Alleged Purpose Of New Jap Drive Believed Untrue
China protest notes to the League of Nations and a Foreign Office statement urged U S intervention to uphold the Nine Power Treaty and Kellogg Briand Pact. Wellington Koo recalled Roosevelt’s Pacific prophecy as Manchuria’s fate looms. China fears renewed Japanese moves aim to erase sovereignty and install permanent administration. Japanese force strength estimated at 30 000 with high morale despite cold weather.
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China
League of Nations
Foreign Office
United States
Wellington Koo
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific
Manchuria
Banker Otto H. Kahn Denies Prodding Hoover on Moratorium
Otto H. Kahn testified before the senate finance committee that Germany would pay private debts but would not forecast reparations. He said his firm Kuhn Loeb and Company had no role in negotiating the intergovernmental moratorium and disclosed holding of over 600 million in short term securities. He rejected claims he supported Hoover or proposed the moratorium.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Germany
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb and Company
Senate
Kahn
Johnson
California
Kuhn Loeb and Associates
Reed
Pennsylvania
House
Herbert Hoover
Europe Endures Severe Winter Snow Storms
Snow and freezing conditions grip Europe from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean as eight people die in France and Berlin, with heavy snowfalls, downed lines, and closed cinemas. Sweden reports major timber losses and 3000 workers clearing streets while many towns face power outages and traffic accidents.
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London
Europe
Santa Claus
Scandinavia
Mediterranean
Sweden
Daily Mail
Stockholm
Germany
Berlin
France
Paris
Bank In Lumberton Fails To Open Doors
Lumberton bank Planters Bank and Trust Company failed to open today with a notice on the door signed by K. M. Barnes as president stating the bank was closed by order of the board of directors to conserve depositors interests.
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Lumberton
Planters’ Bank and Trust Company
K. M. Barnes
Waters spread over Dixie lowlands in Mississippi flood
Flood waters from the Tallahatchie and Upper Yazoo threaten northern Mississippi towns. Glendora and nearby Sumner Swan Lake and Webb face rising tides as residents evacuate. Hundreds of tenant families move to higher ground while cattle retreat to hills. Rivers预计继续上涨48 hours.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Tallahatchie
Upper
Yazoo
Glendora
Sumner
Swan Lake
Webb
Panola County
Missing Heiress Found at Narragansett Hotel
Virginia Penfield, a 19 year old Columbus heiress reported missing in Philadelphia, was located last night at the Narragansett hotel in Providence Rhode Island. Police confirmed her identity after hotel staff checked her belongings and she appeared dazed and ill and would not be interviewed.
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Virginia Penfield
Columbus
Philadelphia
Narragansett Hotel
Providence
R. I
Clare J. Penfield
R. L
Narragansett
Associated Press
B. Brown
John Kelly
Providence Police Force
Debtor Debt Talk Stirs Europe Aid Claim
In Dairen on December 21 a letter argues America should cancel debts claiming U S entry decided WWI fate and thus must fix European conditions. The writer warns against helping either side and notes there is no lasting international good will as loans expire.
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Dairen
Europe
America
Nine Die In Two Separate Cases Of Breaking Ice On Michigan Lakes
A Michigan family tragedy on Errgang Lake ends with seven dead and one child surviving after a Christmas sled on two inch ice breaks through. Albert and wife and five others, including children, attempt rescues as the ice fails and multiple victims drown. Only Gloria, three, survives.
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Michigan Lakes
Muskegon
Mich
Errgang Lake
Santa Claus
Here
Orval Oman
Albert Oman
Oman
Harry Errang
Pine tree tragedy near Hart claims two young lives
In Hart Michigan a Christmas tree felled by Arthur Walker caused tragedy at East Rosewell Lake. His sons George 14 and Virgil 11 drowned on the open water after sliding on ice while their father chopped the tree. George fell in first, Virgil followed attempting to help, and both boys died before rescue.
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Fred
Teddy Morgan
Errang
Oliver
Orval
Martha Morgan
Hart, Mich
Arthur F. Walker
Walkerville
East Rosewell Lake
Walker
George
Virgil
Week End Car Accidents Fatal to Six in State
A weekend string of crashes across North Carolina leaves six dead and up to 15 injured. In Salisbury on December 21 Oscar S. Culp was killed instantly when his car struck a parked truck on Highway 80. his son M. L. Culp, 18, was lightly injured.
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Salisbury
Oscar S. Culp
No. Seven
Cabarrus County
Highway 80
Here
M. L. Culp
Raleigh, Dee
North Carolina
Congress Rushes to Ratify Moratorium Before Holidays
Washington December 21 Congress works to fast track ratification of the debt moratorium to ease President Hoover s domestic relief program. Senate leaders plan extended sessions into the night and a potential move to shelve the president pro tempore election, with filibuster threats and chessboard maneuvers possible.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
House
Watson
Curtis
Railcar Fatalities Mount From North Carolina Weekend Crashes
A preliminary survey counted at least five dead and 15 injured in Carolina highway wrecks. Names include Lawrence Scott 60 Washington attorney. Eugene Lane 49 Chocowinity. Rideout 27 Morehead City. Wilbur Moore 21 UNC student. Hugh Long 28 Danville. Gurney Briggs High Point. Ed Parker Greensboro. Jule Mitchell Greensboro. and William Dement Kinston with multiple injuries.
