Century Line Halts Service On All Routes
The first aviator strike in U S commercial aviation history began on Century Air Lines as twenty one pilots resigned from routes from Chicago to Detroit Cleveland and St Louis in wage dispute. Service suspended on eastern division while new pilots are brought in to replace those who quit.
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Washington
Century Air Line
L. D. Manning
Cord Corporation
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Manning
Mich
Century Air Lines
M. P. Bickley
U.P
A Big Scale War. What Will History Say?
Arthur Brisbane discusses a looming great conflict in Asia and the rise of a new Pacific power, weighing potential historical judgments on such transformative events.
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Asia
Pacific
Japan
China
England
U S Plan for Disarmament Applauded at Geneva
Ambassador Hugh Gibson presented nine point American disarmament plan calling for extended naval treaties reduction of armaments abolition of submarines and land force limits while urging budget controls on war supplies Bruening urged general disarmament aligning with League of Nations aims and Germany’s call for universal reductions though without a formal program. The plan won applause but sparked debate over budgetary limits and fairness.
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P. I. Lipsey, JR
Associated Press
Geneva
Hugh 8. Gibson
United States
Heinrich Bruening
Germany
France
Andre Tardieu
Washington
London
Bruening
Chinese Attack Proves Bloody At Shanghai Woosung Front
Chinese infantry drove a bold attack on Japanese positions near Chapel and Woosung while shelling damaged the International Settlement. heavy losses were reported on both sides as British and French zones suffered damage and a civilian wounded. Inouye was assassinated in Tokyo. Geneva discussed Far East issues.
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Associated Press
Woosung
Chapel
Shanghai
International Settlement
31St
United States Infantry
Tokyo
Junnosuke Inouye
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Far East
United Press
Shanghai-Woosung
le Eelps
Floyd Blamed for Gun Fight in Tulsa Misses
Tulsa police sought Charles Pretty Boy Floyd and a companion after a gun battle wounded Detective Wilber Wilson. The pair were in a bullet-riddled coupe fleeing north toward Kansas with more than 50 shots fired. Floyd linked to a Kansas City Mercantile Trust robbery plan.
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Tulsa
Tofas
Charles
Pretty Boy
George Stewart
Wilson
Stewart
Floyd
Oklahoma
Mercantile Trust Company of
Kansas City
Asia War Speculation and Pacific Defense Shapes in 1931
The column surveys imminent Asia conflict, Japan’s big scale mobilization, and the idea of a North American alliance to guard Pacific shores. It questions future world power shifts, leverages Wells’s War of the Worlds analogy, and argues for swift intelligence over sheer numbers in warfare.
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Pacific
North America
Mexico
United States
Canada
American League
Asia
North
South America
Alliance For Defense
H. G. Wells
Mars
Earth
Europe
Alexander the Great
Persia
Allred’s anti trust bid labeled all hooey by friend of court
Edgar Townes of Houston called Attorney General James V. Allred’s attempt to penalize Standard Oil companies and Shell Union Oil Corp in a $17,850,000 anti trust suit “all hooey.” Townes argued guilt lies with local companies and that the lien statute applies only to state chartered or permit operating corporations.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Standard Oil Companies
California
New Jersey
New York
Shell Union Oil Corporation
All Hooey
Edgar Townes
Houston
Townes
John Mobley
Jury panel exhausted delays Marshall burglary trial
In Waxahachie Texas Feb 9 the trial of former Dallas County sheriff Schuyler B Marshall Jr on burglary charges was delayed as the jury panel was exhausted Judge Tom Ball recessed the court until 2 PM while Sheriff John Davenport and deputies sought twenty additional jurors
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Waxahachie
Tex
Schuyler B. Marshall, Jr
Dallas County
Tom Ball
John Davenport
Marks Fall as Bobsleds Flash Around Icy Curves
J Hubert Stevens of Lake Placid set a 2 04 27 time for the two man bobsled first leg with Switzerland's Reto Capadrutti posting the best two run total 4 12 09 Capadrutti led after a fast 2 05 88 first run while Stevens had the best single run 2 04 27 as the third Winter Olympics drew a large crowd Capadrutti continued as youngest driver to win approval while the United States second team led by John R Heaton stood third after the two runs with the Germans and Romanians following and Austria recording the slowest total 4 45 65.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
J. Hubert Stevens
Stevens
Reto Capadruti
Switzerland
Steven
Capadrutt
Capadruti
John R. Heaton
Roumanian
Amarillo Stores One Year Worth Of Savings Cited
Federal price surveys show Amarillo shoppers save about 5 700 dollars daily compared with 1929 levels across food clothing and furnishings, totaling over two million dollars annually. Prices have fallen for 12 years but are nearing a bottom with early signs of rising values in some lines.
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Amarillo
Census Bureau
Labor Department
Labor Bureau
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled conditions with light rain possible tonight and Wednesday. Cooler in the north portion Wednesday with partly to mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers. New Mexico also unsettled with likely snow in the northwest and north central areas. Temperature extremes today reach 52 to 68. Griggs ambulance 4311. Oil 35c and 50c per gallon. 219 Taylor.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Straw Vote Ballot for President Preference at The Globe
The Globe invites readers to vote early in a newspaper straw poll for president. Mail ballots to The Election Editor for daily published results. If a preferred candidate is missing, a write in option is provided on the ballot.
