World War I era peace prospects and the Lindbergh kidnapping
The piece reports cautious hopes for a truce in Shanghai and a peace conference as Japan presses a quick victory, while the Lindbergh baby is kidnapped prompting a cross‑state manhunt. Navy maneuvers in the Pacific and Atlantic are noted. U.S. tax and road bills advance, with debate on budget, industry taxes, and highway funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Shanghai
Yoshinori Shirikauwa
Teal Ting-sal
Chapel-Kiangwan
League of Wations Assembly
Geneva
John Simon
United States
Tokyo
Araki
Ft Hovcott
Political sparks fly as 1932 nominating race heats up
Sen Connally fires at administration while Hoover allies and Democrats clash over economy and farm relief. Smith signals bid in New Hampshire and may target Smith-Roosevelt clash in Iowa. Steck disputes tariff and prohibition views as Butler announces bid for Pa. Senate against Davis with Pinchot backing.
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Hoover
Garner
Wee
Moses
New Haimpshire
Tom Connally
Texas
Broakhart
Tawa
al Smith
Nomliathen
Smith
Cine
Daniel F Steck
Steck
Senate
Smith W. Brookhart
L. J. Dickinson
Smedley D. Butler
United States
Pennsylvania
James J. Davia
Butler
Ghiford Pinchot
Proposals Range from Supreme Court Rules to Prohibition Enforcement
Hoover urges legislation to speed federal criminal cases remove outdated bankruptcy rules and strengthen District of Columbia prohibition. Proposals include uniform criminal procedure rules grand jury indictment reforms juvenile transfers to state courts and expanded federal court staffing and budgeting. Includes stock market inquiry and Norris injunction bill. Beck-Linthicum state control petition set for March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sstitustinate
Hoover
Congress
District of Columbia
Legislaten
United States Supreme Court
District Courts
Nenltourt of Appeals
Eeneral
Bankrup Bcy
Senate Banking Committee
Walcott
Connec Hcat
Norbeck
Norris
Organized Labor
J. J. Mansfield
Texas
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Sparks Global Outrage
The Lindbergh kidnapping shocked the world as Charles Lindbergh Jr. disappeared from the family home. President Hoover ordered full federal and state cooperation, while authorities in New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and Connecticut mobilized vast search efforts. Citizens from aviators to clergy joined the quest and nations worldwide followed the case with sympathy and concern for the infant’s welfare.
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Harles Augustus. LiNbergh, Jr
Col Aod
Charles A. J.indbergh
Hopewell
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Alrimen
S Nate
Mra. Tindbergh
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Birty
United States
Herbert Hoover
8 Nation
White House
Lindberch
Rm New Jersey
Newark
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Camden
Philadelphia
Trenton
WPEG
Delaware River
Washington
William D. Mitchell
Hoover
Department of J8estice
Department
Department of Justice
Firesident
Justices Department
Bureaus of Investigation
Delawnawe
Connecticut
Hilia
Congress
Roscoe C. Patterson
Missouri
John J. Cochran
America
Ching
Germany
Berlin
England
Mexico
Thoight Morrow
Lindberghs
Anne Morrow
Cuernavaca
Globe
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Morrow
Morrow and Lindbergh
Charles Jr
Caries
Hie
TAS
Pictorial Review
Charles
Warl
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Dooley and Hennessy Ballads and Wild Bill Hickok
The passage recalls Finley Peter Dunne’s Mr Dooley and Mr Hennessy in late 19th to early 20th century Chicago and the real figures behind them. It explains Hickok's life as Wild Bill from his Kansas and Nebraska years, his Union service, and the myth versus the official record of his killing.
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Finley Peter Dunne
James McGarry
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Mr. Dooley
Mr. Hennessy
Remirk Neelerd
Mr. Dantes
Rey
Bill Hekok
William
Frontier
James Butler Hickok
Dinos
Missouri
Wild Bit
McCanding Fang
Slate Company
Nebraske Historiens Society
Hekok
McCunles
Hickok
Beline
Deadwood
Tombstone of Josiah Henson found near Dresden Ontario
government weed inspector cleared mud from a long neglected tomb near Dresden Ontario revealing Rev Josiah Henson the model for Uncle Tom He died May 6 1863 aged 82 The tombstone notes his birth July 15 1780 Henson’s life inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to publish Uncle Tom’s Cabin drawing attention to fugitive slave issues and Canada’s role as a refuge during the era
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Dresden
Ontario
Canada
Josiah Henson
Uncle Tom
Beecher Stowe
Chatham
Boston
Stowe
Famous Kidnab?ngs and Rescues Timeline
A compact chronology of notable kidnapings from 1628 to 1990 listing victims, locations, outcomes, and captors. Entries include Edward Cudahy in 1900 returned after capture by Pat Crowe, 1924 Bobby Franke slain in Chicago by Leopold and Loeb, 1990 Adolphus Busch Orthwein released after 20 hours, and Marian Parker in Los Angeles.
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Charlie Floss
Germantown
Edward Cudahy
Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Billy Whitla
Sharon
Baby Hencks
Chicago
Zollet
Lloyd Trezke
Cleveland
California
Catherine Winters
Newcastle
Ind
Jimmy Glass
Jersey City
Sizin
Lloyd Keet
Springfield
Alain
Billy Dansey
New Jersey
Gody
Roy Sorth
Moron
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
William Hickman
Billy Gaffney
Brooklyn
Billy Ranieri
Adolphus Busch Orthwein
St. Louis
Marian McLean
Cincinnati
Poor Etiquette Sparks Quiet Debate in Letter Exchange
A heated exchange urges readers to rethink disrespect toward others. It argues endless disputes breed contempt for opposing opinions and warns against venting resentment, urging restraint in public discourse and self control in disagreement.
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Geewil
Suliclont
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Edward W. Pickard
Pacific Ocean
Navy Department
Atlantic
San Pedro
Special Service
Pacific
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Crisp
Georgia
House
Sila
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Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Gen
Shira
Sen. Connally
Avid Jayne Hill
Hodor Ail
Bucknell
Svinhofvud
Evolt
Finland
Lapua Party
Pehr Evind Sviinhofvud
Lapua
Mantzala
Britain
United Kingdom
Weslers
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Augustus
Gstrickeo
Colonel
MR. Dolley and
Wild Bill
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