Plot To Seize Soviet Territory Warned By War Office
Soviet war office manifesto signed by Commissar of War Voroshilov warns that Czarist Russians plan to seize Soviet land in the Far East. Moscow notes Manchuria involvement and stresses Russia would mobilize large forces to defend borders amid rising anti‑White Russian activity and Japanese influence in the region.
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Moscow
U.P
War Office
Coviak
Klementi Voroshilov
Red Army
Far East
Manchuria
Voroshilov
Russia
Chinese Eastern Railway
Vladivostok
Siberia
China
Siberian
May Put Will Up for Office
U R Bill Rogers a famed humorist completed a world tour and arrived in California where Democrats move to nominate him for president. Fred W French of the Democratic State Central Committee said a petition will be filed to place Rogers on the ballot. Rogers declined to comment and quipped about breakfast under a Japanese mandate.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Bill Rogers
California
United States
Fred W. French
Democratic State Central Committee
Sacramento
Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News
Jordan
Rogers
rGand Central Air Terminal
Property Listing Under New Tax Law Attitude Of Miners Explained
County auditor J. C. Edmundson outlined the property listing procedure under the new tax law. Herman Theisen Sr. and Karl Gardner, Miners' Scale Committee members, discussed the striking miners' attitude at Pomona Grange open meeting.
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Edmundson
Herman Theisen
Karl Gardner
Miner’s Scale Committee
J. C. Edmundson
Pomona Grange
Very Fine Baby and Tax Talk at Athens Grange Meeting
Grange Master Harry Jacoby presided before about 90 members at Grange Halls Athens County Fair grounds. Edmundson spoke on filing tangible and intangible personal property returns with a deadline of March 31. The auditor opposed bonded indebtedness urging removal of officials who keep us in debt and defending his stance with figures.
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Grange
Athens County Fairgrounds
Harry Jacoby
Edmundson
Birth of George Washington Recalled in Newton Sketch
In Newton Kansas on February 21 the tale recalls Mrs. Washington awakening to hold a fine heavy baby named George two centuries ago. The anecdote notes she nursed him at once, reflecting 18th century customs surrounding George Washington's infancy.
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Newton, Kans
Modern mothers urged to rest two weeks after birth
The passage argues that new mothers should rest in bed for two full weeks after childbirth, then sit up in the third week and walk in four weeks. It notes many women cannot afford this advice due to poverty and stresses the health and wellbeing benefits of extended rest.
George and the British Subject Paradox
The remark notes George’s birth as a British subject and claims without him many might still be British subjects. It adds a tongue in cheek Canadian aside suggesting it would be better if readers were British subjects, labeling this as another story.
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George
Asians and expansion questioned across empires and continents
A voiced argument denounces racial colonization and asserts white wealth privileges. It contends Canada, Mexico, and the United States will bar Asiatic expansion on their shores while the British Empire resists Asiatic colonization in Africa, Australia, and New Zealand under pressure from Japanese power, questioning Western anti expansion in Asia.
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Canada
Mexico
Pacific
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Asia
Miners Strike Backed by Theisen Over Wages
Theisen, chair of the scale committee, accused operators of negligence and mismanagement for failing to meet with United Mines Workers representatives to discuss wages. He defended the strike as justice for workers and said Ninety Nelsonville men support it, citing half‑time wages as insufficient for living and warning that cutthroat competition could harm the Hocking Valley.
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Theisen
United Mines Workers of America
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Wills All Excited on Flight with Rudy Vallee
In Albuquerque a traveler reports crowds at the airfield for Rudy Vallee aboard the same plane. The writer praises Vallee as modest and likable and jokes about being mistaken for his father by fans in Amarillo and meeting old friend Bill Murray in Oklahoma City.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rudy Vallee
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Bill Murray
Will
Ohio University Second Semester Enrollment Reaches 2475
The registrar reports 2475 students enrolled for the second semester at Ohio University, up from 2298 a week earlier due to late and unpaid registrations. Miss Mary Antoinette notes the current figure likely surpasses last year’s total, with further data on new and transferred students pending.
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Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Dilley
Mary Antoinette
Antorietto
Norris Attacks Federal Edicts During Senate Debate
Senate debate opens on Norris anti injunction bill as Chairman Norris denounces federal court power In a charge aimed at Judge Wilkerson of Chicago he likens labor injunctions to economic slavery He argues publishers deserve fair trials before impartial judges not personally invested in the case
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Wilkerson
Chicago
Hoover
Circuit Court of Appeals
Asia War News Features Photo of Chinese Sniper
The Messenger presents a stark image of a kneeling Chinese sniper paralyzed by bayonet glare as a Japanese soldier looms nearby. Readers are reminded of the brutalities of Asia’s conflict and moral debates over distant wars, echoing Washington’s advice to stay out of Europe’s quarrels.
