New England Coast Takes a Battering
Nassau Bahamas September 9 The Associated Press reports that Abaco faced difficult communication amid fears of substantial damage and loss of life from yesterday’s hurricane Shruek. Gale warnings stretched from Cape Catteras to Eastport Maine as 90 mile per hour winds lashed the coast driving shipping to sheltered harbors and causing thousands in damage along coastal communities.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Abaco
Esterday
Associated Press
Cape Catteras
Eastport
Costa
Orders Rise 22 Percent at Underwood Fisher Co
The Underwood Isticott Fisher Co reported that August sales orders climbed 22 percent from July, covering both foreign and domestic business. In August 1991, orders were 17 percent below the prior month. The firm manufactures office machines and equipment.
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New York
Underwood Isticott Fisher Co
Ofice
Mystery Woman Named in Bern Death Case
The Examiner links a woman known as Mrs Paul Bern to the film producer shortly before his death. Dorothy Millette of New York and Miss D Millette of San Francisco are identified as the same person, with a San Francisco hotel stay and a last check mailed there. The inquest found no motive for suicide amid notes of melancholia and a separate payment to an “old friend.”
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Paul Bern
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sept
Tean Harlow
Mise D. Millette
Canyon
Harlow
Jane Francisca
Dorothy Minette
Bern
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Motion Picture Studios
D. Millette
New York
Dorothy Millette
Hell
Foul Play Fears Rise Over Robins Disappearance
Anxiety grows over Colonel Raymond Robins disappearance a prominent prohibitionist after his absence from a White House appointment The Robins family fears of kidnapping or murder surface with Florida bootlegger rumors while President Hoover and Mrs Robins seek answers New York police and Washington capital police follow leads Alfred B Smith the missing man’s New York friend says Hoover is worried but Mrs Robins may be over anxious and Robins is described as a lone wolf awaiting discoveries on his own terms.
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Wasitington
Raymond Robins
White House
Hoover
Robins
Maine
Florida
New York
Washington
Alfred B. Smith
Smith
Colonel Robins
Fire destroys 150 residences in Carr Fork Utah mining town
Fire in Carr Fork, Utah destroys 150 frame houses and damages part of the Utah Delaware mine. Thirty five residents are injured while attempting to save household goods, with three needing hospital care. About 300 people are left homeless and mine officials estimate the damage at 350000 dollars.
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Bingham Canyon
Utah
Carr Fork
Thomasina Mix To Split Time Between Parents
Angeles reports Thomasina Mix, 10 year old daughter of film actor Tom Mix, will share time between her divorced parents. Tom Mix had sought full custody but agreed to two consecutive summer custody months and alternating incidental holidays, keeping the child for part of the year with each parent.
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Angeles
Thomasina Mix
Tom Mix
Mix
Safety Belt Saves Rider In Fatal Plane Crash
In El Paso Texas a plane wreck killed pilot W J Bryant Robbins co pilot Francis Briggs and passenger Victor Ellman. George A Davidson of Richmond California credited with saving his life by tightening his belt as the craft struck a mountain in fog near the Guadalupe mountains. Davidson survived with burns to hands and face while the other three perished. The wreckage was found by Ira McConnaughey and Victor Miller. The incident follows Robbins long association with American Airways and ties to Reg L Robbins.
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EL Paso
Tex
George A. Davidson
W. J. (Bryant) Robbins
American Airways
Francis W. Briggs
Victor Ellman
St. Louis
Davidson
Ira McConnaughey
Victor Miller
Richmond
Calif
Guadalupe Mountains
Robbins
Guadalupe Chain
Dallas
Ellman
Los Angeles
Reg. L. Robbins
Reg Robbins
Bryant Robbins
American Air Ways
Texas Air Transport
Mrs. Robbins
Henry Vaughn
Everman
Byron
Briggs
Two Trucks Collide in Hagerstown on Frederick Street
A Martin Bros. truck and Ralph McCauley’s truck collided this morning on Frederick Street in Hagerstown. Neither driver was injured. The McCauley vehicle sustained rear damage. the Martin Bros. truck was damaged.
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Martin Bros
Ralph McCauley
Hagerstown
Roulle 4
Frederick Street
McCauley
PAYS FINE IN FATAL MISHAP NEAR SHARPSBURG
John 8 Armstrong driver of a truck struck a four year old Delander boy near Sharpsburg. He was found guilty of failing to keep to the right and fined five dollars plus costs. Armstrong appealed the fine. Hoffman meat dealer owned the truck. Hoffman was a passenger who rushed the child to hospital where he died. Oakland Miss Sept 9 Sixty armed officers surrounded a wood search for six escaped state prison farm convicts after terrorizing two negro families.
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John 8. Armstrong
Delander
Sharpsburg
Richard Duffey
Armstrong
Bruce Hoffman
Oakland
Miss
Warmenth
Kane Returns to House Painting After Five-Year Stop
Pittsburgh Sept 9 John Kane age 72 once quit painting houses to create canvas works in a former occupation studio and has now gone back to house painting saying he is tired of repainting canvases and needs money for a steady income. Kane’s studio works have gained wide recognition.
