Sinking of St Philibert Claims 442 Drowned in Biscay Storm
Excursion steamer St Philibert sank off Noirmoutier during a violent Bay of Biscay storm. Officials cite about 400 drowned with eight survivors rescued and 43 who refused to board on return. Crowds along the coast await news as search continues.
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Melvin K. Whiteleather
Nantes
France
St. Philibert
Bay of Biscay
Noirmoutier Island
St. Nazaire
Pointe de St. Gildas
Loire River
St. Nazaira
Noirmoutier
St. Gilas Point
St. Gildas Point
Europe
British Isles
Pornic
Hutchinson Hit By Heavy Hailstorm Damages Bresee College
A heavy hailstorm struck Hutchinson Kansas on June 15 damaging Bresee College and Nazarene theological school roofs and destroying over 100 window panes. Crops suffered widespread loss with wheat fields flattened north of the city and reports of large hail scattered across Newton area.
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Hutchinson
Kans
Bresee College
Augusta Attorney Held for Taking Estates Funds
Augusta Georgia June 15 Attorney George M Stanton returned from Aiken D C to face warrants accusing misappropriation of funds from the Linwood C Hayne and Mary E Anderson estates He posted 25000 bond per warrant and says he will provide a full accounting Trustees report bonds valued at 237009 not turned over as court ordered and Stanton as executor and trustee was deposed Details of bonds to be arranged while receivers John C Harper and National Exchange Bank prepare to report to Judge A L Franklin on lack of required accountings Court estimated estates worth over 300000 with 252000 Hayne estate and 53000 Anderson estate indicated
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Augusta
George M. Stanton
Aiken
D. C
Linwood C. Hayne
Mary E. Anderson
Stanton
Hayne
Anderson
George Hains
John C. Harper
National Exchange Bank
Superior Court
A. L. Franklin
March Stanton
Warships Race to Claim Small Islands
A British cruiser and a Brazilian warship race to plant flags on two unnamed islets in the South Atlantic near St Pauls Rocks after a master on the Lelande located the land at 27.20 west 0.50 north. The George Town and a Brazilian vessel compete with possible French interest over the new land for an air route to Brazil.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South Atlantic
Lelande
St. Paul’s Rocks
H. M. S. Georgetown
Henry W Miller Dies at 81 in West Point Georgia
Henry W Miller 81 died at his West Point home in the early hours. He leaves his widow a son Dr Hal C Miller of Atlanta and a daughter Mrs John T Johnson of West Point. He served as a trustee and steward in the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church.
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West Point
Henry W. Miller
Hal C. Miller
Atlanta
John T. Johnson
Miller
North Georgia
The
Methodist Church
Tragedy Strikes as Two Drown in Dalton River
Relatives in Dalton report the drowning deaths of John Lake Brooker 28 of San Diego formerly of Georgia Tech. A female companion also perished and the bodies had not been recovered.
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Dalton
John Lake Brooker
San Diego
California
Georgia School of Technology
Spain Departs Cardinal Saenz Under Guard
Cardinal Pedro Segura Saenz the primate of Spain was deported by the republican government after being escorted from Guadalajara to the French border. He was guarded by police as mobs shouted anti clerical slogans and crowds gathered near the monastery. The minister of the interior did not state the charges while the government cited peace risks.
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Madrid
Pedro Segura Saenz
Spain
Segura
Guadalajara
Maura
Alcala Zamora
Cardinal Segura
Rome
Pedro Segura Y Saenz
Toledo
Vatican
Mtguel Maura
Senor Maura
National Assembly
Alejandron Lerroux
Burgos
Logrono
American Delegate Seeks World Disarmament Data
Washington reports the United States will submit its military strength data to the League of Nations conference. Secretary Stimson sent a note hoping other nations publish figures. Gibson prepared the figures showing land forces 139,957, navy 109,886, and air forces 27,324 with officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel.
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Washington
League
Stimson
United States
Hugh’ .S. Gibson
Belgium
Geneva
America
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Army Air Corps
Naval Air Force
Frazer Faces Trial in Womans Murder Case
State rests in the William M. Frazer murder trial as Frazer reads his account of Phoebe Stader murder driving a grey sedan to Virginia with the body. Identified by her husband Philip Stader, the victim’s body was found in Virginia woods after an interstate disappearance.
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Frazer
Philip Stader
Virginia Woods
Phoebe
Raleigh
N. C
Walden
N. Y
Florida
New Jersey
Washington
Virginia
Woman Baseball Club Owner Dies in Milwaukee
Mrs Florence Killilea Boley 29 vice president of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball club died today at Milwaukee General Hospital after a two week illness.
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Woman Baseball Club
Milwaukee
Wis
Florence Killilea Boley
Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee General Hospital
Weather forecast for the Carolinas and Gulf region
Local showers and thundershowers sweep South Carolina Georgia and Florida with moderate southwest to easterly winds. Alabama shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers. Northwest Florida reports partly cloudy conditions with continuing thundershowers tonight and Tuesday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ghastly tale of sinking excursion steamer at St Nazaire
A 20-year-old carpenter Daniel Duverger recounted the sinking of the excursion steamer St Philibert off St Nazaire on June 15. He swam after the ship overturned, clung to a lifeboat, and witnessed passengers and his wife drown as rescue ships arrived too late.
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Carpenter
St. Nazaire
France
Daniel Duverger
St. Philibert
Duverger
Biiquet
Albert Betty
Coast Guard Nets Big Rum Finds Off Atlantic Coast
The Coast Guard seized a $100000 yacht Surf at Montauk Point with $300000 in liquor aboard. A speed boat with 250 sacks of liquor valued at $12500 was caught in Block Island Sound. A motorboat crew fled ashore in Little Harbor New Hampshire leaving $20000 in contraband. other crews were captured.
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Associated Press
Sam
Atlantic
Montauk Point
Long Island
Block Island Sound
Little Harbor
New Hampshire
American Murdered Near Ciudad Mier Mexico
The murder of Kingsley Camden Mitchell of San Francisco was reported by the American embassy in Mexico City. Mitchell, an assistant geologist for the Richmond Petroleum Company, was killed about four miles from Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas.
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Washington
Kingsley Camden Mitchell
San Francisco
Ciudad Mier
Tamaulipas
Mexico
State Department
Mexico City
Mitchell
Richmond Petroleum Company
Rate Cut War By Coastal Steamers May End Soon
Washington June 15 Intercoastal shipping operators failed to reach a definite result on ending the rate cutting war and adjourned to Wednesday for a five member New York conference. The talks pressed for regulation of inter coastal rates by either the shipping board or the Interstate Commerce Commission as officials warned drastic action may follow.
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Washington
New York
The
Shipping Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
O'Connor
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
Luckenbach Lines
Luckenbach
M. J. Buckley
Dollar Steamship Lines
Kai-Shek Re-elected Chinese President
Chiang Kai-shek was reelected president of the Chinese republic by the fifth plenary session of the Kuomintang central executive committee in Nanking on June 15.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kei-shek
Chinese Republic
Central Executive Committee
The
Kuomintang
Drought Deepens Across Northwest Farms Report
The weather bureau warned a drought worse than last year grips the northwest from Wisconsin to the Pacific. Wheat and crops are reportedly beyond recovery with scant relief expected from rain. Severe shortages loom in North Dakota Montana and parts of Oregon Washington and Texas. Senator Caraway urged converting drought relief funds into a revolving pool for five years.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Wisconsin
Pacific
North Dakota
Montana
Oregon
South
Appalachians
North Carolina
New England
Agriculture Department
Phillips and
Valley
Montrail
Texas
Missouri
South Carolina
Georgia
Red River Valley
North
South Dakota
J. B. Kincer
Walsh
Congress
Arkansas
Mississippi
Wheather Bureau
Alabama
Caraway
Arkansas Democrat
One Type of Club May Be Reopened Now
Rome reports the Italian government allows reopening of Catholic laymen clubs called Oratorios starting with eight in Turin. The order targets religious and cultural instruction venues for youths, with plans to extend to similar institutions nationwide. The policy limits to avoid competing with fascist youth groups.
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Rome
Italy
Turin
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Canton
Cardinal Saenz
Cardinal
Presa
Phor
Francis Peabody
Boston
Mineola
Court House
Starr Faithfull
Long Beach
Coast Guard
David Lloyd George
Liberal Party
MacDonald
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