Million Homeless From Chinese Flood Report At Nanking
Western Newspaper Union dispatches relay American consul at Nanking reporting Hwai river floods in Anhui province. About 7,000 square miles submerged with 2,500,000 people affected. 4 million homeless across the flooded region. Red Cross has spent funds for protection and reclamation projects were delayed by war.
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Union News Service
Washington, D. C
China
American Red Cross
State Department
Nanking
Hwai
Anhui
Hwai River
Phe Hood
Sight
Rnhut
Cost of living to jump this winter forecasted high prices
Chicago reports a table of comparative prices showing notable rises across food and paper goods. Canners warn fall and winter deliveries will be one third normal. canned fruits up 30 percent, canned vegetables up 20 percent, paper bags up from 95 cents to 1.45. Cotton goods and woolens rise. women’s fall shoes cost twice as much. Steel orders for 1937 linked to naval program, possible government purchases. Bakers in Brooklyn push for flour embargo and wheat export ban. bread price around 26 cents per loaf projected.
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Chicago
Dealers Bay
New York
Wilson
Congress
Brooklyn
Indian Szkeo Opers Pipestone Minn Opens Government Training School
The government Indian training school at Pipestone Minnesota opened to serve enrolled students. Officials described the facility as a step forward in broader education efforts for Native communities.
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Pipestone
Minn
Banker Ends Life As State Probe Heats Up
Joseph Tuma, owner of Puma Savings Bank at 4018 West Twelfth Street, shot himself after failed loan attempts amid an investigation by State's Attorney Hoyne. Deposits were about 500 600 dollars, with 10 000 planned loan to be refused. Depositors were assured full repayment.
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Chicago
Joseph ‘Tuma, Ower
Puma Savings Bank
West Twelfth Street
Hoyne
Wrightwood Avenue
Zailer
Thomas O'Donnel
Lincoln Park
Tumno
Bentley
North
Clark Street
Alexander E.arkin
Tuma
W. EB. Clark
Union Trust Company
Teiglways
Pacific Liner Congress Catches Fire Off Oregon Coast
Aboard the Pacific Coast Steamship Congress en route from San Francisco to Marshfield with 252 passengers and 2 crew a fire broke out 30 miles from Marshfield. The ship steered for shore and passengers were saved with boats lowered and transferred to the government dredge Michie and the Tittamook. By night the Congress was fully ablaze fore to aft.
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Marshfield
Ore
San Francisco
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Congress
Government Bar
P. S. Michie
Michie
British Drive Captures Key Somme Terrain and Prisoners
British forces seized Bouleaux wood and towns including Flers Martinpuich and Courcelette on the Somme, taking high ground between Combles and the Pozieres Bapaume road. More than 2,300 prisoners, including 63 officers, were reported. A new armored motor car was used in support, traversing trenches and shell craters amid heavy shellfire.
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London
Bouleaux, Wood
High Wood
Flers
Martinpuich
Courcelette
Conibles
Pozierés-Bapaume Road
Fiers
Courcetette
Somme
Milk Strike Averts in Chicago This Winter
Amicable settlement ends threat of milk strike as dealers concede to Milk Producers' association. Contracts signed for winter supply with a 20 cent per hundred pound price increase to farmers, lifting wholesale price about $2 per hundred. Borden initially resisted but investigation showed the demand was just.
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Chicago
Milk Producers’ Association
Borden Company
Seth Low Dies Former NYC Mayor and Columbia president
Seth Low died at his Bedford Hills summer home on September 19 after a long illness. He served as acting mayor of Brooklyn and was elected mayor of New York City, later leading Columbia University for 11 years. Born January 15, 1850, in Brooklyn, Low came from a mercantile background and was elected mayor of Brooklyn in 1883.
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Ork
Seth Low
Bedford Hike
N. X
Low
Uenkiyn
New York
Columbia University
New York City
Law
Columbia
Brooklyn
Japan reassures U S on Russo Japanese treaty policy
Japan sent a telegram to Ambassador Guthrie stating the new Russo Japanese treaty does not repeal former conventions. The imperial government affirms it will not alter its policy on China's integrity or actions affecting the Far East. The note expresses commitment to existing China policy amid ongoing diplomacy.
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Washington
Japan
Guthrie
China
German Prince Frederick William of Hesse Killed in Action
Bertiz Sept 18 Prince Frederick William of Hesse, a nephew of the Kaiser, has been killed at Cera Orman on the Balkan front. He was eldest son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse and Princess Margaret. Born 1893 in Frankfort on the Main he is the second Hesse prince to die in the war. William the eighth German prince killed.
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Bertiz
Frederick William of Hesse
Kaiser
Cera Orman
War Office
Frederick
Charles of Hesse
Margaret
Emperor Wiliam
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Frederi
Wiliam
Wilson plans his campaign in New Jersey and beyond
President Wilson, at Asbury Park, reviewed reports from state leaders and outlined campaign plans for the next two months. Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary McAdoo, at Spring Lake, discussed political questions with Secretary Tumults and signaled stronger focus on Oregon Washington Utah and California due to favorable Democratic prospects.
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Orégon
Washington
Utah
California
General Albert L. Mills Dies in Washington
Maj. Gen. Albert L. Mills, chief of the army division of military affairs, collapsed from strain after the militia call out and died of pneumonia in Washington. Brig. Gen. Pershing, commanding the American expedition to Mexico, is the ranking brigadier federal and in line for promotion.