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Asia
the Messenger
George Washington
Europe
Global settlements and war ethics in imperial reasoning
The speaker contrasts European American quarters in Shanghai with Chinese and Japanese settlements in San Francisco to argue that foreign powers cannot dictate a nation’s conduct in war. He asks if outsiders would tolerate being told to end a conflict under threat of bombardment, implying America’s right to act independently.
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Shanghai
San Francisco
Japan Faces Space Strain as Population Presses Island Borders
Japan with about sixty million people camps on scattered islands along Asia’s edge seeks more mainland space. The note hints at continued discussion on the national policy and territorial implications as population grows.
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Japan
Asia
Senate Committee Backs Cardozo for Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Benjamin N. Cardozo of New York as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court replacing Oliver Wendell Holmes. Senator Robinson led the subcommittee report after a brief hearing with opposition from William H. Anderson who alleged a Tammany plot.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Benjamin N. Cardozo
New York
United States Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Robinson
William H. Anderson
Anti- Saloon League
American Protestant Alliance
Judiciary
Cardozo
Alfred E. Smith
Anderson
Rescuer's Grasp Fails in Lincoln Fire Tragedy
Lincoln Illinois fire kills Nora Van Deventer and her husband Jacob Van Deventer. Five stores destroyed with about 200000 dollars in losses. Nora fell from a rescuer’s grasp during ascent to a window after smoke exposure. Three others rescued from the third floor. Firemen climbed a ladder to reach her. she died minutes later.
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Lincoln, Ill
Nora van Deventer
Jacob van Deventer
van Deventers
van Dventer
Dentist James H. Doolittle Dies In Garage Asphyxiation
Cleveland dentist Dr. James Harvey Doolittle aged 57, practicing 85 years, was found asphyxiated in his garage today. The death is under investigation with no immediate discharge of foul play suspected.
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Cleveland
James Harvey Doolittle
American pilot Robert Short dies in Soochow air battle
In Shanghai area, Robert Short an American attached to a Chinese squadron was shot down over Soochow after a two and a half minute fight against three Japanese planes. He killed the Japanese pilot Susumu Kotani and perished with his burning plane. Two other Americans served in Short’s unit.
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Shanghai
U.P
Robert Short
Short
Soochow
Susumu Kotani
Kotani
Hongkew
Second-Hand Plane Aims for Long Distance Record
Two World War veterans, Nate C. Browne of Keyport New Jersey and Edward Muldowney of Scranton Pennsylvania, flew the monoplane Lone Star from Old Orchard Beach toward Buenos Aires about 6 400 miles away. Browne at the controls with Muldowney in the rumble seat, narrowly cleared the pier by about 26 feet as the craft lifted off.
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U.P
Buenos Aires
Nate C. Browne
Keyport
N. J
The
Airways
Edward Muldowney
Scranton
Lone Star
Browne
Weright
Mac
Argentina
Death of Robert Short Won’t Draw U S Into Conflict
Washington reports the death of American aviator Robert Short attached to Chinese forces. Short’s plane was shot down by Japan, and the note emphasizes that a citizen who volunteers for a foreign military service does so at personal risk and forfeits U S protection.
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Washington
Robert Short
United States
Short
Morris clemency petitions to be considered by governor
Petitions for executive clemency for Arthur Monroe Morris of Parkersburg West Virginia, an escaped convict from Ohio Penitentiary who later claimed good citizenship, will be considered late today by Governor George White. Parkersburg residents and officials sought a pardon or sentence commutation for Morris, who fled from the Prison Central Warehouse on August 28, 1929 after a Meigs County liquor law conviction.
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Columbus
Arthur Monroe Morris
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio Penitentiary
George White
Morris Setiite
Meigs County
Ohio
Japanese Detachments Hold Fire To Mop Up Snipers At Shanghai
Washington dispatch reports Japanese forces at Shanghai have left detachments behind to contain snipers in Chapei and Kiangwan while main lines move south and west. Artillery advances beyond Kiangwan as weather and canals favor defense, with bridges blown to slow tanks and armored cars. The strategy mirrors World War I tactics of pinning enemy forces and finishing with reserves.
