Charges Cited In Alabama Election Frauds Probe
Senate elections sub committee report details multiple law violations in Alabama during the Bankhead Heflin contest. Witnesses cite vote buying attempts, poll tax paid for others, blank ballots marked by managers, and corporate influence on employees’ votes, with Bankhead not linked to purchases.
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Senate
Heflin- Bankhead
Hastings
Alabama
Bankhead
D. del
Heflin
Gt Pen Hastings
War of words ends in jail chaos at Chinese liquor raid
Eddie Gribbon, the Hollywood comedian, quipped to a friend that China and Japan should settle the war. Police arrived as Chinese forces beat a retreat while jail bars showed Japan faces. Six cases of beer and two bottles of liquor were confiscated.
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China
Japan
Eddie Gribbon
Battle rages in Chapel as forces clash in Sino-Japanese war
Reports describe heavy casualties and shifting lines around Chapel and Woosung as Chinese and Japanese forces vie for control. U S Marines guard a ten mile front in Shanghai while Chinese fronts shift and reinforcements arrive.
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United States
List U. S
International Settlement
Japan
Tokyo
Baron Shidehara
Hamaguchi
Taouye
Chapei
Woosung
Shanghai
China
Canton
Chapel
Drinkwater Critically Ill With Bronchial Pneumonia
Playwright John Drinkwater is reported gravely ill at his Highgate home with bronchial pneumonia. His new production Abraham Lincoln is set to open in London in a few days.
Grandi Tells Arms Meet His Truce Plans
R A Williams of Asheville, counsel for Wallace B. Davis, appeals to the North Carolina Supreme Court arguing trial rights were violated in Davis’s 5 to 7 year Buncombe County bank case. Williams says evidence was inadequate and questions Davis’s detailed knowledge of bank affairs. Seawell counters that state banking laws cover falsification in bank reports.
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Wallace B. Davis
Raleigh
N. C
R. R. Williams
Asheville
Buncombe County
State Supreme Court
Williams
Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Blue Ridge
Asheville Times
State Corporation Commission
Seawell
Hoover to Start Credit Agency Talks in White House
President Hoover convened a White House conference with six senators to pursue a non partisan move loosening credit and strengthening the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Senator Glass of Virginia expected to introduce a bill. details were not immediately available. Dawes Myers and Mills canceled later engagements to join the discussion on debenture sales to the public.
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Hoover
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Glass
D. Va
Dawes
Myer
Mills
Reconstruction Finance
Fox snaps at hound in Pinehurst hunt incident
In Pinehurst on February 10 a fox clamped onto a hound's paw during a Carolina hounds hunt. The master of hounds retrieved the dog and captured the fox, ending the chase as the hounds bayed.
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Pinehurst
Carolina
Renie
Byrd Seen as Possible Democratic Nominee
North Carolina and southern leaders increasingly view former Virginia Governor Harry Byrd as a potential Democratic presidential candidate. With Alfred E. Smith’s hint of running again, Byrd’s chances are debated against Garner and Roosevelt, as supporters tout his Virginia record of a balanced budget, no deficit, and tax reform that attracted new industry.
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N. C
North Carolina
South
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Roosevelt
New York
John N. Garner
Texas
Byrd
Garner
Hoover
C. Max Gardner
Cavalier
Vinson Seeks Congress Approval For New Warship Bill
Washington February 10 The house naval committee chair Vinson says Congress will be asked to approve a 616 250 000 warship construction bill authorizing 120 vessels. Action delayed by treasury strain. Vinson aims to proceed after tax and navy appropriation bills.
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Washington
Vinson
House Naval Committee
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House
Treasury
Navy Department
Ambassador Gibson
Bombing Hits Marianao Post Office Near Havana
The Marianao post office and telegraph center near Havana were bombed just after midnight causing considerable damage to the building and surrounding facilities. Local authorities investigated the incident as a possible act of sabotage.
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Havana
Marianao
Edgar Wallace Dies at 56 in Beverly Hills
Edgar Wallace, renowned mystery writer and prolific author, died at 4:45 a.m. in Beverly Hills at age 56 after influenza led to double pneumonia. He came to Hollywood from England to write RKO Radio Studio scenarios, survived by long-time secretary Robert Curtis and actor Walter Huston.
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Beverly Hilis
Calif
Edgar Wallace
London
Robert Curtis
Walter Huston
Wallace
Hollywood
England
Haitian Condemns U S Action In Compelling Loans
Haitian citizen George Leger, brother of Haiti's foreign minister, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee that the United States forced loans on Haiti for political purposes. A State Department memo counters that Haiti is now financially sound, noting its strength compared with postwar governments under the American adviser.
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Washington
Haiti
State Department
George Leger
Senate Finance Committee
Coun
No Hope For Sanity Or Death Baby
New York February 10. Doctors said 12 month old Diana Moore has congenital microcephaly and an undeveloped brain making any sanity or death operation useless. Her mother Mrs Lillian Moore planned to care for the child at home and teach limited movements despite the brain illness.
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New York
Diana Moore
Lillian Moore
Neurological Center
Robber’s Date Book Foiled by Records He Kept
Chicago Feb 10 A robber named Carl Lander kept a system in a small book detailing each hold up including loot. Police found the book during arrest and learned he was an escaped convict from Joliet State Prison.
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Chicago
Carl Lander
Joliet
Shouse Supports Unpledged Democratic National Convention
Jouett Shouse, head of the Democratic National Committee, backs a convention free to choose based on conditions at the time, denying any plots to block Roosevelt. Raskob echoed neutrality while a Courier Journal poll shows mixed views, with some backing Roosevelt and others seeing a compromise candidate like John N. Garner as logical.
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Washington
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Associated Press
Smith
Raskob
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Party
New York
Shouse
Louisville Courier-Journal
Roosevelt
Far
South
Texas
Jed C. Adams
Dallas
John N. Garner
Japanese Accused of Perfidy in Shanghai Clash
Chinese army headquarters in Shanghai accuses Japanese forces of perfidy by trying to draw fire from the international settlement’s foreign troops. The Feb 10 report notes the accusation as tension rises in the region.
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Geneva
Dino Grandi
Italy
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Japan
Matsudaira
Far
August Zaleski
Nineteenth Route Army
Shanghai
Will Roche Returns to New York Postcard Letter
A traveler in New York describes a trip to America with strong patriotic notes and optimism about business, noting a 60 percent drop but a 30 percent advantage elsewhere. The writer urges national restraint and accepting others’ battles, ending with a personal signature.
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New York
War wounded flood Shanghai Red Cross hospitals
In Shanghai on February 10 more than 1,000 people, half civilians, suffered war wounds as belongings pour in from battle areas. The AP team saw doctors strained, civilians maimed, including women and children, with emergency care at Chenju and the Chinese General Hospital.
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Red Cross
Associated Press
Chenju
Chenju Hospital
General Hospital
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