Belize Storm Kills Hundreds in Hurricane Debacle
Belize city reels after a major hurricane and tidal wave left hundreds dead and many injured. Officials report over 150 dead, 70 percent of the city destroyed, St. John's college razed, priests and students among the dead, and aid sending from the United States and Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan American Airways Inc
Belize
British Honduras
Washington
Apj
Américan Red Cross
Navy
Swan
Rujillo
Sacramento
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
Red Cross
Panama
Porto Rico
Antonio Sylva
San Juan
G. Russell Taggart
Missouri Jesuits among Belize hurricane victims
Eleven members of the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus who died in the Belize hurricane include six priests two scholastics one Jesuit brother and two other members. All studied at St Louis University which directs Jesuit schools in Central America. Father Tracy taught at St Mary's College in Kansas and Rockhurst College before joining missions in 1928.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Society of Jesus
St. John’s College
Belize
British Honduras
St. Louis University
Central America
Mississippi
Middle West
South
Father Tracy
Honoiras
St. Mary’s College
St Mary’s
Kan
Rockhurst College
Kansas City
St. Louis’ University
Weather forecast for Kansas and dirt road note
Mostly fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Clear morning conditions. Douglas county dirt roads are good. Advertisement note mentions Hamilton for Fords and Hudson's free tow service with a contact phone.
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Kansas
Douglas County
Priest Builder’s Belize College Destroyed by Hurricane
Rev Louis J Fusz who directed St John s College Belize 14 years ago recalls the undertaking aided by American artists Native helpers felled pines in October 1917 to supply logs floated to the Belize river site The school housed about 200 boarding and 100 day students drawing patrons from Salvador Nicaragua Spanish Honduras Mexico and South American countries due to the hurricane damage the institution is destroyed.
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Kansas City
St. John’s College
Belize
British Honduras
Louis J. Fusz
Father Fusz
St. Francis Xavier Church
St. Johns College
Salvador
Nicaragua
Mexico
Canoe link to Long Island abduction case emerges
Mineola AP report details Mrs. Benjamin Collings identifying the canoe used by alleged pirates who threw her husband into the Long Island Sound. Authorities test voice power from the Penguin deck, question a Northport canoe owner, and note Mrs. Collings’s cautious tips on assailant identity while recounting her husband’s fate.
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Mineola
N. Y
Long Island Sound
Benjamin Collings
Collings
District Attorney's Office
M Collings
Edwards
Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Des Moines opens
Des Moines hosts a five day Grand Army of the Republic encampment with about 2,000 of the 38,000 muster roll expected to attend. Commander in Chief James E. Jewell presides as veterans arrive by train bus and car from Chicago Wichita and Kansas City. Services memorial and patriotic programs planned with Dr. Harvey C. Kephart delivering the address.
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Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Fort Morgan
Colo
Cincinnati
Grand Army
Chicago
Wichita
Kansas City
Harvey C. Kephart
Federated Patriotic Societies
Jewell
W. A. Bosworth
O. E. Barber
Grand Raids
Mich
J. Clark
Prentice
Wis
Andersonville
Margaret Grardle
Pittsburg
Kan
Grace Hurd
Stanwood
Wash
Daughters of Union Veterans
Celeste D. Gentieu
Wilmington
Del
Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary
Fires in Minnesota Leave Five Missing and Homes Destroyed
Five persons were unaccounted for and three burned slightly as brush and grass fires driven by strong winds swept northern Minnesota. Three school children and two adults were missing near Grygla. settlers who attempted to save their homes were among the burned. Death heat and wind fueled the blazes, with about fifty homes destroyed near the Canadian boundary.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Grygla
Explosion Injures Seventeen At Atlantic Refining Plant
Seventeen employees were burned when a storage tank containing several thousand gallons of gasoline naphtha exploded at the Atlantic Refining Company plant in Philadelphia. Injured workers were hospitalized in serious condition, with two feared dead as crews fought the fire.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Two Day Meeting Of State Y M C A Officials Beginnings
Secretaries of the state Y M C A with headquarters in Topeka hold a two day meeting at Broadview Inn. Reports cover summer activities and the coming year program. The Y M C A operates through 20 college towns and 150 Hi clubs statewide. Camp Wood at Elmdale ended its season with 1500 attendees. Staff attending include L E Goodwin Howard Boltz Harold Colvin Bruce Pullman and Melvin Williams.
