Hurricane Hammers Santo Domingo City in Ruins
A Caribbean hurricane battered Santo Domingo destroying much of the capital and causing heavy loss of life and property. Early estimates put dead at about 300 with nearly 1,000 injured. damage surpassed 15 million dollars as aid was requested. The storm threatened eastern Cuba and headed toward the U S coastline, with communications cut and widespread homelessness reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Escovar
United Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Charles B. Curtiss
Rafael L.trujillo
Havana
Seni
U.R
West Indies
Caribbean
Tin
Cuba
Dontinuean Republic
Rica
Santa Domino
Figurea
Belen Observatory
Guba
Bahamas
Father Gutierrez Lanza
Oriente
Camagues
Hibare
Holguein
Mayari
Santiago de Cuba
Panice
Porto Rica
National Observatory
Cape Haijtien
Millas
Dlone
Dominica
Colonial Office
Tony
Ohio city well brings in major gas hit at Leaton pool
In Vernon and Chippewa townships the Weszensky No 1 well by Ohio Producing and Refining Co reported a heavy gas flow exceeding 1 million cubic feet daily. Other Leaton gasters include Cole No 2 and Matthey No 2 with varied outputs. Completion of Wesche by Chartiers Oil expected within 48 hours. Growley well pumped 350 barrels crude before brine sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Regan
Vernon Township
Ohio Producing and Refining Company
S. Wezensky
Leaton Oil and Gas Pool
Marshall
Leaton
Cole
Scott
G-Lee-P Oil Company
Pure Oil Company
Chippewa Township
Chartiers ‘Oil Company
Vernon
Mellon Pollock
Half a Million Banana Trees Destroyed in Honduras Hurricane
Kingston reports indicate a hurricane struck Spanish Honduras on Friday, destroying about half a million banana trees and several buildings. Updates from Port au Prince as of 9 a m from reliable sources note further details continuing on page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
U.P
Honduras
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Trio Rescued From Sinking Lifeboat After Lake Michigan Fire
Three men aboard the 85 foot sloop Mil dred II were rescued off Lake Michigan after a kerosene lamp ignited the craft. Norman W. Blondell 25 W. H. Blondell 40 and Arthur Coyle 23 suffered burns while abandoning a burning boat as Coast Guard and the sloop Blanca Flour aided.
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Chicago
U.R
Lake Michigan
Norman W. Blondell
W. H. Blondell
Arthur Coyle
Navy Pier
Érdereil
A T
Anderson
Coast Guard
Blanca Flour
50 000 French Troops Stage Seven Day Mock War
French forces opened the Porraine maneuvers near Nancy with 50,000 troops in a six day mock engagement simulating World War I style combat. Marshal Petain led from Luneville as General Brecard directs operations in Lorraine.
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Nancy
France
U.P
Vesouze Sanon
Parigy Forest
Porraine
Marshal Petain
Frons
Luneville
Brecard
Supreme War Council
Foch
Lorraine
Germany
Red Nose Signals Hay Fever Surge Not Prohibition
In September red noses point to hay fever rather than pre-prohibition activity. Local residents report their first symptoms this week as chronic fall allergies rise. Droughts in July and August damaged crops but did little to curb hay fever producing weeds.
Births Exceed Deaths in Mt Pleasant August Totals
City files show eight births and seven deaths in August in Mt Pleasant, a narrow margin of one. Five of the births were girls and three were boys.
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Mt. Pleasant
Detroit Weather Forecast for Friday
Weather bulletin from Detroit reports fair skies tonight with increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures expected Friday in lower Michigan.
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Detroit
Lower
Michigan
Grain Co Buys Mt Pleasant Produce Firm
Isabella County Farmers Grain company buys Mt Pleasant Produce stock from Chatterton & Son and leases the former building. Glenn Knapn ran the produce operation. stock will move to the grain company's West Broadway elevator after repairs. No change in ownership or personnel at the Isabella County Farmers Grain company.
