Woosung Forts clash reported as Japanese ship sunk
Chinese National Daily cites Shanghai cable report of fierce Woosung action in which a Japanese war vessel was sunk. Dispatches claim heavy Japanese losses, reinforcements arriving, and Nanking troops leaving for Shanghai as war tensions rise.
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New York
Chinese National Daily
Canton
Kuomintang
Shanghai
Woosung
Wang Tze Po
Nanking
Nineteenth Route Army
Choy Ting Kai
Late Bulletins From Squabble Over There
Seventeen Japanese planes circled Shanghai signaling no target before returning to carriers Kaga and Hosho in the Whangpo River. Fires in Chapei and Hongkew waned after vast damage with over 10 000 native structures destroyed and losses around 10 million dollars. South Manchurian Railway reported cut in three places as Japanese forces push north in Manchuria amid preparations with Chinese troops.
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Shanghai
Hongkew
International Settlement
Chapel
London
Harbin
Exchange Telegraph Regency
South Manchurian
Manchuria
United States Asiatic Fleet Ordered to Shanghai
Americans in Shanghai welcomed Washington’s order directing the United States Asiatic fleet to a position near Shanghai. The move follows tensions in the region and signals heightened naval readiness amid uncertain developments in the Far East.
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Shanghai
Washington
United States Asiatic Fleet
President Roosevelt Passenger Liner Rammed by Roma
The President Roosevelt, a major United States Lines liner, was rammed and seriously damaged by the Roma while at anchor off quarantine in dense fog. No injuries were reported. The ship, formerly commanded by Capt. George Fried, sent a radio message noting ripped and buckled plates on the port quarter above the waterline.
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New York
U.P
Roosevelt
United States Lines
Roosevel
George Fried
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Sunday partly cloudy for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees partly cloudy to unsettled conditions in the north and warmer, fairer weather in the south. New Mexico expects unsettled Sunday with snow in the north. Temperature data show highs near 98 and lows around 62 in Amarillo yesterday. Week outlook calls for interior rain or snow, coastal rain early, then a warmer trend later in the week across the Southern Plains and West Gulf.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
FCA Ek
Southern Plains
West Gulf States
Car Licenses Paid Monday Become Legal Under Tax Office Order
State Comptroller directs county and state tax offices to stay open until midnight tonight for tax payments including poll taxes. County Tax Collector J. W. Collins and School District Collector George M. Waddill will implement the order, with licenses may be procured Monday from the county office. Midnight Tonight is the final acceptance time for all taxes.
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State Comptroller's Department
J. W. Collins
George M. Waddill
Mrs Fortescue Freed Under Bond in Hawaii Lynching Case
Circuit Judge A. M. Cristy released Mrs Granville Fortescue Lieut Thomas H Massie and two Navy men on bond today in connection with the Hawaiian lynching. Defendants were placed in custody of Capt Ward Wortman U S N and restricted to the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard reporting daily to Captain Wortman.
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Honolulu
A. M. Cristy
Granville Fortescue
Fortescue
Thomas H. Massie
Ward K. Wortman
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Wortman
Labor wage plan drawn in Chicago for rail negotiators
David B. Robertson said a plan crafted by rail labor unions and carriers to adjust wages should be acceptable to rail executives. The meeting in Chicago included labor delegates and national carriers to negotiate the terms and timing of the proposed pay changes.
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Chicago
David B. Robertson
Dollar Day in Amarillo Promises Hundreds of Bargains
Tomorrow Amarillo hosts Dollar Day with hundreds of bargains from local merchants. Read the News and Globe ads to learn the full story and the money-saving event slated to boost downtown shopping.
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Amarillo
News and Globe
Shanghai Is a World Trading Center and Contrasting City
Shanghai, called the world’s newest powder keg, stands as China’s commercial and financial hub with 3 million residents. It dominates Yangtze trade, hosts 60 percent of Chinese cotton mills and 125,000 mill workers, and houses major industries in the International Settlement and French concessions alongside a small foreign population.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtze River
Asia
New Plainview Bank to Open Monday
Plainview State Bank, capital stock $50,000, will open Monday morning in the Skaggs building formerly occupied by the closed Plainview National Bank. Officers are Dan M. Royall president, John W. Murchison vice president, George Shriber cashier, J. C. Wilson assistant cashier, and Miss Correne Boyd secretary.
