Manchuria war office report sparks fears of Chinchow attack
TOKIO dispatch: Japanese forces in Manchuria undertake an extensive punitive expedition against Chinese troops and bandits west of the Liao river near Chinchow. Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang foresees an imminent Japanese assault on Chinchow as Gen Jung Chew commands 26 000 troops in the area resisting to the bitter end.
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Tokio
War Office
Manchuria
Chinchow
Liao River
Tientsin
Nippon Dempo
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Jung Chew
Chang
Hoover Debt Moratorium Up For House Vote
The House began considering ratification of the Hoover debt moratorium with Democratic Leader Rainey pledging to stay in session overnight if needed. President Hoover pressed leaders at the White House and the debate was set to run eight hours starting at 11:30 p.m. Collier of the Ways and Means Committee led the pro ratification argument, while Representative Sanders of Texas led minority opposition.
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Washington
House
Rainey
United States
Hoover
White House
Collier
Ways and Means Committee
Sanders
Texas
Heflin Attacks Shouse Over Birmingham Remarks
Former Senator Heflin condemned statements by Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic executive committee, calling them inconsistent, hypocritical, unethical and untrue. Heflin, challenging Senator Bankhead, accused Shouse of political motives and bad taste in his remarks.
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Washington
Heflin
Birmingham
Jouett Shouse
Democratic Executive Committee
Tennessee Senate in Disorder Over Adjournment Plan
In Nashville on December 18 the Tennessee Senate recalled a resolution to adjourn at noon Saturday after a flare up over the budget balancing compromise. A lower house bid on the kilowatt tax bill failed. Early talks aimed to mend the peace pact amid ongoing conferences.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Senate
Representative Warren pushes bridge bill for Norfolk Beauford waterway
Washington Democrat Warren introduced a bill in Congress to fund a $90,000 bridge across the Norfolk Beaufort waterway at Fairfield. Major General Lytle Brown, chief of army engineers, already approved the project. The measure would reinstate a Hyde county road cut when the waterway was developed.
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Warren
Washington, N. C
Fairfield
Lytle Brown
Chief of
Army Engineers
Hyde County
Two Die In Suspected Death Pact Shooting In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis, evangelist Mrs Bernice Owens clutching a Bible was found dying from a temple wound beside the body of Arthur S Long 55 with a bullet through the brain and a revolver in his hand. Authorities say they were longtime friends and believed to have planned suicide together.
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Albany
N. Y
Jack
Diamond
New York City
Catskill Mountain
Alice Schiffer Diamond
Pragya
Erase Diamond
Eison
Thomas M. Holmes
Dove Street
Dr. Holmes
Indianapolis
Ind
Bernice Owens
Arthur S. Long
Long
Bravery Fades as Chevis Herring Dies Amid Brother Doubts
In Raleigh the 24 year old Chevis Herring was executed in the state prison electric chair claiming his brother Ernest 22 was not involved in the Kerr postmaster murder. Witnesses said Ernest seems worse culprit though Chevis defended him and took the blame.
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Raleigh
Chevis Herring
Wilmington
Ernest
F. F. Newton
Kerr
Chevis
Culbertson and Lightner Dominate Bridge Match
Theodore Lightner joined Ely Culbertson to surge ahead 4 965 points over Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby in a six rubbers contest. Lenz and Jacoby argued over bidding as Culbertson dismissed the clash as a sign of poor losers.
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New York
Theodore Lightner
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Fawney
Fiti
Bruce
Santa Claus
Mre
Lenz
Sidney Lenz
Ozzie
Lightner
Patterson Bound Over On Charge Reckless Driving
Asheboro December special report states Clyde Patterson of Asheboro was bound over on reckless driving charges after a Preliminary hearing regarding an auto accident three weeks earlier that injured highway patrolman Jake Sechrest. Bond set at 5000. attendees included High Point and Asheboro residents.