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Topeka
Broadview Inn
Camp Wood
Elmdale
L. E. Goodwin
Howard Boltz
Harold Colvin
Bruce Pullman
Melvin Williams
Hi-Y
Seek to Link Powers With Death of Barnes
Frank W. Barnes Dickinson theater manager in Chillicothe Missouri asks that Harry F. Powers, West Virginia alleged murderer, be questioned in the slaying of his brother Glen Barnes. Glen’s body was found on a Colorado highway in 1926 identified later by a Denver newspaperman. A warrant had sought W. J. Varlow, a former Canadian army officer, as the slayer but he vanished and is said to have died years ago under another name.
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Frank W. Barnes
Dickinson
Chillicothe
Harry F. Powers
West Virginia
Glen Barnes
Lawrence
Central City
Col
Frank
Powers
Glen
Frank Bates
Clarksburg
W. Va
Colorado
Denver
Barnes
J. G. Barnes
Princeton
Kan
W. J. Varlow
JAIL CONTRACTS ARE LET IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
Chautauqua county commissioners approved contracts totaling 26278 for a new county jail and sheriff residence at Sedan replacing a sandstone building. The Jones Construction Company of Parsons won the general contract at 16358. Work starts next week with county labor specified.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Chautauqua County
Yesteray
Sedan
Jones Construction Company
Parsons
French Air Aces Die Near Moscow In Nonstop Flight Crash
Paris reports French aviation heroes Marcel Doret Joseph Lebrix and Rene Mesmin died when Hyphen II crashed near Ufa during a Paris to Tokyo nonstop attempt. Lebrix and Doret previously set speed and endurance marks. Mesmin was slightly injured before the fatal fall. The crash occurred amid bad weather as authorities investigated the cause.
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Paris
Ministry of Air
D’ Affaires
Moses
Marcel Doret
Joseph le Brix
Rene Mesmin
Ufa
Doret
LeBourget
Tokyo
Krasnogo Hols
Lelrix
Masmin
Moscow
Joseph Lebrix
Marcel| Doret
Tampa
France
le Bourget
Folive
Siberia
Lebrix
Mesmin
Paul Codos
Henri Robida
Gloom Over Paris After Hyphen II Disaster
Paris reports gloom after the Hyphen II disaster with unidentified victims. Ami Du Peuple, Coty’s paper, ran sparse dispatches bordered in black. Philippe Det Nestailleurs Chantelains offered a plane to aid survivors for M Coty.
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Paris
Ami du Peuple
Francois Coty
Ight
Philippe Det Nestailleurs Chantelains
Africa
M. Coty
Late Summer Heat Wave Sets New Records
A late summer heat wave drove record temperatures across many districts with Phoenix at 104 and New York City reaching 95 for September 11. Wisconsin and Michigan saw multiple deaths and prostrations. Schools closed in several cities and Chicago officials reported over a million sought refuge in Lake Michigan. In Alamosa, Joe Maestas, a paroled convict, confessed to killing Pueblo salesman Ben Addis near Fort Garland.
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Associated Press
Huron
8. D
Moorhead
Minn
Phoenix
Marquette
Mich
Albany
N. Y
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Montreal
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Washington, D. C
New York City
Massachusetts
Madison
Wis
Omaha
Neb
Winona
Salesman Alamosa
Colo
Joe Maestas
Ben Addis
Pueblo
Fort Garland
Nautilus Rams Pier but Is Undamaged
Longyear City Spitzbergen Sept 12 AP Sir Hubert Wilkins polar submarine Nautilus left last night for Tromsoe after ramming a pier but sustained no damage The voyage resumes as heavy snow and wind sweep the area Winter has begun in earnest Wilkins says he is returning with mud samples and sea temperature records from near the polar regions He reported reaching about 541 miles from the North Pole during his under ice cruise
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Longyear City
Spitzbergen
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Tromsoe
Sir Hubert
North Pole
Old Settlers' Reunion Set for Douglas County at First Baptist
A full day program for the Old Settlers Association of Douglas County reunion is planned at the First Baptist church. Gen. W H Sears will chair with U S Guyer and F H Lindley delivering major addresses. The day includes a business meeting, elected officers, dinner reservations, necrology by Mrs Alice P Sears, and memorial report.
