Azores quake leaves Fayal in ruins eight dead
Reports from Lisbon and Horta describe eight deaths and hundreds injured as a major Azores earthquake devastates Fayal island. Four hundred homes in Flamengos collapse, relief ships sail with tents and engineers, and widespread damage prompts urgent calls for aid amid ongoing aftershocks.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Fayal
Azores
Horta
Flamengos
London
Azores Islands
Galesburg Flood Causes Major Losses Across City
Galesburg Illinois reports a flood causing losses estimated between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. Santa Fe and Burlington railroads Pyrington Paving Brick company lumber yards and utilities were among the chief losers. Main street merchants and hundreds of property owners suffered flooded basements and washed away or badly damaged homes.
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Galesburg
Ill
Santa Fe
Burlington
Pyrington Paving Brick Company
The
Light and Power Company and Waterworks
Main Street
Montgomery Ward Reports August Sales Hit Record
Montgomery Ward and company announce August sales reached 12,667,432 dollars, up 7.33 percent from August 1925, reflecting strong demand in Chicago and national markets.
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Chicago, Ill
Montgomery Ward and Company
Knights of Columbus Seek Only Good Offices Not Intervention
James A. Flaherty supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus said President Coolidge was told the order does not seek U S intervention in Mexico nor the lifting of arms embargo. It seeks the United States to use good offices under international law to ease the dispute with President Calles.
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Paul Smith
N. Y
Coolidge
James A. Flaherty
The
Knights of Columbus
United States
Mexico
Flaherty
Supreme Council
Calles
MacNider Reads While In Flight During Western Tour
Secretary of War Hanford MacNider began a western inspection trip aboard an observation plane, carrying Fortescue Wellington and The Memoirs of W Tecumseh Sherman. He said he reads on flights and will stop at Clinton Iowa on Sept 13 for American Legion department meetings.
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Darton
Hanford MacNider
McCookfield
Muskogee
Okla
MacNider
Fortescue
Wellington
W. Tecumseh Sherman
Clinton
American Legion
War Department
Parole Question Hovers Over Leopold and Loeb Case
Chicago authorities replay focus on the Franks murder case as statutes may allow parole for Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb after long sentences. Clabaugh notes parole eligibility could arise in 11 years three months from commitment, but he stresses maximum terms must be served. Crowe declines to discuss technicalities.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Joliet
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Robert E. Crowe
Hinton G. Clabaugh
John R. Caverly
Franks
Clabaugh
Leopold
Loeb
Crowe
Dare Devil Flier Injured After Gasoline Runout Crash
Madison Wisconsin September 1 An aviator known as Dare Devil Smith flying from Davenport Iowa to Madison crashed three miles from the city when the plane ran out of fuel. The craft tore through a 50 foot fence and was wrecked but Smith escaped with only slight injuries. Smith had previously run automobile endurance events at Madison Sheboygan and Fond du Lac last year.
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Madison
Wis
Dare Devil" Smith
Davenport
Here
Smith
Sheboygan
Fon du, Lac
Manville Riots Prompt National Guard Intervention
State police clashed with about 1300 strikers from Manville Jenckes textile mills injuring nine. National guard troops arrived with artillery, ambulance units, and tear gas to quell the violence as police used night sticks and riot guns.
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Manville
R. Ts
National Guard
Manville- Jenckes Company
Field Artillery
Blackstone River
Eustace Maenan
St. James Church
E. S. J. Chaffe
Cole
Chaffe
South Carolina Senate Runoff Set After Primary Split
In Columbia E. D. Smith and Edgar A. Brown advance to a run off for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate to serve the next six years after March 4 1927. Smith led Dial and Brown but lacked a majority. The runoff is scheduled for September 14, the primary being decisive in this state.
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Columbia
S. C
E. D. Smith
Senate
Edgar A. Brown
South Carolina
United States Senate
Smith
N. B. Dial
Relative sentenced? Murder confession shocks Wetumpka
Mobile Alabama September 1 AP Clyde Reese Bachelor confessed he killed his father in law Judge Lamar Smith at Wetumka Alabama Monday night He made the admission while en route from Montgomery for safe keeping and repeated it in Wetumpka jail The motive cited was life insurance belonging to the judge
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Mobile
Ala
Clyde Reese Bachelor
Hays Leonard
Lamar Smith
Wetumka
Bachelor
Montgomery
Smith
Mail Train Derailment Kills 18 in Spain
A mail train derailment between Tortosa and Barcelona in Spain today leaves 18 dead, according to AP reports. Rescue and recovery efforts are underway as authorities confirm casualties from the incident.
