High maternity mortality report at medical convention
At the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting in Memphis the 1924 to recent U.S. rate shows 45 maternal deaths per 1000 births, highest among civilized nations while the Netherlands reports 23. The study cites sepsis and toxemia as 65 percent of deaths. Dr W Van Amber Brown urges medical education reform and maternal diet, while Dr Miklos Temervary discusses thymophysin use in maternity cases.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Association of Obstetricians
United States
Netherlands
Committee On Maternal Welfare
Sinty
W. van Amber Brown
Detroit
Miklos Temervary
Budapest
Kidnaping and bombing strike at textile union hub
In Kings Mountain North Carolina on September 18 AP reports Cleo Teaser organizer for the National Textile Workers Union was kidnapped and a union speaker’s stand on Piedmont Avenue was dynamited. Tessner and Lessner are mentioned in connection with the incident and release followed. The blast woke the city as union activities target mill workers gathering Saturdays in the vacant lot.
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Kings Mountain
N.C
Cleo Teaser
National Textile Workers’ Union
Tessner
South Carolina
Charlotte
Piedmont Avenue
Lessner
Farm Board Advances Ten Cents Per Bushel
The Federal Farm Board approved a $560 009 loan to the North Dakota Montana Wheat Growers Association of Grand Forks North Dakota. The loan adds ten cents per bushel on wheat held and caps combined sums from banking partners at no more than $1 per bushel.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
North Dakota- Montana
Graf Zeppelin Returns Home After World Cruise
Graf Zeppelin lands at Friedrichshafen hangar at 724 o clock with 92 passengers from America. Dr Hugo Eckener, commander, waves as Frau Eckener greets him aboard the liner New York. A wreath is dropped in tribute before the airship heads inland.
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Prifdrichshafen
Germany
Elbe
America
Hugo Eckener
Graf
New York
Frau Eckener
Laure
Doctor Pekener
Friedrichshafen
Giant Rail Merger Proposal Targets Atlantic Coast System
L F P Loree proposes a 2 billion dollar consolidation linking 16 railroads from Canada to Hampton Roads to form a vast Atlantic coast terminal system. The plan would extend to Dee Water and Pittsburgh Junction with 13 552 miles of track and include heavy cross ownership of major lines. Action by the Interstate Commerce Commission is unlikely before January.
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Washington
Sept
North Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
L. F P. Loree
Delaware and Hudson Company
East
Middle West
New England
Loree
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Dee Water
West Virginia
Pittsburgh Junction
Ohio
Delaware and Hudson Executive
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Boston and Maine Reading Company
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Bangor and Aroostook
Buffalo and Susquehanna Central Railroad
New Jersey
Lehigh and
Hudson River
Lehigh and New England
Maine Central
Ontario and Western
Pittsburgh and
Rutland Railroad Company
Virginian and Western
Marylane
New York Central
Albany
Cornwall
Utah man dies in Detroit auto crash injuries
Charles Stratton of Devil Slide Utah died in a Detroit hospital from injuries after an automobile accident Monday. Police said he stepped into the path of a machine on a street in Detroit.
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Detroit
Charles Stratton
Devil Slide
Utah
Watts Polwell, First UM President, Dies at 96
Watts Polwell, 96, the first president of the University of Minnesota, died at his Minneapolis home. The former university leader was a pioneer in higher education and helped shape the school during its early years.
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Minneapolis
Watts Polwell
University of Minnesota
Principal Object of W C T U Is Elimination of Intoxicants
In Indianapolis September 184 the National president Mrs Fis A Boole outlined the W C T U main goal as abolition of intoxicants not tobacco. She said education of the young is the only way to curb tobacco use and that youth imitate elders. Delegates began arriving from across the country for the forthcoming national convention.
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W.C. T.U
Indianapolia
Ind
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Fis A Boole
Boole
W. CT. U
Deliberate killing alleged in Peacox case
District Attorney Frank Coyne claims Earl Peacox murdered his wife by strangling after striking her with a pistol butt then set the body on fire. Peacox admits killing and concealing the crime but says it was not premeditated and not a first degree murder. Neighbors testified screams heard at the apartment on April 21 and the next morning Peacox moved a bulky object to his car and fled. The confession describes a reconciliation at their first anniversary after months of separation.
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White Flavis
N. Y
Frank 4H Coyne
Earl Peacox
Peacox
Coyne
Denver
P.C
Waggoner
S. D Crump
Bank of Telluride
Crump
New York
Banks Forming A Great Chain In New York
New York Sept 18 AP Marine Trust Co of Buffalo joins with Stone and Webster Blodgett Schoelopf Hutton Pon eroy and other New York bankers to form a holding company in Delaware named Marine Midland. The plan aims for a chain with about 500 million in resources and up to 1 billion authorized capitalization, initially within New York state with expansion planned. George F Rand president of Marine Trust Co will head the new organization as president.
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New York
Marine Trust Co of
Buffalo
Stone and Webster and Blodgett
Schoelopf
Hutton and Poneroy
Delaware
Marine Midland Company
New York State
George F. Rand
The
Marine Trust Co
Land of the Soviets completes stage to Petropavlovsk
The Russian airship bound from Moscow to New York landed safely at Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. Commander Semyon Shestakov and three other Russian air aces then proceed to cross the Pacific from Kamchatka to Alaska after flying over the Sea of Okhotsk.
