Imminent Shanghai Battle Threatens 90,000 Troops
Reports from Shanghai indicate a large scale clash as Japanese forces push toward major operations involving tens of thousands of troops. The League of Nations Commission says a state of war exists, with Tokyo prepared to issue an early ultimatum to China and potential economic sanctions under Articolo XV. Local districts fear heavy bombardment as forces concentrate along the Whangpoo river.
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Shanghai
League of Nations
Shanghai Commission
Ite
Comen
China
Articolo XV
Artiste XV Soch
Artigle
Nantac
Chaosi
Bbg
Air Mail Service For City Planned
Washington announces plans to create a new air mail route linking Charleston with Washington and Jauteville via central Kentucky West Virginia and northern Virginia. Rep M H Thatcher urges a Louisville Evansville connection to integrate Charleston into northern or southern trans continental air mails.
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the Gazette
Washington
Charleston
Jauteville
Postoffice Department
M. HM. Thatcher
Kentucky
House
Treasury and
West Virginia
Virginia
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Air Mall
Couraville
Nashville
Little Rock
Dallas
Los Angeles
Dickinson named to Richmond district advisory committee
John J. Dickinson of Charleston and George M. Moore of Clarksburg are named members of the Richmond district advisory committee of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced yesterday. The agency to be advised will be headed by John M. Miller as chairman.
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John J. Dickinson
Charleston
George M. Moore
Clarksburg
Richmond
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Richmond Areonp
John M. Miller
Unemployment Drive Initiates Broad Charleston Campaign
A local unit of the American Legion plans a county wide unemployment drive in Charleston and Kanawha County to create 1 000 000 jobs. Post Commander E T Williams leads canvassing of industries offices and homes to persuade hiring and maintain payrolls.
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Amér Lcam Legion
Charleston
Kanawha County
United States
John Brawley
E. T. Williams
Calvert
Estill
State Public Welfare Department
The
Legion
Publicadon
West Virginia
Supreme Court resumes after recess faces 41 cases
The Supreme Court returns after a three week break to hear 41 cases. Key questions include state tax controversies and the legality of cigarette advertising on billboards. Minnesota Governor Olson's redistricting law is under state court review while New York and Missouri rulings diverge on similar issues.
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Washington
Fed
Supreme Court
Olson
Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court
Almong
Midesurt
New York
Heve
Seasick Enemy Arrives In Hawaii Ending War
Ruth Nichols aviatrix flew Clarence Chamberlin’s Flying Pura Mace to an unofficial altitude of 21 300 feet, surpassing Chamberlin’s 11 969 foot record, despite engine trouble and cold temperatures. The flight included three altimeters and oxygen use with a flawless landing after a 1 hour 1 minute flight from Pago Pago airport.
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New York
Ruth Nichols
Society
Aviatrix
Clarence Chambertin
Chamberlin
Misa Nichols
Ployd Bennett
Flushing
Long Taland
Hhelmet
Nichola
Han
Paradise Lost When Adam Broke Law of Abstinence
In a Lenten sermon Father Bons Aventture Becker of St. Anthony Catholic Church reflects on Adam and Eve defying abstinence, exile from paradise, and the need to remember mortality during Ash Wednesday rites with blessed ashes and forehead markings.
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Paradise Lost
Adam
Faradise
Father Bonsaventture Becker
St. Anthony Catholic Church
Palma
Operators Again Cut Mine Wages Report
The New River and Winding Gulf operators announce a ten per cent wage cut affecting about 10 000 miners in Raleigh Fayette and Boone counties effective Tuesday The cut stems from higher rail rates and rising costs with miners facing lower daily and tonnage wages amid efforts to stay competitive and weather economic conditions The plan notes a temporary emergency action with a hope to restore wages when conditions improve
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Mount Hop
Raleigh
Fayette
Boone
Interstate Commerce Commission
New River
A. W. Laing
Charleston
Priest Escapes Injury After Falls Car Crash
In Moundsville on February 14 Rev. Father G. W. Groke of Charleston escaped serious injury when his automobile collided with a grazing vehicle driven by George Berwin, a Negro. Police said the clergyman’s unfamiliarity with the narrow road caused the accident.
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Moundsville
G. W. Groke
Charleston
George Berwin
Nation's Gold Will Be Freed Democratic rows shadow 1932 battle
The piece outlines the Democratic rift between Franklin D Roosevelt backers and party leaders over whether delegates should be instructed or free. It notes Roosevelt’s growing momentum, Shouse and Baskob’s positions, and tensions about party unity and delegate selection for the 1932 convention.
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Byron Price Washington
Mora
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Touns
Dune
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National
Associated Press
Albany
Roosevelt
Shonce
Wet Group Set For Local Work
Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against Prohibition Amendment, reports to 50,160 members that expansion will enable active militant local work in about half the states. He cites gains, stress on unemployment, and waste vs revenue, noting past pamphlets on prohibition costs and shifting public stance. Page 5 continues.
