Loss of Puerto Rico hurricane toll and relief efforts
Reports from Associated Press estimate about 1,000 dead and near half the island homeless with 300,000 needing food. Property damage likely exceeds 100 million as American Red Cross dispatches funds and Gov. Towner appeals for aid. Florida hit as the storm batters Miami to Jupiter. minimal reports emerge of damage and isolated communications. Hoover campaigns in Newark with planned address and radio hookup. calls for broad support amid election battle. Public protests mount against federal radio commission reallocation affecting WHO and WOI. bankers Life argues WHO's usefulness would be destroyed. A California murder case details a 21-year-old suspected killer confined to a Riverside area. Senator Curtis arrives in Spencer for campaign stop. Gov. Smith to Omaha and Brookhart in Des Moines as a busy political week unfolds. A money-valued letter found by Mrs. Dempsey could support a stock bonus claim from the 1890s.
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Associated Press
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American Red ‘Cross
Ies
Towner
Senator Curtis
Spencer
Curtis
Midwest
Guv
al Smith
Omaha
Iowa
Brookhart
Des Moines
Farmers Union
Jacksonville
Fla
Gifford Grange
4AFC
Palm Beach
Miami
Howard Selby
Palm
Jupiter
Florida
Weather Bureau
West Palm Beach
Washington, D. C
Fort Lauderdale
Pla
Navy Department
Key Wi Tl
Rey. West
R. W.moneely
Caval
Kellogg Proposal Seeks Nonpartisan War Pact Policy
Secretary of State Kellogg urges nonpartisan consideration of an international treaty to outlaw war, arguing foreign policy should be American in essence, not tied to any party. He notes continuity of foreign policy across administrations and calls for policy beyond presidential campaigns.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
D. C
Kelloge
State Department
Europe
Kellogg
Senate
Altho
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Kellozg
Woodrow Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Spain
Bryan
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Russia
America
United States Senate
League
Woodlaw
Courier delivery by 6:30 at your home
The notice states Home delivery by 6 30. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please call S10 and a copy will be sent. Call C must reach this office before DP.
Six More Bodies Found in Rockford Factory Ruins
The Rockford tornado death toll rose to 14 as workers recovered six bodies from Rockford Chair and Furniture Co factory B. Identified victims are Gunnard Ryden August J Peterson Olaf Larson Martin Anderson Herman Weidelli and an unidentified man. Rescue crews search the northwest stairway shard as crowds watch. Reconstruction plans underway with a $1.5 million damage estimate.
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Rockford
Cii
Rockford Chair & Furniture Co
Gunnard Ryden
August J. Peterson
Olaf Larson
Martin Anderson
Herman Weidelli
American
Walter E. Burwell
Rockford Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo Red Cross Relief Drive Aids Hurricane Victims
Waterloo chapter chairman Herman G Miller received a contribution from William Baxter Jr of St Louis representing John Barlow Payne national Red Cross chairman. Donations go to Miller at Hotel Russell Lamson. checks payable to American Red Cross. Waterloo residents have historically supported such appeals.
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Waterloo
West Indies
Herman G. Miller
Red Grass
Willam
MT. Baxter
St. Louis
John Barlow Payne
Washington, D.C
Miller
Russell-Lamson
Red Cross
Miners Refuse New Wage Scale Strike
Springfield Ill Sept 17 Six hundred coal miners at the Capitol mine owned and operated by Peabody Coal company struck to reject the Chicago wage scale of 6.10 a day for day workers. They had been paid 7.50 under the old Jacksonville scale, and the new terms were accepted only after a statewide referendum.
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Springfield
Ill
U.A
Capitol Mine
Peabody Coal Company
Chicago
Jacksonville
Kidnapped American Miner Released by Mexican Bandits
Washington reports that E. J. Bumstead, an American mining engineer, has been released by Mexican bandits. He was captured in late August and held for a reported $20,000 ransom, which was said to have been forwarded to the captors. The information comes as unconfirmed but seemingly reliable from the state department.
