Fortifications Near Shanghai Evacuated Amid Fire and Flight
Chinese defense forces abandoned Shanghai fortifications as Japanese fire pressed in, retreating behind new lines miles away. Fire tore through the North Station area with burning chapels and exploding mills as troops regrouped after a tense stand. Meanwhile schools reported a rising flu like illness among students, urging precautions to curb a potential epidemic.
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Hastenkong
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Chenju
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Dewey
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Senate backs world court advisory opinions ban
Washington marks a unanimous Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote approving a resolution refusing the world court the right to issue advisory opinions on matters of interest to the United States. Chicago reports a former bank president, 47, suicide after a divorcee testified she was pressured into a $55,900 note. Honolulu notes 21 year old John Fernandez sentenced to life for attacking Mrs. K. Watanabe. London says Britain will repay $150 million in credits to the United States. A Baltic dispatch claims Finnish rebel forces march toward Helsingfors as unconfirmed reports reach the Lokal Anserger.
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Honolulu
John Fernandez
Oahu
K. Watanabe
Butler for Senator backed by Pinchot
General Smedley Butler announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U S senator with Governor Pinchot s backing. He will run as a dry candidate against incumbent James J Davis, who seeks re election and has favored changes to the prohibition act.
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Smedley Dartington Butler
U. S
Pinchot
Stahmecker
Newton Square
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Senate
Pineltut
U.S
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Butler, & Son
Thomas Butler
Jersey Governor Offers 10000 Reward in Lindbergh Kidnapping
Trenton March 2 Governor A Harry Moore announced a 10000 reward for the arrest of the kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. The state offers the bounty after talks with Mercer County prosecutor and state police superintendent H Norman Schwartzkoff. Telegrams were sent to Newark and Jersey City police chiefs asking them to dispatch detectives to assist the search.
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A. Harry Moore
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Moore
Mercer County
H. Norman Schwartzkoff
Newark
Jersey City
Inspection of Guard Company Here Next Week
Preparations at the State Armory for the annual Federal inspection of Company A, Pennsylvania National Guard, scheduled for Wednesday evening March 9. Lt Col Wm Fish and Major Edward G MeCormick will oversee the inspection with Major General Wim Price and 28th division officials in charge. Local guardsmen and nearby officers from the 28th Infantry are expected, marking a key event on the P N G calendar.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Liuts, Robert, Brown
Ross Fehlman
Beaun
Wm. @. Fish
28Th Division
Wim. G. Price
Pennsylvania
Edward G. Me. Cormick
Third Corps
United States Army
Ith Infantry
Maslak ends life in Venango jail
In Franklin Pennsylvania Topy Maslak 49 who had been held in Venango County jail in connection with the death of his wife Anna 56 died by suicide in his cell on Washingtons birthday Police said a sock and binding twine were used Maslak had been awaiting a sanity commission report and was arrested for questioning after Mrs Maslaks death February 2 Sheriff Voorhles found the body in his cell
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Washington
Topy Maslak
Venango County
Anna
Maslak
M. Voorhles
Senate Committee On Post Offices
House
Hes Moines
Ruth Bentley
Rescued From Home In Altoona Fire
Cochran and her five small children were rescued by neighbors today when fire destroyed her home in Altoona. Property damage was estimated at 35000.
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Altoona
Cochran
Snatch of James Dejilte Jr Sparks Niles Kidnap Probe
Police search for 12 year old James Dejilte Jr after he was seized on a street in Niles Ohio by two men in a yellow roadster. Witnesses describe a brown waistcoat, gray cap and feather coat with sheep skin collar. License number obtained. reward offered. Fugitives believed heading toward Sharon Pennsylvania line. The cousin witnessed the abduction but was not harmed.
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James Dejilte
Trumbull County
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Glen Burnside
Decision on Vote Machines Ahead of Spring Primaries
County officials caution on March 22 decision whether to use voting machines for the April 26 primaries. Filing for state offices closes next Monday. county committee papers extend two weeks. Uncertainty grows over machine adequacy as candidates spur possible return to paper ballots.
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Aul Brie Jody
Ralph C. Beneddict
Bunty
Journal
Gill in Race for Congress with Meadville Backing
Mayor Gill of Meadville, long rumored as a Democratic candidate, is entering the race. Supporters circulated petitions in Crawford County towns including Meadville and Cambridge Springs, with signatures collected this afternoon, signaling strong local backing in Brie city and surrounding communities.
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Cambridge Springs
Crawford County
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Abolishing Lame Duck Sessions Moves Forward
Washington March 2 The probable 20th amendment to abolish lame duck sessions of Congress was started toward state ratification. The Senate adopted a compromise amendment agreed to by the House. The amendment goes to the Department of State for submission to the states. The final Senate vote was 73 to 8.
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Meadville Kin Of Lindberghs Tells Of Child
Meadville Pa March 2 Strong resemblance of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr to his father and his dislike of strangers may foretell an early return of the child says grand aunt Mrs Hilda Morrow Mellvaine sister of the late Dwight Morrow. The baby is bright and talks beyond his 20 months while in Englewood N J Miss Elizabeth Morrow takes him to a nursery school. He can count and walk fast and he will fetch the receiver when a telephone is nearby. The Morrow family in New York shares the hopeful sentiment for his return.
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Meadville
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Hilda Morrow MeIlvaine
Dwight Morrow
Elizabeth Morrow
Nuniary School
Englewood
N. J
Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh
Atlantic Coast
Dwight W. Morrow
Col. Lindbergh
Lindbergh Boynapped. Father Opens to Ransom Contact
Col Charles A Lindbergh prepares to pay ransom after his 20 month old son Charles A Jr was abducted from the Lindbergh nursery in Hopewell New Jersey. Police investigate a ransom note and a mysterious plane message while Lindbergh and state troopers scour the Sourland Mountains for clues amid intense public interest.
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United Press
Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A., Jr
Lindbergh Nursery
Stone House
Sourland Mountains
Hoover's Name In Ohio Primaries Noted Diplomats Report
Reports from Washington state President Hoover's name will be entered in the Ohio primaries this spring. Master General Brown at the White House confirmed the development as part of the diplomatic notes circulating among officials.
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Ohio
Ce Asio
Washington
Brown
White House
Today's Five Best Radio Entertainments
NBC network listings present Melee Clarions on WIZ at 7 19, Sousa's Band on WEAR at 8 30, Fast Freight on WAC CHS network at 9, Vitality Personalities on WABC CBS network at 10, Toscha Seidel on AVAIBSG CBB network at 11 06.
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Washington historian diplomat dies at 81
Man 2- Dr. David Jayne Hill, 81, historian and diplomat, died at home. He served as assistant secretary of state from 1898 to 1909, minister to Switzerland and the Netherlands, and ambassador to Germany. He led Bucknell and Rochester universities earlier in his career and attended the Haguenésce conference in 1907. Survived by son Walter and a daughter in Washington, burial in Williamsport, Pa.
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Washington
David Jayne Bill
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Switzerland
Netherlands
Germany
Bucknell
Rochester
Walter
Scranton
Wil- Hamsport, Pa
Findley Lake Boys Narrow Escape From Drowning
Two Findley Lake youths Jacie Roberts and Lee Root Jr were walking on thin ice opposite the Roberts boathouse when it broke. They were pulled from the lake by nearby family members and others, after cries for help drew attention. They were enroute from school and reached the bank in time, though greatly frightened.
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Harry Roberts
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Lee Root
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