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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1928
Page
2
Mrs Clara Driecoll Sevier of Austin Democratic national committeewoman for Texas planned to depart on a day for Oklahoma City to hear Governor Fred Smith’s address tomorrow night.
A short business session will feature three speakers at Loyal Order of Moose No. 222 in Odd Fellows Lodge. The plan is to initiate a large number of candidates, with the program set for Thursday per notice from local officials.
From Raleigh to Palm Beach reports describe severe storms causing isolated areas, crippled communications, and widespread property damage. No lives lost in some zones, while Florida towns near Lake Okeechobee report hundreds dead or missing and extensive floodwaters. Major waterways burst banks as roads blocked and waterfront districts flood.
Returns from all but three of the forty states have been received with Louisiana totaling 10 electoral votes, Arkansas with 9, and North Dakota with 5. The Hoover-Smith ticket leads in the remaining states as vote totals converge toward final results.
In Winkler County Texas a 25 000 barrel daily output cut for the oil fields will take effect October 1. The rail commission received the plan at a meeting with operators in the area.
A three day ceasefire halted fighting between remnants of Nationalist and communist forces northeast of Tielu sin along the Mudken rail line, ending last night near Changli.
Reported last Sunday night a cyclone or storm devastated the Lake Okeechobee region. About 40 lives were lost in the Maho Peach counts area, with most victims residents of nearby villages and settlements along the lake shore. More than a hundred refugees crowded West Palm Beach and related centers as crews evacuated injured and dead by ambulance and rail. The Seaboard Airline Railway mobilized relief teams while Red Cross workers pleaded for cots, beds, clothing, and medical supplies to handle the influx before broader aid arrives from Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
A farm couple from Bacon County, Pla, Mr. and Mrs. Wow Brit, died in a tragedy after a flood and collapse charged timber wrecked their home. Witness Ariv, 12, reported the couple floated from the wreck, one arm raised as they clung to debris. Rescue crews found Mrs. Brit dead. the husband survived until morning.
Reports from Atlanta Philadelphia and New York describe tropical storm fallout with deaths flooding and high tides. Messages request aid items for those made homeless while hurricane remnants threaten shipping off the Atlantic coast. In Guadaloupe French West Indies colonial officials prepare reefed measures as families take a two month vacation at a Texas ranch.
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