Dozen Are Lost In Storms Over California Mountains
Dozen feared dead or exposed as storms hinder rescue efforts. An airliner forced down last Friday is sought in the Bakerfield Los Angeles mountains with eight on board. Lieut William A. Cocke Jr and Lieut Edward D Hoffmann, missing since leaving Glendale for San Francisco, are also believed down.
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San Francisco
Calif
U.R
Bakerfield
Los Angeles
Army Air Patrol
William A. Cocke, Jr
Edward D. Hoffmann
Glendale
Miners Strike Pauses Work as Ohio Delegation Urges Wage Stand
Miners in the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys press ahead with a strike amid stalled talks and no operator concessions. Two Athens County mines operate while delegates meet Chauncey to decide the next move. The Indianapolis UMWA telegram urges Ohio miners to refuse wage cuts, citing a 25 to 30 percent cut under a new uniform scale.
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Hocking
Sunday Creek
Athens County
Ohio Collieries Company
Drydock
Black Diamond
Black Diamond Coal Company
Amesville
Herman Theisen
Ohio
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Theisen
Chauncey
Athens
Perry County
Theisen
Columbus
Buckingham Coal Company
Congo
New York Coal Company
Tropic
Essex No
Lost Run
Buckingham Company
Miners Conventions Push Wine and Beer, Labor Reforms
The United Mine Workers of America convention debated a resolution urging changes to permit light wine and beer production and sale. Delegates backed unemployment insurance, federal utilities ownership, farmer profits, and bank deposit guarantees while criticizing Soviet Russia.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
United Mine Workers of America
Soviet
Russia
Sullivan Wolf
Kentucky
Jones
Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
Davis
Coolidge Allegedly Took Second Oath in 1923
Judge Adolph Hoehling, Jr. claims Calvin Coolidge privately recited a second oath on August 17, 1923, at the New Willard Hotel in Washington to validate his presidency. He says the incident was kept secret and referenced Harry Daugherty's later book.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
United States
United Press
Adolph August Hoehling, Jr
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Coolidge
New Willard Hotel
Washington, D. C
Hoehling
Chevy Chase
President
Harry Daugherty
Daugherty
War echoes in homes as troops endure harsh truths
A brief recollection from Los Angeles emphasizes that war exacts a heavy toll on American soldiers and their mothers. It notes the plight of unprepared Chinese civilians in Shanghai and Harbin, paralleling the suffering endured by Europeans in The Big War.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Shanghai
Harbin
Bomb drops cause fires in Shanghai European settlement
Bombs from Japanese airplanes fell in Shanghai at roughly twenty minute intervals. Houses burned as flames spread unchecked. One bomb ignited a fire in the European settlement, though authorities said the hit was not intentional and the bomb was badly aimed.
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Shanghai
Witnesses Describe Horrors at Shanghai Dressing Stations
The dispatch notes wounded civilians at International Settlement dressing stations with many dead including babies and children. It contrasts relief funds for finance with a call to fund fast airplanes for defense if war reaches the country, criticizing the State Department’s stance toward Japan and Europe.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
State Department
Japan
Japan Sends Air Planes to Shanghai Amid Global Reach
The passage notes Japan released deadly air planes for operations in Shanghai and argues the same capability could be extended to major U S cities like New York Boston Washington San Francisco Seattle Los Angeles or San Diego by Europe or Asia.
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Japan
Shanghai
Europe
Asia
New York
Boston
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Diego
West Coast wary of Asia spillover risk
An editorial warns West Coast cities to bolster local defense as conflict in Asia nears, criticizing Washington for overemphasizing foreign affairs while Americans once spent heavily on ships and planes that failed to prove useful.
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Asia
Washington, D.C
Senator Bulkley to Miss Marietta Washington Dinner
Robert L Bulkley United States Senator from Ohio will be unable to attend the Washington County Victory Dinner in Marietta on February 9 to address the Democrats.
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Marietta
Robert L. Bulkley
United States
Ohio
Washington County
Buchtel Man Guilty Of Liquor Possession
James Crabtree of Buchtel was found guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor by Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court. No sentence was pronounced.
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James Crabtree
Buchtel
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Man Pleads Guilty in Carbon Dale Liquor Case
Richard Galbreath was arrested by Constable Frank White at Carbondale for possession of intoxicating liquor. He pleaded guilty before Magistrate C. H. Porter and was fined $100 and costs.
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Richard Galbreath
Frank White
Carbondale
C. H. Porter
Attacks On Nanking Prompt Evacuation Review
United States consular authorities considered evacuating all Americans in Nanking after a nighttime bombardment by Japanese warships. About 150 Americans, mainly missionaries, resided there. Reports differed on the shelling’s cause as rifles, machine guns, and large naval guns fired at Lion Hill and the water front.
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Nanking
China
U.P
United States
Lion Hill
Waip Ask
Peck
Hsiakwan
Congress must impose more taxes to balance budget
Acting Ways and Means Chairman Crisp said Congress must raise additional taxes beyond Mellon’s recommendations to balance the budget. He warned in an open committee session that the budget must be balanced or economic chaos will follow, based on new Treasury estimates.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Crisp
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Patrols to end in Shanghai settlement as two Japanese regiments move
Col. R. S. Hooker reports Captain Samejima will discontinue patrols in the International Settlement British and American sections. He adds two Japanese infantry regiments one artillery unit and tanks are en route to Shanghai. Mine sweepers Finch and Bittern head to Shanghai with delays for a food ship.
