China Threatens To Break Ties With Japan Over Jehol
The Chinese national government warned Tokyo a minister may be recalled if Japan proceeds into Jehol. T. V. Soong said diplomatic measures would fail and any attack on Jehol would meet the nation’s full resistance. Reports also note Japanese forces pressed near Chanoyang and stock markets reacting to potential League actions.
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Associated Press
Japan
League of Nations Today
Manchuria
Tokyo
Jehol
T. V. Soong
China
Nanking
League
Manchukuo
Chanoyang
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Foreign Office
Piepking
America
League shows Japan urged to quit Manchuria
The writer critiques the League of Nations for telling Japan to withdraw from Manchuria and questions the League’s authority noting neither Japan nor Russia seems bound to it. The letter argues Europe fears U S involvement and asserts Russia will act alone when ready.
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Beverly Hija
Calif
League
Japan
Manchuria
America
Russia
Europe
Bond Granted for Leas in Habeas Case Amid Delays
Colonel Lamke Lea and Leas Jr received $10,000 and $5,000 bonds respectively from County Judge E G Tollett at Crossville pending a February 28 hearing on habeas corpus petitions. The defendants, jailed for North Carolina bank law violations, may face extradition questions tied to governor actions and misrepresentation claims. Their attorney said no bond actions would occur today and they would stay in custody.
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Jamestown
Tenn
Lamke Lea
Imke Lea, Jr
E. G. Tollett
Crossville
North Carolina
Cumberland
Nashville
Leas
Henry B. Brown
Tennessee
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
N. C
Peavyhouse
Rock Slide Victims Buried At Fletcher
Victims of last Wednesday’s disaster at the Blue Ridge Lime and Stone quarry in Fletcher were buried yesterday. Seven men died. five ministers led services in the Fletcher school auditorium for Moore Webb Praetor and Wooten, while Hosea Shipman’s rites were at a Baptist church and Roswer Collington and Walter Collins were laid to rest at Negro churches.
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Fletcher
Blue Ridge Lime and Stone Company
Fletcher School
James Moore
Styles Webb
Frank Praetor
Will Wooten
Hosea Shipman
Roswer Collington
Walter Collins
General Sales Tax Plan Debated by North Carolina Legislature
Raleigh February 18 The Legislature enters its seventh week with little settled and unlikely to finish in 60 days The News and Observer notes initial sales tax proposals would fund a balanced budget extend the school term to eight months and ease local district taxes but public reaction grew against the plan as misconceptions about its inevitability surfaced and were sharply challenged.
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Raleigh
News and Observer
Unidentified Man Killed by Officer in Darlington Robbery
Police in Darlington North Carolina search for the dead man’s identity and for a suspected accomplice after an officer shot him as he moved as if to draw a gun during a cash drawer robbery at the People's Wholesale Grocery.
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Darlington
8. C
G. M. Morrell
People’s Wholesale Grocery Company
Peterman Death Ruled Suicide by Coroner Jury
A coroner s jury ruled Roy L Peterman vice president of several utilities died by a self inflicted pistol shot at his home. Mrs Peterman held on murder charges but not at the inquest she cried I killed him later denied knowledge of the death after hospital arrival. Witnesses described a night of disorder before the shooting.
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Charlotte
Roy L. Peterman
Peterman
Frank N. Littlejohn
W. T. Hopkins
Petermans
Physi
Tardieu
Herriot
Socialista
Jugoslavia
Alexander
Boris
Bulgaria
Zog
Albania
Romania
Carol
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Manuel Azana
Spanish-America
Mexico
Ortiz- Rubio
Rodriguez
Baruch Outlines World Recovery Plan Before Senate Panel
Bernard Baruch testifies to the Senate finance committee detailing a broad program for global economic recovery. He argues against inflation, calls for sound money, farm relief, and international silver agreement while urging rapid debt liquidation and controlled production capacity. He cites four aims for national and world recovery with emphasis on human welfare and credible federal credit.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
Hoover
Roosevelt
New Yorker
Japs Claim China and Russia Sign War Alliance Pact
Tokyo reports a Japanese foreign office spokesman says China and Russia have formed an offensive and defensive alliance and predicts a secret American understanding with the nations. He cites alleged signing by Eugene Chen with Russian representatives while in Europe.
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Tokyo
China
Russia
United States
America
Eugene Chen
Europe
Shanghai report prompts Chen remark on Japanese officials
Eugene Chen reacts to the report from Shanghai by saying the Japanese foreign office has been seeing ghosts again. His remark underscores tension in the aftermath of the incident.