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Nikolayevsk -on-Amur
Siberia
Moscow
New York
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka Peninsula
Sea of Okhotsk
Siberian
Semyon Shestakov
Kachatka
Pacific
Alaska
Unnettied Tonight and Thursday Cooler in Southwest
A weather brief notes cooler conditions in the southwest tonight and again Thursday. Skies are partly cloudy with light winds and no precipitation expected. Local temperatures will dip slightly compared with today, bringing a mild end to the warmth.
La Guardia and Walker Vie in Mayor Race Across Cities
Philadelphia voters backed William F Campbell for register of wills as part of a larger party struggle led by William S Vare with John F Dugan challenging in the Republican league. In New York La Guardia defeated Bennet in the GOP primary and will challenge Mayor James J Walker as Walker seeks reelection amid a light turnout.
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Philadelphia
United States
William 8S
Vare
Republican League
Register of Will
Wiliam F Campbell
John F Dugan
Campbell
Dugan
George E Kemp
Fred Schwarb, Jr
LA Guardia
New York
Proreile H. la
Bennett
Walker
Pirates Lose Doubleheader to Boston Erases NL Pennant Hope
Pittsburgh drops the first game of a doubleheader 5 to 4 as Boston rallies. The loss, with Chicago set to clinch the league title, leaves the Pirates two games back and doubles remaining to determine the pennant outcome.
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Pittsburgh
Pirates
Boston
Chicago
Cubs
Brandt
Gowdy
Kremer
Hemssey
Spohrer
New York
Hubbell
Hogan
Blake
Nebf
Gonzales
Regulators Clash Over Publicizing Taxpayer List In Tariff Fight
The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 4 to publish names of 223 corporations and individuals whose tax returns are sought by Democrats to assess who would gain from tariff increases. The move sparked cross party debate on transparency amid the tariff bill dispute.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Democratic Committee
Treasury
Smoot
Wpublicans
Edge
New Jersey
Shortridge
California
Barkley
Kentucky
King
Utah
Smout
Wife Trading Before Court Near New Auburn
County Judge J E Cook refused to grant divorces to Edward Heidelberger and Mrs Bessie Brown in a case detailing a wife trade. Mrs Brown and her six children moved to the Heidelberger home in exchange for Mrs Heidelberger and six children who went to the Brown home. The judge noted changes in the Brown household since November and highlighted housekeeper roles among the women.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
J. E. Cook
New Auburn
Cook
Edward W. Heidelberger
Bessie Brown
Brown
Heidelberger
League committee approves aid scheme for aggressed nations
Geneva Sept. 184 the arbitration and security committee of the League of Nations forwarded a proposal to provide aid to nations facing aggression for drafting a final text. The measure will be considered at a social conference or the next league meeting.
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Geneva
League of Nations Committee On Arbitration and Security
Ventura's Great Fire Destroys 25,000 Acres in Canyon Lands
A historic Ventura county blaze charred 25 000 acres across canyons near Ventura Ojai and Santa Paula. Damage estimated 3 000 000 to 3 500 000 with one death including NF official Norman Beems. Dozens of homes rigs and crops burned as residents fled along fire swept roads.
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Ventura
Calif
Ventura County
Ojal
Santa Paula
Wheeler Canyon
Canada
Larga
Santa Paula Canyon
F L. Doheny
Ferndale
Sisar Canyon
Ventura Avenue
Norman Beems
National Forest Service
California
Forest fires threaten Stevenson Oregon area in Pacific Northwest
In Stevenson Oregon a fire sweep from Yacolt Washington and Estacada Oregon presses toward the town on the Columbia river. About 125 volunteers reach Stevenson via the Bridge of the Gods while fires burn nearby and lines are cut. Yacolt is out of danger but flatcars are kept ready to move residents if needed.
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Portland
Ore
Stevenson
Here
Washington
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Yacolt
Estacada
Oregon
North Bank Highway
Vancouver
Hood River
Beimg
Yacob
California Hit by Hot Spell
Los Angeles reports a continuation of hot weather with forecasts reaching 99 degrees. Light showers appeared in southern California, ending a dry spell in the grape belt and aiding the Ontario and Cucamonga crops. Some damage from heat and dry winds noted.
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Los Angeles
California
Weather Bureau
Vineyard
Ontario and
Cucamonga
Odd Fellows consider junior lodge age and girls group
At the international Odd Fellows convention in Houston a key issue is setting a junior lodge age for boys 14 to 18. A girls junior organization may be proposed after a Hebekahs recommendation. Judge M M Logan of Bowling Green was elected grand sire and Charles D Rinehart of Jacksonville was chosen to succeed as one grand sire.
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Houston
Tex
International Convention of Odd Fellows
Gercame
Hebekahs
M M. Logan
Bowling Green
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Charles D. Rinehart
Jacksonville
Fis
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Stah Weather
Philadephia
Cincinnat
Koupel
McGraw
Dai
Lerlen Davis
Prey
Sukh
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RHE
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Coffman
Schang
Farnshaw
Cochrane
Cleveland
Milley
L. Sewell
Pennock Zachary
Jorgens
Dickey
Washington Whitewand and Spencer
Hargrave
Hadley
Perrell and
Myatt
Sheridand Dickey
Gon Ooen
Hayworth Brown
Ware Holding Own
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
George Norris
Senate
Colorado
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Telluride
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Amelia Jones
Charles Delos Waggoner
Cole
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