Typhoon Ravages Japan Killing Thousands Across Osaka
Tokyo reports 1,346 dead and 4,203 injured from a central and western Japan typhoon. Osaka city bears the worst toll with over 1,067 killed and 3,057 injured as floods and high winds devastate major districts.
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Wakayama
Gifu
Aichi
Yamanshi
Asahi
Sotojima
Typhoon Lashes Japanese Cities
A major typhoon battered Japan killing 645 and injuring over 2000 with Osaka and Kyoto hit hardest. Osaka City alone faces 300 million yen in damages while 67 school buildings collapsed killing 421 pupils and teachers and injuring 1100.
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Ramblin column cites town dog and Louisiana legislator tale
In Asbury Park a resident complains of a nuisance barking dog near Jackson street by Plum and asks for action. Chief Frank Roddy shares Morro Castle aftermath details from New York fire instruction and a Louisiana legislator jokes about the legislature meeting on the second floor contradicting his lower house seat.
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Three Robbers Make Rich Haul From Bank Heist
Three masked robbers held up the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust at Avenue D and Tenth Street, slugged porter John Kafe, 35, and forced branch manager Edward Renehan to surrender a bag of about 42000. They fled in a car, later found abandoned at 18th Street and Second Avenue.
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John Kafe
Edward Renehan
18Th Street
Second Avenue
Workers Strike Halts Traffic on Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Line
In Baltimore on September 21, 113 motormen conductors and brakemen from the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad walked out demanding 5 dollars a day and 160 miles a day schedule. The walkout halted all traffic with no disorder reported.
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Long closeted in hotel after pair of rebuffs
Huey Long, embroiled with a federal tax case and rebuffed by New Orleans ministers, hid in a hotel in New Orleans while directing an anti vice campaign aimed at other cities. His push follows clashes with Governor O. K. Allen and moves to close vice and gambling in New Orleans and Alexandria amid political turmoil and threats of prosecution.
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Huey Long
Camppaign
Alexandria
Louisiana
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O. K. Allen
Allen
V. V. Lamkin
C. C. O'Malley
Debate Over Bankhead Cotton Act Sets Congress Session
Washington stalemate over Bankhead cotton act triggers expected clash between eastern cotton belt lawmakers led by Senator Bankhead and western deficit crop advocates led by Representative Marvin Jones. Eastern growers face a 50 percent tax on excess cotton or must buy tax‑exemption certificates from producers under the act. Continued on seventh page.
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Wallace
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Alabama
Two Killed And Two Hurt In Highway Crash Near New Orleans
Four youths from New Orleans were in a car that was sideswiped on the Jefferson Highway. The vehicle plunged off the road, killing Charles J. Desmond, 19, and Rudolph Lavelle, 20, and injuring Claire Appell, 15, and Lawrence Walters, 19. Police said the group had been returning from a roadside inn when the car turned lower and pinned them underneath.
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Charles J. Desmond
Rudolph Lavelle
Jefferson Highway
Claire Apfell
Lawrence Walters
Headless Woman Found on Chicago North Shore Mystifies Police
Police investigate a headless woman found on Chicago's fashionable North Shore. A potential lead from Ruth Margaret Olson's father is ruled out, and Zigmund Rogodjinski of Evanston is released after denying involvement while stating the Olson girl may have gone to California with him.
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O'Ryan Quits as Chief of New York Police
Chief Inspector Lewis Valentine named police commissioner after General John F. O'Ryan resigns. Mayor LaGuardia announced the appointment and said O'Ryan will stay until the Lindbergh case is resolved. The move follows months of policy disputes over police direction and labor stance.
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Lewis Valentine
John F. O’ryan
O’ryan
F. H. LaGuardia
Bruno Hauptmann
LaGuardia
Lloyd George Takes Crack At U S Army
In his third memoir volume Lloyd George criticizes U S troop deployment in World War I. He notes the British Empire moved 500000 troops quickly with training, while American divisions arrived late and used borrowed rifles and equipment. He cites March 1918 and Russia’s defection as factors shaping Wilson.
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France
Nashville search widens in child disappearance case
Police press two lines in the case of six year old Dorothy Distelhurst and seek missing half brother Alfred Jr. Meanwhile blood stains found on the road near her last sighting prompt state analyst tests, as Chief Foster orders searches of vacant east Nashville houses.
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William Litterer
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Waterproof Reader Meets Jinky Man Mystery Deepens
A mysterious Jinky man leaves scraps with partial messages around Monroe urging residents to bring them to the Morning World and News-Star. The note hints at a larger “Junky” mystery causing citywide worry and asks readers to report sightings and fragments for clues.
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Textile workers urged to return after peace bid
President Roosevelt urged textile workers to resume work and manufacturers to rehire without discrimination. A special inquiry board led by Governor Winant proposed a textile labor relations board. The strike movement planned a new offensive Monday as police dispersed a crowd near Philadelphia and the first National Guard unit mobilized in Massachusetts.
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Philadelphia
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Massachusetts
Builders Must Meet Pay Scale in NRA Wage Meeting
Several hundred builders and workers attended a city hall NRA code meeting led by T. S. Hickman. He explained that all federally funded projects require the federal wage scale, including private homes financed by the Home Owners Loan Corp, with 40 cents hourly for common labor and 75 cents to $1 for skilled labor.
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Joe Marx, Member of the Compliance Committee Named Some Time Ago. Mr. Hickman
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Orleans Hotel Robberies Disclosed by Police
Police in New Orleans disclosed that two armed men entered the hotel room of L. Hale of Atlanta tied him to a chair and stole several suits and a typewriter. The pair then robbed Mrs. J. Miller of $1.50 while she dropped belongings into a laundry basket. The incidents occurred last Saturday but were not reported until now.
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Atlanta
Hauptmann Denies Lindbergh Kidnapping Solo Role
Police lineup spotlights Bruno Hauptmann as Acting Chief Inspector Sullivan says the Lindbergh case was not a one man job. Hauptmann is held on extortion charges with extradition for homicide and is linked to ransom notes and handwriting analyses.
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New York
John J. Sullivan
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Hauptmann remanded without bail in Lindbergh ransom case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was ordered held without bail until Monday after arraignment in West Farms police court on an extortion charge related to the $50,000 Lindbergh ransom. The $50,000 was identified as the property of Charles A. Lindbergh.
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English hold over American team in polo defeat
A letter from Rogers London laments English wind affecting an American polo setback, claiming the Americans have not won the cup in 40 years and expressing frustration with the hostile conditions and confidence in the western team. The writer promises to return home to study strategy.
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