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Washington
U.P
Col
R. S. Hooker
U. S
Shanghai
Navy Department
Samejima
Hooker
M. M. Taylor
Asiatic Flet
Department
Houston
Finch
Bittern
Manila
Taylor
New Reconstruction Finance Corporation Begins Operations
Washington February 2 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation with two billion dollars in authorized credit began official function as President Dawes and directors Jesse Jones and Harvey Couch were sworn in. Loans will be made immediately, Ogden Mills said after a White House conference.
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Washington
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles Gates Dawes
Jesse Jones
Texas
Harvey Couch
Arkansas
Treasury
Ogden Mills
Hoover
Three U.S. Soldiers to Receive Soldier's Medal for Managua Heroism
Brigadier General Lucius R. Holbrook announced that three United States soldiers stationed in Nicaragua during the Managua earthquake last March will be awarded the Soldier's Medal for heroism. They helped prevent the spread of fire after the quake destroyed Managua's water system.
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New York
U.R
United States
Nicaragua
Managua
Lucius R. Holbrook
Far East war news from Shanghai and broader crisis
Reports from Shanghai Chapei show Japanese Marines routing Chinese forces. U S Consular authorities weigh evacuating all Americans after Japanese bombardment. Japan advances on Harbin as Chinese resist by damaging rail lines. Tokyo and Western powers discuss a plan to halt hostilities in Shanghai. France and Britain pledge cooperation to defend the International Settlement. Britain signals a united front. J H Thomas says war exists in the Far East. Italy plans to send warships to Shanghai to bolster Libia and gunboats.
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Shanghi
Chapei
Shanghai
Nanking
U. S
Harbin
Tokio
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Paris
America
Britain
Washington
United Front
Far East
Geneva
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
League of Nations
Rome
Italy
Libia
Henderson Urges Global Disarmament at Geneva Talk
United Press reports Arthur Henderson of Great Britain urging world disarmament conference participants to push for strict observance of the League Covenant and Kellogg Briand Pact. He cites a $4 billion annual arms spend and calls for substantial budget cuts and a permanent international disarmament commission to reduce armaments globally. Germany’s stance could block extensions of the current armament truce as reparations and Versailles terms loom large.
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United Press
Geneva
U.P
Far East
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Orient
League of Nations
Eye-Witness Tells of Terror as Planes Bomb Shanghai
An eye witness recounts the February 1932 Japanese bombing of Chapei Shanghai. Walter Brown describes Chinese casualties, fires, and ground fighting as Japanese crews joyfully dropped bombs from atop a Japanese club roof near Hongkew, with thousands displaced and bodies still buried in ruins.
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Chapei
Shanghai
United Press
Walter Brown
Hongkew
Nero
Rome
International Settlement
Nanking
Japan
Jukong Road
Man With Illegible Mark Buys $200 Plymouth On Check
Athens police search for a man who cannot read or write but can drive an automobile. He used a $200 check with his mark to obtain a 1929 light green Plymouth from the Athens County Buick Company, then drove away. the check proved worth less today. The man claimed state employment and lived at New Marshfield.
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Athens
Athens County Buick Company
North Court
Carpenter Streets
New Marshfield
Government orders troops to reinforce Shanghai defense forces
Paris reports the government ordered troops in the Orient to move at once to Shanghai to bolster foreign allied defenses. A French battalion from Hai Phong, French Indo China, will go to Shanghai on Thursday, with a second battalion from Tientsin proceeding as well.
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Paris
U.2
Orient
Shanghai
Haiphong
Indo-China
Tientsin
Cui
United States and Britain Propose Five Part Peace Plan for Japan China
A five part proposal to end hostilities between Japan and China was submitted by the United States and Great Britain. It calls for immediate ceasefire, no new mobilization, withdrawal of combatants from Shanghai, neutral zones to protect the International Settlement, and rapid negotiations with neutral observers to settle disputes in line with Kellogg Pact and League of Nations aims. France and Italy expected to join.
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Thomas Mooney
California
Central States
Washington
U.P
Japan
China
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Tokio
Nanking
Shanghai
Paria
League of Nations
Orient
State Department
Metretary Stimson
Stimson
Ronald British
Paul Claudel
Alberto Marchetti
Geneva
Chamberlain Outlines Policy to Cancel War Reparations
Neville Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that the government aims for a comprehensive permanent settlement of war reparations. He said a general cancellation would be the best means to settle the reparations question as soon as possible.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
Commons
Chamberlain
J T Cunningham Dies at 68 at Sugar Creek Home
James Thomas Cunningham 68 died at 0 15 at his Sugar Creek home after illness. Funeral and burial plans will be announced.Survived by his widow Mrs H A Madell and children Mrs Thelma Sell of Cincinnati and four other descendants. The text notes touches on the names and addresses of relatives and indicates future arrangements.
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James Thomas Cunningham
Sugar Crek
Mr. Cunningham
Ters
H. A
W. Va
T. B. Johnson
R. D
Thelmasell
Cincinnati
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