Shanghai settlement clinic proves successful in heightened security
Dispatch reports Shanghai's foreign settlement fortifications with 6000 foreign troops ready to defend property. Chinese forces under Sun Chuan ting arrive at Shanghai to reinforce lines amid tense patrols and barriers. Foreigners brace for potential attack as tempers flare along the Cantonese civil conflict in a wary, unsettled city.
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United Press
Shanghai
Mobr
Yim
Shaghai
Santhang
Punjab
Alaska Storm Thunders Off Seward With Vast Fleet Stranded
A ferocious Alaska storm off Seward traps some 4 000 seamen aboard the Maskun Talitiut fleet as boats struggle toward the coast. Dozens of craft scattered. several vessels feared lost or missing with possible fatalities. Resurrection Bay shelters the crippled ships while the Starr drags anchors near the outer bay amidst heavy winds and hail.
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United Press
Seward
Alaska
Worthore
Yeats
Alhonde
Hplibut
North Pacific
Admiral Watson
Kotink
Resurrection Bay
Mike Roth Heres
Starr
Two Men Die as Barge Capsizes Near Newport
Three others rescued after barge Hopper sinks off Point Judith during heavy seas. two men die in the incident and authorities review the wreck and response.
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Newport Roi
Point Judith
Rum Plot Holds Steamship Crew in $500000 Smuggling Case
British steamer Clackamas crew and Captain MacDermid were held by a federal commissioner in Philadelphia after wireless operator Michael Long charged liquor smuggling involving 10000 cases worth 600000. Long said crew were kept aboard and escaped from a coal barge near Port Newark after docking. Six others on board not implicated remain on ship.
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Philadelphia
Éajitain
Commissioner Long
Michael Long
Hai
Mulgrave
Port Newark
N. J
Clack
Long
San Leen
TL MacDonall
Clackamas
MacDéricald
JP. Frasier
J.P. Witegerald
Bill Cacti
Convict Three For Cop's Slaying In D C
In District of Columbia Supreme Court three men were found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Policeman Leo W. J. Busch during a gun battle here five months ago. A fourth defendant was acquitted. The three convicted John Proctor Simuel Moreno and Nicholas Lee Eagles face the electric chair as mandatory under first degree murder. The jury deliberated 18 1/2 hours as armed officers guarded the courtroom. Weather warnings followed, with storm cautions extending from Sandy Hook to Eastport Maine.
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Vangaeres Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Leo W. J. Busch
John Fails MoGabe
John Proctor
Simuel Moreno
Nicholas Lee Eagles
Fingt Mai
Gongrens
Construction of 1 Family Homes Shows Big Drop
Harrisburg reports January building in Pennsylvania fell 19.4 percent from January 1926 across 86 boroughs with one family dwellings down sharply while small apartments remain active. Permits issued totaled 1,730 for 10442 million and Philadelphia led declines though several cities posted gains such as Allentown and Reading.
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United Pros
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Labor and Industry
Philadelphia
Pittsharch
Oi City
Ville
Reading
Scranton
Shamokin
Uniontown
Washington
Wilkes Barre
Wilkinsburg
Williamsport
Auto Industry Slacken In Detroit Report
Visitors from Detroit report the automobile industry has slackened with the Mord plant operating only a few days a week. Many workers in Detroit and nearby plants have been out of work for weeks. Reports that the Bord plant is curtailed were confirmed by production figures showing Chevro Tet beating Ford for the month by February for the first time in history.
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Detroit
Go to Church Campaign Opens Sunday Across Denominations
A major Laymen Go to Church movement begins Sunday across Protestant churches in Barry. The unified plan includes a union service at the Presbyterian church with Rev. William E. Bartlett preaching and Presbyterian choir providing music. Subdistrict prayer meetings start March 1, with midweek services at each church to boost personal evangelism and faithful attendance.
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Barry
William E. Bartlett
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Ife
Christ
Fire destroys Stroudsburg high school and two adjoining schools
A rubbish incinerator sparked a blaze in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on a holiday morning, destroying the high school and two adjacent grade buildings. Estimated damage reached 200000 with no pupils or teachers present. Firefighters from multiple towns fought the blaze as winds aided spread. Classes planned to be held in churches and lodges until replacements are built.
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Stroudsburg
East Stroudsburg
Radio listings highlight five best and orchestral broadcasts
Daytime and evening radio schedules list five top programs across stations like WJZ WBZ KDKA WEAF WEAF WGN and WEAR. Featured performances include the New York Symphony Orchestra under various conductors, Boston Symphony Opera selections, and musical comedies across time zones with prime slots through 9 p.m. Eastern and 8 p.m. Central.