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Washington
Shanghai
Chapei
Kiangwan
Tazang
Extra Session Still Undecided In This State
Ohio Governor White said he would decide in a few days whether to call an extraordinary session of the General Assembly for relief measures and whether to summon the joint taxation committee in executive conference. He added a prepared program would gain House and Senate support after committee approval. Informal cabinet talks were to be held at the capital today or tomorrow.
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Columbus
U.P
White
Ohio General Assembly
Joint Taxation Committee
House
Senate
Ohio
Blagden Admits Kidnapping Hoax in Cleveland Suburb
Cleveland Heights police will not prosecute Marty H. Blagden after he admitted the kidnapping story he told a week earlier was a hoax. In a letter received by the New York State Police, Blagden cited worry and the burden of the times as motives for his disappearance and the hoax. He claimed he was kidnapped and brought to Cleveland where he escaped his captors.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Marty H. Blagden
C. J. Broadfield
New York
Blagden
Times
Hitler May Run for German Presidency
Berlin reports Adolph Hitler may become a German citizen today to run for president against Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler, born in Austria, has led the fascist movement and could gain citizenship through a Brunswick appointment or political act.
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Berlin
U.P
Adolph Hitler
Austria
Paul von Hinderburg
Hitler
Brunswick
Garner boom launches for John Nance Garner in Texas
In San Antonio on February 23 a mass Garner rally drew over 5,000 Texans at Municipal Auditorium. The crowd cheered the candidate, adopted the slogan Garner for us U S for Garner, and heard Dr Stockton Axson advocate a politician in the true sense.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas Democracy
John Nance Garner
Lone Star State
Garner
U. S
Garner.”’ While the Big Crowd, Gathered In the Municipal Auditorium
Stockton Axson
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Akron Inquiry Ends In Report Not Written
Washington february 23 the congressional investigation of defects in the naval dirigible Akron ends with no report to be written chairman mcclintic said he cannot see a conclusion on the ship safety after viewing the accident and will not ride in the airship further members agree.
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Washington
McClintic
Oklahoma
Committee of
McViiitie
Overall Bandit Confesses in Ohio Bank Robberies
Clyde Whittredge a 20 year old inmate held with his sister Mrs Pearl Griffith 23 has admitted to robbing four banks and to a spree of nearly two dozen additional robberies at stores and filling stations across western Ohio police reported today.
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Lima
Clyde Whittredge
Pearl Griffith
Ohio
Bargains In Classified Ads Trade Offers
A Harrisonville Ohio reader offers a saddle mare for sale or trade. Nelsonville ad lists an electric radio for 35 dollars. Other swap items include a cornet for a battery radio or livestock.
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Harrisonville
Ohio
Nelsonville
Fail To Drive Chinese From Tazang Lines
Japanese forces halt offensive as reinforcements from Tokyo approach. Chinese troops hold position on Tazang Line awaiting relief. Continuous combat signs indicate potential for renewed assault once allies arrive.
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Tazang
Japanese Reinforcements Halt Offensive Along Shanghai Front
In Shanghai area dated February 23, Japanese forces sent green clad infantry with heavy artillery to Tazang, but failed to breach Chinese lines. As reinforcements arrived, the high command paused the offensive from Shanghai to Woosung forts to avoid unnecessary casualties, while the cabinet weighed sending more troops.
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Shanghai
Tazang
Woosung Forta
Japanese air raids and push near Tasang face stiff Chinese defense
Tokyo reports aerial bombardment of Tasang and surrounding fronts with Japanese infantry attacking Chinese lines. Western observers note 30 000 Japanese reinforcements possible and a call for disarmament at the world conference amid Japanese plans to encircle Chenji. Chinese counterattacks and sniper activity persist as Hungjiao Airdrome suffers direct hits.
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Geneva
Japan
Taitsihar
Chinehow
Shanghai
Weosung
World Disarmament Conference
United
Chincee
Tazang
Chenji
19Th New Route Army
Hungjiao
French
Hangdre
Killed by Mistake in Kentucky Posse Shootout
Greensburg Ky Pendleton Mang a recently discharged Marine and special deputy was shot and killed by a posse in darkness. Sheriff J W Moore and others fired after mistaking him for Coy Ford, a man wanted on a breach charge. Pendleton died of his wounds.
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Kentucky
Greensburg
U.P
Fountain Pace
Statea Marines
Nigaregua
Pendleton
J. W. Moore
Coy Ford
Moore
Exoneralions Note on 17 Year Old Suspect in Halt Shooting
A 17 year old was arrested after a .4 gun was found in his home connected to the shooting of four year old Herman Halt and a political worker. The incident involved a direct line to a target on the roof.
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Herman Halt
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