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Patterson
Ashe
Clyde Patterson
Asheboro
Jake Sechrest
High Point
McFadden Snubbed by White House at Breakfast
Washington December 18 The White House formally noted the attack on President Hoover by Representative McFadden Pa Republican from Pennsylvania was omitted from a breakfast guest list drawn for leaders on Ways and Means and Banking committees McFadden ranks as banking committee chief Republican Walter Newton said one name was passed over for obvious reasons by unanimous consent
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Representative McFadden
Pennsylvania
House
Ways and Means
Banking Committees
McFadden
Banking Committee
Walter Newton
Negro Must Die For Taking Shoes In Burglary
Winston Salem report states John Moore of Columbia South Carolina was sentenced to die in the electric chair for a first degree burglary in Forsyth County. He entered a home while occupants slept and took a pair of old shoes. Execution is set for January 29 unless a commutation is granted.
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Winston-Salem
John Moore
Columbia
S. C
Forsyth County
North Carolina
Young Brunette Seeks Husband For Parents’ $2,000 Offer
In San Francisco a 19 year old high school graduate described as a beautiful brunette posted a newspaper ad offering to marry any man who will provide her parents with $2,000 immediately. She cited her mother’s illness and hospital bills as the motive.
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San Francisco
Jerie Elrood
Germany faces reparations payments under Young plan
Basel Switzerland December 18 The Young plan committee of experts unanimously says German railways cannot meet non postponable reparations next year. The report accepts a subcommittee finding that 1932 budgets cannot balance even with unconditional payments, signaling a likely moratorium on conditional payments rather than cancellation. It notes normalizingGermany could allow railways to earn net income like other countries.
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Basel
Switzerland
Young Plan
Germany
Last Rites Held For Twin City Man Who Fought With Custer
Winston Salem news reports funeral services for Lemuel G Cherry an 80 year old survivor of General George A Custer's army He served as a corporal with Custers forces and escaped the massacre by being attached to the left wing under Major Bentwine.
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Twin City
Custer
Winston-Salem
Lemuel G. Cherry
George W. Custer
Bentwine
Floods Threaten Lower Mississippi Country As Rains Swell Streams
Dispatches report the Tallahatchie River burst its levee at Porters Bridge near Batesville Mississippi flooding Mimms Carrie and Curtis with spillover reaching toward Crowder Stone and Asa. Batesville residents brace for 250 refugee families as federal engineers say no major flood troubles are expected although river stages rise toward flood level.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Tallahatchee
Porter’s Bridge
Batesville
Miss
Mimms
Carrie
Curtis
Crowder
Stone
Asa
W. E. Chapman
Publisher McLean Faces Contempt in Divorce Case
Edward B. McLean, prominent Washington and Cincinnati publisher, faces contempt after sending his wife a Christmas gift containing a Latvian divorce notice. District of Columbia Superior Court ordered him to appear within three days and explain why he should not be punished for violating a court order.
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Greensboro
N. C
J. L. Self
Grand Jury
W. H. Foster
North Carolina Republican Executive Committee
Self
Middle District
United States
Johnson J. Hayed
Hayes
Leif
E. L. Gavin
State
Republican Executive Committee
Washington
Gavin
Middle North Carolina
Department of Justice
Edward B. McLean
Washington and Cincinnati
District of Columbia Superior Court
Justice Wheat
Riga
Latvia
McLean
Europe
Walsh McLean
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Blair
Can
Foster
Jack “Legs” Diamond
Patrick J. Hurley
Republican National Committee
James F. Burke
Committee
Congress
Shouse
Tennessee Senate
Indiana
Man Friend
A. E. Bowen
W. L. McPhail
Tomahawk
Bowen
Newton
Ely
Nemisis
Jacoby
Mrs. Culbertson
MacFadden
Dairen
Mukden
Peiping
Claremore
Oklahoma
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Oxford
Nellie Donnelly
Young Committee
Edward B. MacLean
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