Chiang Kai-Shek Leaves as China Cabinet Resigns En Masse
In Nanking on December 22, the entire national government cabinet and ministers quit their posts as a unit. Former President Chiang Kai-Shek then departed quietly by air to his native Fenchun in northern Chekiang. Rumors swirl of splits within the party as leaders seek a new government and a fresh regime formation stalls.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Fenchun
Chekiang
Chiang
Chen Ming Shu
Executive Yuan
Victim Marian McLean Found Slain in Slum Basement
Cincinnati reports the body of six year old Marian McLean, abducted last Thursday, found in a basement at 411 West 12th Street. Coroner M Scott Kearns indicated she was attacked and slain, with clothing torn and a blue forehead mark. Charles Bishop, who rented a third floor room, discovered the body while in the basement.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Marian McLean
M. Scott Kearns
West 12Th Street
Charles Bishop
Marian
Bishop
Hoover Eyes $500 Million Reconstruction Corporation
Washington officials report President Hoover expects a $500 million reconstruction corporation to pass after the holidays. He said early recess talks failed but that post recess unity will ensure enactment. Frederick Ecker of Metropolitan Life urged credit aid for railroads and life insurers before a Senate committee.
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Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Corporation
Frederick Ecker
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Kansas State Prison Escape Plot Foiled Officials Say
Kansas officials report an escape plot disrupted at the Kansas state penitentiary in Lansing. Warden Kirk Prather says three convicts are in solitary as investigators probe the discovery of dynamite, sash cord, daggers, and weapons lockers.
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Lansing
Kans
Kansas State Penitentiary
Kirk Prather
Public Statement on Bishop Cannon Campaign Finances
The Senate campaign funds committee reports Bishop James Cannon Jr collected over 130000 for the 1928 anti Smith drive but reported only 58558. It cites violations of the federal corrupt practices act and discrepancies between bank deposits and filings. Cannon faces a District of Columbia indictment as the panel urges full accounting.
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Washington
Senate
James Cannon, Jr
Bishop Cannon
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Cannon
American National Bank of Rich
Two Arrests Furnish Leads In Abduction Case
Police connected two Kansas farmers to a kidnapping plot involving Mrs. Neil Donnelly, a millionaire garment maker. Investigators traced a laundry mark to a shabby cottage in Wyandotte County where she was held, and linked the cottage to Paul Scheidt and William Lacey Browning as minor participants.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Neil Donnelly
George Blair
Wyandotte County
Donnelly
Paul Scheidt
Scheidt
Bonner Springs
Kas
William Lacey Browning
Holliday, Kas
Ohio Heiress Vanishes Reader: No Statement Made
Virginia Penfield, Columbus heiress, disappeared last week while returning from Swarthmore Pa. She rested in her Providence hotel room as father Clare J. Penfield planned a joint vacation. He said she could not recall anything after leaving a Philadelphia department store.
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Providence
R.I
Virginia Penfield
Columbus
Ohio
Swarthmore
Clare J. Penfield
Penfield
Philadelphia
Message from a Pacific voyage amid China turmoil
The writer reports a perilous journey near Manchuria aboard a small boat en route to Tokyo, sharing frustration over China political upheaval and global overproduction. He notes delays, a storm, and a harbor stop at Port Arthur while criticizing the lack of declared war and a league inquiry.
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Tokio
China
Manchuria
Port Arthur Harbor
Texas
League
Dawes to Head U S Delegation for Geneva Armaments Meet
President Hoover announced Ambassador Charles G. Dawes will lead the American team to the Geneva armaments conference. Senator Claude Swanson will join as a delegate and a woman member is being sought. Delegates expect a seven to eight month stay, with about $55,000 monthly needed, sailing January 20 from Hoboken.
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Washington
Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
White House
Claude Swanson
Democrat
Virginia
Geneva
Stimson
Congress
America
Hoboken
N. J
Daniels weighs governor bid amid Pitt county petitions
Raleigh editor Daniel S Daniels told a Pitt county delegation he will weigh the call to run for governor next year. The group presented petitions signed by about 300 citizens, though no signatures were collected in stores. He said his duty lies with journalism but acknowledged the appeal to lead the commonwealth may merit consideration.