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Washington
Henry H. Curran
Association Against
Haa
Curran
House of Representatives
Col. Y
Steeplechase Pier Destroyed in Atlantic City Fire
A spectacular fire leveled the Steeplechase Pier in Atlantic City on February 14. Manager William C. Fenan estimated losses at 500000 dollars as a large electric sign and six front-stove lighters were destroyed. Firemen battled the blaze near hotels and stores along the boardwalk with wind from offshore hindering containment. Arch Witham and James Malie alerted the blaze.
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N. J
William ¢. Fennan
Minager
Haddon Hat Ana Strand
Board Wall
Arch Witham
James Malie
Pennsylvania Avenue
Beach
Negro Admits Attack On 7 Year Old Girl
Philadelphia police say 16 year old Wille Brown confessed to luring seven year old Dorothy Lutz to a vacant house with a new skipping rope and killing her. Brown, mentally deficient, will be arraigned on murder charges tomorrow after the admission given last night.
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Philadelphia
Wille Brown
Dorothy Lutz
Brown
Brownie
Dorothy
Valley Hill store robbed by two armed bandits
Two unmasked gunmen robbed the Valley Hell store at Washington and Elimbeth streets at ten last night taking the day’s receipts from clerk Virginia Given. Miss Gryan told police the money amount was undetermined. A confectioner on the opposite corner saw the men nearby an hour earlier.
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Valley Hell
Washington
Elimbeth Streets
Mmss
Virginia Given
Miss Gryan
Ahe
T. J. Jacobs
When Is a War Not A War
Chicago reports clarify that Japan and China are not at war as neither has shown intent to wage war yet hostilities could push to wider conflict. Legal scholar Quincy Wright notes third states could intervene if fighting escalates beyond mere hostility.
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Chicago
Quincy Wright
University of Chicago
Japan
China
Baker Silent About Politics
In New York on February 14 Newton Baker, returning from a Mexican trip, avoids discussing Democratic presidential nominating politics. He repeatedly says he is not a candidate and cites not knowing campaign developments during a three week absence. Baker’s party stance remains noncommittal as he travels to Cleveland with his wife.
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Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Senate
House
Hoover
TaFollette-Costigan
Stnater Wagner
New York
Warren
Democrat
North Carolina
Ways and Means
Morrow
Mills
Chatman Steagal
Baker
Newton
Mexico
Gut Stimly
Obiama
Wilson
Hayes
League of Nations
League
United States
Cleveland
Heavy Snow Delays Smith From North Dakota Primary
In BISMARCK February 14 heavy snow blocked prairie roads preventing Governor Alfred Smith of New York from filing petitions by midnight deadline for North Dakota's Democratic presidential primary. Petitions did not arrive as Vincent Ferguson left Minot 120 miles away but drifted roads stopped his return.
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Bismarck
Alfred Smith
New York
North Dakota
Smith
Secretary of State
Vinecent Ferguson
Minot
Modern Valentine Religion And The Humanist Society
The Humanist Society meets Sundays at Steinway Hall for Dr. Charles Francia Potter's talks on the religion of Saint Valentine. A shopkeeper uses fishing-net racks to deter theft outside Penn Station. Times Square shows feature posters for Mme Jack and a gangster widow act. Cowart’s Greenwich Street shop expands as Empire State basement lease nears signing.
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New York
Humanist Society
Steinway Hall
Charles Francia Potter
Valentine
America
Lindsey
Valentine’s Bay
Dom- Merlin
France
Ind Street
Aye “Mme
Jack
Young Rome
Sil
Alfred E. Smith
Greenwich Street
James S. Cowart
Coward Shoe Company
Etere
Empire
Empire State
Iit
Ruffner Hollow tragedy ends in hatchet attack
In Ruffner Hollow, Bolton E White killed his three young children and two other victims before sustaining fatal wounds to himself. Relatives found the five bodies after midnight as police and medical teams documented three notes from White expressing fear for his ability to provide and educate.
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Bolton
E. White
Bedy
Ruffner Hollow
Sollee
Mes
Malcott
Bloodatainen
German Demands Equal Arms Cut
German Chancellor Heinrich Bruening called for equal disarmament zoning in a Berlin radio address. He urged Geneva conference participants to adopt parallel limits, warning that continued Versailles Treaty discrimination threatens international law and Germany’s status. The chancellor cited France’s larger force and praised the United States as a model for international restraint.
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New York
Yeo
Germany
Heinrich Bruens
Berlin
Bruening
France
United States
Brucaing
Lindbergh Baby Walks and Talks Reported
Fragmentary diary style remarks describe a scene with the Lindbergh baby walking and talking in New Jersey. The narrator mentions the Morrow family, Mrs Rogers, and a car, with scattered asides about politics and other figures.
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Jersey
America
Chu-Chin-Chow
Aad Faneh
al Smith
Tha. Weld
Ben
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