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Globe
Elecion
The
Legal Beer Opposed By Industrial Writer
Washington February 9 Whiting Williams Cleveland writer on industrial subjects opposed a 4 per cent beer bill before a Senate committee He argued enforcement difficulties and diverted industry funds and noted laborers shift from beer and whiskey to cars and radio Williams said closing saloons shifted liquor burdens to white collar workers and that working men now drink far less than before prohibition
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Washington
Senate
Whiting Williams
Cleveland
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Bingham
Connecticut
Williams
Hatfield
West Virginia
Finland’s new alcohol law ends prohibition April 5
Prohibition in Finland will automatically end on April 5 under the terms of the new alcohol law signed by the president today.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Gigli Tickets On Sale Today At City Drug Store
Metropolitan tenor Benia mino Gigli schedules a single Friday night performance at the Municipal Auditorium. Tickets range from 50 cents to 2.50 with balcony seats at 1.50. Gigli, praised as Caruso’s successor, arrives Friday morning amid strong Pacific Coast buzz.
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Beniamino Gigli
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug
Polk Stret
Gigli
Pacific Coast
Caruso
Wilbur C. Hawk
Globe News
Hoover signs $1,000,000 for 1933 Chicago World’s Fair
President Hoover signed a law providing one million dollars for federal participation in the Chicago world’s fair centennial celebration in 1933.
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World Fair Fund
Washington
Hoover
Will Rogers Returns From Europe Seeks Hoard Bust
Will Rogers arrives aboard the Europa in New York amid talk of a drive against hoarding. He jokes about canceling debits, envies Mellon’s potential as ambassador, and teases possible political bets with Alfalfa Bill Murray as a dark horse candidate.
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New York
Will Rogers
Europe
Europa
Andrew Mellon
Great Britain
Jack Garner
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Bill
President Hoover Nominates Grew as Ambassador to Japan
President Hoover sent to the Senate the nomination of Joseph C. Grew of New Hampshire to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Japan, succeeding William Cameron Forbes. Grew has been ambassador to Turkey since 1927. Forbes, the current Tokyo envoy, has sought relief from the post. The White House issued the announcement without explanation. The State Department noted Forbes had long wished to relinquish the Tokyo position.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Senate
Joseph C. Grew
New Hampshire
Japan
Willian Cameron Forbes
Grew
Turkey
Sincr
W. Cameron Forbes
Tokyo
Grewn
White House
State Department
Day of fierce fighting surrounds Shanghai fort defenses
The day brought heavy casualties as fighting peaked in the Chapel sector at 7 46 p m 6 45 a m CST. Japanese forces concentrated at Woo sung with 33 fleet units bombarding forts while Chinese defenders held their positions amid shell fire and shattered lines. A key conference in Wu Teh Chen’s offices failed to unite authorities and stressed China’s administrative integrity within demilitarized zones as the immediate aim remained driving Chinese armies from Shanghai.
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Hearst Ranch
San Simeon
Calif
Shanghai
Europe
China
Woosung
Woosung Creek
Wu Teh-Chen
Washington
US Japanese tension over Shanghai plan fuels dismay
United States and Britain faces failure as Japan refuses to withdraw troops in Shanghai without Chinese pullback first. Tokyo reports surprise at negative US reaction to Japan's proposal to move Chinese forces from key commercial centers under international control. Foreign office cautions against hysterical global response and hints at ongoing military action risk.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Shanghai
Aitates
Foreign Office
Former Japanese Finance Minister Shot Dead in Tokyo
Junnosuke Inguye, ex-finance minister under the Wakatsuki era, was killed by three bullets as he stepped from his car to address supporters for a friend running in a Tokyo ward election. The assailant Tadashi Konuma was immediately arrested.
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Tokyo
Junnosuke Inguye
Wakatsuk
Tadashi Konuma
Washington opposed to Tokyo proposal on Chinese demilitarization
Washington rejected Japan's plan for demilitarizing key Chinese posts and sites as a diplomatic stance reported from Washington with reference to Tokyo proposals.
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Washington
Tokyo
Japan
Paris
Judd appeal planned after Arizona murder verdict
In Phoenix on February 9 a male jury sentenced Winnie Ruth Judd to death for the murder of Mrs Agnes Anne Le Roi. The panel deliberated 3 hours 40 minutes over six ballots. Judd's defense vows an appeal after sentencing on February 23.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne le Roi
J. R. McFadden
Paul Schenck
Judd
Los Angeles
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Inukai
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Marshall
Rove
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Griggs Ambulance
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Peer
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John Garner
Newton D. Baker
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Charles G. Dawes
Herbert Hoover
Seewee
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William H. Murray
George W Norris
Wee Ware
Gifford Pinchot
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Aweeseressset
Albert C
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Dry Law
Boxwell Bros
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Grew Named Envoy
U.S
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