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Shanghai
Eugene Chen
Scion Of Wealthy Colorado Family Seized In Kidnapping
Charles Boettcher II, scion of a rich Colorado pioneer family, was held by two masked men seeking a 60000 ransom. The couple was abducted from their garage near midnight as they returned from a party, a ransom note given to Mrs Boettcher, and the men fled in a car. Police and detectives searched the area after a watchman and a cook provided initial tips.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Charles Boettcher, II
Boettcher
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Stephens
Claude Boettcher
Mabel
Roosevelt to land in Miami after Bahama trip
President elect Roosevelt will arrive in Miami on Wednesday after a ten day Bahama Islands fishing and swimming trip. He plans to travel to New York that night to finalize cabinet choices and the staff to implement the new deal.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
New York
Bahama Islands
Vincent Astor
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Eighteen Die In South Over Week End
Eighteen persons were killed in accidents in the South over a wintry week end. Eight died in automobile mishaps three of burns three of injuries from an explosion two of exposure one of asphyxiation and one from an accidentally inflicted pistol wound.
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Atlanta
South
Bankruptcy relief bill advances in Senate panel
The Senate judiciary committee favors a substitute bankruptcy relief bill limited to individuals and farmers. Railroad and corporate debts would wait for next session, as committee members note broader reform is needed but would risk passage now. The measure rewrites a House bill addressing both groups.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Senate Judiciary
Hastings
Senate
Norris
World War Field Marshal Sir William Robertson Dies
London reports the death of Field Marshal Sir William Robertson at 75, noted as a principal Allied commander and chief of staff of the British Army during World War I, passing away suddenly yesterday.
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London
William Robertson
Constitutional governments fall before dictatorships under economic pressure
Albert W. Wilson surveys global trend as economic crisis fosters authoritarian rule. He cites Germany, Italy, Hungary, Turkey, Poland, USSR, Britain, France, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Uruguay, Japan, China and other nations inclining toward strong men.
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Albert W. Wilson
New York
Roosevelt
Garner
Dionysius
Norman Thomas
Alfred Bb. Smith
Ade
Sadao Araki
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Asia
Africa
North Carolina Lawmaker Plans New Senate Districts Bill
Raleigh AP says Representative Masccnburg of Polk announced plans to introduce a bill in the North Carolina General Assembly to establish new state senatorial districts.
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Raleigh
Masccnburg
Polk
North Carolina
Freight fall claims life of William C. Lewis in Columbus
William C. Lewis aged 46 from Lenoir North Carolina died in Columbus after a fall from a freight car. He sustained a fractured injury and succumbed to his wounds. Local investigation underway as authorities review circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Columbus
Ohio
William C. Lewis
Lenoir, N
Roanoke trio’s hearing on extortion case continued
A Roanoke trio accused of plotting $50 000 extortion from Colonel Lindbergh and threatening his infant son had their preliminary hearing continued to 2 p m Saturday. Bonds were set for Norman Harvey Elsie Harvey and Joe Bryant amid pending handwriting and fingerprint analysis by Washington experts. Bryant lacked counsel at this stage.
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Roanoke
Charlies A. Lindbergh
United States
Charles D. Fox, I Jr
Joseph Shaffer
T. X. Parsons
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Fox
Norman Harvey
Elsie
Joe Bryant
Parsons
T. N. Stapleton
Bryant
Leas charged with fraud over attempted habeas hearing in Tenn
Asheville report states Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles accused Col. Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr. of trying to stage a habeas corpus hearing at Jamestown Tennessee before Governor MecAlister’s warrant arrived to enforce banking law violations. Both Leas surrendered at the scene.
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Asheville
Zeb V. Nettles
Luke Lea
Luke Lea, Jr
Negro Boy Held For Shooting of Youth
Laurinburg February report says William Harris a Black youth is jailed over a hunting incident in which James Smith age 16 was shot. Smith lost his arm from the wound and Harris faces jail awaiting further action.
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Laurinburg
William Harris
James Smith
Smith
North Carolina General Assembly Resumes Session Tonight
Raleigh February 13 The North Carolina General Assembly plans to resume work tonight with finance and appropriations bills expected to wait as revenue measures loom. Several bills on eight month school terms highway vehicle regulation licenses and fee changes are in committee with no quick timetable for action.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Finance and Appropriations Committee
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