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Washington
Albert L. Mills
Army Division of Military Affairs
Pershing
Mexico
Halt Action On Eight Hour Law
Presidents of eastern railroads met in New York amid speculation that the eight hour law would be a major topic. Early reports indicate eastern lines will not immediately comply, awaiting the law's impact after January 1 and potential action after studying effects.
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Nework
Chicago
New York
Wall Street
P. Ripley
More Guards Ordered Home From Border Duty
Washington on September 20 General Funston was directed by the war department to return one National Guard regiment to its home station for each nest regiment of the Guard sent to the Border Secretary of War Baker on Monday ordered the Second New York National Guard regiment home from the border for muster cut.
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Washington
Funston
War Department
National Guard
Baker
New York National Guard
Not Bremen But US Ship Report From New London
The siligative reporter notes the Bremen was a merchantman of Algerian craft under the LU type, described in a brief dispatch from New London Connecticut. Details are fragmentary and unclear in the cited undersea report.
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Bremen
US. S
New London
Conn
Reni
Mathlay
Phyllia Terry Bride in New Orleans theatricals
Miss Phyllis Neilson Terry connected with a New Orleans production titled Eagles Far with a company of performers. The ceremony preceded the engagement to be wed, marking a notable social event.
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Phyllia Terry
New Keans
New Orleans
Phyllis Neilsoi Terry
Eagis
Wits Maarted
Cyl King
Feudist Kiled in Newpucky Warfare Arrest Attempt
A noted feudist known as Tiacard Kia was sentenced to twenty years for a violent crime in Newpucky Teucel warfare. He was attacked by a United States Marshal during an attempted arrest, sustaining injuries but surviving the confrontation.
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Kiled
Tiacard
Mose Beitner
Fitemore
Memphis Cruiser Wreck Salvage Probe En Route
Washington dispatch says Naval Engineer William C. Deibose was sent to San Domingo City to decide if the wrecked cruiser Memphis could be salvaged. Details are scarce due to garbled text but the field report centers on salvage feasibility and official involvement.
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Washington
William C. Deibose
San Domingo
Arizona Battleship Passes Tests for Commission
Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced that the United States battleship Arizona had stood tests satisfactorily and would be commissioned at the New York navy yard on October 21. The milestone follows months of trials and marks a key step for the fleet during Washington measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Arizona
New York Navy Yard
General Sharpe Promoted to Major General in New York
Wash Sept 16. General Henry Sharpe of New York was appointed quartermaster general by the secretary. Sharpe is also raised to the rank of major general.
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Sharpe
Wash
Henry Harpe
New York
Faker
Hindenburg Returns from Western Front
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg has returned from the western front where he satisfied Red Diaraelt that the Allied forces ...
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von Hindenburg
Berlin
Ves Hindenburg
Iowa Board Tracks Food Prices and Road Plans
Iowa state institutions face high food costs as the state board of control plans contracts for flour potatoes and meat for about 12 000 barrels of flour and 50 000 to 60 000 bushels of potatoes while aiming to secure meat supply for a year. A gravel road linking the Linton highway to River to River road is slated for this fall with Perry Bureau of Commerce oversight. Also endorsed is a state university psychopath ic hospital proposal and several Iowa students ashore at colleges in the United States include Tsung Lin and Fu Lin from Tsing Hua and Rhodes scholars Norman D. Scott and Robert M. Stephenson heading to Oxford.
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State Board of Control
Linton
Perry Bureau of Commerce
Secretary of State
Beaver
Ogden
Perry
Guthrie Center
Junction Point
Omaha
State University
Jews, City
Iowa
State House
J. HH
McConiogue
State Board
Chi -Chun Lin
Fu Lin
Tsing Hua College of Peking
Ching
United States
Iowa State College
Ben
Pearson
Lin
Wri
Liu
Norman D. Scott
Robert M. Stephenson
Rhodes
England
Oxford University
Tor- Tah D. Scott
Drake University
Depauw. University
Indiana
Scott
Wner
Man Pdunshee
Drake
Katharyn Kennedy
John P. Kennedy
Charles A. Kennedy
Montrose
Denmark
Rank O. Lowden
Law Department
The
State University of Iowa
Ofllinois
Eoward J. Brown
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Pelia
C. T. Simmons
Ames National Bank
Simmons
Bis
Cedar Rapids
Lee Bess
Ames National_bank
Macks
Iowa Farmers Brace for Record Corn and Apple Shortages
Government forecasts place Iowa corn at 373 million bushels or 34 percent of US yield, with a surpassing 1915 by 70 million. Iowa apple production drops to about 3.5 million bushels, while national corn prices rise and new state fair buildings are proposed. Education officials promote a corn week and rural programs as crop and industrial needs loom. Dr. Richard Allison, a Charles City native, rises to captain in Canada. Miss Tara Hawk named home economics demonstrator in Black Hawk. Governor proclaims corn week and urges seed-corn selection before first frost.
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Iowa
United States
Rop Bureau
Cort
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Albert M. Devoe
Richard J. Allison
Charles City
Canada
Canata
Alison
Black County
Tara “Hawk
Homie Economice
A. A. Burger
Black Hawk
Miss Hawk
Rome
Iowa State College
Towa
Wesley Greens
Middle West
Will - BO
John Downie
Fawa
Iowa State Fair
Fleur
Moines
Clarke
C. G. Macy
Lyneville
Farra
Grinnell
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