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Washington, D. C
E. J. Bumsted
State Department
Bumsted
Boy Falls
Jump State Center
Uri
Emmett Fox
Northwestern
Young Fox
Rover Carter
Carter
Short Interviews With Home Folks
William J. Zarate of 224 Nowell Street says paving from Waterloo to Dubuque, except seven miles west of Dubuque, is needed and welcome for motorists. He notes the stretch east of Winthrop as once among the worst in the state, impassable in spring and rain, a bad condition for a main Chicago highway.
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Waterloo
Dubuque
William J. Zarate
Nowell Street
Tony
Winthrop
Chicago
Two Iowa Women Safe in Porto Rico
Cablegrams report the safety of two Iowa women in the hurricane struck Porto Rico. Ruth Megghelsen of Montrose, a dietitian at San Juan Presbyterian Hospital, is unharmed. Dr. and Mrs. O B Hawley of Corning received word their daughter Rowenna Hawley in San Juan is safe teaching there.
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Porto Rico
Ruth Megghelsen
Montrose
Presbyterian Hospital
San Juan
Board of National Missions
New York City
O.B. Hawley
Corning
Des Moines
Sept. Ier
Rowenna Hawley
Safant San Juan
Names of kidnap gang revealed by police in Billy Ranieri case
Chicago dispatch says all members of the kidnap ring holding 10 year old Billy Ranieri for sixty thousand dollars have been identified by police. Three men, Salvatore Mastroianni Renaldo Schiedo and Angelo Petit, are already in custody amid threats to decapitate the boy. Police expect the other band members to be arrested and the boy recovered unharmed.
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Chicago
Billy Ranieri
A. Frank Ranieri
Salvatore Mastroianni
Renaldo
the Skid
Porto Rico Starves as Hurricane Toll Tops One Thousand
The hurricane devastated San Juan and Porto Rico with an estimated thousand deaths and up to two hundred thousand people said to be hungry. Half the island’s population near two million was thought homeless while property losses could exceed 100 million. A petition urged martial law, requisitioning food, rationing, and drafting all able bodied men to accelerate relief efforts.
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San Juan
Porto
Rico
Porto Rico
Horace M. Towner
Mounsey to Speak at Episcopal Parleys in Ames
Episcopal clergy from Iowa gathered in Ames for their annual conference. The two day session ends Wednesday night with plans to meet again next year. Speakers include Rev EB Randall of Chicago Diocese, Rev E B Mounsey of Waterloo, and Rev L A H Matheus of Ottumwa. Clergy will stay at Alumni Hall dormitory on Iowa State campus.
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Ames
U.P
Piscopal Clergy of Iowa
Episcopalisymen of Iowa
EB. J. Randall
Chicago
E. B
Mounsey
Waterloo
L. AH
Matheus
Ottumwa
Alumni Hall
Towa State College
Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Murder in Iowa case near Rolfe
Pocahontas Iowa September 17 W A J W Arnett fisherman near Rolfe charged with murder of Clarence Coffin livestock buyer today pleaded guilty when district court opened to determine degree before sentencing Coffin found shot to death near Arnett fishing shack August 20 The Des Moines Methodist conference also selected Indianola for its 1929 annual meeting date September 17
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Pocahontas
W.A
J. W. Arnett
Rolfe
Clarence Coffin
F. GC. Davidson
Coffin
Arnett
Indianola
Boone, Ta
Des Moines
Fire at Forum Burns Out Interiors of Two Stores
A fire originating from a first floor furnace at 11 36 a m today damaged the Forum drug store and Forum grocery store on Sycamore and Eleventh streets. Losses total about 6000 with drug stock and fixtures $4060 and grocery $1500 plus $500 for the building. The Forum dance hall above remained undamaged. Firemen fought the blaze with four water streams, preventing spread to other sections of the large Forum block. Minor damage was noted to the barber shop and cafe. The owner of the drug store Roy Metzger said the loss is largely insured. the building is owned by a syndicate from Wilfield Pa with Rex Bryant as agent.