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Tortosa
Spain
Barcelona
Last witnesses in Mellett murder probe in Canton
Canton Ohio Sept 1 The Stark county grand jury investigating publisher Don R Mellett murder moves to what is expected as its last day of witness interviews Six new witnesses were added as intimidation evidence emerges Prosecutor McClintock expects the grand jury to report Friday
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Canton, O
Stark County
Grand Jury
Don R. Mellett
Canton
McClintock
Flying Ace Lieut Bettis Dies From Crash Injuries
Lieut Cyrus J Bettis army flier dies at Walter Reed hospital from spinal meningitis following a crash in Pennsylvania. He set the 1925 Pulitzer air speed record at 248.99 mph, served in France, and later aided exhibi tion work before disappearing in fog near Bellefonte and surviving 48 hours after a Seven Sisters Mountain crash.
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Washington, D. C
Cyrus K. Bettis
Pennsylvania
Walter Reed Hospital
Pellefonte
Bettis
Army
al Williams
Navy
American Air Corps
France
Corps of Fliers
Philadelphia
Selfridge Field
Mich
Seven Sisters Mountain
Bellefonte
Editor of Labor invites inquiry into campaign edition
Edward Keating editor of Labor the official organ of American railroad labor organizations welcomed a senatorial inquiry into the Wisconsin campaign edition funded by labor. He said Senator Lenroot's charges are false and that La Follette had only written a note to progressives at their request. Total cost under 5000 dollars funded by organized railroad workers.
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Washington, D. C
Edward Keating
American Railroad Labor Organizations
Wisconsin
Lenroot
Reed
Senate Campaign Funds
Keating
la Follette
Senator William B. McKinley in Critical Condition
In Martinsville Indiana on September 1 AP reports Senator William B. McKinley of Illinois is critically ill at a sanitarium after neu ritis and sciatic rheumatism. He arrived from Washington two weeks ago and has shown gradual lung congestion worsening to a semi conscious state and slow decline per Dr R H Egbert.
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Martinsville
Ind
William B. McKinley
Illinois
R. H. Egbert
Washington
Postpone Gov Small's Case in Illinois Hearings
Springfield Sept 1 Adjournment until Oct 6 of the hearing on Gov Len Small's accounting for about 1 000 000 state interest money alleged as withheld during 1917 1918 while state treasurer was agreed by lawyers for the governor and the state when the case was called by Master In Chancery Briggle.
Mexico Denies League Ties in Note to Geneva
Mexico replies to Sir Eric Drummond denying any connection with the League of Nations. Senor Saenz, on instructions from President Calles, states Mexico has nothing to do with the league and the league with Mexico. The note follows Nicaragua's protest over alleged Mexican aid to revolutionaries in Nicaragua.
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Mexico City
Mex
Eric Drummond
League of Nations
Geneva
Mexico
Nicaragua
Aaron Saenz
League
Senor Saenz
Calles
California primary unsettled as returns come in
California voters faced a close start to the state primary as returns from about a third of precincts showed Gov. Richardson trailing by 19 812 votes to Young for the Republican gubernatorial nomination with Shortridge leading Clarke for the U S Senate nomination. Johnson campaigned for both Young and Clarke while Democratic races remained indecisive. Wet candidates posted early wins in several congressional races including Florence Prag Kahn in the Fourth District and Harry L Englebright in the Second District with Richard Welch securing the Fifth District nomination.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
C. Young
Friend W. Richardson
United States
Samuel M. Shortridge
Coolidge
Robert M. Clarke
Gov. Richardson
Mr. Clarke
Hiram Johnson
Shortridge
Senate
Johnson
Young
Clarke
Senator Johnson
McAdoo
John B. Elliott
William Gibbs McAdoo
Isidor Dockweiler
Carl Alexander Johnson
San Diego
Justus S. Wardell
Wardell
Tammany
Florence Prag Kahn
Cecil Hamilton
Chauncey Tramutolo
Mountain
Harry L. Englebright
John E. Baker
Lawrence J. Flaherty
Richard Welch
United States Seeks Court Membership Amid Reservations
Geneva September conference opens on reservations for U S membership in the permanent court of international justice. Dutch president Van Ersinga and vice presidents Zumeta and Bell lead sessions. United States population reservations include equality in judge elections and cost contributions while press access is granted.
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Geneva
Permanent Court of International Justice
United States
W. J. M. van Ersinga
Caesar Zumeta
Venezuela
Sir Francis Bell
New Zealand
van Feysinga
Dominican Republic
Cecil Hurst
Australia
Unsettled Weather Across Iowa and Illinois
Iowa faces unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with likely local thunderstorms and little temperature change. Illinois also sees unsettled weather with possible early Thursday storms and steady temperatures. River stages show St Paul up 1.1 to 1.1, LaCrosse at 3.5 down 2, Dubuque 7.4 up 0.7, Davenport 4.6 up 0.7, Keokuk 3.2 up 0.4, St Louis 9.3 up 0.8.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
LaCrosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
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