Chapel Under Renewed Fire of Japanese Guns Rock Shanghai
The State Department said Consul General Edwin S. Cunningham in Shanghai and the British consul reliever protested to the Japanese consul general over landing Japanese troops in Shanghai's International Settlement. Washington had protested earlier to Tokio on similar landings. The note objects to using neutral territory as a Japanese military base.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
Edwin S. Cunningham
Shanghai
Tokio
Hope of Heaven and Fear of Hell Drive Confession in Murder
Philadelphia police said 15 year old Willie Brown confessed to the brutal attack and murder of 7 year old Dorothy Lutz after 36 hours of interrogation. He remained steadfast under pressure until he broke and admitted the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Willie Brown
Dorothy Lutz
Japan Desperate Bride and Murder Testimony
The piece reports on a Japan related case with Motoyama and Willie involved. Detectives reveal Willie admitted killing a little girl named Dorothy after a rope lure, and say the ring found near the body was his. The confession centers on a planned abduction and murder with the rope as the trap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Dorothy
Shanghai Battles Resume As Chinese Repel Japanese Attack
Reuters filed report from Shanghai on renewed Japanese bombardment of the Chapei native quarter and Woosung forts after a 36 hour pause. Chinese troops under Chiang Kai Shek respond with heavy artillery as planes destroy Woosung defenses. Japanese forces push inland in the International Settlement as Chinese claim to hold forts at nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.R
International Settlement
Chapei
Mmanders
Woo
Chinese Guard Division En Route to Reinforce Shanghai
The Chiang Kai-shek national guard division departed Nanking for Shanghai to reinforce the 19th Army. The troops were fully equipped with steel helmets and carrying their own field guns.
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Nanking
Ching
U.R
Chiang Kai- Sheks
Shanghai
Japanese troops in Shanghai to be reinforced
Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa announced that Japanese troops in Shanghai must be reinforced to meet the menace of growing Chinese forces. He said he conferred with ambassadors from the United States Britain France Italy and Germany and explained the Shanghai situation in detail. He reiterated that the protection of Japanese lives is necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
U.R
Shanghai
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Toshizawa
United States
Eight Die in Ohio Mishaps
A UPI tally shows eight deaths in Ohio over the weekend from traffic crashes and accidents. Roy Alden and E H Grimes were hurt when their car overturned near Wellington. Day ton saw two deaths from auto incidents. An 8 year old drowned in the Maumee River at Toledo, and others died in crashes or accident injuries across the state.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
United Press
Roy H. Alden
Los Angeles
E. H. Grimés
Akron
Wellington
Gfelvin Cramer
Harold Lake
Dayton
James Host
New Madison
O. Ray L. Roberts
March Sunshine Returns as Olympic Plans Take Shape
Los Angeles reports a return to normal sunny conditions after heavy rain, signaling a dry spell favorable for crop prospects. The piece invites visitors to experience the pleasant March weather while considering stays ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games preparations.
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Los Angeles
California
New York Stock Exchange Opens Early for Pacific Coast
The exchange opens at seven in the morning due to time differences, catching New York and Pacific Coast traders by surprise. Weekend news brings rising quotations and renewed faith in stock tickets among investors.
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NEW York Stock Exchange
Pacific Coast
Wall Street
Secret Japan Russia pact reshapes Manchuria reach
The London Daily Express reports a secret agreement between Japan and Russia permitting Japan to expand in Manchuria with little Russian interference. It claims nearly two million square miles could open to Japanese development and colonization, a move seen as crucial to the Asiatic war and global balance beyond current economic worries.
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London Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
The
Express
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Stalin wisest of rulers as Peter the Great warned of war
A column compares Stalin to Peter the Great and Charles XII noting Russia’s concessions on Japan linked rail plans near Mongolia. The piece frames Moscow's bitter pill and cites historic parallels about war and power before signaling continuation on Page 4.
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Russia
Mongolia
Moscow
Stalin
Peter the Great
Charles the Twelfth
Sweden
Charles
Peter
February Plunge in Hocking River Captures First Swim
Ohio University students Frances Segner and Robert Randolph braved a cold Hocking River dip above White's Mill dam on a February weekend. Randolph, noted as an out of season swimmer, previously swam on Christmas in a lake near Clarksburg West Virginia, three years ago.
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Hocking
Frances Segner
Robert Randolph
Ohio University
White's Mill
Randolph
Clarksburg
W. Va
May Cut Expenses
Senator August Weber outlines expected welfare investigations report recommendations. Inquiries at Ohio Penitentiary, Soldiers and Sailors Home at Sandusky, London Prison Farm and other welfare activities are noted. Proposals include abolishing maintenance for heads of penal and mental hygiene institutions with higher salaries and a $4,500 annual cap. Family payrolls for institution heads may be curtailed.
