Sunday, September 16, 1928

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The Headlines

HOMELESS FACE FAMINE; TRAIL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION LEFT BY FURY OF THE TORNADO AT ROCKFORD, ILL. Word by Crippled Wires Tells of Great Porto Rican Devastation. TURK'S ISLAND BADLY HIT Nassau, With Barometer Falling and Communications Weakening, Prepares for the Worst. VIRGIN ISLANDS' LOSS BIG Bishop Colmore Is Missing-- Florida Makes Ready to Save Itself in Oncoming Gale. Headed for Shipping Lanes. Bishop Colmore Reported Missing HURRICANE KILLS FORTY IN PORTO RICO Extensive Destruction at Ponce. Five More Reported Dead. Porto Rican Lepers Homeless. Sugar Crop Badly Damaged. Ten Dead at Ponce. Southern San Juan Leveled. Shipping Wrecked at Turk's Island Nassau Prepares for Storm Goes North of Santo Domingo. Haiti Escapes With Heavy Rain. Florida Makes Ready. Tug Reports Ship in Distress. House Lifted From Its Foundations and Set Down in the Street. RUINS OF FACTORY DEMOLISHED BY TORNADO.

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Makin' Whoopee

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• Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
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Tech Check

Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.

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