Battle Near Shanghai Sparks Uncertain Chinese War Status
Reports from Chekiang and Hangchow describe Sun Chuan Fang’s forces entrenching along the Ysientang river while Cantonese troops advance toward Chuchow. Wounded soldiers flood Hangchow hospitals and British proposals for a new treaty circulate as foreign forces gather around Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Here
Yangtze Valley
Republic
Sun Chuan Fang
Chekiang
Marshal Sun
Hangchow
Yenshaw
Southern Presbyterian Mission
Kashing
Sun
Ysientang
Yenchow
Chuchow
Peking
Canton
All China
US Navy moves closer to China danger zones amid talks
United States naval forces including 1450 marines advance toward central Chekiang as northern and southern Chinese forces brace for battle with Shanghai as a potential target. Secretary Kellogg awaits Eugene Chen’s reply to a US invitation for conferences on new equalization treaties with China. Cruisers Richmond Marblehead and Cincinnati head from Balboa to join the Asiatic fleet, while 1200 marines move from San Diego to report to Admiral Williams. a further 250 marines will join from forces in the Philippines for Shanghai defense.
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Washington
Chekiang
Shanghai
United States
Kellogg
Eugene Chen
China
Richmond
Marblehead
Cincinnati
Balboa
Canal Zone
San Diego
Williams
Relief Work Progress in Flooded Arkansas Areas
Relief efforts intensified in Arkansas flood zones as the White Cache and St Francis rivers flooded. Crews strengthen levees while Red Cross coordinates aid at Cotton Plant and Brassfield to shelter hundreds of evacuees with minimal illness reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Cache
St. Francis
Brassfield
Cotton Plant
Red Cross
No Chinese Landing Without Real Cause In Shanghai
Washington reports the United States plans added naval strength toward Shanghai amid conflicts with Chinese war lords. Chinese Minister Dr Alfred Sze was assured there is no intended landing unless American lives are in danger. No diplomatic protest was filed.
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Washington
Shanghai
Alfred Sze
Gypsy violinist Janos Rigo dies amid romance and fame
Janos Rigo known as the Gypsy violinist and Prince Rigo died at 60 in a French hospital ward. He led a volatile life of love with seven women including a princess, while his wife Madame Rigo supported him, including running a tea shop. His European court fame faded long before his death.
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New York
Europe
Janos Rigo
Prince Rigo
French Hospital
Casper Emerson, Jr
Philadelphia
John E. Hadley
University of Pennsylvania
Clara Ward
Detroit
Prince Joseph de Caraman-Chimay
Belgium
Paris
Yokohama
Nile
Italy
Rigo
America
Madame Rigo
Photographic Art Society of America
United States
Hungary
East Side
Train Derailed Near Wyatt Ind No Serious Injuries Reported
Train number 5 of the Wabash Railroad running west from Detroit to Chicago derailed at 5 AM three miles west of Wyatt Indiana. Doctors found only minor bruises from the jolt and no serious injuries were reported by the railroad according to officials.
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Chicago
Wabash Railroad
Detroit
Wyatt
Ind
Minister Appointed and Ambassadors Named
The state department formally announced William Phillips as the first American minister to Canada. Frederick A. Sterling was confirmed as minister to Duplin and Robert Woodbliss named ambassador to the Argentine.
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Washington
William Phillips
Canada
State Department
Frederick A. Sterling
Duplin
Robert Woodbliss
Atlanta Police Chief Defends Co op Club Party
Atlanta on February 4 AP report says Chief James L Beavers found nothing objectionable about a February 17 party hosted by the Atlanta Co operative Club at the Ansley Hotel Witnesses testified alcohol was served with two and a half tablespoons per guest The grand jury probes details and federal prohibition officials plan action against hotels tolerating liquor serving with club presidents and hotel managers defending conduct
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Atlanta
Atlanta Police
Atlanta Co-operative Club
Fulton County Grand Jury
Ansley Hotel
Carl H. Langnecht
Kansas City
Co-Operatives
Grand Jury
James L. Beavers
Wehn
Beavers
Wilfield Jones
al H. Bailey
W. T. Day
Prohibition
Clint W. Hager
United States District Attorney
Mr. Day
Frank T. Reynolds
Ansley
Oklahoma Senate expunges resolution on Judge Williams
In Oklahoma City the Democratic majority quarrels over a proposal for a congressional probe into Judge R L Williams. The dispute ends with expunging the "dirty, filthy" resolution and postponing further action.
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Oklahoma City
State
Senate
R. L. Williams
Henry S.S. Johnson
State Highway Commission
Jess Pullen
Pullen
Judge Williams
Oklahoma
Paul Stewart
W. M. Galager
Stewart
Galager
Tom Rexroat
Rexroat
Lifelong sentence for husband in bigamy murder case
William N. Coffey was sentenced to life imprisonment in Gaupon penitentiary after pleading guilty before Circuit Judge Sherman D. Smalley to murdering Mrs. Hattie Hales with whom he was illegally married.