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Plainview
Plainview State Bank
Skaggs
Plainview National Bank
Dan M. Royall
John W. Murchison
George Shriber
J. C. Wilson
Correne Boyd
U.S. Employes Donate $20 to Amarillo Shoe Fund
The Federation of Federal Employees gives twenty dollars to the News-Globe Shoe Fund enabling shoe repairs for the needy. Donations keep the shop at 214 East Seventh Street running amid heavy trade and grateful recipients.
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Federation of Federal Employes
News-Globe Shoe Fund
Amarillo
East Seventh Street
Shanghai troopers seize large area inside international settlement
Japanese forces move into the Shanghai international settlement, arresting and imprisoning targets as they establish control. An American youth Kay Johnson is held on charges of sniping, while many Chinese are beaten or killed. Marines patrol southern shore as authorities seek Johnson’s release.
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Hongkew
Soochow Creek
United States
Kay Johnson
Bank Failures Decline in Recent Week
Bank failures declined to fifty for the week from eighty-four the prior week. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co declares an extra 25 cent dividend on common stock in addition to regular quarterly payments of 1.50 on common and 1.75 on preferred.
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United Press
New York
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
War entry of U S doubted by Byron Price
In Washington rumors of war spread amid Shanghai gunfire as officials say the United States will seek diplomatic adjustment rather than war. Public sentiment hints at enlistment fears, yet Congress holds sole war-declaration power and officials privately see no instant crisis. Tokyo reports the League of Nations faces a grave responsibility over the ongoing crisis.
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Byron Price
Washington
Shanghai
United States
John Jones
Bill Smith
Congress
China to Declare War on Japan as Shanghai Fight Rages
Jan 30 dispatch reports the Chinese National government nearing a formal declaration of war against Japan after the Shanghai invasion. U.S. consulate precautions protect nationals in Nanking while a large troop movement heads toward Shanghai. Chiang Kai-shek urged nationwide military mobilization to defend China’s existence.
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Associated Press
Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Mufu
Chapei
Hongkew
Japan
United States
Yangtze
Chapel
Canton
Chengchow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Letters Pour In About Ads in Amateur Contest
Hundreds of letters flood the News-Globe as the first week of the Amateur Ad-Writing Contest nears closing. Entries must be in by 9 AM Wednesday either by mail or at the front counter. Judges seek original ideas for $25 cash and 125 prizes, with another week of competition to follow.
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News-Globe
E. T. Dunaway
Great West Mill & Elevator Company
Great West
Blizzard halts search for missing tri motor airliner
A blizzard over Tehachapi Mountains halts a search for five men and three women aboard a missing tri motor airliner. Hundreds of pilots joined the effort before confusion arose from an unverified report that the liner had been found.
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Glendale
Calif
Tehachapi
Japs To Buy 600000 Bales U S Cotton
Tokyo cable to Washington says Japan will purchase about 600000 additional bales of American cotton in coming weeks. Japan has already bought around 650000 bales in recent months for munition production. The report notes possible economic impact from Manchuria Banghai expeditions and cites gold shipments by Japanese government agencies totaling 44500000 since December 13.
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Washington
Japan
Toklo
Commerce Department
Tokio Commercial Cireles
Manchuria
Banghat
Asiatic Fleet Ordered Ready for China Evacuations
Washington reports the Asiatic fleet is ordered to stand ready to evacuate Americans or protect them if mob rule arises in China after protests over Japan's seizure of Shanghai. Admiral Pratt says ships will act to safeguard national civilians, noting many women and children in the region. Ships of the battle force will depart San Diego Monday for winter maneuvers off the coast.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Shanghai
Navy
Etruferidden
China
William V. Pratt
San Diego
British Steamer Collides With Unknown German Vessel
A collision in dense fog between the British steamship Kashgar and an unidentified German ship occurred 30 miles south of Dungeness. The German vessel vanished, and the City of Hamburg reported hearing short whistle blasts and noted it could not determine if the ship sank. Radio stations were trying to locate the vessel.
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New York
Kashgar
Dungeness
England
City of Hamburg
Mackay Radio Corporation
Hamburg
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Nonni River
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Chinchow
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