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Raleigh
Osephus Daniels
Pitt County Today
Pitt County
Pitt
F. M. Wooten
Daniels
Mr. Daniels
Commonwealth
Morehead
Murphy
Two Die In Flames In Union Pacific Bus Truck Crash
Two men were killed and between 12 and 16 others burned or injured when a Union Pacific bus and a Watson Brothers Freight Line truck collided one and a half miles east of Hiawatha Kansas early today. Both vehicles burst into flames shortly after impact.
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Hiawatha, Kas
Union Pacific
Here
Watson Brothers
Frisco Santa Letters Prompt City Aid Plan
San Francisco post office, flooded with letters marked Alaska or North Pole, prompts Postmaster Harry Todd to organize a response effort. Community volunteers form the first U S group to handle Santa letters, with letters detailing poverty, loss, and simple wishes like clothing or shoes.
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Frisco
Alaska
Pole
San Francisco
Santa Claus
North Pole
America
Harry Lt. Todd
Todd
United States
Culbertson Lifts Lead In Culbertson Lenz Bridge Match
Ely Culbertson with help from Baron Waldemar Von Zedtwitz surged ahead in the Culbertson Lenz contract bridge match, turning an early 7,915 point deficit into an 11,120 point margin after a key diamond slam bid by the baron. Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby trailed as the evening ended.
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Sidney Lenz
Big Bear Ely
Waldemar von Zedtwitz
Oswald Jacoby
von Zedtwitsz
Baron von Zedtwitz
Switzerland
Park Avenue
Joe E. Brown
Theodore A. Lightner
Truck Skids Abandon Whiskey Near Burlington
A thousand gallons of bottled in bond whiskey were abandoned when a truck skidded off Highway No 10 near Burlington North Carolina. The crash occurred early today prompting the cargo loss and immediate response by local authorities.
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Burlington
N. C
Here
Highway No. 10
One Dead Four Missing As Vatican Library Roof Falls
A Vatican City library wing collapsed just after closing trapping five workers and an employee. One person was confirmed dead and four others believed missing as rescuers battled wreckage across two floors. Recovery would take days to determine full damage.
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Vatican Library
Vatican City
Mrs Pinchot Bids Against McFadden in 15th District
Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of Pennsylvania's governor announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination in the fifteenth district primary in April opposing incumbent Representative Willis T McFadden who had charged Hoover with selling out to Germany over a debt moratorium. She faces Frederick C Reichbacher and possibly State Senator Frederick T Gelder.
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Harry
Burg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress
Uis T. McFadden
Hoover
Germany
McFadden
Pinchot
Frederick C. Reichbacher
Honesdale
Frederick T. Gelder
Susquehanna County
Woman Dies Aboard Tuscania In Atlantic Storm
Mrs. Sarah Rodgers a 55 year old American died of hemorrhage after a heavy storm battered the Tuscania en route from New York to Belfast. The ship twisted and rolled with gigantic waves injuring 36 others as passengers clung to rails and companionways during the gale. Rodgers, a cook for a New York linen firm head, was returning to Ireland for Christmas after 30 years in the United States.
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Glasgow
Sarah Rodgers
Tuscania
New York
Belfast
mid-Atlantic
Rodgers
Johnson Fights Moratorium Plan in Senate Debate
Senator Johnson of California challenged the president for not informing Congress about changes to the debt suspension proposal. He said France forced the alteration to require unconditional reparations, enlarging the scope from the original all debts plan. Senate leaders aimed to vote before adjournment tonight.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Johnson
California
France
Bilbo Frees 108 Prisoners in Mississippi Pardon Pace
Governor Theodore G. Bilbo freed 108 convicts from state prisons, granting full pardons to 73 and suspending sentences for 35. He set a state record for pardons in a year, with 634 prisoners freed since December of the prior year.
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Jackson, Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
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