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Pittsburgh
John Kane
Kane
Jury acquits policemen in third degree killing
In Mineola New Jersey a jury acquitted Deputy Chief F I Tanpen and Detectives Leslie Pearsall and Marty Zander of manslaughter in the death of Hyman Stark, a robbery suspect. The convictions were sought after a prolonged trial with accusations of beating Stark to death for revenge.
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Mineola
N. J
Hyman Stark
F.I. Tanpen
Leslie Pearsall
Marty Zander
Pearsall
Zander
Stark
Elgin N. Edwards
Joseph Hizenski
Negro Goes On Rampage Kills One Wounds Two In Philadelphia
A Black assailant fired at a street preacher crowd in Philadelphia killing Frank Crandall 61 and injuring E F Piggott. Police officer August Le Benz was shot twice while pursuing the gunman who then killed himself. In Birmingham, Alabama, American Net and Twine Co will add two expansions to its Kinar plant at Anniston costing 350000.
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Philadelphia
Frank Crandall
Ninth
Market Streets
Crandall
E. F. Piggott
August le Benz
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Industrial Board
American Net and Twine Company
Kinar Anniston
Reed Calls to See Roosevelt in Albany Visit
Former Missouri senator James A. Reed met Governor Roosevelt at the executive mansion in Albany. Reed sought Roosevelt's support as a Democratic presidential nominee while Roosevelt prepared a western swing with stops planned after a Chicago convention. Roosevelt planned talks with Senator Claude Swanson and possible Hyde Park travel, depending on schedule.
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Albany
N.Y
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Roosevelt
Reed
Chicago
John F. Curry
Tammany
John H. McConey
Brooklyn
Democratic State Committee
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Hyde Park
More Schools In Pennsy Closed Over Infantile Paralysis Deaths
Two more deaths from infantile paralysis reported in Carlisle and Lebanon, Pennsylvania, prompt closures of several schools to curb the disease. One child fell ill in Philadelphia where a mild epidemic has persisted for weeks.
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Carlisle
Lebanon
Philadelphia
Schoolhouse Fire Shuts Mendota Schools Today
Mendota Minnesota September 9 The school bell will not ring today as the schoolhouse burned last night. Several children expressed doubt about the value of education with a crude exclamation heard yesterday morning.
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Mendota
Minn
He Might Not Be Lucky Next Time He Might Not Be Lucky Next Time
AT ST PAUL A 13 YEAR OLD MERCHANT SAID HE FOUGHT FOR A PRINCIPLE AFTER A RAIDING PAIR ATTACKED HIM AS HE WALKED HOME WITH 35 DOLLARS. ONE MAN GRABBED HIS CANE WHILE A SECOND POKED HIM WITH A PIPE AND DEMANDED STICK EM UP. HE INSISTED HE WOULD RESIST AGAIN AND THAT IT WAS THE PRINCIPLE, NOT THE MONEY, THAT MATTERED. THE BANDITS FLED WITHOUT LOOT.
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ST. Paul
August Blissenbach
Blissenbach
Youths Charged With Larceny In Chicken Theft Ring
Charles Wolford and Dewitt Blair were taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff Richard Renner on suspicion of involvement in chicken thefts in the Dry Run area. One youth reportedly confessed and surrendered five chickens. Property owners who lost chickens are asked to contact the sheriff's office.
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Charles Wolford
Dewitt Blair
Dry Run
Richard Renner
Ferry Blast Kills Dozens On Rikers Island Run
A boiler explosion off the New York pier blew apart the Observation ferry carrying about 200 Iron workers to the Rikers Island penitentiary. Within hours 37 were confirmed dead and many more injured. Rescue crews recovered bodies as officials scrambled to account for the missing and tend to the injured.
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New York
Bronx
New Rikers Island Penitentiary
East River
Observation
Terry
Minister Charged With Killing Man In Peanut Dispute
The Rev. Will T. Miller, 52, a minister and farmer, was held on a murder charge after a dispute over a peanut crop division led to gunfire. Albert Carroll was killed, Lewis Carroll wounded, and the Carolls' father, Robert, was present during the farm tenants’ argument at a Miller farm in Enterprise, Alabama.
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Enterprise
Ala
Will T. Miller
Albert Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Young Carroll
Robert Carroll
Miller
Opens Fire On Raiders In Berkeley Garden Theft
Thieves raided William Smaltz’s trick garden in Berkeley near Williamsport and stole tomatoes beans and other vegetables and melons. Smaltz fired at them and they fled toward the river likely crossing to Martland side. He thinks he recognized one man.
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William Smaltz
Berkeley Round
Williamsport
Smaltz
Martland
Closing Session of Cooking School Today Draws Large Crowd
The Herald-Mail Cooking School nears its finale with 1115 attendees reported for this afternoon, joining 550 on day one and 900 on day two for a total of about 2565 women. Early doors were kept open to secure good seats as new recipes, market baskets, and gifts were planned for the session starting at 2 o'clock.
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Herald-Mail
Mia, Francesa
Northe
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