes, a firearms enthusiast, had just traded for a pistol and stored it with the bag before leaving without it.
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Asheville
H. P. Eanes
Eanes
H. L. Finkels
Zin Tere
Physicians at Ninth District Medical Society Meeting
Lexington September 30. Dr. J. R. Terry and Dr. J. L. Sowers of Davidson county attended the Ninth District Medical Society annual meeting in Lenoir. Dr. Terry, former president of the medical society, was scheduled to respond to welcomes.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Ninth District Medical Society
Lenoir
J. R. Terry
J. L. Sowers
Terry
Medical Society
Brother wrecks car over borrowing dispute
East Bridgewater Massachusetts on September 36 Charles Bashian’s brother refused to lend the car. After objections failed he used an axe to smash the sedan into ruins.
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East Bridgewater
Mass
Chas
Bashian
Charlies
Mary Atkinson Defense Seeks Acquittal in Bailey Case
Enid Oklahoma September 30 AP contends the state only proves Mary Atkinson loves Rev. Charles Bailey amid the death of Bailey’s wife and daughter. A preliminary hearing ends with revised pathology showing insufficient poison in the victim’s viscera. Justice Foglesong to rule.
Gas iron blast leaves Mrs Grady Hunt critical
Attendants report Mrs Grady Hunt of Hillsboro in critical condition after a gas flat iron exploded and burned her face and body, and she was taken to a local hospital.
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Durham
Grady Hunt
Hillsboro
Labor Union Pushes Pay Parity for Military Service Workers
A resolution presented to three AFL departments calls for officers and service personnel to receive pay proportional to civilian wages. It also urges permanent, well maintained naval base arsenals. President Green warns against corporate efforts to hinder organizing. The federation aims for a five day work week and broader labor influence.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Metal Trades
William Green
Federation
Federation of Corporations
Green
Greenwood official to settle fraud case Monday
Greenwood county treasurer R A Ellison will plead guilty to one of twelve indictment counts charging misappropriation of about 63000 in county funds. The other eleven charges will be dismissed at a special term of criminal court. Solicitor Homer Blackwell announced the plan.
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Greenwood
8. C
R. A. Ellison
Greenwood County
Homer
Blackwell
Ellison
Tobacco sales on Greenville market reach 955,624 pounds
Greenville tobacco market reported 955,624 pounds sold for 189,200.38 dollars or 19.79 dollars per hundred. Offerings expected to total 1,900,000 pounds today, lifting the season total to more than 18,600,000 pounds after 19 selling days.
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Greenville
N. C
Nurse Mary Atkinson Freed From Poisoning Charges
Enid Oklahoma September 30 AP Mary Atkinson 26 year old trained nurse is released from charges of poisoning Mary Jane Bailey 18 daughter of an episcopal minister. Justice of the peace ruled evidence insufficient for district court trial. She was released after preliminary hearing. Her brother Harry Atkinson plans to take her to Pawhuska to seek work and living arrangements.
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Okla
Mary Atkinson
Mary Jane Bailey
David Foglesong
Justice of Peace
Miss Atkinson
Dan Mitchell
Harry Atkinson
Pawhuska
H. G. McKeever
McKeever
Dowd Will Leaves His Paper Intact
Charlotte news control remains in Dowd family as W Carey Dowd Sr dies. Will bequeaths $275,000 estate to sons W Carey Dowd Jr and James Edward Dowd and daughter Cornelia Dowd Jones. Dowd Jr to become publisher. widow receives $5,000 annuity, $5,000 life policy, Queens road home and Linville summer home.
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Charlotte News
Dowd
W. Carey Dowd
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Charlotte Observer
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Cornelia Dowd Jones
Queens Road
Linville
Elizabeth Dowd
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Myers Park
N. C
C. D. Hesseman
Tennessee Men Killed In Blowing Rock Auto Wreck
W E Talley and Leland Hunt of Johnson City Tennessee were killed when their car left Yonahlassee road at Coffee Gap near Blowing Rock. A unnamed woman passenger escaped with minor injuries. Dense fog and a sharp curve caused the wreck as the car rolled over 100 feet into a tree. The men's bodies were held pending relatives' directions.
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Blowing Rock
W. E. Talley
Leland Hunt
Johnson City
Tenn
Yonahlassee Road
Coffee Gap
Pioneer missionary Gilbert Reid dies at 70 in China
Dr. Gilbert Reid born 1847 Laurel New York arrived in Shanghai in 1882 as a leading American missionary. He edited newspapers and founded the international institute of China, promoting Sino foreign relations while facing Boxer Rebellion wounds and a 1917 libel controversy with respect to President Wilson.
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Shanghai
China
Gilbert Reid
New York
Laurel
N. Y
Wilson
Reid
Germany
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