Tokio Earthquake Toll Rises Amid Fire and Floods
Tokyo mourns a 150000 fatalities estimate as fires rage across the city and 8 of 15 districts suffer heavy damage. Bridges over the river are gone, and refugees flee as a tidal flood swamps key areas. Japan reports Kama kura and Yokosuka naval bases destroyed. A small volcano on Koshima island erupts nearby.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Kamakura
Yokosuka
Tokio
Koshima
Earthquake Toll Swamps Tokyo as New Quake Strikes Yokosuka
News from Tokyo and Yokohama recounts a fresh quake centering on Yokosuka near Tokyo Bay with fires burning in both cities. Martial law is in effect in Tokyo as authorities report widespread destruction, thousands of collapsed buildings, and heavy casualties amid entangled relief efforts.
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Yokohama
High Bluff
Creamer
London Maru
Nagoya
Sasako
Osaka
Ite
Hakone
Kamakura
Enoshima
Oshima
Odawara
Imperial
Yamashina
Kaya
Matsukata
Coolidge Plans National Japan Relief Appeal
President Coolidge is expected to issue a proclamation urging a national expression of sympathy for the Japanese in distress. He will ask Americans to cooperate with relief organizations and consider a public subscription relief fund to aid the suffering and homeless.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Cabinet Named in Tokyo As City Burned
In Tokyo a new cabinet was announced during a meeting at the naval club as fires swept the city. Count Gombei Yamamoto becomes premier and foreign affairs minister while Viscount Goto heads home affairs. Junnoisuke Inouye is finance minister and Baron Donen governs Formosa and justice. Tehiji Yamanouchia takes communications and education. Haron Tananka resumes war, agriculture, and commerce duties.
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Cal
Tokio
Naval Club
Kato
Gombei Yamamoto
Viscount Goto
Junnoisuke Inouye
Bank of Japan
Baron Donen
Formosa
Ki Inuki
Japan
Tehiji Yamanouchia
House of Peers
Haron Tananka
Agriculture
Commerce
Peace urged by veterans at Allied Brussels session
In Brussels on September 8, Allied veterans opened the fourth congress of the national federation of war veterans. The body adopted a resolution urging Italy to avoid war in the Near East, while Charles Bertrand of France urged continuing the push for world peace. Fifty thousand veterans marched, with wreaths placed at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier by French and British delegates and Col. Alvin M. Owsley present as national commander of the American group.
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Brussels
Italy
National Federation of War Veterans
Italia
Near East
Charles Bertrand
France
New Orleans
Col
Alvin M. Owsley
Japan second in seismic shocks with 27562 total
New York reports Japan ranks second globally in seismic activity with 27 562 earthquakes recorded Italy leads Greece third and the Americas fourth and fifth The Pacific coast of the United States has 4867 shocks while the Atlantic coast has 937
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Japan
Italy
Greece
South America
Mexico
Pacific
United States
Atlantic
Monroe seeks rail facilities upgrade from three rail lines
The City of Monroe along with the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and the Monroe traffic bureau file a petition with the Louisiana Public Service Commission. They ask Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific and Missouri Pacific to provide a union passenger depot or, failing that, separate depots or weather shelters to protect passengers, along with an added platform shed. Signed by Mayor Arnold Bernstein and officials.
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Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Traffic Bureau
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Traffic Bureau
Monrose
Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company
Lepot
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway Company
Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company
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Arnold Bernstein For the City of Monroe, S. M. Collins
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Japan’s disaster described in AP summary
The AP outlines Japan’s catastrophe with Japan struck by one of history’s greatest disasters. Dead bodies reach 100000 with Tokio alone feared to top that. Shocks, tidal waves, and fires devastate towns while communications collapse. Foreign ships head to Yokohama to aid relief as martial law restricts access and volcanoes erupt.
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San Francisco
Calif
Japan
Tokio
Iwaki
Yokohama Harbor
Yokohama
Tokyo and Yokohama Devastated by Earthquake and Fires
The Linden reports Tokyo and Yokohama suffered extensive earthquake damage with fires spreading through most of Tokyo. Many refugees drowned after fleeing by ship, and no word has reached Washington from the American embassy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Linden
Yokosuka
Yokohama
Tokio
Shiba
Navy
Anderson
Phillips
State Department
Department
Coolidge
G National Relief
Safety of Foreign Citizens Unknown in Osaka Report
Japanese dispatches describe widespread destruction in Tokio and Yokohama with the imperial palace partly damaged and martial law imposed. Foreign residents’ safety remains unclear as relief efforts begin and markets close amid a severe rice shortage and massive casualties.
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Osaka
Ishida
Tokio
Nagoya
Imperial Palace
Yokohama
Hibiya Park
Kyoto
Obscure Japanese Radio Operator Reports Tokyo Yokohama Disaster
Through T Yonemura an obscure Japanese radio operator at Tomione near Tokio described the devastating earthquake that struck Japan. His station, with a 660 foot mast, remained intact while others failed, enabling him to relay details of the catastrophe to San Francisco and the world.
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T. Yonemura
Japan
Emire
Yonemura
Tomione
Tokio
Yokohama
Radio Corporation
Duke Drowns After Small Boat Upset
Angier B. Duke son of tobacco magnate Benjamin Duke drowned when a small boat overturned near Greenwich Connecticut on September 3. Authorities reported he was the young man involved in the accident and the incident occurred in the local harbor area.
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Greenwich
Conn
Angier B. Duke
Benjamin Duke
Escape of convict Williams from Parehman pen farm reported
Jackson Mississippi September 2 escape of a negro convict Eugene Williams from Parehman penitentiary farm reported to the state prison board. Williams was serving a sentence from Sunflower county for escaping the penitentiary before.
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Jackson, Miss
Eugene Williams
Parehman
State Prison Board
Williams
Sunflower County
Refusal to Recognize League Decision Spreads in Greece
Athens reports a violent demonstration after the Corfu casualties funeral as crowds burn an Italian flag and attack the Italian legation. Italy declares it will not recognize League of Nations decisions in the Greco Italian crisis. Reports say Italians may have occupied Samos and Cephalonia. Greece offers to pay reparations deemed equitable by an international inquiry.
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Associated Press
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Italy
Corfu
Legation
Signor Montagna
Greece
League of Nations
Samos
Cephalonia
Inter-Allied Council of Ambassadors
Jania
International Conference of Inquiry
League of Nations starts work to halt Italo Greek dispute
Great Britain pledges full support to the League as Italy defies the League decision and abstains from debate. Greece accepts inter allied council jurisdiction in addition to the League. Greeks attack the Italian legation in Athens while Corfu remains quiet. Italy denies occupying Samos and hints at Paxos Cephalonia claims. Cosme de la Torrentio Peraza elected League assembly president over Motta. London confirms Britain will back the League in its Greco Italian dispute.
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League OF Nations
Associated Press
Greece
Italy
Geneva
Great Britain
League
Paris
Council of the of Nations
Cosme de la Torrentio Peraza
Cuba
Pssembly
Bineseppe Motta
Switzerland
Formalities under way for America's Mexico recognition
Formal diplomatic reestablishment between the United States and Mexico proceeds with credentials to be presented in Washington and Mexico City. George T. Summerlin will present his letter of credence to Mexico’s foreign minister at noon September 3, and Senor Manuel C. Tellez will present to the acting secretary of state at the same time.
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United States
Mexico
Phillips
State Department
George T. Summerlin
Senor
Manuel C. Tellez
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Senor Teller
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