20 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Salisbury Evening Times
Location
Salisbury, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1926
Page
1
President Coolidge appeals for nationwide aid to Florida disaster victims as trains carried food medical supplies and shelter to hurricane ravaged areas. Georgia and other states mobilize Red Cross resources and volunteers while railways clear routes for ongoing relief shipments.
The article reports that prohibition has cut drinking by about 90 percent in the United States. It references a survey of economists and discusses expected enforcement costs reaching about one billion dollars.
Documentary evidence showed that when Harry M. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller approved a 7 million dollar claim they had in files evidence that the claim was invalid. John J. Fitzgerald identified a 1918 letter to the alien property custodian about American officers buying German shares.
Shanghai dispatch reports 27 foreigners including 21 Americans confined in Wuchang as Cantonese forces blockade the city. Food runs low with only a few days supply. listed Americans and companions are housed at Boone University Church General Hospital St Michael's Church W C A and Catholic Mission.
A collection of late news items spans baseball results with a Tigers defeat and Braves rally details, royal divorce proceedings for Prince Frederick and Sophie Charlotte, aid deliveries to Miami by West Palm Beach workers, a shipwreck near Sunderbans with casualties, a bank theft near Boyce Virginia, a divorce record in Newark, and wartime and sports notes from Cincinnati and Chicago as seasons shift.
Walter Webb, 32, a Black man from Delaware, admits killing Walter Harden, 8, during a four day hunt by 200 deputies and hounds. Webb, captured near Ceciliton, Md, after subsisting on fruit, confessed to the slaying and implicated George Hughes as a co conspirator. he dictated his confession to a court stenographer.
Atlanta report notes hurricane sweeping Florida and entering the Panhandle. AP dispatch says Western Union wires to Pensacola were lost and communications interrupted. The storm’s impact disrupts lines and blocks access as authorities assess damage.
A fast train with bridge and construction gangs departed Birmingham at noon bound for Mobile and Pensacola. Superintendent James Aerrise said Mobile’s wind, from the northeast at about 168 miles, helps keep water from the city. Residents sought shelter in downtown hotels as wireless failed and river service paused.
A Baltimore observer and longtime executive secretary of the Baltimore Association of Commerce has died. Funeral arrangements are pending with colleagues recalling his service to local business interests and civic groups.
About 80,000 people attended Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial Exposition Sunday despite a Dauphin County Court order to close on the Sabbath. City officials and Sabbath advocates clashed over legal action as officials debated a 30 day period to file exceptions before the ruling takes effect.
Moore Haven residents recount the hurricane disaster as rescue crews lift floodwaters and search for the missing. Officials report the dike breach near Okeechobee and rising depths of floodwater, with hundreds displaced and fears of further casualties.
The Florida coast reels from a 120 mile gale hitting Miami Moore Haven and other towns. Rescue efforts mobilize as officials report 668 to 1560 dead with Moore Haven devastated and Lake Okeechobee flooding vast areas. Martial law in Miami and urgent troop requests outline the disaster response.
Nightly casualty tallies show Miami and surrounding areas reporting dozens dead and thousands homeless. Data from Miami Beach Hialeah Coral Gables Fort Lauderdale Dania Homestead Pomona Fort Myers and More Haven detail known dead estimated dead and injured with wide ranges and thousands displaced.
Wicomico chapter leader Howard Ho Rvark sought aid for Florida hurricane victims through the National Headquarters of the American Red Cross. The Red Cross has started bread lines and emergency clothing and food distribution for the homeless and penniless in devastated towns. Contributions will be accepted at the offices of The Evening Tomer and The Weev micy News.
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