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Columbus
U.R
August Weber
Franklin County
Senate Committee For
Ohio Penitentiary
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sandusky
London
Weber
Peyrolla
Massacre Prediction Ties to Ousted Kentucky Writers
New York report says Edmund Wilson and Malcolm Cowley forecast a bloodshed as miners plan a mass funeral for Harry Simms after a miner’s death. Wilson and Cowley led a delegation that claimed miners were assaulted in Pineville with others jailed. They threaten picketing New York offices of Morgan Mellon and Rockefeller interests.
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New York
U.R
Bell County
Edmund Wilson
Malcolm Cowley
Morgan
Mellon
Rockefeller
Kentucky
Waldo Frank
Alan Taub
Harold Nickerson
Doris Parks
Pineville
Wilson
Cowley
Harry Simms
Simms
Barbourville
Government marshals 18 billion for depression fight and reform
The report details nearly 18 billion dollars in actual and potential resources funneled through six agencies to battle the depression. Key efforts include the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Home Loan Mortgage Banks, Federal Land Banks, Farm Loan Board, and Glass-Steagall backed credit expansion with potential new currency. The National Credit Corporation will be replaced by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as part of the overhaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal
Farm Loan Board
Glass-Steagall
Federal Reserve
National Credit Corporation
Kidnapers Fail To Collect Ransom From Blagden Family
In Saranac Lake New York February 15 wealthy sportsman Harry H. Blagden remains missing after captors failed to appear to collect a $1000 ransom. Police search Adirondack area as relatives were directed to Tupper Lake by the abductors amid publicity concerns.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
U.P
Harry H. Blagden
Tupper Lake
Malone
Adirondack Mountain
Blagden
Salvage Work Underway After Goodyear Blimp Crash
Salvage of the wrecked Goodyear Blimp Columbia is in progress in New York. Mechanics collected the silvered envelope fabric, damaged motors are crated, and the tailfin and gondola are being shipped to Akron. Funeral arrangements are set for John W. Blair, Goodyear chief mechanic in New York, killed in the crash. his widow Mrs. Betty Blair plans to return the body to Rockford, Illinois.
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New York
U.P
Goodyear
Columbia
Akron
John W. Blair
Betty Blair
Rockford, Li
Prohibition Agents Spend Record Amounts in Last Year
U K prohibition agents spent 134777 dollars buying liquor and beverages in the last fiscal year. They also logged 46225 dollars for lunches rooms and related costs. Federal enforcement showed 5179 arrests in January a 15 percent rise from 1931. Automobile seizures rose 868 41 percent with 9 per cent still at issue.
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Washington
U.K
Prohibition
Woodcock
House Appropriations Committee
Justice Department
Rogers Day With Prominent Figures Near New York
A New York note from Will recounts a fine day with the Morrow family in Jersey and encounters with notable figures. He describes meeting Lindbergh and his wife, a lunch and long chat with Al Smith, and an ascent to the top of a building offering a distant view toward Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morrow
Jersey
America
Chu-Chin-Chow
al Smith
Washington
Will
County Solons Near Budget Finish in 1932 Plan
Athens County Commissioners resumed study of the 1932 budget with a temporary appropriation of 23 617.84 approved. Road and salary allocations were outlined from the road and bridge fund and other sources as they work toward finalizing the annual budget and tax rates.
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Athens County
J. H. Grosvenor
Grosvenor
L. H. Blackwood
J. W. Lax
Athena
Common Pleas Court
Election Board
Roosevelt Seeks employer funded unemployment plan for New York
Albany N Y Feb 18 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt will urge the New York State Legislature to adopt an unemployment insurance system that requires employer contributions but imposes no mandatory contributions on workers.
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Roosevelt
New York
Albany
WN. Y
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
League Seeks Extraordinary Session Over Shanghai Crisis
Geneva reports open warfare in Shanghai with Chinese claims of Japanese excesses and 100 Chinese unaccounted for. The League representatives call for an extraordinary Assembly session to address Sino Japanese tensions and the Shanghai truce breakdown.
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Geneva
U.R
League
Shanghai
China
League of Nations Assembly
Japan
Robert Haas
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Italy
Woosung
Stage Fright Seen As Helpful In Performance, Drake Study Finds
Drake University researchers surveyed 200 notable individuals to examine stage fright. They found fear often aids actors and lecturers but hinders singers. Conrad Nagel said public nerves remain and can enhance a performance, while singers like Tibbett and Jolson believed ease yields their best work.
