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April 27, 1929

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TORNADO DEATH TOLL REACHES 87 IN SOUTH; 500 KNOWN INJURED; Storm Descends at Night on Statesboro, Ga., Killing 34 There and Hurting 70. MANY HOUSES DEMOLISHED Red Cross and National Guard Troops Hurried to Give Aid in Wide Area. TOWNS ARE STILL ISOLATED Property Loss in Georgia and South Carolina Is Estimated at Over $1,250,000. No Warning Clouds Seen. TORNADO DEATH TOLL REACHES 87 IN SOUTH Emergency Hospitals at Cochran. Mightiest Wind He Ever Saw. Few Were Awake in Statesboro.

By Special to The New York Times

Tornado death toll reaches 87 in Ga and S C; 500 known injured

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STYLES CONVICTED OF QUEENS PERJURY; Fourth Man Found Guilty as Result of Harvey Charges Liable to 20-Year Term. JURY IS OUT TWO HOURS Prisoner's Wife and 3 Children Hear Verdict--Judge Adel to Fix Penalty Friday. Styles Erect as He Hears Verdict. Outgrowth of Berg-Levin Trial. Testify on Krusader Membership. STYLES CONVICTED OF QUEENS PERJURY Harvey Denies Testimony.

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Styles convicted; Harvey denies testimony relating to his membership in Krusaders

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HOUSE DRYS APPLAUD DEFENSE OF KILLING; WETS REPROVE THEM; Holaday Justifies Shooting by Policeman in Liquor Chase at the Capital. SAYS LAW MUST BE UPHELD LaGuardia Deplores Demonstration, Calling It Start ofNew Era in Enforcement.POINTS TO I'M ALONE CASEBlack Declares It "the Most Outrageous Scene" He EverBeheld in House. Holaday Justifies Policeman. Dry Says House Approves Killing. LaGuardia Draws a Parallel. HOUSE DRYS APPLAUD DEFENSE OF KILLING Predicts Defeat in I'm Alone Case. Says Dry Law Upsets Standards. Opposes Killing in Such a Case.

By Special to The New York Times

House drys applaud defense of killing by Wash policeman of O H Fleming, driver of liquor-laden auto; LaGuardia and L M Black reprove them

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Notable Births

Nina Ponomaryova

1929Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (died 2016)[†]

Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova was a Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion.