Gandhi Homecoming Amid Riot Violence In Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi arrived in Bombay aboard the Pilsna after four months away at the London round table conference. A mob of about 1,000 untouchables with black flags clashed at the pier injuring twelve, while police and Congress adherents dispersed the crowd. Reports from Lahore and Peshawar described further antiBritish unrest with deaths and curfews as protests swelled nationwide. Gandhi was greeted by his wife and followers as women adorned him with garlands.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
India
London
S. Pilsna
National Congress
Congress
The
Mahatma
Lahore
Peshawar
Jawaharlal Nehar
All-India Congress
Treasury refunds reach 69 million in 1951 tax year
Treasury data show refunds of 69,476,930 dollars for 1951 as corrections to taxes. Secretary Mellon told Congress the sum covered cash refunds for illegally collected taxes and did not include abatements or credits. Only two refunds exceeded 1,000,000 dollars, with Prairie Oil and Gas and Illinois Central among large beneficiaries.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Ilinois Central Railroad
Prairie Pipe Line Company
Independence
Kansas
Prairie Group
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Parco
Senate hears plea for immediate national relief amid record unemployment
A Senate committee opened hearings on hundreds of millions for relief as costs rise. Witnesses led by William Hodson of the Social Welfare Council warned of dire need, uncertain jobless totals, and insufficient funds, urging federal action to prevent widespread hardship.
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Washington
Senate
Costigan
Dem
Hi Ver
William Hodson
Social Welfare Counsell
New York
Hudson
Mr. H
Hodson
Japanese Push Toward Kowpangtze In Manchuria Drive
Japanese forces move on Kowpangtze from Tienchuangtai with three infantry regiments one artillery battalion and two cavalry troops. Objective unclear but may probe toward Chinchow while facing snow camouflage and harsh cold near Mukden. Air scout missions report activity as plans unfold for possible broader campaign in the Manchurian frontier.
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Manchuria
Kowpangtze
Tienchuangtai
Chinchow
Jsinchow
Chinaw
Peiping-Mukden
Alleged Killers Of N Y Baby Freed By Court
Vincent Coll and Frank Giordani were acquitted of the Harlem street murder of five year old Michael Vengali. The principal witness Brecht admitted lying about prior testimony. Brecht ordered to Bellevue for observation. defendants remanded to the Tombs. Giordani is already under death sentence for a rival gang killing. Coll faces Sullivan anti gun law charges and a 1928 dairy hold up case.
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New York
Vincent Coll
Frank Giordani
Michael Vengali
Harlem
Fusillade
George Brecht
St. Louis
Coll
Giordani
Brecht
James T. Neary
Joseph E. Corrigan
Corrigan
Bellevue Hospital
Giordano
Joseph Mullen
Three Wayne County Banks Close Amid Heavy Withdrawals
Three Wayne county banks did not open due to heavy withdrawals. The Wayne National Bank of Goldsboro, the Citizens Bank of Mount Olive, and the Bank of Pikeville each posted notices. officials hoped depositors would be paid. Presidents named F. K. Borden and H. M. Cox led their banks.
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Mount Olive Citizens Bank
Bank of Pikeville
Wayne County
Wayne National Bank of
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F. K. Borden
Citizens Bank of Mount Olive
H. M. Cox
Citizens Bank of
Firecracker Injury May Disfigure Girl In Durham For Life
Durham report describes four year old Charlotte Ferrell severely injured when a passerby tossed a lit firecracker from a car. The explosion damaged her mouth teeth and tongue. she remained in hospital recovering.
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Durham
Charlotte Ferrell
Christmas Away From Home In Shanghai
A Shanghai correspondent notes that Christmas held no real cheer abroad as homesick readers miss their own trees and festive customs. He contrasts Shanghai’s nightlife with the longing for Christmas at home, acknowledging festive fakery cannot replace the genuine holiday.
