Shanghai battle scene map shows allied defenses and districts
The caption describes fierce fighting along the Whangpoo river near Shanghai with U S marines, British and French troops guarding the international settlement and Soochow creek. It notes Pookung district housing Japanese cloth mills and marks Chapei district, all amid bloody combat after Japanese entry.
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Whangpoo
Yangtze Delta
U. S
Soochow Creek
Pookung
International Settlement
Chapei District
Shanghai
Oil tax clash amid budget crisis in Washington
Acting Ways and Means chair Crisp urged oil importers to endure sacrifices to close the treasury gap as hearings on a petroleum import tax opened. Robert Stewart of Pan-American warned a two cent per gallon levy would halt imports and raise fuel prices, while Crisp warned of widespread tax increases to balance the budget. In Shanghai, Japanese marines pressed the Cha pei and Hongkew sectors after a four hour battle with Chinese forces, with air reconnaissance and heavy artillery marking the clash.
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Washington
Crisp
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Georgia Democrat
Collier
Robert Stewart
Pan - American Petroleum and Transport Company
Stewart Crisp
Sewart
United Press
Shanghai
Hongkew
Hongkow
House Beautiful Tickets on Sale at City Drug
Tickets for Channing Pollock's The House Beautiful to be staged at Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday February 3 are on sale at City Drug Store No 1k. Both matinee and evening shows offered with prices 25 cents to 1.50 for matinee and 50 cents to 2 for evening. Mail orders to Wilbur C Hawk News-Globe Amarillo with return envelope and remittance. tickets sent by return mail.
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Channing Pollock
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Wilbur C. Hawk
News-Globe
Amarillo
Burglars Loot Castro County Sheriff Office in Dimmitt
Burglars broke into the Castro County sheriff and tax assessor’s office in Dimmitt Texas and took several thousand dollars in checks and money orders plus cash. Sheriff J H Flanagin said more than 800 dollars in currency was left in an inner vault drawer. Entry was through a window. vault door pried from wall. two men on foot left town by car parked outside. No suspects yet.
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Dimmitt
Tex
Castro County
J. H. Flanagin
Texas Utilities Company
Fort Worth
Denver
Flanagin
Ships Sailors. Any War San Diego Plans Placidly
Arthur Brisbane notes San Diego harbor is crowded with United States warships and aircraft carriers heading to the Hawaiian Islands, a preplanned show of force not tied to current tensions with China or Japan. The host city watches the naval display with keen interest as strategic Pacific tensions unfold.
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San Diego
Mexico
Calif
United States
U. S. Grant
Asia
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Pacific
Coronado Roads
Saratoga
Lexington
Admiral Leigh
San Diego Union
Panama Canal
Hawaiian Islands
China
Reconstruction Finance Corp begins duties with board oath
Washington reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation officially started its duties with Charles Gates Dawe Jesse H Jones and Harvey C Couch taking oath as directors. Eugene Meyer Paul Bestor and Ogden Mills did not take oath as they were government officials. Mills said rapid board organization would precede loan making and Mills met with President Hoover before a closed board meeting. Ambulance services advertised after the event.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles Gates Dawe
Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Harvey C. Couch
Pine Bluff
Ark
Eugene Meyer
Board of
Paul Bestor
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Ogden Mills
The
Treasury
Wilson McCarthy
Salt Lake City
Senate
Mills
Hoover
Bronx Gunmen Kill Four as Schultz Coll War Roars
In the Bronx on February 2, gunmen burst into a Commonwealth Avenue apartment, killing Pasquale Del Greco 32 Fiorio Basil 30 and Mrs Emily Torrizello 35 and wounding two women and two men. Police link the attack to the Dutch Schultz Vincent Coll gang war as children heard the shooting and a police officer recorded the events.
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New York
Bronx
Commonwealth Avenue
Schultz-Vincent Coll
Coll
Pasquale del
Britain Plea to Avert War Breaks Vicious Armament Cycle
In Geneva Arthur Henderson urged leaders at the world disarmament conference to exert influence to avert war in the Far East. He warned of a vicious circle where insecurity drives armaments and arms feed distrust, citing the need to observe the League covenant and Kellogg Briand pact. He noted four years of data showing about 4 billion dollars annually spent on military purposes. In London Neville Chamberlain announced that general cancellation of war debts and reparations is the best path to resolve reparations issues and that a comprehensive settlement is needed soon.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Geneva
U.P
Far East
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Orient
Perance
Henderson
League of Nations
Commons
London
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
Chamberlain
Battle intensifies as Shanghai clashes unfold
In Shanghai the 15,000 Chinese troops resist Japanese shelling and fire, while Japanese forces attack from ships and air bases. Hongkew burning prompts Japanese withdrawal and evacuation plans as U S and Britain present detailed peace proposals to halt hostilities, with France and Italy expected to follow.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Chapel
Hongkew
International Settlement
Nanking
Hsinkwan
Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
China
Geneva
League of Nations Council
East
Hoover
Banker's Kidnapping Tale Ends With Wounding in Dallas
Joe P. Downs, 60, Edgewood banker and first vice president of First National Bank in Edgewood, was found wounded near White Rock Lake after claiming he was kidnapped by a man and a woman. He said abductors drove him for 12 hours before he escaped and was shot in the abdomen. Downs had been reported missing from his Edgewood home in Van Zandt County. His wife and two associates alerted police about his disappearance before his hospitalization.
