Kellogg Proposes Neutral Zone Plan for Shanghai
The United States proposes a neutral zone shielding the Shanghai international settlement from the Chinese civil war. Kellogg sent the text to Beijing for delivery to Peking and Hankow leaders, aiming to spare foreigners from violence and avoid evacuation and large naval protection. The plan focuses on immunity for the settlement only, not territories outside its boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kellogg
China
Shanghai
MacMurray
Peking
Hankow
State Department
Shanghai International Settlement
Eugene Chen
Wellington Koo
Chang Tso-Lin
Chen
Settlement raises wages for 31000 eastern railroad workers
Thirty one thousand firemen and enginemen on 27 eastern railroads will receive a 7.5 percent pay increase under a mediation backed agreement. The deal, effective Feb 1 1927, uses a sliding scale, involves 5 million dollars initial outlay, and covers major lines including New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Delaware Lackawanna and Western Erie Lehigh Valley Michigan Central and Baltimore and Ohio with 32 subsidiaries also affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
G. Wallace W. Hanger
United States Board of Mediation
Watson-Parker
United States
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
Delaware
Lakawanna
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Michigan Central
Baltimore and
Ohio
Gas explosion rips Toledo church killing two
Natural gas caused the blast at the old First Congregational Church in Toledo Ohio killing Mrs Katherine Wilt 36 and Clyde H Wilt 40 both caretakers who were inside with Mrs Mary Fitzgerald 33 seriously burned as a third person. Coroner Henze ler and fire officials said no explosives or foul play were involved and put the property damage at 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
First Congregational
Charles J. Henzeler
Katherine Wilt
Clyde H. Wilt
Mary Fitzgerald
Wilt
Henzler
Body of Highway Patrolman Found Near Dubois
The body of Lory L. Price 37 a state highway patrolman abducted with his wife on January 17 was found in a field south of Dubois Illinois. He had been shot 13 times with six shots to the front and seven to the back and a broken neck. Police tied the killing to the Bonnie and Shelton gang feud linked to the Shady Rest raid and a Quincy trial of the Shelton brothers. No trace of Price's wife was found.
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Charlie Birger
Williamson County
Shelton Gang
Joe Waldeman
Price
Birger
Art Newman
Collinsville
Shelton Brothers
Quincy
Newman
Carl Shelton
Shelton
Loggins
High Point Considers Bus Lines From Winston-Salem Applicants
City officials review two applications to operate a bus line in High Point filed by K S Falk of Winston-Salem and O L Chandler. The council delays action to study potential franchise conflict with the North Carolina Public Service Company and to have legal advisor Carter Dalton examine routes and permits. Mayor Moffitt opposes granting a permit.
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Power Company
High Point
Winston-Salem
Twin City
North Carolina Public Service Company
Carter Dalton
K. S
Falk
Patterson Street
Springfield Avenue
Green Street
Main Street
English Street
O. L. Chandler
Wonston-Salem
Alfred
Meadow
Jones
Lindsay
Church
North Main
East High
South Brenn
East Commerce
White Oak
Green
Springfield
Worth
Davis
Dalton
Principal Guilty of Assault at Fairview High
J W Brown principal of Fair view high school was fined 25 dollars and costs after testimony that he seized Henry Wood 17 and dragged him from a classroom and slapped his face. Four classmates supported the boy in this case. The principal will not appeal. a similar case is pending in superior court.
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Asheville
J. W. Brown
Fairview High School
Ll. L. Froneberger
Henry Wood
E. W. Wood
Wood
City pays Tomlinson Chair for East Commerce widening
The City of High Point has paid Tomlinson Chair Company for the real estate to be acquired for East Commerce Street widening. Officials say plans for the project are nearly complete and construction may start soon.
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Tomlinson
High Point
Tomlinson Chair Company
East Commerce Street
Wilkins Leaves for Arctic Exploration Quest
Captain George Hubert Wilkins departs Detroit for a polar expedition aboard the Detroit News Wilkins Arctic Expedition. He plans a few weeks of flight and potential two to three years on ice, aiming to map 800000 square miles north of Alaska with Carl B. Eilson and crew joining in Seattle and Fairbanks en route.
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Detroit
Mich
George Hubert Wilkins
Alaska
Detroit News
Wilkins
A. M. Smith
Seattle
Fairbanks
Wash
Seward
Carl B. Eilson
Howard Mason
Orval H. Porter
Arctic
Co-Ed Nurse of Tuition Plans Bank Robbery Attempt
A 19 year old University of South Dakota co-ed, Marion Meyers, attempted to rob First National Bank in Vermilion over 24 dollars in freshman tuition during her drive for education. She opened a vault door with stolen tools but was frightened off by a patrolman and later jailed awaiting preliminary hearing. She claimed the motive was tuition for the second semester. evidence suggested possible accomplices.
