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November 9, 1928

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PEASANTS ENGULFED, DIE IN ETNA LAVA; Three Refused to Quit Home-- Birds and Beasts, Fascinated by Fiery Streams, Go to Death. TROOPS BLAST TO SAVE CITY Thousands Dig Canal to Deflect Molten River From Giarre as Flow Increases. Seek to Deviate Lava. PEASANTS ENGULFED, DIE IN ETNA LAVA Three Peasants Trapped. Flow 5 Times Faster Than in 1923 Savant Would Fly Over Scene. Birds Lured to Death.

By Arnaldo Cortesi. Wireless To the New York Times

3 die in lava; efforts to deviate flow

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ROOSEVELT WINS BY 23,616; OTTINGER DOUBTS FIGURES AND STARTS INQUIRY HERE; SEES CHANCE FOR ERRORS Contends Plurality of His Opponent Is Less Than 10,000 in the State. STARTS STEPS FOR RECOUNT On Trail of Fraud Allegations in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn. SMITH HAS VOTE GUARDED Ward Victor--Hubbs Expected to Overtake Crouch--Tremaine in Close Race. Refuses to Concede Defeat. Looking for Frauds. Hoover Plurality 97,492. Errors Are Run Down. Decide on Inquiry Today.

By Unknown Author

Reelection of Copeland confirmed by later returns

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Notable Births

Anne Sexton

1928Anne Sexton, American poet and academic (died 1974)[†]

Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with bipolar disorder, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life, including relationships with her husband and children, whom she physically and sexually assaulted.