Bombardment of Chapei Continues as Shanghai Air War Rages
Japanese planes bomb a Chinese troop train near Chapei with reinforcements for the 19th army. Sixteen bodies lay along the track and mangled horses were among wreckage. The attack also hit Chenyu university and forts at Woosung while Shanghai endured heavy bombardment from air and ships.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Associated Press
Chenyu University
North Station
Woosung
Whangpoo
Lexington Sheriff James A. Leonard Dies After Car Wreck
In Lexington on February 5, Major James A. Leonard sheriff of Davidson County and twice mayor of the city, is dead after a wreck that overturned his car. Neal Wimmer, an 18 year old Roanoke youth, was wounded. Eddie Sullivan of Palatka and Solicitor George A. Younce were with Leonard and Brinkley returning from Winston-Salem. The shooting occurred in front of attorney W. F. Brinkley's home. Leonard was killed by his own pistol. The coroner's jury heard conflicting accounts of drinking prior to the incident.
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Lexington
James A. Leonard
Davidson County
Neal Wimmer
Roanoke
Leonard
W. F. Brinkley
George A. Younce
Winston-Salem
Brinkley
Wimmer
Eddie F. Sullivan
Palatka, Fla
Younce
United States Reinforcements Reach Shanghai
The 31st Infantry with 1,000 men arrived in Shanghai aboard the Chaumont to reinforce American Marines and naval forces amid a battle between Japanese and Chinese forces in the Chapei sector. Seven US destroyers and additional ships can land hundreds more sailors as the US force totals about 2,690 troops in the international settlement area.
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Shanghai
China
Manila
Chapei
Chaumont
Central Customs
Bund
Nanking Road
New World Palace
Coney Island
31St Infantry
International Settlement
United States Marines
United States
Whangpoo River
Tardieu Proposes International Police Force at Disarmament Talks
Andre Tardieu presents a French plan for an international police force to guarantee world security at the world disarmament conference. The proposal links armament reductions to international security guarantees and draws on a French memorandum from last August prepared with General Weygand and General Petain.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Andre Tardeau
Arthur Henderson
League
Council of National Defense
Weygand
Petain
Reconstruction Finance Corp adopts decentralization plan
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation pledges to use all federal credit facilities with a decentralized approach and rely on the Federal Reserve system as the backbone. District Fed banks and branches will engage with local conditions. War Finance Corp remains as a skeletal unit for use where possible. The board met with M. J. Fleming regarding Ohio banking, with no railroad loan applications currently before it.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
District Federal Reserve Banks
War Finance
On War Finance Corporation
M. J. Fleming
Federal Reserve District
Cleveland
Ohio
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Allen Murder Trial Closes Case in Norristown
The commonwealth wrapped its case against Edward H. B. Allen in Norristown as the fifth day of the trial ended with the murder of Francis A. Donaldson, Jr. in focus. Barney Dreyfus, Pirates president, died in New York Mt. Sinai Hospital at 11:40 a.m. after glandular surgery. Washington introduced cotton shipment limits for 1932 to 50 percent of 1938 production, led by Senator Bankhead of Alabama.
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Norristown
Commonwealth
Edward H. B. Allen
Francis A. Donaldson
Dreyfus
New York
Barney Dreyfus
Pittsburgh Pirates
National Baseball League
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Washington
Senator Bankhead
Democrat
Alabama
Mellon Approved as Ambassador to Great Britain
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved Andrew Mellon for ambassador to Great Britain an hour after President Hoover sent the nomination to the Senate.
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Mellon
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Andrew Mellon
Great Britain
Hoover
Senate
Mystery Yale Student Scandal Affects 24 Students
Police report the arrest of a "mystery girl" said to have lived at Vanderbilt Hall Yale Sheffield scientific school who identified as Edith Nassella 16 of Philadelphia known as Edith Jennings Police say she implicated 24 Yale students in the incident in New Haven Conn February 5.
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YALE
Brother slain brother in law murder convict sentenced
Grady Price, 21, was sentenced to 24 to 27 years in state prison for second degree murder in Monroe North Carolina. He was convicted for the November slaying of his brother in law, Charles Price.