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Mt. Pleasant Produce Company
Chatterton & Son
Isabella County Farmers Grain Company
J. H. Walrath
Glenn Knapn
Grain Company
West Broadway
Walrath
McCormick Nye Campaign Draw In Illinois Senate Race
Chicago reports a heated exchange over ballot charges as Ruth Hanna McCormick and Seti Gerald Nye navigate accusations during Nye’s vacation. Both sides admit hiring detectives to probe the other, while Nye defends ongoing committee investigations and vows to press on through Sept. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Seti Gerald BP. Nye
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Nye
Wiscorsie
Ilinds
North Dakota
Sen
Pontiac Pastor to Get Circuit Trial
Pastor Robert MacKarlané of Memorial Baptist church faces circuit court trial on two counts of obtaining church funds under large pretenses after being released on bond. Bernard Decker, the church treasurer, testified at municipal court.
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Pontiac
U.R
Robert MacKarlané
Memorial Baptist Church
Bernard Decker
Wittess
MacFarlane
Pooh
Ammonia Blast Injures Three at Gloucester Cold Storage
In Gloucester Massachusetts an ammonia explosion at a cold storage plant injured three people and exposed sixty young women to fumes. One worker Ralph Minichello suffered severe burns and critical injuries, transported to Gilbert Hospital where his death was anticipated.
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Gloucester
Mass
Ralph Minichello
Gilbert Hospital
Ocean Flyers Speed Across United States
Coste and Bellonte, aviation heroes, sped westward from New York toward Dallas in the Question Mark. They were joined by a Cincinnati escort and were hailed by crowds as plans for a goodwill tour across the United States circulated. Ambassadors and officials weighed in on backing for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
United States
Atlantic
Dallas
Mavic
Curtiss
Valley Bureau
le Bourget Airdrome
Gol
William J. Eastwood, Jr
Curtiss Field
America
Coste
Bellonte
France
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindbergh to escort Coste Bellonte to Washington reception
Charles A. Lindbergh will join escorts for Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte as they fly to Washington for a state reception. They depart New York and expect to arrive about 5 p.m. Sunday. President Hoover will host a White House luncheon at 1 15 p.m. with notable fliers and officials.
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Washington
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Coste
Bellonte
Dallas
Tex
New York
Hoover
Rayidan
Virginia
White House
Lindbergh
Richard E. Byrd
Grass Fire on South Kinney Avenue Sparks From Bonfire
Fire crews responded to a grass fire on South Kinney Avenue this afternoon started by a bonfire. No damage occurred. The alarm from West Broadway at 3 30 p m was reported false.
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South Kinney Avenue
West Broadway
Six Pound Pike Lands Here At Mill Dam
The Chippewa area reports a six pound six pound pike measuring 36 inches caught by J. B. Nay at the Mill dam on Wednesday evening. The fish drew a small crowd including Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Adams and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McFarland who witnessed the catch and later shared a fish supper at the McFarland home. Nay works for J. C. Arthus Oil Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Nay
Mill Dam
Nay
W. G.adams
Adams
McParland
McFarland
J.C. Arthurs Oil Company
Push Work on Ten New U S Vet Hospitals
The U S Veterans Bureau pushes a 4 percent 16 million dollar program to complete within three years 40 new hospitals to aid World War veterans. Existing patients total over 30 000 with neuro-psychiatric disorders, many permanent. Sites for seven hospitals include Albuquerque Huntington Canandaigua Lincolnville Tuscaloosa Indianapolis Waco with more to be announced.
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Washington
U.P
U.S. Veterans Bureau
Bureau
Federal Hospitalization Board
Albuquerque
N. M
Huntington
W. Va
Canandaigua
N. Y
Lincolnville
Kansas
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Indianapolis
Ind
Waco
Texas
California Hospital
San Francsco
Utah
New York
New York City
Bronx
Veterans Bureau
French flier sets new endurance record at Le Bourget
Mile Maryse Bastie, 26, landed at 9 25 a m to set a women's endurance record of 37 hours 54 minutes at Le Bourget Airport France She took off Tuesday evening and had aimed for 40 hours She had previously challenged Lena Bernstein's 35 hours 47 minute mark
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LE Bourget
France
Maryse Bastie
Bastile
Coste
Bellonte
New York
Mlle
Lena Bernstein
Bastie
Bordeaux Airdome
Mystery illness hits national VFW encampment in Baltimore
About 150 men and women at the national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Baltimore were overcome by a mysterious illness. Many were taken to local hospitals for treatment as officials investigated the cause and scope of the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paaltimore
U.R
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lospi
City approves six block pavement plan for Washington
City commission approves a six block paving project on Washington between Michigan and High streets with cost estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 funded mainly by property owners. Construction slated for 1931 with sewer and water work possible this fall. Intersections at city expense. Three building permits granted for garages and additions.
