Quake Struck Santiago Cuba Prompted Hills Refugees and Aid
A deadly earthquake sequence devastated Santiago Cuba leaving estimates of dead from 8 to 1,500 with 300 injured. US Navy aid arrived as hospitals treated the wounded, ships station nearby, and residents fled to hills amid ongoing aftershocks.
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Hopkins
Augusta
Swift and Company
Woolworth
San Carlos Club
Venus
Bacard! Distillery
United States
Guantanamo
Canas
Santiago
Santiago Attributed Earthquake Damage Tops Ten Million
Governor Jose Barcelo of Oriente province estimated that earthquake damage in Santiago would exceed 10 million dollars. Public buildings alone faced heavy destruction as of February 3.
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Santiago
Cuba
Jose Barcelo
Oriente
Submarine M-2 Located Off Portland Hill
British admiralty says submarine M-2 with 61 crew members was found about 4.8 miles from Portland and 12 degrees west of due north after earlier reports of a dive. Minesweeper Pangborne and Duncan aided searches as divers attempted a bottom descent despite strong tides.
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London
Portland Hill
Submarines
Portland
Tynesider
Ihs de Torrid
Pangborne
Duncan
Hoover Urges End to Hoarding as Nation Looks Ahead
Associated Press reports President Hoover calls on the public to stop hoarding money. Senate confirms Wilson McCathy of Salt Lake City as last director and Finance corporal Senator Davis announces reelection bid on Volstead modification. Lawmakers discuss large federal aid and unemployment measures while China tensions persist and Japan rejects a peace plan element. Industry reps push general sales tax for new revenue bill as Hoover signs a 126 million deficiency bill.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Senate
Wilson McCathy
Salt Lake City
Davis
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Washington
Shanghai
Japan
Jury hears Mendelian heredity theory in Ruth Judd murder trial
At the Phoenix courthouse February 3 the defense pressed the Mendelian heredity hypothesis to argue Winnie Ruth Judd is insane. State psychiatrist Dr Paul Bowers countered she is sane after reviewing family charts, while witnesses linked insanity through generations. The case concerns the October slayings of Agnes LeRoi and Hedvig Samuelson.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Paul Scenck
Paul Bowers
Los Angeles
Mine Workers vote against pay cuts for officials
The United Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis voted against salary reductions for international officers. Local unions from Illinois Wyoming Iowa Indiana Pennsylvania and Montana urged cuts, even proposing halving President John L Lewis salary from 12 000 a year. The committee recommended non concurrence and the convention adopted the report amid debate led by Charles Reynolds who argued the issue could unite the union as some miners work little while the international president earns 1000 a month.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Committee On Constitution
Illinois
Wyoming
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Montana
John L. Lewis
Reinerton
Charles Reynolds
West Frankfort
Interation
Mellon Accepts Post In London Vacated By Dawes
President Hoover names An drew W. Mellon ambassador to the Court of St James after eleven years as treasury secretary. Ogden L. Mills to succeed Mellon. Charles Gates Dawes resigns to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mellon, nearly 77, weighs strain and personal matters before accepting.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Ogden L. Mills
Court of St. James
Hoover
Harding
Charles Gates Dawes
Reconstruction Corporation
Mellon
White House
Inter-Party Row Over Unemployment Relief Plan
Washington debate erupts in the Senate over a Democratic plan to lend 750 million dollars for road construction and relief loans, splitting party lines. Costigan and Wheeler denounce the plan as subterfuge while Robinson and Black defend the steering committee proposal and oppose direct relief drafts.
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Washington
Senate
Costingan
Colorado
Senator Robinson
Senator Black
Alabama
Red Cross
Robinson
Black
Democratic Steering Committee
Lafollette-Costingan
Costigan
Wheeler
Montana
Long
Louisiana
Lafollette
Mellon Named Ambassador to Britain Succeeding Dawes
Andrew W. Mellon is named ambassador to Great Britain, replacing Charles G. Dawes, with a realigned role in the treasury and finance leadership. The move shifts senior diplomatic duties during the era of postwar European relations.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Great Britain
Quosarene
THE
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Charles G. Dawes
Davis announces reelection bid on repeal of eighteenth amendment
Pennsylvania Senator Davis announces his candidacy for reelection on a platform seeking to modify the Volstead act and resubmit a constitutional amendment to repeal the eighteenth amendment. He favors states rights on liquor policy and cooperative federal support for prohibition where desired.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Davis
Dwight W. Morrow
Hoover
Bodies of Two Young Hill Climbers Found
Twin Mountain New Hampshire February 3 The bodies of two young mountain climbers were found today on Mount Washington near the summit shelter after a long blizzard ordeal. Ernest McAdams 27 and Joseph Chadwick 23 perished from exhaustion while Donald Higgins 28 the sole survivor lay in a Whitefield hospital.
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Twin Mountain
N. H
Mount Washington
Ernest McAdams
Joseph Chadwick
Whitefield
Donald Higgins
Gas mask plant found in Pawtucket laundry
Pawtucket Rhode Island February 3 an organizer for the Chinese National party said that 20000 gas masks were manufactured in a Pawtucket laundry and shipped to China fighting forces. Han Loon of Boston a Kuo Min Tang organizer said the work continued quietly at Sam Kee He laundry under Chinese supervision during off hours.
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Pawtucket
R .I
Chinese National Party
China
Han Loon
Boston
Kuo Min Tang
Sam Kee
China Sees Trap in New Onslaught
In Geneva on February 3 the Manchurian question reemerges as China demands inclusion in the Sino-Japanese settlement plan. Tokyo opposes any move beyond the Shanghai situation, via statements to the League of Nations secretary-general and Japanese ambassadors in London and Tokyo.