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Lancaster
Wis
William N. Coffey
Gaupon
Sherman D. Smalley
Hattie Hales
Denver Youth Hanged at Folsom Prison
Edward K. Sayer, 25, son of a Denver family, was hanged at Folsom State Prison at 10 06 a m for the murder of a Japanese woman. The execution occurred February 4 according to AP dispatches.
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Folsom Prison
Calif
Edward K. Sayer
Denver
Folsom State Prison
Grove Realty Holdings Sealed Under Late Grove Will
Buncombe county properties of the late E. W. Grove are to be held and sold as during his life, with trust for his widow Mrs. Gertrude Grove and heirs. Executors named include Union Trust of St. Louis and E. W. Grove Jr. Provisions limit contest gains and specify modest bequests to several individuals and organizations.
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Asheville
Buncombe County
E. W. Grove
Gertrude Grove
St. Louis
Evelyn Grove
Fred L.) Seely
Edwin W. Grove, Jr
St. Louis Union Trust Company
E. W. Grove, Jr
Ohio
Groves
R. M. Taylor
Bentonville
Ark
King’s Highway Presbyterian Church
Provident Association of
Verdict of Guilty in Boswell Murder Trial
Ernest Boswell was found guilty by a Wilson county jury of second degree murder in the February 1925 slaying of C. E. Beaman a slot machine salesman. Judge Dunn said sentencing would follow. Boswell’s prior conviction and Supreme Court-revived trial are noted.
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Wilson
Ernest Boswell
C. E. Beaman
Wilson County Superior Court
Dunn
Boswell
Supreme Court
Beaman
Wall Street Corners Wheeling and Lake Erie Stock
Wall Street reports a technical corner on Wheeling and Lake Erie common stock as big railroads fight for control amid talk of a fifth trunk line. Shorts faced heavy pressure as borrowing costs spiked and speculation linked L F Loree to the activity with other lines plotting a division of Wheeling control.
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Wheeling
Lake Erie
New York
New York Mock Exchange
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Pennsylvania
Loree
O. P
M. J. Vansweringen
Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette
Erie
Lawmakers Advise Bills on Taxes and Agencies
The House and Senate consider bills to equalize school taxes for a six-month term, merge the fisheries commission with the department of conservation and development, protect Neuse River game, abolish absentee voting in primaries, and establish a Carteret County port commission among other measures. Bills passed include road tax in Columbus, a new county home in Henderson, charter amendments for East Flat Rock, and health and land-sale provisions.
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Ned House
Folger
Lurry
Whitaker
Jones
State Fisheries Commission
Department of Conservation and Development
Dun
Craven
Neuse River
Dunn
Bell
Carteret
Port
Smith
Rockingham
House
Columbus County
Henderson County
East Flatrock
Caldwell County
Buncombe County
Craven County
County Board of Health
Madison County
Mebane
Senate
Spencer
Hyde
Moore
Martin
Dare
Tyrrell
Chatham
W. T. Utley
Broughton
Wake
Lawrence Stone and Gravel Company
Ronark
Brunswick
Fish Commission
Department of Conservation
McRackan
Columbus
Whiteville
Transylvania
Bladen County
Macon County
Ashe County
Bill to Equalize County Taxes for School Support
A bill introduced in the North Carolina House aims to equalize county taxes for state six month school support. It sets a 47 cent property tax and a $1.41 poll tax per county, with funds collected by sheriffs and disbursed through state channels for maintenance of term schooling.
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State Capitol
Rali
Eigh
House
Senate
Folger
Surry
Commissioner of Revenue
County Boards of Education
State Department
Madison Power Comepany
Marshall
Cumberland County
Ashegill
Richmond County
Charlotte
Craven
Greensboro
Stokes County
Cagewell
Caswell
Highway Commission
Blount
North Carolina
Senator Royal
Womble
Dunlop
High Point College Earns Permanent A Rating
The state board of education granted High Point college a permanent A-1 rating after conditions were met. Previously a temporary Av rating promised a future upgrade if the college secured $25 000 income and 8000 volumes in its library. The board, moving against custom, awarded the higher rating to the present senior class with the condition that graduates attend Summer school for the A certificate.
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High Point College
State Board of Education
R. M. Andrews
Andrews
Board of Education
Convention Date Set For American Bankers Association
The week of October is fixed for the annual convention of the American Bankers Association to be held in Houston. F. N. Shepherd, executive manager, announced the plan. J. Elwood Cox, longtime Houston banker, served as treasurer and now sits on the association's board.
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American Banker’s Association
F. N. Shepherd
Houston
Texas
J. Elwood Cox
Shelton brothers try for mail robbery in Collinsville case
Quincy Illinois Feb 4 AP The case of Earl Carl and Barnie Shelton Williamson county gangsters charged with a $15000 mail robbery at Collinsville a year ago was given to the jury after Judge Fitzhenry instructed on the four counts of the indictment.
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Washington
Taylor
Tennessee
Nashville
Dorothy Schultze
Senate Judiciary
W. H. Lindsay
McLane
Schultze
Caraway
Arkansas
Overman
North Carolina
Lindsay
Linsay
Hickenlooper
Department of Justice
Quincy
His
Earl
Carl
Barnie Shelton
Williamson County
Collinsville
Fitzhenry
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Charlie Chaplin
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