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Old Setters’ Association
Douglas County
First Baptist Church
W. H. Sears
U. S. Guyer
F. H. Lindley
University
Alice P. Sears
Old Settlers
Hannah Oliver
General Sears
A. C. Nichols
U. S
Ayer
Mary Carpenter Winter
Robert C. Rankin
E. H. Lindley
Pentecostal Mission Church Dynamited in Kansas City
A dynamite blast at the Pentecostal Mission in Kansas City last night wrecked the rear wall and pulpit. Witness saw two men in a car hurry away after the explosion as windows shattered nearby. The church had a small fire earlier in the week deemed incendiary, and Rev. J H Shephard, conducting nightly services, offered no clear motive.
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Kansas City
Pentecostal Mission Church
Mission
J. H. Shephard
Leavenworth
Millionaire Bootlegger Sentenced for Liquor Conspiracy
Ray Broom once called a millionaire bootlegger by the district attorney pleads guilty to liquor conspiracy and receives eighteen months in Leavenworth plus a 7500 fine. Sentence runs concurrently with a two year jail term for sale and transportation of liquor. In a separate Kansas City incident Roy Billings and his brother Walter Billings, aged 40 and 38, are both killed in a quarrel at Walter's home last night.
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Kansas City
Ray Broom
District Attorney’s
Leavenworth
Roy Billings
Walter
German Students in Year at U K U Exchange Names
Two German students will come to the University of Kansas under the Vollbehr scholarship this year in exchange for two Kansas students going to Germany. George Brandau of Danzig and Leonard O Bryon of Lawrence are the entrants. Brandau, born in Moscow December 1 1909, has studied at Real and Riga and pursued courses at Freiburg Breslau and Bonn. He speaks Russian English and German. The Vollbehr scholarships were announced at commencement by Dr Otto H F Vollbehr, a noted book collector who gifted books and maps related to early printing to KU.
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University of Kansas
Kansas
Germany
E. H. Lindley
Vollbehr
George Brandau
Danzig
Leonard O’bryon
J. W. O’bryon
Lawrence
Moscow
Brandau
Real
Riga
Freiburg
Breslau
Bonn
Otto H. F. Vollbehr
Big Springs Fair Draws Largest Crowd Yet
The second day of the annual Big Springs fair drew the largest crowd in memory though exact numbers were not given. Over 2,000 exhibits were entered, up from 600 last year, with quality described as excellent. An anonymous donor funded an exchange program linking the University, Newman of Topeka, and Lawrence Chamber of Commerce with Germany. Hamburg and German students attended, with readings and boxing bouts noted. The Hamburg connection included Chapeaurouge, son of a senator, and Holyfields’ orchestra performed. Exchange student Edwin B insvauuucue parccum ey accompanied by Mrs Ralph Wolf from Hamburg, age 24, who studied in history and political science. last year’s exchange students were Lee Greene of Mankato, Kansas, and Johan F Wiedemann of Schlesvig, Germany.
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Big Springs
Cantadt
Edwin B. Insvauuucue
Newman
Fopeka
Germany
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Ducks Season Open Date Set For October 20 In Fourteen States
Washington AP sets ducks geese brant and coots hunting dates after Secretary Hyde announces changes. Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma will run October 20 to November 19 to address sportsmen complaints about too short a season. President Hoover had shortened the season to one month earlier.
