Severe Storm Strikes Valley of Mississippi and Midwest
A powerful windstorm tore through Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma with lightning hail and rain. At Metz Missouri a woman died when her home collapsed and a sister was injured. Rail lines and utilities were damaged as 15 freight cars toppled near Richards. Injuries were reported in Leeton and Postoak, while no immediate casualties were listed in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
T. J. Webster
Metz
Minnie Nabilles
Richards
Missouri Pacific
Nadine Cooper
Leeton
Postoak
R. H. Zinning
Nationalist Troops Press Rebel Base in Honan Province
Nationalist dispatches say government forces batter the rebel base at Chenchow in Honan, driving rebels beyond the Yellow River as they close in on the final southern citadel. Chiang Kai Shek personally leads troops, while planes bomb northern positions and railways near Chengchow.
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Chenchow
Honan
Yellow River
China
KaNeng
Chengchow
Cow
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Honan Si
Chiang Kai Shek
Changchow
Police hunt for two missing Seattle children
Sheila Dailey and Frank Nolan six are found unharmed in a basement near their home after a ransom plot. Police had tracked a group of youths who were enlisted to collect five hundred dollars, but the plan unraveled as detectives followed leads and monitored two drop points.
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Seattle
Sheila Dailey
Frank Nolan
Shelia Dailey
Nolan
Film star Oakie flees Chicago after extortion threats
Jack Oakie completed a personal appearance in Chicago and left amid threats from alleged extortionists. Manager Marty Martyn said two polite men first requested 1,000 dollars for a “fit” and others grew hostile, with the star noting Chicago police would not help, joking that he knows about policemen from New York papers.
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Chicago
Jack Oakie
Moving Picture
Marty Martyn
Martyn
Mr. Oakie
Moon mapping uses sky airplane to study lunar face
A new survey at Mt Wilson uses a miniature 15 inch moon globe and a 100 inch telescope to project a detailed artificial moon for direct above view of lunar features. Scientists from Carnegie Institute aim to resolve whether the moon’s face changes and to study surface causes of lunar wonders.
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Mt. Observatory
Earth
Carnegie Institution
Committee On
Pines
Mt. Wilson
League of Nations disarmament committee votes on 1931 conference
The disarmament committee of the League of Nations assembly rejects a German proposal to authorize a 1931 general disarmament conference but says the assembly desires the conference be held before year end. The record notes possible postponement and divergence over revising the league covenant to forbid war.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Assembly
St Louis Moves Top With Win As Standings Shift
Baseball standings show St Louis at 91 won and 61 lost, Chicago 68 64, Pittsburgh 60 62. Cincinnati 59 73, New York 66 62, Philadelphia 57 72. St Louis rain postponed Cleveland doubleheader set for Saturday. Washington 17 runs vs Boston 2. Louisville 19 3, Rochester 8 14.
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Ww. Il. Pet. Gb
Chicago
Cleveland
Miners Clash With Strikers at Illinois Mine
In Duquoin Illinois September 26 miners clashed at United Coal and Electric mine No 11 injuring several but none seriously. About 50 men fought between Howat Fishwick sympathizers and regular United Mine Workers. Two men Edward Porter and John McMillan were cut and others suffered minor injuries. No arrests reported. Factional picketing sparked the clash at the mine where workers from both UMW factions were employed.
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John McMillan
United Mine Workers
Reorganized
Belgian Senator Charges Mussolini Regime Pushing War
In Brussels on Sept 26 AP reports Senator Louis De Brouckere, head of the Geneva aviation commission, said Mussolini's government is preparing for war along the Albanian border and the Alps during the defense case of Fernando De Rosa. Francesco Nitti testified that De Rosa is a peaceful, educated youth whose act aimed to draw attention to Italy's crisis under Fascism. Nitti cited oppression, attacks on his home, and brutal Fascist repression as factors shaping youth and moderates.
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Louis de Brouckere
Aviation Commission
Geneva
Fernando de Rosa
Prince Humbert
Piedmont
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de Bouchere
Francesco Nitti
Ser. Nitti
de Rosa
Paris
Jones on Threshold of Fourth Golfing Crown In Single Year
Lucia P. Davenport of the Spokane YWCA urged the department of reclamation to halt Hayden Lake’s drop in level near Coeur d’Alene. She warned that continued lowering endangers the YWCA camp, pier, and swimming beach, blaming irrigation pumping and a lake bottom crack. The department has studied the lake for recreation and irrigation storage.
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Boise
Lucia P. Davenport
Young Women's Christian Association
Spokane
Department of Reclamation
Hayden Lake
Coeur d'Alene
Supreme Court Sets Case Dates In Boise
The supreme court today set October 20 and 21 for hearings on several civil cases and two criminal cases. Cleo Bush of Filer faces an assault with a deadly weapon charge, while Viola Lowe of Twin Falls is charged with forging district school warrants. both defendants are appealing penitentiary sentences.
