Palm Beach Hotels Destroyed In Fire Rampage
Two grand Palm Beach hotels the Breakers and Palm Beach burned to the ground amid a larger blaze costing millions. Looting arrests followed as residents grappled with widespread property losses and rumors of casualties. In Illinois a massive tornado event left over a thousand feared dead and millions in damage across Murphysboro West Frankfort Parrish and De Soto with rescue hampered by fires and debris.
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Tornado toll tops 700 with several towns devastated
Casualty totals from the Wednesday tornado across five Midwest states show 708 dead and about 2,072 injured. Reports detail massive destruction at Murphysboro and surrounding towns including Par rish, Griffin, and Poseyville with schools and shops destroyed and martial law in effect.
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Tornado Toll Topples Six States Across Midwest
Estimates ranged from a low 942 to a high several thousand dead or injured as a massive tornado swept through six Midwestern states. The storm, arising from Arkansas’ Ozark region, caused widespread destruction from Annapolis Missouri to southern Illinois, including De Soto and Murphysboro, with many towns razed and hundreds unaccounted.
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Radio Station Raises 8800 for Storm Relief Drive
Radio station WLS in Chicago collected 8800 in pledges from across the Midwest and Cheyenne Wyoming to aid storm victims in Illinois and Indiana. The drive aims for 10000 and followed an all night telecast with appeals for donations to the relief fund.
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Victory for Goop Road men in House action
In Des Moines the Goop Road faction won a 53 to 52 House vote adopting Representative Johnson’s resolution to set the road bill as a special order with a simple majority. The measure would move the road control bill from calendar position 99 to the front, needing three more votes than were secured today. Senate debate on the Pearmen bank guarantee bill extended into the afternoon with supporters and opponents arguing over scope and banking implications.
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Psychology Plays Important Part in McClintock Case
In Chicago on March 18, Judge Harry Olson a renowned psychologist led the investigation into the typhoid death of William W. McClintock. Olson, longtime Municipal Court justice, helped establish a psychopath laboratory and influenced the inquiry into William D. Shepherd, foster father and alleged heir, by highlighting germ concerns at the coroner’s inquest.
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Rescue efforts continue to reach 64 miners in West Virginia mine blast
The Absorviated Press reports tireless workers press deeper into Mine No 41 at Bethlehem Mines Barrackville aiming to reach 64 entombed miners after an explosion. By late Tuesday the shaft had been penetrated over 4000 feet with no bodies found and no signs of survivors though hope persists.
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Shepherd in Same Cell as Leopold
Chicago March 19 Wm D Shepherd foster father of Wm Mc Clintock orphan millionaire today occupied the same county jail cell as Nathan Leopold Jr awaiting trial for killing Robert Franks. Prosecutors investigate a theory that typhoid germs he is accused of giving Me Clintock to kill him may have come from the city health department.
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Storm tolls rise after Midwest tornadoes and storms
Murphysboro Illinois reports 152 bodies recovered with 100 to 150 more believed dead and 250 in emergency hospitals with serious injuries. Cape Girardeau Missouri says five killed and 25 or more injured north of town. Doctors say 15 dead in Gorham Illinois.
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Grjson Evansville Tornado Grave Toll Rises Report
A tornado swept Griffin Indiana killing many and leaving only four houses standing. Police reported forty bodies found in the streets and noted the death toll was not yet known as rescue crews searched the area.
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Illinois not sent guard troops beyond 113th Infantry
Adjutant General Black announced in Springfield that no national guard units other than the 113th infantry were deployed into storm damaged portions of Illinois.
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Death toll estimate amid Sumner county reports
Reports from Gallatin Sumner county estimate the death list might exceed thirty with about twenty five known fatalities and the rest likely injured.
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Tornado Death Toll Rises Across Southern Illinois
West Frankfort Illinois reports 115 dead the overall count from yesterday's tornado with 13 dead in Benton 14 in Lokan 25 in Parrish and at least 85 in De Soto according to tallies released today by local authorities.
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Severe Kentucky storms kill at least sixteen in daybreak
Louisville reports say sixteen or more were killed and scores injured in a string of storms across Kentucky yesterday afternoon with many believed fatally wounded. Local agencies and the Associated Press note widespread damage and ongoing casualty tallies.
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Jardine Saders Wheat Price Quiz
Washington March 19 The Agriculture Department ordered field agents to examine books and trading ideas of grain exchanges and large brokers as its first step in probing violent wheat price fluctuations. Orders sent to Chicago St Louis Kansas City and other points.
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Storm Kills Dozens Across Hamilton County Areas
A powerful storm yesterday killed at least forty people in Hamilton County rural sections. A Mount Vernon report put deaths at 14 between Enfield and Carmi, Washington. President Coolidge urged using all American Red Cross facilities to aid Midwest storm victims.
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Bedtime Tale Brings German Ambassador to Washington
Washington March 19 A new bedtime story from Grimm and Andersen reaches U S along with Baron Ago von Maltzan the new German ambassador his wife and daughter The tale links the Maltzan lineage to a magical pearl necklace passed from father to son and famed for bringing fortune with a family curse if damaged
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Tornado Toll Reaches Record Heights Across States
Reports recount a disaster described as the worst storm in the country with high casualties. Claims list hundreds dead in multiple regions including St. Louis and the southern states, noting several major tornado events since 1910 and earlier outbreaks in 1920 and 1921.
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Senate adjourns still opposed to Warren nomination
Washington March 19 The senate adjourned after a turbulent special session begun March 4 and will not reconvene until December unless a special session is called President Coolidge has not indicated any plan The Senate again refused to approve the re submission of Thomas Woodlock of New York to the Interstate Commerce Commission The president is expected to name Woodlock by recess appointment
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