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Monroe
N. C
Grady Price
Charles Price
Stork Frightens Knoxville Woman as Husband Jailed
In Knoxville on February 5, a woman named Thelma McGinnis fired at her husband Fred who was trying to break down the door after pistol shots frightened the stork that had not yet visited them. Fred was jailed on Thelma’s complaint.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Thelma McGinnis
Thelma
Fred
Eight Bodies Retrieved From Century Pacific Plane Crash
In a Tehachapi blizzard wreck, eight victims perished as a Century Pacific airliner crashed on a 2000 foot hillside west of Fort Tejon. Pilot J V Sandblom had 4000 flight hours and could not avert impact. Wreckage burned, incinerating occupants. only Mrs. F H Fickersen survive.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Tehachapi
Bakersfield
Fort Tejon
Lebec
Paul Appadeen
J. V. Andblom
Barkersfield
Frank Dewar
Marie Combs
Nita McGrath
Berkeley
W. H. Smith
J. H. Polhemus
San Francisco
B. Swan
Pomona
Gar Wood Sets Speedboat World Record At 111.712 mph
Gar Wood on Miss America IX set a two way average speed record of 111.712 mph on the Indian Creek course in Miami Beach Florida with a southward run at 112.434 mph and a northward run at 110.989 mph. The record surpasses Kaye Don of England who held 110.228 mph.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Gar Wood
Indian Creek
National Yachtsman's Association
Kaye Don
England
Wood
Don
Lake Garda
Italy
Longtime Tammany Grand Sachem John Voorhis Dies
John R Voorhis 102 year old grand sachem of Tammany Hall died at his home. He led Tammany for 20 years amid rules prohibiting re election and the group avoided replacing him by not electing a successor. He retired from the city board of elections Oct 20 last year after a long career and celebrated his birthday with a radio broadcast.
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New York
John R. Voohis
Tammany Hall
Voorhis
Tammany Braves
Board of Elections
City Board of Elections
Board of Estimate
Stevens Confers With Hoover On War For Jobless
Washington Feb 5 Henry L Stevens commander of the region outlines an American Legion plan to employ one million men in a one month drive. The drive begins Feb 15 with 10 000 posts directing activities through March 15 pledges from manufacturers for each job created and star medals for compliance.
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Washington
American Legion
Hoover
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
N. C
Stevens
White House
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Advertisers
Al Smith to Reveal Roosevelt Stance in Planned Statement
New York February 5 Alfred E. Smith expected to issue a political statement at 3 p m Saturday on his stance toward Franklin D Roosevelt following three nominating speeches for Smith. Possible options include declaring his candidacy or allowing supporters to use his name in primaries while indicating conditions for delegates. He may set out preferred platform positions or pledge to back any candidate who backs the platform.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Palmetto Solon Is Hissed For Stand Against Gambling
Columbia Feb 5 The South Carolina senate adjourned without a vote on a pari mutuel betting bill for horse racing. A crowded gallery reacted with approval for the measure while one opponent was hissed and several supporters were applauded by the large audience.
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Columbia
8. C
Senate
The
South Carolina General Assembly
Hint Accomplice In Trial of Arizona Murderers
Phoenix February report notes a possible accomplice hint in the Winnieuth Judd murder trial. Dr. Joseph Catton, Stanford alienist, testified that Judd indicated shielding someone during yesterday’s proceedings. No session due Arbor Day. defense prepared to challenge the testimony.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnieuth Judd
Agnes Ann LeRoi
Hedvig Samuelson
Joseph Catton
Stanford University
Coroner’s Jury Rules Neal Wimmer Killed Sheriff Leonard
Coroner RR V Yokeley of Thomasville empaneled a Lexington jury which ruled that Sheriff J A Leonard died from gunshot wounds fired by Neal Wimmer. Wimmer claimed he did not know who shot the sheriff and said if he fired it he was unconscious. Sullivan is to be held as a material witness with bond likely at 200. The party had earlier traveled from Brinkley’s home to Winston Salem in Leonard’s Ford sedan and returned toward Lexington when the incident occurred.
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Wimmer
RR. V. Yokeley
Thomasville
Leonard
Brinkley
Yakeley
Lexington
R. P. Earnhardt
John R. Cecil
L. A. Carswell
H. D. Townsend
Charles L. Patterson
G. ¥. Hawkins
J. A. Leonard
Neal Wimmer
Sullivan
T. S. Wall
Younce
Winston-Salem
Mr. Snow
Highway 66
Tobacco Is Staff Of Life For Southland
A 1950s style overview notes tobacco taxes fund schooling in several southern states. Georgia and Alabama contribute large yearly sums to education from tobacco taxes, while Arkansas South Carolina Mississippi and others collect varied levies on cigars cigarettes chewing tobacco and snuff. The piece contrasts cigarette duties with non tax states and points to veterans funds and general revenue effects.
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Atlanta
South
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
Confederate Veterans
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
Disarmament Conference Opens Smoothly Aboard Europa
The observer aboard SS Europa reports the Geneva style disarmament talks began well with no meeting today due to the China war. He predicts progress as delegates start with apologies, noting past conferences failed but hoping this one will succeed.
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Europa
China
Doc Wooley
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Legion
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Roosevelt
Arizona
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