State Suffers Its Greatest Disaster
Hartford reports Hartford river floods and hurricane fallout as terms of disaster surge. Connecticut River flooded central and eastern business districts forcing evacuations. Death toll climbs with hundreds housed at refugee stations as parks and hospitals face damage and power outages. The National Guard stabilizes streets and dam work proceeds through night.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Park River
National Guard
Twenty five children safe after storm at Norvin Greene home
Bulletin from West Hampton New York reports 25 children attending a party at the Norvin Greene home were found safe after fears of them being swept away. Greene, a New York broker, said all were removed safely from second story windows in a boat.
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West Hampton
Norvin Greene
Greene
New York
Eight Die and Six Missing After Cape Cod Hurricane
Eight people were confirmed dead and at least six others missing as Cape Cod islands endured a hurricane that cut isolation from the mainland. The storm destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in homes and shipping along the Cape towns of Bourne and surrounding areas.
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Bourne
Mass
Cape Cod
New England
Cape
Massachusetts
Cape Towns
Ohio Weather Summary Shows Fair Skies and Warmer Friday
Generally fair and not so cool tonight with Friday fair and warmer conditions. Rain has covered the Ohio Valley to the Atlantic Coast while elsewhere in the U S the weather is fair. High pressure over the Gulf States and Rocky Mountain Plateau contrasts with a low over Eastern Ontario. Cool weather remains east of the Mississippi. Plains see higher temperatures.
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Ohio
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Ontario
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
United States
Mississippi
Plains States
New England Hurricane Toll Reaches 296 Dead
Restored communications reveal a staggering toll from yesterday’s hurricane and tidal waves across Long Island and New England. By 1 PM EST, 296 dead or missing across Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey and Quebec with thousands homeless and towns cut off. Fires rage in New London and Petersboro as governors mobilize National Guard and Red Cross rescues intensify amid widespread floods and evacuations.
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Williston
Florida
New England
Long Island
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
United Press
New Jersey
Quebec
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Montreal
West Hampton
New London
Conn
Pawtucket
R. L
Petersboro
N. H
Masachusetts
Charles F. Hurley
National Guard
Robert E. Quinn
New Hampshire Hills
St. Lawrence Alley
Merrimac
Providence
R. I
Port Jefferson
Bridgeport
Brideport
National Red Cross
Coast Guard
Rush Help To Hurricane Area
Coast Guard and American Red Cross rushed equipment and manpower to New England to aid flood and hurricane victims. 2,500 Coast Guard personnel were already in rescue and relief work in the stricken area. The Red Cross dispatched disaster relief workers to support food and shelter efforts. WPA prepared to mobilize workers for cleanup after the storm. Communications kept headquarters updated as surveys began. One officer and two men were missing believed drowned at Woods Hole boating into Buzzards Bay on the General Green.
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Washington
Coast Guard
American Red Cross
New England
Red Cross
Aubrey Williams
Works Progress Administration
WPA
New York
Woods Hole
Mass
General Green
Buzzards Bay
Hurricane Hits Summer Colony Fifty Missing
West Hampton New York September 22 A hurricane and 40 foot tidal wave struck the exclusive Long Island Summer colony. Fifty people are missing including 25 children at a party at Mrs Norvin Greene s home. Nine bodies are known dead and authorities fear all the missing may be dead in the wreckage of The Dunes district villas and mansions.
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West Hampton
N. Y
Long Island
Norvin Greene
Will Unveil Tablet To Memory Of Mr. And Mrs. Allen
The Elyria Home for the Aged will unveil a memorial tablet Sunday afternoon at three o'clock for the late Edgar F. Allen and his wife Blanche Wood Allen. The event also includes a memorial service for Mrs. D. Boyd of Galion with Dr. W. N. Robertson and Dr. W. W. Wagar in charge. The program is open to the public and expected to draw mourners from northern Ohio.
