San Antonio Flood Overflows City Water Rising Threatens
San Antonio faces a severe flood as the river overflows its banks, flooding downtown streets and knocking out lights. Police and fire departments are deployed to the lower city while many buildings, including the telephone exchange, are submerged, with first floor stocks ruined and partial building abandonment possible.
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Moorish Victory Doom Forthcoming At Melilla Camp
Sept 10 report by F Bertelli Theris reveals a catastrophic Moors surge in Mor ove. Of 21048 Spanish troops, 3784 natives survived and only 300 escaped armed. Armament looted includes 120 heavy guns 2000 machine guns 30000 rifles 3000 horses 6000 trucks 120 airplanes. Moors seized 16000 square miles driving remnant to Melilla besieged as Spain mobilizes 62000 men and cannon for a new offensive. Preparations point to a fall of Melilla to Moors with observers warning of doubled Moorish strength and rising native troop support.
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Hail Damage Widespread Across Lincoln Nebraska
Special report from Lincoln August 1 describes a fierce hail storm moving from Lincoln east and southeast, snapping telephone poles and damaging crops and cars. Severe damage reported in Seward county with large hail fragments tearing automobile covers, while Lincoln itself saw only minor damage.
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Santa Anne GEORGIA IS WINNER at Helmont Park mile race
In a Geom handicap race at Helmont Park Santa Anne Georgia claimed the win over the mile course. Chin a Florian type from the Valley finished second with two other riders hind, while other details are unclear from the fragment.
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Minister to face murder charge in Alabama case
Trial set for October 17 in Birmingham Alabama for Bepti Trey Edward Stephenson a Methodist minister accused of second degree murder in the death of Mother James Coyle a Catholic priest. The case has drawn national attention as one of Alabama history’s most sensational legal battles with witnesses lined up and attention from city and state officials.
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Kansas Outlook on National Debt Wipeout
Fragmented note discusses U S government debt, claiming total national debt near one billion dollars and per capita share around thirty dollars. It mentions planned spending and potential impact though readability is limited and garbled.
Aerial Weather Plot Claims Debunked by Henry Woodhouse
Henry Woodhouse argues against an 80 million plan for an aerial weather bureau. He cites Weather Bureau records to counter weather warnings linked to the Morgantown disaster and calls for a federal grand jury investigation to halt air service fatalities and air industry losses since 1919.
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Fire on street car endangers man and child
In Council Bluffs Iowa, a motorman named Charles Kyle reversed power to stop a street car to save a four year old girl. Fuses and control boxes burned out. Passenger C A Keyes suffered when the seat of his trousers burned off as he helped extinguish the blaze. The little girl survived and laughed seeing Keyes frantically pull himself over the grasa to put out the fire.
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Doubtful identity at American Legion Weekly event
In a misdirected street incident, two men avoided the Mayt h amendment by lingering outside a residence. A doorway rang with a cautious bell pull as a window opened and a spokesman mispronounced Mishish Brown, inviting the intended man to come down. Those not mistaken were told to go home.
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Too Much for Baby The Edinburgh Scotaman Joke
A humorous snippet shows a cartoonish exchange about sleeplessness and a baby. A doctor suggests counting to 100, but the infant cannot count. An optimist quips about rent and moving, implying no worry for four days.
Flour query fuels London Opinion column tease
In From London Opinion a reader jokes about a yesterday’s flour, noting it was very tough and hindered pastry making. The exchange references Mr. Sandiman and a husband unable to bite into the pastry, highlighting a lighthearted culinary jab.
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Grand Knickerbocker Co to Sell Knickers for Old Bockers
Not Yet but soon the Kansas City Blur hints at a Grand Knickerbocker Company. It will furnish new knickers for old bockers at $1.76 per pair with seals free.
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Army to keep olive drab uniforms. minor uniform tweaks approved
The War Department announced that the olive drab uniform will not be replaced by blue. New regulations allow a belt buckle and a bottom of the coat skirt to be altered and a small book on the coat to hold revived Sam Browne belts.
