Weather > reports from Jackson
ville, Florida, showed the storm
centered about 200 miles south of
Miami and was probably causing
winds of hurricane force along the
sobtheastern Florida coast today.
Vessels have been warned to re
tire to safe places.
LATER REPORTS
HAVANA, Sept. 28.—Late this af
ternoon reports showed 32 persons
are known to be dead, 300 persons
I have been Injured and at least
1,000 homes destroyed. The dam
i age Is, late today, estimated as run
ning into the millions of dollars.
Jamaica has been battered and
Central Cuba lashed.
The storm is advancing toward
the southeast Florida coast.
One ship, the steamer Wanderer,
has wirelessed she is aground on
Point Del Birrll, on the south coast
of Cuba.
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HISTORIC DATE
If the hurricane strikes Florida
today it Will be on the anniversary I
of the great storm of September ■
28, 1928.
Germany
Favoring. j
Sanctions
—
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—The possibil- I
ity of sanctions in the Italo-Ethio- j
plan conflict offered German of-1
ficlals hope for relief in the Reich’s:
economic struggle.
Diplomatic circles admitted that
for the past year this nation has }
anticipated war as a means for j
economic relief through sanctions, i
The spokesman for the Foreign |
Office said there is a possibility1
for opening the markets of Ger-j
many “although this not seriously;
studied.” !
i
Liberals Seen as Big
Problem of Republicans
By BYRON PRICE
(Chief of Bureau, The Associated
Press, Washington)
Most of the current deluge of
public statements dealing with pol
itics are meaningless and unim- ■
portant, but now and then some
public man puts his finger on a
really significant point.