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Washington Streets
Michigan
High
Franklin
City Commission
W. G. Rankin
Hance
E. J. Dittman
Ilinois
Lang Sing
W. BE
Edmonds
North College
Hoover Plans Caribbean Tour in October
President Hoover may undertake a three week trip through Cuba Haiti Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico in October with possible visit to the Panama Canal and Mexico City, returning after the congressional elections. The drought relief work is finished and a brief speaking tour is planned for early October.
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Washington
Hoover
Caribbean
Cuba
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Mexico City
Mexico
Virginia
Drouth Relief
Drouth Relief Organization
Groesbeck Accused of Buying Electorate in Gubernatorial Race
Judge Edward J. Jeffries charged in a Detroit radio address that Alex J. Groesbeck seeks to buy the electorate and win the Republican nomina tion for governor through lavish campaign expenditures. Jeffries, opposing Groesbeck and Attorney General Wilber M. Bruckner, warned that if Groesbeck can purchase the electorate elections mean nothing and democracy is at an end.
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Detroit
Kury
Alex. J. Groesbeck
Edward J. Jeffries
Jeffries
Groesbeck
Wilber M
Bruckner
McNamara to Open Law Office Here
Thomas R. McNamara, former Mr. Pleasant resident and Detroit lawyer for 12 years, announces return to boyhood home to establish a local law office in the Exchange Savings Bank building. He plans to move his family here once a home is found. Mrs. McNamara will remain in Detroit with the two children until then. He notes he should have returned long ago.
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Thomas R. McNamara
Mr. Pleasant
Frank McNamara
Detroit
McNamara
Exchange Savings Bank
Dallas Welcomes French Ocean Flight Heroes
Texas hosts Capt. Dieu donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte after the “Question Mark” completes a perilous Paris to New York flight and aims for a Dallas land. Officials plan a formal Friday reception with Gov. Dan Moody and a nationwide radio relay of their arrival.
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Earl
Steele
United Press
Dallas
Tex
U.R
Texas
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
le Bourget
Paris
Col
Wiliam H. Easterwood
Coste
New York
Col. Easterwood
George J. Smith
Snyder
Easterwood
Europe
Chamber of Commerce
Dan Moody
J. Waddy Ware
Southern Airy “Transport Company
Lovefield
Texarkana
Yvadio
National Broadcasting Company
Bellonté
WFAA
Western Michigan residents indicted on liquor law violations
A federal grand jury indicted 83 western Michigan residents here yesterday. They will be arraigned Saturday before Judge Fred M. Raymond. All but two are accused of liquor law violations.
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Grand Rapids
U.P
Local Schools Open Amid Record Enrollments
Pleasant city announces first day of classes with record enrollments in public schools and Sacred Heart Academy. Academy reports 852 students registered, up from 329 in 1929. public schools total 1 028, Mt Pleasant Indian School about 385 students, with US government funding set at 875. Overall district enrollment nears 1 760 students.
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Weea Athe
Insaor
Te. Pleasant
Sacred Heart Academy
Mt.Pleasant
Congressional Fund
Tags Issued for Parking Violations
On the thirteenth day of enforcement under the parking limit ordinance sixty one tags were issued to negligent motorists. Most violators promptly settled at the Violations Bureau as Magistrate Frank Brownson noted a one dollar fine for violators of the new law.
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Frank Brownson
Plums Orchard House Ad Sells Out Early
Daily Times classified ad for plums ran for three days but sold out on the second day. The note highlights the pulling power of Daily Times advertising.
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Orchard House
Daily Times
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Seaton
Ohio
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Escanaba
Grand. Rapids
Ludington Aceae
Marquette
Sault Ste. “Marie
Senate Campaign Fund
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Louisville
New
Bowman Field
Rene Racover
Cincinnati
Maurice Beljlonte
U.S
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