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Winbur Damrosih
New York Symphony Orchestra
WJZ
Hook
WBZ
KDKA
Bastern
Boston
Symphony Orchestra
Koustevitalty
AWDAP
Kansas City
Nighthawk
WEAF
WCAE
Fantern
WGN
Chicago
Centrall
Drafting Note To Britain Describes Protection of British Interests
Washington February 6 The State Department drafted a note to Great Britain repeating assurances that American forces of occupation in Iraq are providing protection for British lives and property The note replies to a British note announcing dispatch of a rise 0 corinta over alleged lack of assurances Officials say Britain contends assurances were withheld though they were repeatedly given and carried out
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United Press
Washington
State Department Uday
Great Britain
Iaragun
Lowden Emerges as 1928 Presidential Contender Amid Veto Backlash
Framed by Farm Belt reaction to Coolidge veto of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill former Illinois governor Frank C. Lowden quickly becomes a leading Republican candidate. Illinois lawmakers and agrarian spokesmen push Lowden as the battle lines form against Coolidge with organized support beginning.
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Middle West
Coolidge
Max Buckingham
United Press Sta
Ghicago
Vstyem
Chicago Tribune
Lovie
West
McNary Haugen
FO. Lowden
Illinoia
Tribune
Agriculural
Londen
Laveen
Kansas 'City Star
Ghey
Anid
Agreult API Eaders
Irans Bastist Aviator Hops From Itire Toward Rio
Brazil based Bastist aviator Pinedo begins a long flight from Itire toward Rio de Janeiro, continuing his ambitious journey as reports arrive from the Reb. 28 column.
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Bahta
Brazil
Iran
Éeléo Do Pinedo
Itire
Rio
City Clinic Holds Free Health Examinations
Scores of residents gathered at the Municipal Building for a free examination offered by the Exe County Anti Tuberculosis Society. By noon one hundred and ten exams were completed and officials expected about 175 by 4 pm as a second rush began with Secretary Winter vowing to hold monthly clinics.
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Sibon
Winter
Thas
Gary
Wgsl
Insull again refuses reply to Senate election probe
Samuel Insull Jr. defied questions before the Senate election investigate committee and faced possible contempt citations along with two other witnesses. Evidence shown at a brief stand admission linked $125,000 he gave to Frank L. Smith’s primary campaign to Commonwealth Edison funds, including a $100,000 check dated June 30, 1926, traced to an electric utility fund. The committee noted the significance given Smith’s role as former chairman of the State Public Utilities Commission and the timing around the April 18 primary.
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Samuel Tysull
Traction
Sénaté
Trsullio
Frank L. Smith
Commonwealth Edison Company
Aot Smith
State Public Utilities Commission
Electric Light Company
Senate wets outwitted as dry reorganization bill passes
Washington February 23 Senate wets were outwitted when Senator Willis Republican Ohio party leader moved the bill to a morning hour rule stopping a filibuster. The motion passed without a record vote. Senator Jones Republican Washington then filed a cloture petition the fourth in three days.
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Washington
Senate
Willis
Ohio
Andrews
Jones
Boulder Dam Bill Fails Cloture Vote in Senate
Washington reports a seven day Senate clash over the Boulder Canyon Dam bill ends with failure to adopt a cloture rule. Senator Hiram Johnson led the push for 125 million dollars for the Colorado River project while opponents led by Senator Abts blocked the measure on constitutional rights grounds.
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Senate
Jolson
Washington
Vitallion Whith
Boulder Canyon
Hiram Johnson
California
Colorado River
Johnson
Impérial Valley
Abbuts
Arizona
Three Pittsburgh Policemen Convicted in Federal Case
In Pittsburgh on February 6 three city police officers Lieut John Callan patrolman Joseph Lavery and patrolman Edward Moran were found guilty in federal court of interfering with federal prohibition agents during their raid on the drugstore of A Gigliotti last month Lavery and Callan were also convicted of assaulting Victor Brown a city agent while the others were acquitted of conspiring to interfere with federal officers The case judge J P Schoonstatle presided and defense attorney Louis Little signaled plans for an appeal
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Pittsburgh
Edara
A. Gigliotti
John Callan
Joseph Lavery
Edward Moran
Lavéry
Callan
Victor Brown
Benytt
Hoster Iron
A.D. Leith
Bee
Brown
Lavery
Judes J.P. Sehoonstatle
Er Foray
Louis Little
Storm Weather Forecast With Cold Wave Ahead
Rains Friday shift to rain and frost during the afternoon then light snow flurries overnight and blustery today. Temperatures fall tonight with a chance of snow again Sunday. The cold front moves through the region with a general cold wave outlook.
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