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Dallas
Joe P. Downs
Edgewood
White Rock Lake
Downs
First National Bank
Comanche
Okla
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled conditions with possible light rain tonight and Wednesday, followed by colder temperatures. In West Texas, expect cloudy skies with probable rain tonight and Wednesday, and cooler air by Wednesday, except for the extreme southeast portion. Today’s high reached 64 degrees, with a low of 39.
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Amarillo
West Texas
JAPAN FORCES ENLARGED NEAR SHANGHAI INDICTS STRATEGY
Feb 2, 1946 report from Col. R Hooker cites Japanese commander Samejima announcing an end to patrols in foreign sectors as two regiments of infantry one artillery unit and a tanks unit head to Shanghai. Minesweepers Finch and Bittern depart Manila for Shanghai with Gold Star to follow as food supply ship. Nanking area warned of possible renewed fire but current foreigners remain safe. A French battalion departs Haiphong aboard Waldeck Rousseau for Shanghai.
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Shanghai
M. M.taylor
Asiatic Fleet
Department
Houston
Finch
Bittern
Manila
Taylor
U. S
Gold Star
Chinese
Navy
Paris
Haiphong
Indo-China
Waldeck Rousseau
League Council hears of peace plans in Shanghai pullout
In Geneva on February 2, J H Thomas announced Britain and the United States demand Tokyo and Nanking halt violence and troop actions, withdraw forces from Shanghai, and establish a neutral zone while calling for immediate negotiations to begin.
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League Council
Geneva
U.P
Great Britain
United States
Tokio
Nanking
Shanghai
Council of the
League of Nations
Five Missing Planes Sought Amid Severe Weather
United Press reports five airplanes with over sixteen people aboard lost in bad weather across the eastern and western United States. Florida storms, West Coast blizzards blamed for forced landings as search parties and airliners comb routes from Bimini to Miami, Bakersfield to Los Angeles, and Sierra Nevada summits. Notable cases include a five passenger Bimini Airways monoplane and a Century Pacific airliner carrying eight, both unlocated since yesterday. A ground and air search continues for Lieuts Cocke and Hoffman after their Glendale to San Francisco flight went missing. An army patrol is tasked to assist. A private craft reported down near Soda Springs, California, with unknown passengers. Francis Rust, a Kalamazoo mail pilot, vanished after departing for Chicago.
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United States
Florida
Far West
Bimini Airways
Bimini
Miami
Century Pacific
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
William A. Cocke
Edward C. Hoffman
Glendale
Cal
San Francisco
Soda Springs
Sierra Nevadas
Trans-American Airlines
Cleveland
Francis H. Rust
Kalamazoo
Mich
Chicago
United States and Allies Demand Peace in Geneva Row
Reports from Geneva said the United States Great Britain France and Italy were adopting a strong stance and demanding peace be restored. Administration circles were alarmed noting the U S was not represented at the league session where measures were announced and that the U S was offering good offices for peace at the invitation of the disputing powers.
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Washington
Geneva
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Extraordinary War Talk Shapes Far East Crisis
A sudden extra session called by Britain debated the Chinese situation and the risk of widening conflict. Thomas warned that war in everything but name is underway and urged the league to act to prevent further deterioration of the Far East, stressing the Nine-Power Pact’s relevance.
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Great Britain
Thomas
Britain
Far East
League
City Eyes Dark Streets to Fund Charity Drive
Amarillo officials weigh a proposal from the Community Chest to cut all whiteways for two or three months to save money. The plan aims to raise 5000 to 7500 dollars in that period while continuing aid to the unemployed and needy. Mayor Ernie Thompson said the idea would be discussed by the city commission Tuesday night and considered from every angle.
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Amarillo
Community Chest
City Commission
Ernest ©. Thomppson
Eah
Thompson
Probe into Texas gas prices reaches East Austin
Texas attorney general James V. Allred announced an inquiry into rates charged by out of state utilities for Panhandle gas piped from Texas fields. The investigation notes gas bought in Texas for as low as two cents per thousand cubic feet and sold elsewhere for forty cents, with seven Panhandle pipelines extending toward Minneapolis and Buffalo.
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Austin
U.P
Panhands
Texas
James V. Allred
Maurie Cheek
Springfield
Panhandle
Minneapori
Buffalo
Investments In Shanghai Outlined By AP Report
A summary by C P Kremer for Great Britain and Japan assesses foreign investments in China totaling about $200 million in American holdings. Shanghai hosts 65 percent of U S investments, 26 American factories worth $11 million, and public utilities valued at $35 million. Britain and Japan hold roughly £1.266 and £1.153 billion respectively, with Shanghai handling 40 percent of China’s foreign trade and about one third of all foreign investment located there.
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Associated Prem
Associated Press
China
C. PF. Kremer
University of Michigan
Kremer
Commit Tees
Great Britain
Japan
Shanghai
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Pootung District
Miles
Dimmit
Griggs Ambulance
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
Credit Group
Boxwell Bros
U.S
Ment
Col. R. §. Hooker
Navy Department
Kapt. Samejima
Hooker
P. W. Rutledge
Simpson
By Webb Miller
J. H. Thomas
United Prean
Carker City
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