Corpus Christi hurricane death toll climbs high
Corpus Christi and nearby areas faced a massive toll from a tropical hurricane. Forty-seven bodies were brought to the county courthouse morgue with 56 additional deaths reported near Portland across Nueces Bay. Property losses neared 10 million dollars as industries halted and sanitation deteriorated amid debris and flooding. The army relief train arrived with supplies, cots, blankets, and tents to support distribution and relief work.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Tex
County Court House
Portland
Nueces Bay
Sa Antonia
Soldier's Rest
North Beach
Death toll from Neuces Bay disaster reaches seventy seven
Dallas News dispatch from Linton Texas reports seventy seven bodies washed ashore on Neuces bay coast. Of the recovered remains thirty eight from West Portland thirty nine from White Point nine from Lonton and one from Odem. Relatives gather at improvised morgues as frantic scenes unfold with unidentifiable victims awaiting burial.
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Dallas
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Dallas News
Linton
Texas
Neuces Bay
West Portland
White Point
Lonton
Odem
Six deaths reported from Port Aransas storm
Brownsville Texas September 16 There were only six deaths at Port Aransas in Sundays storm according to a fireless report issued tonight at Fort Here which had picked up from a steamer in the.
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Brownsville
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Port Aransas
Cardinal Mercier Thanks U S For Belgium's Struggle
Cardinal Mercier, prime prelate of Belgium, addressed a packed Lyric theater in Baltimore. He praised American support during Belgium’s time of trial and urged continued aid for Belgium's social reconstruction. He called America honest and noted its unity and deeds over words.
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Lyric Theater
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
America
Belgum
Body of 16 year old girl found on Lincoln highway near Provinna
Sheriff A N Sprague received a Salt Lake City report of a girl's body found late last night near Provinna on the Lincoln highway. The girl, about 16, had identification marks suggesting Twin Falls origin, but no Twin FallsMissing person is known. Weather affected wires, delaying a full description. a search to confirm local connection will proceed today.
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A. N. Sprague
Salt Lake City
Lincoln Highway
Provinna
Twin Falls
Sprague
Lloyd George Denounces Bullitt Statements as Inaccurate
A Downing Street statement relayed by the Press Association says William C Bullitt’s remarks are a garbled mix of private talks with Prime Minister Lloyd George at a breakfast and other conversations. The premier dismisses the claims as grotesquely inaccurate, noting no statement was given for publication and memory faults as the likely cause.
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London
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Downing Street
Lloyd George
William C. Bullett
Bullitt
Russia
Lord Lansdowne
Germans expected to accept Allied demands in Paris protocol
Berlin reports the Zeitung Am Mittag states it is confidently expected that the German government will accede to the supreme council in Paris. Germany would submit a written agreement or protocol clarifying that article 61 of the German constitution permitting a union with Austria does not contravene the peace treaty ban on such a union.
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Zeitung Am Mittag
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Paris
Germany
Austria
President Wilson Signs Legion Measure on Special Train
President Wilson signed an act of Congress forming the American Legion during a California stop at Hornbrook on a special train. He greeted crowds including many schoolchildren and spoke of the league of nations. at Shasta Springs the president and Mrs. Wilson walked unguarded. They visited Robert T. Small, injured in an automobile accident, and wished him a speedy recovery as Dr Grayson forecast a quick return to health.
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Hornbrook
Cal
Congress
American Legion
California
Oregon
League
League of Nations
C. B. Lambkin
Ashland
Shasta Springs
Mount Shasta
Portland
Grayson
Capital Ready for Spectacle
Washington readies for a grand victory parade led by General Pershing with about 25 000 veterans marching up Pennsylvania Avenue. Vice President Marshall will review the force in Wilson’s absence as crowds of half a million gather, while Pershing misses a Missouri visit due to pressing duties.
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Wilson
General Pershing
Missouri
Hoover Warns Against Socialism and Calls for American Path
New York. Herbert Hoover, addressing an American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers dinner, argues socialism has bankrupt itself and urges the United States to uphold moral leadership and develop an American solution based on national instincts and ideals. He cites Russia’s revolution as proof of socialism’s failure and warns against experiments in foreign social diseases.
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America
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Eliizabeth
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Associated Press
New York
Herbert Hloover
American Institute of Mining and Metalurgical Engineers
Jenines and
Trotzkys
Russia
Europe
Hy lan Warns New York Police Not to Strike
Mayor Hylan told a committee of policemen demanding pay raises that he would not tolerate a police strike in New York and a repetition of Boston unrest. He said agitators in the force must be suppressed, and he would consider the request and do what he could.
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Associated Press
New York
Hylan
Boston
Reward Offered for Recovery of Two Lieutenants’ Bodies
The War Department authorized a $1,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the bodies of Lieutenants Frederick Waterhouse and Cecil H. Conan. The patrol pilots disappeared August 21 in Lower California, the notice announced from Rockwell Field, San Diego.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
War Department
Frederick Waterhouse
Cecil H. Con
H. L. Watson
Rockwell Field
Lower
California
Maximum sugar price set at 11 cents per pound
A Spokane report notes a proposed maximum sugar price of 11 cents per pound announced by officials. The filing indicates enforcement and potential adjustments, reflecting wartime controls. The brief mentions Associated Press attribution and the broader price ceiling context.
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Spokane
Senate Begins Reading German Peace Treaty Amendment
The Associated Press reports in Washington that formal reading of the German peace treaty for amendment started late in the Senate after a partisan clash. Democrats pressed for a pledge from Senator Lodge to keep the pact before the body. Smoot moved to pursue other business but withdrew as a quorum question arose.
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Senate
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Smoot
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senator Lodge
Johnson
California
Great Britain
United States
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