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Lawrence Scott
Washington, N. C
J. C. Chauncey
William Chauncey
Scott
Arthur Long
Eugene Lane
Chocowinity
B. Rideout
Morehead City
Raleigh- Wake Forest
William Dement
Kinston
Rideout
Mary Elizabeth Hospital
Allen Bailey
Robert Austin
Robert Nowell
Raleigh
Wilbur K. Moore
Stanley
University of North Carolina
Salisbury
Robert ¥ i Hamilton
Easley
L. L. Hutchinson
Charlotte
John Williams
High Point
Hugh Long
Danville
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Megrees
Long
E. E. Wade
W. T. Fowlkes
Gurney Briggs
Ed Parker
Jule Mitchell
Injured Motorist Fatally Shoots Bus Driver After Wreck
In Stamford Connecticut a passenger injured in a crash shot and killed the bus driver after crawling from a wrecked car. Giuseppe D Andrea 53 used a revolver on Anthony De Francisco 35, then rode a taxi to a doctor's office and was arrested en route to the hospital where he was to be operated.
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Stamford
Conn
Giuseppe D'Andrea
Anthony de Francisco
Ralph Costili
D'Andrea
de Francisco
Senate adopts then rescinds railroad probe resolution
The Senate voted to adopt the Couzens resolution for a railroad investigation but, at Senator Tydings requests, reversed the action to allow further discussion tomorrow in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Couzens
Tydings
Maryland
Tomor
Deputies Hurt When Dynamite Trap Explodes at Distillery Raid
Sheriff Louis White and three deputies were injured near Pearson Georgia when a dynamite trap concealed at a distillery raid detonated. The incident occurred today as officers effected the raid.
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Pearson, Ga
Louis White
Warehouse Fire Destroys Major Tobacco Warehouse
Rocky Mount reports a large tobacco warehouse housing about 10,000 pounds of tobacco burned early today. The Service Tobacco warehouse, one of the city’s largest, was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin.
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Rocky Mount
Walter L Parsons Dies in North Carolina Home
Walter L Parsons 78 longtime Raleigh lawyer former legislator and cotton mill owner died of a heart attack at his Rockingham home while having breakfast. The prominent Tar Heel was a notable figure in state politics and local industry.
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Rockingham
Walter L. Parsons
Senate resolution seeks inquiry into 1929 stock collapse
Senator Walsh of Montana introduced a resolution in Washington calling for a congressional inquiry into the causes of the low mood and the collapse of security prices on the stock exchange in 1929. The move aims to uncover factors behind the market downturn and its broader economic impact.
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Washington
Stock Exchange
Walsh
Montana
Parachutist Drowns During Winter Haven Aerial Meet
Donald Aldridge, 34, native of Chambersburg Pennsylvania, died after leaping from an airplane during a local aerial meet in Winter Haven Florida. He plunged into Lake Hartridge and drowned as rescue efforts were ineffective.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Donald Aldridge
Chambersburg
Lake Hartridge
Police Say They Have No Clue To Identity of Diamond Slayers
Albany report says police lack definite clues to the two or three men who killed Jack Diamond amid gang rivalries. Investigators weigh a possible motive that Diamond may have squealed to prohibition officers about a $159,000 liquor cargo seized in New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Jack Diamond
New York
Japanese Butler Slays Millionaire in Revenge Murder
In Poughkeepsie New York Gantero Akiyama 38 a Japanese butler killed J William Schatz 56 by stabbing and beating him after discharging him and then attacked Mrs Florence Carozza 26 injuring her severely The sister in law Sadako Otsuka 26 confessed Both accused of first degree murder Akiyama fled but was found hiding in a coal bin Police traced a desperate telephone call saved Carozza from death and led to arrests The millionaire Schatz ran a bearing business and was a noted hunter and golfer
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
J. William Schatz
Schatz
Florence Quick Carozza
Gantero Akiyama
Sadako Otsuka
Schatz and Mrs. Carozza
Akiyama
Probe Committee Pushes Curtailment of Campaign Funds
Senate campaign fund investigating committee proposes a sweeping bill to cap political spending. It sets maximums for presidential and congressional campaigns and creates a joint elections panel to supervise filings. Violations could mean disqualification and long-term disbarment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Repub- Mean
House
Congressional Committee On Elections
Steiner
Oregon
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Poor Old Santa Embarrassed by Roof Chimney Rescue
Colorado Springs native P. D. Kessler planned to surprise his daughter as Santa Claus. He climbed onto the roof and into the chimney but became stuck, requiring neighbors to remove much of the chimney. He sustained scraped knees and, afterward, remained sensitive about Christmas lore.
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P. D. Kessler
Santa Claus
Kessler
Kesler
Chris Kringle
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