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Forum Drug Store
Forum Grocery
Sycamore and
Eleventh Street
Forum
Forum Dance Hall
Forum ‘Drug Store
Roy Metzger
H. G. Ferguson
Winfeld
Rex Bryant
Roy Miller
Forum Barber Shop
Aa DeFrance
Forum Cafe
Metz Ber
Vaudeville Team Killed As Auto Hits Train
Five members of The Violin Maniacs were killed when their sedan rammed a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train near Elkhorn Wisconsin. Two men and three women identified, others injured and hospitalized in serious condition.
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Eikhorn
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Weys & Pacific Railroad
Afth
A. Haggerly
Elkhorn
Majeau Bauslau
Harry Touglass
Chicago
Centerville
U.ri—A. Woy
Clarksdale
Freddy Valentine
Mermie Valentine
Josephine Sacco
Jasper Serco
Milile Valentine
Mary Mallette
Trene Catraccio
Valentine
Frank Valentine
Woman Dies in Farm Water Tank Near Waterloo
Mrs. William Glenny 49 of Mott North Dakota was found dead today in a farm water tank four miles southwest of Waterloo on the Black Hawk road. Firemen pumped water from her lungs but she could not be revived. Coroner Dr. S D. Smith believes a heart attack caused her to fall into the tank. She recently came from Mott for her sister-in-law's funeral in Cedar Falls. Surviving: stepmother Mrs. Virden, a brother Bert Virden, Cedar Falls, and sister Mrs. Lilian Peddicord, Los Angeles. The body is at the Kistner mortuary.
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William Glenny
Mott
N. D
Cc. W. Virden
Waterloo
Black Hawk Road
Oo. W. Virder
Glenny
Methodist Episcopal Church
Order of Eastern Star
Bert Virden
Cedar Falls
Lilian) Peddicord
Los Angeles
Kistner
Florida hurricane toll rises as damage reported
A wave of reports from Florida cities shows severe hurricane impact across Palm Beach area and westward toward Jupiter. West Palm Beach area fires, damaged buildings, and possible fatalities are cited by radio and telegraph sources, with early estimates of missing persons and refugees seeking shelter in Palm Beach and Delray Beach.
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Tampa
Fla
West Palm Beach
Falm Beach
Jacksonville
Palm Beach
Vicinita
Palm Beach Times
Boynton
Fin
Clifford Grange
Ten Years Ago in the Service From Everett Crisman Tale
Everett Crisman of 415 Campbell avenue recalls World War I service with a machine gun unit in the Thirty Fourth Division. He left New York Sept 15 aboard an English transport noting tea and bread meals with mutton and pickled walnuts. After the armistice soldiers staged a vaudeville show running tents in their sector and called it machine gun vaudeville.
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Orpheum
A. F
Everett Crisman
Campbell Avemie
Crisman
New York
Clinton Man Seeks Lieutenant Governorship
Des Moines Sept 7 Marion Andersen a Republican gubernatorial hopeful adds his name to the race for lieutenant governor in a letter to the state central committee. H L Smith, representing many supporters, says Andersen is a strong vote getter in northern Iowa. The committee meets Oct 1 to pick a candidate.
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Des Moines
Marion
Andersen
Clinton
State Central Committee
H. L. Smith
Anderson
Towa
Smith
Fire at Washburn Crosby Flour Plant Damages $200,000
A blaze at the Washburn Crosby Flour company plant in Minneapolis started early Sunday and burned an eight story building. Firefighters from thirty companies fought the flames until late Sunday night. No injuries were reported as the plant was closed for fumigation. The spread was halted by walls between the adjacent buildings.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Washburn Crosby Flour Company
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