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Delegates Named for Armament Conference Pressure
Washington September 10 President Hardings plan to limit delegates to twenty for the armament conference in November was approved by four powers. The American delegation will include Hughes Root Lodge and Underwood with advisory committees for women and labor. Mrs Pinchot to name eligible women for the committee. The administration aims for broad but not binding representation without favoring any nation.
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Senate worries over peace treaty blocks at disarmament talks
Apprehension grows among Senate members that incorporating Versailles sections on American rights into the separate German peace accord may complicate future Pacific and Far East settlements at the forthcoming disarmament congress.
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Tornado Strikes Austin Texas Damage Reported
A tornado hit southern Austin damaging a store and several houses and injuring some residents. The storm crossed the Colorado River valley and moved into the hills, also affecting a summer riverside resort area on the western edge of the city.
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Never Too Late To Learn In Courtroom Scene
Allan Jackson told Judge Cook he never heard the Lord s prayer. The judge recited it for the scene and the prisoner claimed he had never heard it before. Jackson faced charges of stealing 54 dollars from a preacher on a streetcar amid reports of JP Morgan s Berlin conference with a figure named Rilunes.
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Senate Republicans oppose Mellon tax plan relief for small taxpayers
Washington Sept 10 Republican members of the Senate finance committee pressed to shield small taxpayers before easing large corporate levies. They attacked Secretary Mellon’s plan to retroactively repeal excess profits tax, repeal the capital stock tax, and cut surtaxes on big incomes from 63% to 26%. The revolt risked derailing administration aims as Senator Penrose warned plans might be abandoned. Democrats, led by Simmons, argued against steep surtax cuts, suggesting 45% as the ceiling.
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Madalynne Burch Split Over Kennedy Murder Defense
Los Angeles report shows Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain declaring that Arthur C. Burch and she will not mount a joint defense in the Kennedy murder case. She says Burch will likely keep Attorney Schenck, while she dismisses counsel, insisting they must paddle their own canoe and that Burch is innocent.
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Postal Help's Guns Keep Bandits Away
Washington reports that arming postal employees since April reduced mail robberies. From April to September thefts totaled 43,580 with 78,500 recovered, net loss about 10,000. Compared to 1920 robberies at 4,400,000 with 3,200,000 recovered, Postmaster General Hayes cites postal inspectors who think armed clerks deter theft.
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Marines Not To Land In Central America
Washington officials say the battalion of marines will remain aboard the battleship Pennsylvania en route to San Francisco. The unit was ordered to guard against violence tied to the dispute between Costa Rican forces and the occupation zone. Navy department confirms no landing will occur.
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Blame for Air Death Stirs Justice Probe
Washington reports say Justice officials lack a crucial 105 page aviation report by Fleury Woodhouse on the destruction of 6,000 air service aircraft and related equipment amid wartime secrecy. The missing document and duplicate copy prompt calls for a federal grand jury investigation as congressional resolutions demand action.
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Storm sweeps Caribbean with warnings issued
A severe tropical storm sweeps the Caribbean Sea according to the weather bureau report on Friday. A warning was issued to all vessels bound for the eastern and central Caribbean.
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Rugs Stolen From Patterson Co in Hollywood Burglary
One hundred oriental rugs valued at 57000 were stolen from Patterson and Co decorating establishment near Hollywood movie colony. Burglars escaped in an automobile truck after the raid on Friday.
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How to Pronounce Elihu From the New York Herald
A Cincinnati reporter asks Elihu Moot how his first name is pronounced. The piece contrasts western reporters with eastern restraint and notes substantial reparations payments by Germany via New York deposits totaling 65 million dollars after a 6 million dollar advance for the Belgian government and bank.
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Sinn Fein inner cabinet backs Lloyd George note
Dublin reports a secret Sinn Fein cabinet meeting lasting one hour with De Valera Collins Barton Griffith Stack Burgha and Cosgrove among those present. A full Dáil session is announced for Wednesday to ratify cabinet decisions, with De Valera likely to follow Dáil guidance and the cabinet expected to advise accepting Lloyd George's latest note.