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Vermilion
S. D
University of South Dakota
First National Bank
Marion Meyers
M. L. Meyers
Woonsocket
S. C
H. O. Perkins
C. C. Josey
Miss Meyers
Perkins
Judgments Awarded in Wilder Building Case
Judgment for 22875 was awarded to R L Taylor a steel bridge man against J A Jones Construction and J H Markham in superior court here. Taylor was injured when struck by a steel beam while working on the Wilder building.
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Charlotte
R. L. Taylor
J. A. Jones Construction Company
J. H. Markham
Taylor
Wilder
Man Claims This City as His Home Is In Trouble
Police in North Little Rock arrest J. M. Saunders his wife Gladys and F I Ross all tied to a probe of reports they hold more than 20000 in liberty bonds Saunders offered to sell bonds at two thirds of value Ross claimed to be Bud Fondren with a pardon proclamation from Oklahoma governor The trio used a sample $50 bond to fleece a garage owner and secure a $1000 bill from a bank while officers closed in
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F. I. Ross
J. M. Saunders
Little Rock
Ark
Gladys
High Point
N. C
North Little Rock
Saunders
S. O. Carroll
Oklahoma
Bud Fondren
Ross
Fondren
Carroll
Ross not known by police in arkansas arrest
Local police said they had no record of F. 1. Ross, arrested yesterday in Little Rock, Arkansas, who gave the city as his home address. Authorities stated they had never heard of the man.
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F. 1. Ross
Little Rock
Ark
Taylor
Fred Arn
Chattanooga
Dorothy Schultz
Tennessee
Robinson
Indiana
Judiciary Committee
McLane
W. H. Lindsay
Senator Caraway
Arkansas
Nashville
Relief Bills Split Forces in Congress
In Washington on February 6, debate on farm relief stalled in the Senate to allow discussion of other business while the House pressed the issue. McNary Haugen prospects faced opposition from Blanton and Dickinson, with Larsen and Chipps divisions noted. A five year limit experiment suggested, as the plan for a twelve hour House debate next week loomed.
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Washington
Senate
House
McNary
Agriculture Committee
McNary- Haugen
Blanton
Texas
Dickinson
Iowa
Larsen
Georgia
Chipps
New England
Johnson
Ritchie Favors Local Control On Whiskey Problem
In New York Governor Albert Ritchie urged return to local self government over alcohol policy at a New York real estate banquet. He warned against federal overreach and said states should decide on prohibition aligning with local morals and needs. He attacked federalism expansion and urged preserving state sovereignty.
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New York
Albert Ritchie
Maryland
Ritchie
Real Estate Board of
Department of Education
Shepherd named executor of McClintock estate in Chicago
Judge Henry Horner grants William Darling Shepherd control as executor with court oversight on disbursements. He faces an anticipated suit by eight of ten McClintock relatives alleging undue influence in the will drafted by Shepherd. Miss Isabelle Pope receives $8000 annuity but is not a party to the suit.
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Chicago
wWilliam Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Henry Horner
Shepherd
McClintock
Isabelle Pope
Anti-burglar expert’s car robbed of gear in Atlanta
M M Paschall, an anti-burglar alarm consultant who arrived to advise banks and businesses on protection, reported his car was robbed in downtown Atlanta. About $2000 worth of crime prevention paraphernalia and personal items were taken, including alarm systems, time locks, tear gas bombs, his hat, overcoat, and a portable talking machine, while the vehicle was parked in front of a downtown hotel.
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ATLA
M. M. Paschall
Pilot Uninjured After Blizzard Plane Crash Near Cisco
Government air mail pilot Eugene Johnson crashed in a raging blizzard near Cisco California but survived unhurt and delivered mail pouches to the Southern Pacific Railway at Tamarack a station near Cisco.
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Sacramento
Calif
Eugene Johnson
Cisco
Southern Pacific Railway
Tamarack
Petrack Shot in Barber Chair in Chicago
John Petrack an alleged gangster was shot while sitting in a barber chair with a hot towel on his face in Chicago on February 5. He was mortally wounded as assailants fled the scene.
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Chicago
John Petrack
Bank Robbery at Ivanhoe Bank in Wytheville District
Bank of Ivanhoe in Wytheville area was robbed of about 6301 dollars in currency and valuables. Cashier Mrs. John E. Huddle was held at pistol point and fainted, later found in the vault. Three men suspected, seen earlier in town, possibly fled in an untagged car. payday at National Carbide plant noted.
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Wytheville
Bank of
Ivanhoe
Wythe County
John E. Huddle
Huddle
National Carbide Co
Glary
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U. S
Pole
Point Barrow
Brooks Range
Stevens
Father
Warsaw
Devin
Kenansville
H. LI. Stev
Town of Warsaw
W. A. Devin
H. L. Stevens, Sr
Henry Stevens, Jr
American Legion
Bank of Warsaw
James A. Powers
R. L. Best
Joseph Best
Congress
J. Will Taylor
Middle District
Atlanta
Chicar Rawaster
Wytheville, Va
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