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China
Geneva
Manchuria
Shanghai
Nanking
Great Powers
League
Tokyo
Eric Dramond
Tomeo Mataudaira
London
Naotake Sato
Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Washington
State Department
White House
Stm-son
Forbes
Nelson T. Johnson
Peiping
Admiral Pratt
Admiral Taylor
Pratt
Nomura
Representative McFadden
Pennsylvania
Criti
Hoover Appeals Japs Shell Woosung Forts
Hoover appeals to Japan to release held dollars and ends hostilities at Woosung Forts. Counter peace proposals are offered by Japan. Declares return of 1.3 billion dollars to commerce would mean credit expansion of ten billion, cooperation of credit group assured.
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Hoover
Hoover Calls National Conference to Free Hoarded Dollars
President Hoover proposed a national conference of civil leaders to mobilize $1.3 billion in hoarded funds into commerce and credit, predicting a potential $10 billion boost. He urged local organizing and warned that every hoarded dollar destroys credit and harms agriculture and industry.
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Washington
Hoover
Wreck Delays Norfolk and Western Lines Across District
A wreck at a junction on the Dry Fork line and Caretta branch caused hours of delay as five cars and a caboose derailed near Yukon. No injuries reported. Slides on Clinch Valley and a 24 hour delay on the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio line also disrupted rail traffic.
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Clinch Valley
Caretta
Norfolk and Western Railway
Yukon
Dry Fork
Clinch Valley District
Tip Top
Clinch Valley Division
Norton
Bluefield
Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad
Splash Dam
St. Paul
Hoover urges nationwide civil leaders conference on reconstruction
President Hoover announces a national conference of civil leaders and praises the Reconstruction Finance Corporation led by General Dawes and Chairman Meyer. He cites reduced currency hoarding and public confidence, urging patriotic cooperation to boost employment and return hoarded money to industry channels.
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White House
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dawes
Meyer
Bam
Japanese Destroyers Shell Woosung Forts Near Shanghai
Reports from Shanghai describe three Japanese destroyers shelling the Woosung forts at the Whangpoo river mouth. A Tokyo dispatch claimed a division of Japanese troops was en route to Shanghai though unconfirmed. Admiral Taylor inspected American marine HQ as shells reportedly fell in international settlement.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Tokyo
Shanghia
Montgomery M. Taylor
United States Asiatic Fleet
Houston
International Settlement
Chapel
Woosung
Whangpo River
Yangtze Estuary
Duda
Exaco Oigomapans
Whangpo
U. S
Nanking
Simpson
Yangtze River
Richard S. Hooker
Washington
McFadden
House
Pacific
Manila
New York
Outekirta
Harbin
Manchuria
AAMG Group Seeks Smooth Path at Disarmament Conference
Geneva Feb 3 The world disarmament conference moves toward a smoother process with a general committee to act as appeals court on tough issues. The procedure committee, named by President Henderson, also sets 14 vice presidents to cover large and small powers. Dr Eduard Benes faced opposition, while Dr Mary Emma Wooley leads petitions committee aiming for plenary session Saturday.
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Geneva
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
France
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Mary Emma Wooley
Explosion Rocks Wilmington Buildings Near Marcus Hook Dock
An explosion shook Wilmington, Delaware early Thursday with initial reports locating the blast at the Sinclair Oil dock near Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Officials said an oil tanker may have exploded at the dock between Wilmington and Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Sinclair Qi
Marcus Hook
Shishaldin Volcano in Full Eruption Reported
A radio message from False Pass, Aleutians, picked up in Anchorage says Shishaldin on Unimak island is erupting with a flaming summit and lava flows streaming downslope toward the foothills. Unimak is among the largest Aleutian islands.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Shishaldin Volcano
Unimak Island
False Passe
Aleutians
Weather hinders hunt for missing airplanes
Weather conditions hindered the search for three missing aircraft in California and Florida. The Century Pacific airliner with its pilot and seven passengers remains lost six days, joined by an army bombing plane led by Lieut. Edward D. Hoffman. A Bimini Airways plane with five aboard has been unreported since Monday.
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Filera
California
Ia Century Pacific
Edward D. Hoffman
Bimini Airways
Florida
Chilton to file for Democratic county convention delegate
Chilton Jr. managing editor of the Charleston Gazette said he would file tomorrow as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic national convention from the sixth district in West Virginia.
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Chilton
W. Va
Chilton, Jr
The
Charleston Gazette
Battle Continues as Shanghai Fires Back in Sino-Japanese Clash
Japanese planes bombard Shanghai as Japanese and Chinese forces clash near Woosung at the Yangtze estuary. U S marines reinforce the international settlement while evacuations occur from Nanking and nearby areas. Ships and guns roared as both sides battled for control and foreign powers pressed peace proposals.
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United States
Tokyo
Joshizawa
Manchuria
Shanghai
Luri
Shane Ay
Woosung
Outekirta
Changhat Mission Head Known Here
Dr. John Hawk, superintendent of Methodist Episcopal Church South mission work in China, has been seen in Bluefield after his name featured in Shanghai dispatches about the Japanese incident at a Hongkew school. A native of Blountsville Tennessee, he spoke at Grace Methodist Church in Bluefield two years ago and has long led Chinese missions.
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John Hawk
Methodist
Bluefield
China
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Shanghai
Hongkew
Hawk
Grace Methodist Church
Suallivan County
Tenn
Blountsville
The
Rien
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Mills
Melvin A. Traylor
Chicago
Traylor
Wilson McCarthy
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Court of Appeals
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Changhat
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