Relief trains arrive; refugees fill roads; storm hits Pensacola
56 bodies found near dike break
Public asked to contribute to Red Cross relief
As communications fail in the hurricane zone, correspondents circulate sharply rising loss estimates while rescuers distinguish recovered bodies from missing residents near Lake Okeechobee. The page connects this uncertain field reporting to a national response: Coolidge offers executive assistance and asks Americans to send donations through the Red Cross. Its selected accounts describe both urgent material needs and the limits of the information reaching Washington.
More than thirty-eight thousand people made homeless
Maxwell Field plane to rush to the aid of Alabamians in storm area
The hurricane reaches Montgomery through family telegrams, reports of interrupted essential services in Miami, and a proposed military flight to assess the needs of Alabamians in Florida. The local death report explicitly leaves a husband’s fate unverified, while the aircraft notice depends on suitable weather. Together the selected passages show how personal uncertainty, damaged urban services and conditional relief plans shaped the paper’s account of the disaster.
Investigation into four deaths in a railway collision
Florida hurricane estimates and relief dominate the page. Alongside them are Meighen’s announced resignation timetable and the opening of the Kent Bridge railway inquiry.
Miami’s destruction leads the page, alongside a conditional forecast of renewed Franco-German talks. A separate essay describes Florida’s appeal as an American holiday destination.
Debt cancellation, opposition to a civic tax and colonial development sit beside one another. These selected passages preserve the paper’s attribution to Keynes and the political judgments of its own columnists.
A Vienna editorial uses the Lueger commemoration to warn against political self-destruction. Other columns report uncertain Miami casualties and Pangalos’s alleged invasion plans.
The Thoiry clarification separates Loucheur’s travel from an official German mission. A New York–Paris aviation heading and a Marseille demolition report show contrasting projects of the day.
Voluntary contributions for the franc — Voluntary contributions for Tonkin’s flood victims
Franco-German rapprochement
Disarmament
The lead criticizes depleted reserves while appealing to reciprocal duties between government and people. Nearby reports describe the Thoiry talks and League deliberations on disarmament proposals.
Can a parliamentary deputy be a municipal president?
Lloyd George interprets Germany’s reception at the League and contrasts Briand with Clemenceau. A separate polemic debates whether a parliamentary deputy may also head a municipality.
Princess Astrid’s engagement to Crown Prince Leopold
Terrible natural disaster in Florida
Prohibition reform, an expected royal engagement and conflicting hurricane reports share the page. The selections distinguish proposed controls, anticipated announcements and unconfirmed figures.
The rectorship report describes helium research and international physics discussions. Teachers vote on donations and school trips, while a tropical-medicine report recalls insufficient hospital beds.
International economic conference to be convened next year
Under Mr Feng’s guidance, Mr Lu to take overall command
No further statement needed
Headings describe preparations for an international economic conference, a National Army revival plan based at Baotou, and Kenseikai approval of a government statement.
Notice from the undersigned banks and savings institutions
An Army Day speech defends the political transition and invokes constitutional order. Free films entertain children, while banks announce Monday closures with a collections exception.
Argentine polo team defeats Orange County in the first period
The paper prints the grounds for rejecting a habeas corpus application, circulates an unconfirmed confession rumour, and reports Argentina’s 10–3 polo victory.
A maritime editorial calls for emigrant protection and regular overseas services. Local columns criticize animal cruelty and a water standpost left unusable for lack of pipes.