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Elyria
Edgar F
Daddy) Allen
Allen
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
International Society For Crippled Children
Blanche Wood Allen
D. €. Boyd
Galion
Elginr Home For the Aged
C. S. Johnson
Elyria Home For the Aged
W. N. Robertson
Methodist Church of
J. Martin Beck
E. F. Allen
Ohio
Allens
Boyd
Czechs Demand Arms as Cabinet Collapses
Prague reports that Premier Hodza's cabinet resigned and President Benes urged formation of a national government including army chiefs. Mass protests erupt with 80,000 workers chanting Give us arms as calls for army rule spread through Prague and across Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Milan Hodza
Jan Cerny
Moravia
Eduard Benes
Cerny
Hodza
Sudetenland
Germany
Benes
Jan Syrovy
Czechoslovakia
Edouard Benes
Chamberlain Moves Toward Peace Talks as Britain Angrily Watches
London reports public anger over Czechoslovakia’s fate grows as Prime Minister Chamberlain flies to Germany to meet Hitler. He carries the Sudeten deed and proposes an international frontier commission while fearing further German demands and an explosive European crisis.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Edouard Daladier
France
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Sudeten
Daladier
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Poland
Hungary
Fighting at German Czech frontier near Barenstein
Gunfire and grenades erupted along the German Czech frontier as Sudeten towns raised Swastika flags. A skirmish near Barenstein left unspecified deaths and injuries. Sudeten Germans from Weipert and Czechs reportedly exchanged fire after grenades were thrown.
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Barenstein
Germany
Weipert
Oberlin President Defends Broad Education To Students
Oberlin College President Ernest Hatch Wilkins addressed about 1800 students in Finney Chapel urging a holistic view of education. He argued college alone cannot suffice and education must span kindergarten through graduate study to prepare for life in home, work, citizenship, and leisure.
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Oberlin
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Wilkins
Alan Valentine
University of Rochester
Robert Hutchins
University of Chicago
Harry Colmery
American Legion
Charles Lake
Cleveland Public Schools
Taft and Sheck Set to Speak in Elyria September 29
Robert Taft of Cincinnati and Edward S S Sheck of Albion Republican candidates for U S Senate and 14th District Congressman will address Elyria September 29 at 8 p m in Elyria High School Auditorium. Taft will speak at Oberlin College Public Affairs Society in Finney Chapel that evening. Bricker plans October 4 appearances in Oberlin and Lorain with Sheck also speaking in Lorain.
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Robert Taft
Cincinnati
United States Senate
Edward S&s. Sheck
Alston
Elyria High School
Frank A. Stetson
Republican Executive Committee
Taft
Public Affairs Society
Oberlin College
Lorain
Stetson
Chrysler Institute Speaker to Address Elyria Dinner Meeting
Dr. John Selby Thomas president of the Chrysler Institute of Engineering will speak at a dinner at First M E Church on October 13. The Elyria Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with Fifteen-Eight Club directing arrangements. The public is invited. program begins at 6 30 p m.
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John Selby Thomas
Chrysler Institute of Engineering
M. E. Church
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
International Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
E. L. Wilshere
C. E. Betts
Nelson M. Fitch
L. D. McBean
Harold R. Rorick
Walter Schultz
Don Sotherden
Frank E. Stevens
Robert Vestal
Mark Willis
Ralph E. Young
A. H. West
M. E. Whitman
Raymond Ritter
Truck And School Bus Collision Claims Farmer Life
Celina, Sept. 22 George K Reynolds a 65 year old Geneva Indiana farmer died of a skull fracture while en route to Celina hospital after a tomato truck collided with a school bus carrying students to the Northwest aerostacy celebration west of Celina late yesterday.
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Celina
George K. Reynolds
Geneva
Ind
Here
Reynolds
Fort Recovery
Weral Giny
Meet To Set Seal On Partition
GODESBERG Sept 22 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler met to seal the partition of Czechoslovakia and discuss guarantees for the remaining territory. The conference at the Oroesen Hotel on the Rhine followed Chamberlain’s arrival by ferry from Petersberg. Crowds greeted Hitler while Chamberlain sought time to turn over Sudeten land.
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Godesberg
The
Rhine
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Oroesen
Chamberlain
Petersberg
Hitler
Fuehrer
Sudetenland
Reich
Cologne
London
Dreesen
France Warns Hitler Against Further Demands At Godesberg
Paris editorials pressure Neville Chamberlain to defend the British French plan over Sudetenland concessions to Germany. France Czechoslovakia and Soviet treaty ties are cited as guarantees. If Hitler presses further, editors warn, the limit has been reached and peace could be lost.
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Paris
ICRI
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Godesberg
France
Germany
Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Russia
Petit Parisien
Chamberlain
Hitler
Bismarck
Three French Cabinet Members Quit In Protest
Paris dispatch reports that three Daladier cabinet ministers George Mandel Paul Reynaud and Auguste Champetier de Ribes submitted resignations over the Czech partition. Daladier delayed acceptance as he conferred with others about the move and awaited today’s outcome.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Czechoslovakia
Daladier
George Mandel
Paul Reynaud
Auguste Champetier de Ribes
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