Students seize North China railway station in protest
Thousands of students gathered at North Railroad station to protest northern North China autonomy. Police avoided violence as about 1,000 had seized the terminal, blocking trains and demanding free transport to Nanking while clashing earlier on Nanking road. Riots near the international settlement gates prompted armed riot vans to stay ready. One student called for armed forces to defend North China as others pledged solidarity with comrades.
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Associated Press
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Hitler Birthday Honors Reintroduced In Third Reich Decree
Berlin reports the ministry of the interior has reintroduced birthday honors into the third Reich. Titles, promotions and decorations will mostly be awarded on Reichsfuehrer Hitler's birthday, April 20, with other dates including January 30, May 1 and October 6 for special ceremonies.
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Third Reich
Ministry of the Interior
Inspectors Find Many Unfit Jails
United States inspectors reviewing federal lockups condemned 44 percent of local jails as unfit or unsafe. From 1930 to 1935, 1,273 of 2,894 jails visited were barred from housing federal prisoners. Factors like food and building conditions heavily affected scores, with Bates blaming the fee system for poor jail incentives and urging faster prisoner identification and reporting to avoid pretrial confinement.
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Compromise Bonus Bill Favored By Speaker Byrne
Speaker Byrne signaled a possible compromise bonus bill acceptable to the administration as Congress debates three main plans. He cautioned that unity among supporters is needed to advance a bill, with hopes for early disposition to aid adjournment in May. Presidents stance and party efforts to unify also noted.
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Manchus swap corn for rice sake as demand soars
In Mukden Manchukuo Japanese saki brewed from rice is replacing native Manchurian wine from kao liang maize. Demand surges with extra batches brewed monthly. Several distilleries run at full capacity and saki gains popularity even in Harbin where vodka previously dominated.
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Manchukuo
Harbin
Vodkh
Bureau plans prison farm use to replace local jails
Officials say the bureau will substitute state prison farms for local confinement of inmates serving sentences. They cited a general policy of not revealing condemned jail locations.
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Ruins of Roman Fort Discovered Near Jerusalem
Rome era fortifications dating from the second century have been uncovered extending south from the Dead Sea toward Petra. Professor Alt of Germany reports milestones from roads joining the fortresses and ties to the tenth Roman legion that led the assault on Jerusalem.
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Petra
Professor Alt
Germany
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Wild boar caught by fisherman in Audienne Bay
Audienne France a lugger named Reine-des-Flots fishing for sardines in the bay nets a 200 pound wild boar driven from the woods by hunt and storm. The event interrupts normal fishing as crew members secure the animal aboard and report the unusual catch to authorities.
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Audienne
France
Fishermen Kill Offshore Animal and Sell to Butcher
The animal was spotted about three miles offshore by fishermen. They knocked it on the head with a hatchet, carried it home, and sold it to the local butcher for a good sum, authorities said.
Revolution Ruins Yield Art in Maubeuge Chapel
Two finely painted panels from the fifteenth century were found among the ruins of a chapel destroyed in the French revolution. The panels depict scenes from the life of Christ.
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