Far East crisis deepens amid Shanghai assaults and peace plans
The week ends with renewed attacks on Shanghai by land, sea, and air as Japanese forces push on Nanking. Western powers propose a peace framework in Tokyo including ceasefires, withdrawal to contact lines, and protection of international settlements aided by neutral observers. Edwin Cunningham coordinates American efforts amid evacuations and consular actions.
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United States
Japan
China
Shanghai
Whangpes
Nanking
Montgomery M. Taylor
Houston
Manila
Philippines
Great Britain
France
Italy
Portugal
Leo
America
England
Tokyo
Hongkew
Chapel
Enrive
Edwin Conningham
Roosevelt Opposes U S Membership in League of Nations
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt declares opposition to American League membership in a New York address. He notes Newton D. Baker’s cautious stance and argues the league now serves as a European discussion forum rather than Wilsonian ideal. He opposes debt cancellation and calls for an international trade conference to lower tariffs.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
League of Nations
New York
Newton D. Baker
League
United States
Pepnier
Roosevelt Sald
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Europe
America
ACCESS and Rail Unions Sign Wage Pact in Chicago
The wage agreement sets a 10 percent reduction for one year starting February 1 with full rates restored January 1. A separate concessions pact, crafted to improve work conditions and unemployment relief, was signed at the same time. Leading negotiators were David Brown Robertson of the Railway Labor Executives' Association and Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railway.
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Railabor
Chicago
David Brown Robertson
Hailway
Gscoeration
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Hoover backs drive to mobilize hoarded money
Leading civic figures met in Washington at the President's invitation to form a national campaign against low morale and to reel in hoarded funds. President Hoover cited that more than 1.2 billion dollars of American money has been hoarded or remains idle in nonworking assets over the past year.
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Washington
Ahoover
Clienlion Oo
Reconstruction Finance Corp forms board with Dawes and Meyer
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation completed its board with Charles G. Dawes as president and Eugene Meyer as chairman. Washington offices opened at the Oil Commerce Department while loan requests flood in. Senate-confirmed directors Couch and Jones join, with McCarthy named to complete membership. Over 100 million in loan applications arrive as the new board begins. To curb overproduction, the Commerce Department promotes anti night work sentiment in Southern cotton mills, with textile industry heads aiding the effort. Textiles chief Pickard notes excess supply and price declines.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles G. Dawes
Eugene Meyer
Oil Commerce Department
Washington
Senate
Harvey C. Couch
Jesse B. Jones
Hoover
Wilson McCarthy
Salt Lake City
Department of Commerce
Edward T. Pickard
Commerce Department
Naval race threats loom as Hale urges bigger fleet
Senator Frederick Hale of Maine defends a bill to expand the U S Navy to treaty strength, warning Japan leads in naval armament and may demand parity with Britain and the United States, challenging pacific strategy and future policy.
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Frederick Hale
Maine
Rep
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Hale
Washington
London
East
Fall Parole Denied Former Interior Secretary Albert Fall
The federal parole board rejected Albert B. Fall’s parole as unjustifiable and incompatible with social welfare. He will serve the remainder of his prison term in the New Mexico State penitentiary for bribery connected to the Alliance death during the Harding administration.
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Federal Parole Board
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Alliance
Harding
Will and Prohibition Reform Resolutions Noted
Senator Wesley L Jones of Washington proposed a will to compel states to enact anti prohibition laws. He also filed a resolution to bar vessels to Port Invoy states without state enforcement and to block citizen training camps or government shipbuilding in states without dry laws. United Mine Workers, meeting in Indianapolis, backed legal beer over repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as a practical solution.
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Wesley L. Jones
Washington
United Mine Worker of America
Indianapolis
Alice’s Adventures From Child’s River to Literary Icon
A six year old girl inspired a tale later translated into twelve languages and parodied widely. The author with the pen name Lewla Carroll gave her the manuscript as a Christmas gift. Years later the original sold at auction for $77,000 and was bought by an American collector for £150,000.
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Alice Liddell
Alice In Wonderland
Charles Lutwidge Dudgeon
Oxford University
Alice
Dodgema
Lewla Carroll
Robinson Crusoe Tale Links to Selkirk Island Rescue
The story behind Robinson Crusoe traces to Alexander Selkirk an English sailor born in Largo Fifeshire who lived on Juan Fernandez after a quarrel with his captain. He was rescued by Captain Woods Rogers and later became lieutenant on HMS Weymouth. The island is famed as Crusoe's Island with landmarks tied to Selkirk's four year stay.
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Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk
Largo
Fifeshire
South Seas
Juan Fernandez
Chile
Wooles Rogers
Selkirk
H. M.S. Weymouth
Robinson Crusne
Crusoe
German Generals Toast American Doughboys As War Winners
Berlin reports former German princes generals and staff praise American soldiers for their courage and impact in World War I. Crown Prince Rupprecht and Wilhelm say U S troops helped decisive allied victory, though training gaps noted by von Seeckt and von ELM. Heye and Schulenburg describe American infantry as brave though raw.
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Berlin
Germany
America
Sigrid Schultz
Chicago Tribune
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Friedrich Wilhelm
Prussia
UU. S
United States
Hans von Seeckt
von Elnem
Alene
Meuse
Willelm Heye
Telehewelr
Dun
Moselle
Count von der Schulenburg
Draw Up Rules for Air Flights in the Orient
Washington passes new aviation rules governing foreign flights in Japan and China after the Herndon Pangborn incident. Permission must be secured in advance for each flight and each landing or takeoff, with routes and details to be submitted. China requires one month notice to the government and five days to the foreign affairs ministry in Nanking. Armaments require specific approval for self defense if resisted.