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Washington
Hyde
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Hoover
Twenty Grand Wins Lawrence Realization in Grand Fashion
Mrs. Payne Whitney's Twenty Grand captured the Lawrence Realization at Belmont Park, finishing four lengths ahead of Sun Meadow. Sir Ashley and Jenheim followed as a standings trio, with Kurtsinger back in the saddle. The mile and five furlongs ran in 2:41 1/5, earning $29,700 and boosting Twenty Grand’s career earnings to $249,525.
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New _ York
Payne Whitney
Lawrence Realization
Katherine E. Hitt
Sun Meadow
Belair Stud
Sir Ashley
Wheatley Stable
Jenheim
Charlie “Kurtsinger
Penalties Range From 60 Days to 3 Years in Prison
Oklahoma City reports sentences ranging from sixty days in jail to three years in the federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth were imposed by United States district judge Edgar S. Vaught after twenty persons indicted by the federal grand jury pled guilty to various charges. The heaviest penalty, three years, was given to John W. Grant for violating the Harrison narcotic act. Hoover to Rapidan Camp. President Hoover departed for his Virginia retreat, with Secretary Stimson and Mrs. Stimson, Postmaster General Brown and Mrs. Brown, Assistant Secretary Ballantine of the treasury and Mrs. Ballantine, H. C. Ogden of Wheeling and Henry M. Robinson in attendance. Dark Sea Wins Steger Handicap. Dark Sea, owned by Herbert M. Woolf, led eleven others to win the Steger handicap at Chicago’s Lincoln Fields. No More was second and Pittsburgher third, the mile in 1:36 1-5. Trackless Train to Be Here. The Majestic trackless train, seen in July, will return to Lawrence en route to the Free fair at Topeka, advised Hovey Hanna. Frederick W. Lehmann Dead. Frederick William Lehmann, 78, former solicitor general of the United States and ex-president of the American Bar Association, died in St. Louis. Dorothy Stone to Wed Actor. Dorothy Stone, daughter of Fred Stone, will marry actor Charles Clyde Collins in London.
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Oklahoma City
Leavenworth
Edgar S. Vaught
United States
John W. Grant
Hoover
Rapidan
Washington
Rapidan Camp
Virginia Mountain
Stimson
Brown
Ballantine
Treasury Department
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Lincoln Fields
Chicago
Herbert M. Woolf
Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis
Fredderick William Lehmann
American Bar Association
Entertainers at Big Springs Fair Amid Contests and Music
J H Fritts chaired the frood will committee of the Chamber of Commerce and introduced the radio entertainers from Topeka, following athletic contests. Belvoir beat Watson 11 to 4 in baseball and awaited Tecumseh today. Dr J R Brinkley could not accept a fair invitation to speak. Byron C Donmyer led the Big Springs orchestra in a 1:30 pm concert, as the Big Springs dramatic club prepares Cyclone Sally to close the fair tonight.
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J. H. Fritts
Frood Will
Chamber of Commerce
G. W. Cashman
The
Fair Association
Topeka
Belvoir
Watson
Tecumseh
J. R. Brinkley
Byron C. Donmyer
Big Springs
Cyclone Salily
Baseball Roundup From National League and Others
Baseball results from today include the Pirates defeating the Giants in Pittsburgh, the Cubs rallying to beat Philadelphia 5 to 2 in Chicago, and Cincinnati topping Brooklyn 4 to 1 as Mungo pitched for the Reds. In the American League, a 13th inning rally gave the White Sox an 8 to 6 win over the Yankees in New York, with Athletics and Browns splitting a doubleheader. Ellsworth Vines won the United States tennis championship in Forest Hills, defeating George Lott, and Joe Morrissey of St Paul was sold to Cincinnati.