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League to Insist on Recognition at World Meet
Paris reports the League of Nations will push its bid for U S recognition at the Washington disarmament conference. A foreign office note in Intransigeant says former Premier Rene Viviani may go to Washington as a League delegate, not as France’s representative. Briand’s trip would follow Franco British talks to form a united European front for agenda items.
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Humble Miner's Wife Becomes Millionaire in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa Sept 10 Mrs Henry Hale wife of a gypsum miner rose from poverty to wealth through a will. She inherits about two million dollars half of the estate of Wallace Farley Boone county whose will probated Thursday named her as a beneficiary.
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Observation note from Washington Star quoting Gen Town
From the Washington Star an observation cites Gen Horace Town recounting a French servant girl planning to migrate to the United States. She jokes about fur outfits and wonders if the US imports all frozen meat, prompting a humorous exchange about climate and food origins.
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Movie Director and Comic Strip Artist Exchange Surmise
In a playful New York Sun dialogue Gee and a film director trade quips on surprise. The director suggests physical reaction while a comic strip artist jokes about collapsing backwards.
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Minnesota, St. Paul & Manitoba seek bonds for road
The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Manitoba, St. Marie asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to issue 10 million dollars of 10 year 6 percent gold notes secured by 16 million dollars of 6 percent mortgage bonds. Proceeds would service existing obligations.
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Costa Rican Occupation of Coto Region Reported
The state department was advised Friday that Costa Rican authorities have occupied the Coto region. The dispatch notes Costa Rican officials extending greetings to the occupying authorities as patrols establish control. Meanwhile, Henry Bulls van began a channel swim from Dover to Calais at 5:52 p.m. with steady progress reported by wireless at 8:38 p.m. Conditions described as windless and calm.
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New York Welfare Chief Urges State Aid for Unemployed
A New York City public welfare official calls on other states and cities to refrain from poaching unemployed citizens and to create better provisions for their own unemployed, stressing mutual responsibility and care.
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Greek Army to Suspend Offensive
London reports Greece will halt its offensive against the Turks after cabinet and general staff talks. In the Bakaria front Greek right wing withdraws with heavy losses. supply lines 100 miles from base strained. Total Greek casualties, including the sick, said to be 10,000 as troops grow fatigued.
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Crime Wave Strains U S Government Agencies
Washington reports a nationwide surge in federal offenses as Attorney General Daugherty directs efforts with cabinet members and detectives. Nearly 100,000 federal cases await trial, with the Justice Department spending about 20 million yearly. Fraud, counterfeit currency, war risk claims, mail robbery loot, and prohibition violations overload courts.
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Prohibition enforcement drawn into national sentiment
United Press from San Francisco reports Annette Adams, former assistant attorney general in charge of Volstead act enforcement, expressing uncertainty about whether prohibition is good or bad. She cites lack of public cooperation, moral fiber erosion, and a federal judge noting harsh penalties to deter private stock theft during enforcement struggles.
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Grew Named Minister to Switzerland in Promotion
Washington reports Joseph Grew, currently minister to Denmark, has been chosen for the new post as minister to Switzerland. The promotion acknowledges his service and was learned at the White House on Friday.
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Italy Intervenes to Halt Hungarian Invasion
Reports from Rome and Paris indicate Italy has intervened to stop Hungarian invasion of Austria. The council of ambassadors reportedly accepted the Italian position, backing joint action to halt Hungarian advances as of Friday.
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James Offer Received for Muscle Shoals Project
Washington September 10 The offer of Co EB James of Chattanooga Tennessee to take over the Muscle Shoals nitrate project was received by Secretary of War Weeks Friday No details were released and no word on Henry Ford's arrival to discuss his proposal. Secretary Weeks noted a lack of card in retarding movement of American relief administration food into Russia. Mood ships are arriving faster than the Soviet authorities can foreclose rolling stock.
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