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Boise
Supreme Court
Cleo Bush
Filer
Viola Lowe
Twin
Washes County News Sold to Trego and Ladi Pane
In Blackfoot Idaho on September 26 AP reports Washes County News non-existent. The paper, published by R N Ladi, has been purchased by Trego and J L Pane amid a changing local press landscape.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Washes County
R. N. Ladi
Trego
J. L. Pane
Jones to meet Homans in American Amateur final
Bobby Jones advances toward a fourth major in 1930 by facing Gene Homans of Englewood New Jersey in the American Amateur final at Merion. Earlier Jones crushed Jess Sweetser nine and eight in the semifinals after a dramatic finish.
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Gene Homans
Coleman
Merion Cricket Club
Ardmore
Bobby Jones
Englewood
N. J
Jess Sweetser
Sweetser
Jones
New Yorker
World Series on Display at Tribune Building
Sport fans are invited to the Tribune Building to watch an accurate duplication of every action on the world series diamonds. The big player board is in position for the event, and Tribune extends a general invitation to all fans to witness this interesting feature.
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Sport
Tribune
the Tribune
French Flyers Begin West Coast Journey to San Francisco
Captain Dieudonne Coste and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte of France flew from Pasco to Portland and planned onward to San Francisco. They delayed Seattle plans due to mist and weather, abandoning a Boise start and eliciting a large crowd at Boeing Field.
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Bellonte
Portland
San Francisco
Ore
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Pasco
Wash
Seattle
Boise
Idaho
Columbia River
Boeingfield
Puget Sound
Control ofSnake River holds line after riprap work
Boise Sept 26 The Snake river near Rigby has been kept in bounds by last fall and spring riprapping. Commissioner George N. Carter of reclamation said after a conference on river control. The 1929 legislature appropriated 15000 for the work with about 4000 likely to remain after current efforts are finished.
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Boise
Snake River
Rigby
George N. Carter
Carter
Wet plank in GOP platform in New York
Albany Sept 26 AP The Republican platform calls for repeal of the eighteenth amendment with a central repeal plank. The anti prohibition stance aligns with Charles H Tuttle of New York federal district attorney who is expected to be nominated for governor on the first ballot as the convention resumes. The repeal requires accompanying safeguards.
Old Billy the Hickman Community Horse Dies
In Hickman Kentucky Sept 26 the town mourns the death of beloved horse Old Billy a favorite among children who rode him daily. After a runaway frightened the animal he fell and broke his neck though he walked home with Mildred Rogers on his back vets said his injury was fatal. Over 100 children attended services at his grave bearing flowers to honor him.
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Billy
Mildred
Catherine Rogers
Louise Cohn
Old Billy
Tuttle Nominated for Governor as Prohibition Plank Passes
Charles H. Tuttle, U S district attorney of New York City and repeal advocate, chosen by the New York Republican state convention as its gubernatorial candidate. The convention adopted a platform calling for repeal of the 18th Amendment by a 733 to 255 vote, with no debate on the plank. The platform also denounced Democratic administration in Albany and New York City and urged measures ending officials who refuse to testify. The convention recessed after adoption to resume with state office nominations.
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Tuttle
Albany
N. Y
New York
Plink
Mrs Smoot resigns from LDS Primary Board in Salt Lake City
Mrs Reed Smoot wife of Utah's senior senator resigns from the General Board of the Primary Association of the Latter Day Saints after ten years. She will depart for Washington with Senator Smoot next month and has long led the S D 8Convalescent Hospital for children since its founding.
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Sal Lake City
Reed Smoot
Utah
The
Latter Day Saints Church
Washington
Smoot
S. D. 8. Children’s Convalescent Hospital
Idaho Fair Tonight With Showers In North
Idaho forecast calls for fair conditions overall with unsettled skies tonight and Saturday. Showers expected in the northern portion, temperatures moderate across the state with comfortable highs and cooler overnight lows.
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Idaho Fair
Hoover names Dixon to board tariff commission
Lincoln Dixon of North Vernon Indiana was reappointed to the tariff commission by President Hoover. The six member bi partisan body includes Fletcher as chairman and four others: Brossard Dennis Page Coulter. Dixon is the first from the Midwest and the reorganization moves forward immediately.
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Lincoln Dixon
North Vernon
Ind
Tariff Commission
Hoover
Fletcher
White House
Dixon
Middle West
Brossard
Utah
Alfred P. Dennis
Maryland
Thomas Walker Page
Virginia
John Les Coulter
North Dakota
Loss of Kee pants shocks Chicago and public
Sam Kee, a Chicago laundry operator, explains his nightly pant removal as an old Chinese custom. A man named Otsie Balfour asked for Kee trousers, fled to the back room, and was quickly jailed by officers noted for pant catching. Kee could not pursue due to lack of pants.
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Sam Kee
Otsie Balfour
Balfour
Kee
Mr. Kee
Otsle Balfour
Otsle
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