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Des Moines
U.P
Drake University
E. G. Lockhart
Katherine Limoges
Department of
Conrad Nagel
Nagel
Lawrence Tibbett
A! Jolson
Many Return to Jobs as Rail Employees Reopen Shops
More than 1,000 men returned to work today at the Collinwood railroad shops and about the same number headed back to work at Albany Indianapolis and Jackson Michigan shops of the New York Central Railroad. At the Chicago wage conference employees accepted a 1? percent wage cut and employers pledged to alleviate unemployment.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
Albany
Indianapolis
Jackson
Mich
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
Veteran insane in Lima killing case
Charles Harter, 42, a shell shocked World War II veteran, confessed to killing E. B. Northrup, 83, last November and was declared insane at the Lima court hearing. The incident led to a mental health adjudication assessing his fitness for trial.
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Lima
U.P
Charles Harter
E. B. Northrup
Boy of Slums Finds Fame In Chicago Art World
A 14 year old slum boy Chester Lask using crayons and paints astonishes critics in Chicago with Our Home in Poland. Art critic Robert Andrews calls him an artist born a future great. Patrons pledge funds to support his study at the Chicago Art Institute.
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Chicago
Chester Lask
Chester
Raymond O'Neil
Michigan ‘Boulevard
Poland
Robert Andrews
Chicago Daily News
Cheater
Carpathians
America
Gold Coast Society
Chicago Art Institute
Maintain Firm Stand on Cut In Mine Wage
Twenty Five locals met in Chauncey as miners press for higher wages. Operators of Munday Creek Coal, New York Coal, and Stalter-Haxen deny any wage conference with the United Mine Workers of America and insist they will not meet officials or accept a reduced scale. They claim their wage offer is the highest possible and warn continued strikes could close several properties.
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Miners’ Scale Committee Today
United Mine Workers of America
Seale Committee
Chauncey
Percy Tellow
M. A
Lee Mall
Ohio
Munday Creek Codi Company
New York Coal Commpany
Stalter-Hasex Coal Company
United Mine Workers of
Ica
Ploza
Confidence Week Declared In Ohio By Governor
Ohio Governor George White proclaimed February 22 to 20 as public confidence week to mobilize civic groups and individuals for meetings called by veterans organizations. The measure, backed by the Ohio American Legion, urged united effort to address economic problems and strengthen public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
George White
Ohio American Legion
Ohio
Yankee Robber Wins Lake Placid Four Man Bobsled Title
Billy Fiske steered the United States No. 1 four man bobsled to victory in the final event of the 111th Olympic games at Lake Placid New York on February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Placid
Billy Fiske
United States
Privy Council Approves Shanghai War Expense in Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito presided as the Privy Council approved a 34 million yen war appropriation for Shanghai operations. The move comes as foreign diplomats push ongoing peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Privy Council
Emperor Hirohito
Shanghai
Miners Union adopts invitation to operators for talks
The resolution inviting operators to meet with miners representatives was drawn by union officers of the scale Committee and passed unanimously at yesterday's meeting. Committee members signing the resolution include Herman Theisen Sr chair Elmer Alles vice chair William B Morrin secretary John Curran Arthur Levering Karl Gardner George CurDie Charles McIntyre and J B Caraner. Meetings across several towns are listed for this week with open invitations to the public including Nelsonville Glouster Creek Road Junction and New Straitville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Theisen, Sr
Elmer Alles
William B. Morrin
John Curran
Arthur Levering
Karl Gardner
George Curdie
Charles McIntyre
J. 8. Caraner
Quarry Dragged for Body in Ken Osborn Case
A Wilmington report states an abandoned stone quarry was dragged for Ken Osborn's body after his ex wife, Wilma Osborn, reportedly drowned herself there. A note on the quarry bank indicated self harm and funeral reasons were given. Sheriff Gus Miller announced the drag despite Osborn's four year divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
U.rh
Ken Osborn
Baker Refuses Politics Before Mexico Trip
Jon D. Baker, secretary of war in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, declined to discuss politics before departing Sunday for his home. He and Mrs. Baker were returning from a pleasure trip in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jon D. Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Cleo Baker
Giannini Wins Wilmington Bank Victory Over Walker
A P Giannini defeated Elisha Walker today in the race for control of Trans American Bank Holding Co. Giannini received a large majority of votes, signaling a decisive win in Wilmington Delaware.
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Wilmington
Del
A. P. Giannini
Elisha Walker Todey
Trans-American Cation Bank Holding Co
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