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Washington
Japan
China
Department of Commerce
Ching
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nan-king
Milk and Orange Juice Aid Children's Weight in Sacramento
Sacramento elementary schools added a small bottle of pure orange juice to the morning milk. Experiments show weight gain doubles for children consuming both orange juice and milk versus either liquid alone.
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Sacramento
Califf
Flying speed of wild ducks varies by type
Amherst investigators from Massachusetts State College report duck flight speeds vary as much as 32 miles an hour. Typical ducks fly around 40 mph while pintails reach 55 mph and a canvasback tops near 45 mph.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts State College
School Teacher Seeks Pay After Quartzburg Fire
In Idaho a teacher who signed a one year contract to teach in Quartzburg wants salary after the town burned away. No pupils remain and no Quartzburg exists, prompting the Idaho attorney general to seek an answer.
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Roise
Idaho
Quartzburg
Britain Claims World's Fastest Combat Planes
London reports that Britain's aircraft carriers Furious and Courageous host Hawker Nimrods claimed as the world's fastest fighters. The spartan land planes reach 200 mph, climb rapidly, and use catapulted takeoffs from stationary to 60 mph in three seconds. They feature flotation protections, advanced navigation, wireless and lighting gear, and are powered by Rolls Royce Kestrel engines of 480 horsepower.
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London
Britain
Senator La Follette pushes relief bill for unemployed
Senator La Follette and Senator Costigan of Colorado move the next order of business to consider a bill authorizing 375 million dollars in federal aid to states for relief of unemployed and needy. Opponents argue federal aid should focus on credit extension and administration measures.
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Enator LA Follette
Senate
Senator Costigan
Colorado
Earthquake Rips Anlago City. Deaths Surpass First Reports
A sequence of earthquakes devastated ANTLAGO near Cubs. Initial tallies claimed over a thousand dead but later confirmed far fewer, with twelve deaths. Property damage exceeded 10 million dollars as most structures suffered.
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Antlago
Cubs
Weelera Mewapager Union
Amplification of radio and atomic babble in everyday items
A scientific writer notes that amplified radio reveals the babble of atoms in a mothball and molecular clamor in an onion, while plain radio also exposes the babbles of a hair-boiled egg and clamor in a tooth. The Minneapolis Journal.
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Minneapolis Journal
Faucett Missouri Claims Longest Little Town Status
Faucett Missouri claims to be the longest little town in the country. The village is a block wide and a mile long with a three block long business district. Residents use the state highway as their main street and have built domes along the road for a ridewalk.
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Faucett, Mo
Faucett
Yates Stirling Jr Oversaw Fourth District Amid Tensions
In Blawall the Fourth Cavalry District under Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr faces unrest from attacks on white women. An officer Lieut T B Mussel and his mother in law Mir Granville Portescue, plus two men, are accused of killing a Bavarian accused of assaulting Mrs Massie.
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Yates Stirling, Jr
Blawall
Lieut
T. BL. Mussel
Mir Granville Portescue
Massie
Lincoln Golf Club Named On Muskegon Farm Deed 1860
A Muskegon Michigan golf course sits on an eighty acre tract deeded in 1860 by President Lincoln. The grounds are officially named The Lincoln Golf Club reflecting its historic origin and rural setting.
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Muskegon, Mich
Lincoln
Boston Liquor Raiders Smash Plane With Sledge Hammers
Boston police liquor squad used sledge hammers on a battered plane in a local station. The noisy destruction aimed to silence mysterious sounds from the aged craft, leading to a new plan by officers.
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Boston
Boston Policquer Squad
Plana
New Machine Eases Strife With Bulls From Oregon
A Beaverton Oregon designer J J Von Kieck has developed a machine approved by the Oregon experimental station to calm pagnarious dairy bulls. The device uses a motor driven reversible period to feed a bull in a half circle, turn and feed back, repeating until the animal is subdued.
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Corvallis
Ore
J.J. von Kieck
Beaverton
Oregon Experimental Station
Bull
Lost City in India Upsets Aryan Belief
In the Indus Valley a lost city dating from 5000 B C was discovered by Sir Edward A Galt and D B Baneri. Ruins at the site show multiple ancient remains and seals with legends in an unknown script similar to Perso Sousa styles, challenging the Aryan civilizational theory.
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India
London
Eiys
Edward A. Galt
Hoya
Fir D B. Baneri
Indian Archeological Department
Indus Valley
Sousa
Persia
Wheat Buys Tonsorial Attention in Illinois
Three bushels of wheat paid for a haircut shampoo and shave for Grant Crose at a barber shop in Martan Illinois The wheat was traded by Ed Dorhem the barber for chickens The deal left all parties satisfied and Dorhem announced plans to offer hair relief to those with excess wheat and beard growth
Popcorn Booms in Iowa as Leading State Producer
Washington News notes the state leads in popcorn production while Sac county, Iowa, tops U S counties in yield. Average Iowa acreage for popcorn from 1921 to 1920s era cited. Nebraska is second. Most popcorn grown under contract, shaping marketing importance.
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Washington
Sac County
Lowa
United States
Towa
Nebraska
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