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Pirates
Giants
York
Pittsburgh
Mooney
Berry
Hogan
Harris
Phillips
Chicago
Johnny Welch
Philadelphia
Cubs
Niin
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Chicaco - Gon
New York
Ya Ong
Ann
Frasier Cand Firube
Teffing
Pip
Gras
Dickey
New York - Ee UL
Weiland
Caraway
Drupe
aAnd Drews
Rhodes
Jorgens
Philatelphla
Chiladelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
St.Louis
Finn
Louis
Gray
Ferrell
Grove
Coffmanenbourd
Hoyt
Mahaffey
MacDonald
Having
Detroit
Boston
Herring
Ruel
Durham
Con
Sewell
Jones, Hadley
Markberry
Spencer Erican Association
Kansas City
St. Paul
Donohue and
Padden
Murphy
Boulaville
Bob Tatedneee
Mays
Hatter
Thompson
Wingard
Henline
Vines
Forest Hills
N. Y
Ellsworth Vines, Jr
Pasadena
United States
George Lottis
Coast
Lott
Saints
Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
St. Paul Club
American Association
Cincinnati
National League
Joe
Seventy Five Michigan Firefighters Trapped by Backfire
Ironwood Michigan September 12 AP Marvin Anthony fire warden reported 75 firefighters were trapped by a back fire near the Greenwood Lumber Company camp on the Iron River Their only rescue hope was to wade the river to Lake Superior about a mile away They lay prone to breathe fresh air in smoke and would not attempt river crossing unless flames subsided The river was narrow and low from dry weather offering little protection from the fire
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Ironwood
Mich
Marvin Anthony
Ewen
Greenwood Lumber Company
Iron River
Lake Superior
Anthony
KU Enrollment Edges Up as New Students Register
Forty two more students were registered by noon today at the University of Kansas than last year. A total of 417, up from 375, were registered by noon, with registrar George QO Foster cautioning the figure is early. Upperclassmen register Monday as rush week continues and enrollment finalizes for the new school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
University of Kansas
George QO. Foster
K. U. Greek Letter Organization
K. U
Eee
Wilbur Starr arrives for Rush Week and plans move to Kansas City
Wilbur Starr a Kansas graduate and Phillips Petroleum executive arrives by plane from St Louis to join Rush Week at University of Kansas. He will base himself in Kansas City next week, transferring from Bartlesville. Starr is a former K U halfback noted for a 102 yard kickoff return against Washington University. Mexico joins the League of Nations unanimously after an invitation extended by Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Starr
University of Kansas
St. Louis
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Okla
Dae Starr
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
K. U
Starr
Washington University
Mexico
Geneva
League of Nations
League Assembly
Alexander Levroux
Spain
League
Woodrow Wilson
Bandits Rob Wrestlers Near Junction City
Wrestlers Allan Eustace and Cliff Ross were held up by four masked gunmen after leaving Salina. Their car was forced to the road, then driven eight miles to a country road where they were searched and robbed of 135 dollars. The robbers took a wheel from Ross’s car to replace a flat on theirs and released the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Allan Eustace
Cliff Ross
Salina
Jair
Ross
Wee
Two Released From Jail In Syndicalism Case In Kentucky
Mrs Jessie London Wakefield former University of Washington alumnus and Arnold Johnson of New York were freed in Harlan Kentucky after agreeing to depart Harlan county. Both had been jailed on criminal syndicalism charges tied to county coal field disorders and held on $10 000 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Jessie London Wakefield
University of Washington
Eced
Arnold Johnson
New York
Harlan County
Wakefield
International Labor Defense
Johnson
American Civil Liberties Union
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St. John's College
Government House
J. A. Burdon
London
Hamilton
Fords
Hudson's
Walter Simmons
Clathe
Summerfield
Olin Templin
Solon Summerfield
New Yark
National Meeting of
Secretaries of State
Sheriff's Home
Erench
Laval
Aristide Briand
Berlin
Natons
Keelers
Nieukirk
Netherlands
Dieudonne Coste
Brussels
Aebrix
Russia
Nautilus
Guyer and
Lindley
Douglas Association
SEARS
Mary Haymaker
Beal Bros
Ady
de Chapeaurogue
O'Bryon
Hovey Hanna
Dorothy Stone
Fred Stone
Charles Clyde Collins
New Plymouth
Bullene-Skinner
Memorial Union
Eustace
Miller's Barbécue
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