Discovery of true missing link found after 40 years
Professor William Patten of Dartmouth described a Baltic Sea fossil ostracoderm to the AAAS. The five inch skeleton, aged between 500 million and 1 billion years, shows early human facial foundations and bridges the evolutionary gap to mankind.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
American Association For the Advancement of Science
William Patten
Dartmouth College
Baltic Sea
Patten
Glendora levee breaks flooding Glendora city
The Glendora levee gave way as the Tallahatchie River swelled breaking 20 to 25 feet wide and flooding the business district to five feet. No loss of life reported though many shops and homes inundated. residents sought higher ground as convict workers and locals rushed to scene.
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Sumner
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Clarksdale
Tallahatchie
Yazoo
Firecracker blast injures boy in Washington
In Florence, D. C., on Christmas Day Eli Saleeby, 14, lost sight in his right eye when a firecracker exploded as he bent over to check if it lit. The incident occurred after he lit the cracker and examined it.
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Eli Saleeby
Resume of Debt Problem Shows How War Results Still Strangle World
Washington reports that postwar debt for European nations remains a pressing issue as funding terms eased interest burdens. Britain paid most of its 1.35 billion loan in interest, France and Italy fared better, while options to postpone principal exist for up to three years, underscoring perceived US partiality.
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Daugherty to publish inside story of the Harding tragedy
Former U S Attorney General Harry M Daugherty announced a forthcoming book The inside story of the Harding tragedy to be issued by Churchill New York. He promises a truthful objective account of his role in Harding s nomination the relationship with Mrs Harding oil scandals Harding s death and the Ohio gang detailing figures Albert B Fall Burton Wheeler Charles Forbes Jesse Smith Thomas Miller Roxie Stinson and reactions to Hoover s remarks.
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Harry M. Daugherty
United States
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Harding
Daugherty
Churchill Company
New York
Mr. Harding
Ohio
Albert B. Fall
Burton K. Wheeler
Charles R. Forbes
Jesse Smith
Thomas W. Miller
Roxie Stinson
Thomas Dixon
President Hoover
Marion
Hoover
Burlington Mayor Horner Declines Sixth District Run for Congress
Burlington mayor Earl B. Horner announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the new Sixth District. He cited home duties in Burlington as his reason and noted long service as mayor, with supporters predicting strong Alamance County support. Local developments influenced his decision, reshaping the race for the district's first congressman.
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Burlington
Earl
Congress
Mortner
House of Representatives
Washington
Alamance
Sixth
Three Die In South Carolina Auto Crash Near Greenwood
Three men were killed and four others injured in a head on collision on the Calhoun highway east of Greenwood. Victims include Ben Frazier 28 and Ollie Davis 19 of Greenwood and Will A. Atkins 25 of Ninety Six. Earl Martin postal clerk survived but with serious injuries. Other injured include Boyd Strickland J A Strickland and an unidentified woman. Martin regained consciousness after the crash.
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8. C
Ben Frazier
Ollie Davis
Will A. Atkins
Earl Martin
Boyd Strickland
J. A. Strickland
Martin
Calhoun Highway
Here
Reynolds Charged After Landing at Le Bourget
Le Bourget airport officials say Smith Reynolds North Carolina sportsman son of the late Winston-Salem tobacco magnate landed his plane in Europe and is barred from taking off again. The incident occurred as Reynolds tours Europe.
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LE Bourget
France
Harrelson Poised as New North Carolina State College President
The Charlotte News reports from Raleigh that Col. J. W. Harrelson, head of the NC Department of Conservation and Development, is slated to become president of North Carolina State College. Dr. E. C. Brooks would be reassigned to work on higher education expansion, with Tyre C. Taylor eyed to succeed Harrelson to push a ten year development plan. Officials in Raleigh claimed no change was officially announced.
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Charlotte News
Raleigh
Col. J. W. Harrelson
North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
E. C. Brooks
North Carolina State College
Brooks
Gardner
Tyre C. Taylor
Colonel Harrelson
Taylor
Department of Conservation and Development
Charlotte News Today
Carolina State College
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