Japan urged to act after league report on Manchukuo policy
The League of Nations condemns Japan's Manchurian policy in a Geneva report awaiting Tokyo Washington and Moscow replies. Tokyo faces possibleSecession from the league if the assembly adopts the recommendations. Yosuke Matsuoaka may return via Siberia to brief the government. Reaction from Washington and Moscow is pivotal for nonmember states invited to participate.
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Manchukuo
SY Agtociatecd
League of Nations
Japan
Tokyo
Washington
Moscow
League
Geneva
Yosuke Matsuoka
Siberia
Cotton bill aims to cut 1933 production via large government pool
The Senate passed the Smith bill to reduce 1933 cotton output by three to four million bales through a government pool of about 3.5 million bales. Farmers would cut 30 to 50 percent under last year and receive an option to buy allocated pooled cotton at market price, with no cash upfront. The plan, approved by textile manufacturers, seeks to lift prices by restricting supply.
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Washington
Senate
House
Smith
South
8. C
Farm Board
Bell Declared Outlaw in State over Dryman Slaying
Franklin, Feb 18. J R Bell is declared outlaw after a gun battle with officers. Three suspects were wounded including Mell Holden and Quince Hodgin. The pursuit follows the January 23 fatal wounding of George Dryman near here. Bell fled in a roadster shouting he would be free in Georgia.
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Fred Cabe
Mell Holden
Coweeta
Quince Hodgin
Skeenah
Holden
Hodgin
Bell
Georgia
Insanity Plea Expected in Zangara Trial Monday
County Solicitor Morehead indicated Giuseppe Zangara will plead on Monday in Miami to the attempted assassination of President-Elect Roosevelt. He anticipated either a guilty plea or not guilty by reason of insanity and said defense attorneys would not reveal their plea or the defense medical commission findings before the trial.
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William Sinnott
New York
Roosevelt
Margaret Kruis
Newark
N. J
Miami
Fila
Charles A. Head
Morehead
Zangara
Lame Ducks May Not Be Present To Vote On Resolution
Anti prohibitionists leaders in the house fear absent lame duck members will miss the vote on repeal submission Monday. About twenty Republican and over a dozen lame duck Democrats are away seeking jobs or preparing to open law offices. Whips urge return to vote as pay days dwindle. Speaker Garner notes many away seeking bread and butter.
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Washington
House
Garner
Colombia asks League of Nations to intervene in dispute
Geneva February 18 Colombia appeals to the League to intervene in its dispute with Peru over the upper Amazon port Leticia. The three page message accuses Peru of violating league engagements and proposes a Leticia commission of inquiry similar to the Lytton commission.
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Colombia
League of Nations
Peru
Amazon
Latida
League
Leticia Commission of Inquiry
South America
Lytton Commission
China
Japan
Council
United States
Lima
Putumayo
Tarapaca
Barranquilla
Boyaca
Para
Brazil
Mayor Cermak Seeks Public Courage After Shooting
In Miami, February 18, Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago lies in a Chicago hospital after Wednesday night's attack that aimed at President Elect Roosevelt. Doctors mark progress, noting he has withstood more than 60 hours without deterioration and remains hopeful.
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Miamt
Fla
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Sion
Giuseppe Zangara
Roosevelt
United States
Walter Hamburger
Henry Horner
Illinois
Cermak
Hamburger
Hart
Italian Press Attacks France Over Ultimatum
Rome reports claim the Italian press assails France for an alleged ultimatum to Austria about arms shipments from Italy. Mussolini papers cite the accusation as camouflage while denying arms were sent for war aims and noting France arms Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
Britain and France Press Austria Over Italian Arms Shipment
London reports officials confirmed Britain and France sent a joint note to Austria alleging an Italian arms shipment violated the St Germain treaty. The communique asked the arms be returned to Italy or destroyed by a set date, described as a broad signal rather than an ultimatum.
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Austria
Hungary
Julius Goemboes
Italy
Giornale
London
Great Britain
France
Federal aid sought for large cities loans to cities
Mayors of Detroit Boston Milwaukee and Chicago with the city comptroller urged Senate banking committee to authorize reconstruction act backed loans to municipalities and states. They cited high tax delinquencies and debt charges and proposed federal aid until long term recovery is possible. Mayors Murphy Curley Hoan and Szymczak pressed for city relief to avert defaults and sustain bondholders and services.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Norbeck
Frank Mu
Detroit
James M. Curley
Boston
Daniel W. Hoan
1Waukee
M. G. Szymczak
Chicago
Murphy
Fletcher
Fila
Reynolds
N. C
Senate probes Louisiana truth makers in latest gag
Beverly California dispatch reports a Senate inquiry in Louisiana to identify the region’s biggest liar amid a crowded field of competitors. The piece notes the repeal of prohibition passed last November and finally reached the Senate yesterday.
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Beverly
Calif
U. S. Senate
Louisiana
Senate
Youth Kills Father And Woman Then Shoots Self
In Sumter County, South Carolina, a young farmer named Hen Connell killed his father Tom C. Connell and cousin Mrs. Annie Dixon Grooms during a family dispute. He then wounded himself as officers moved to arrest him, walking four miles to his home before turning a shotgun on himself. He died of his self-inflicted wound after the officers arrived.
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D. C
Hen Connell
Tom C. Connell
Annie Dixon Grooms
Connell
Dollard
Kinney
Wet Republicans In House Backing Repeal Proposal
The House Republican wet bloc adopts a resolution to back Senate repeal submission. Rep Heck predicts about 110 votes, seven more than Garner proposal support on opening day. Democrats anticipate more votes for submission and expect Blaine repeal to pass.
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Washington
House
Senate
P.posal
Representative Heck
Pennsylvania
Ihe
Congress
Battle lines form for sales tax fight in Raleigh
Raleigh February 18. Legislative lines are drawn for a major sales tax struggle between general and selected commodity forms. Merchants secretary Dowell says a general tax cannot pass the house, and commodity tax is also opposed. Leaders: general team headed by Representative Oughton and Senator Hanes with MacLean, while commodity side is led by Senator Hinsdale and Harris Newman. The joint appropriations committee plans a spending bill around 81 million dollars for the next two years, far below the 1931 33 level.
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Robert L. Thompson
Associated Press
Raleigh
Willard Dowell
State Merchants Association
Dowell
R. A. Oughton
Alleghany
Hanes
Forsyth
MacLean
Beaufort
Rotunda
Hinsdale
Wake
Senate
Dali
Harris Newman
New Hanover
Joint Appropriations Committee
Hoover signs 45 million interior appropriations bill
Washington reports President Hoover signed the 45 million interior department appropriation, the second major measure to pass before session’s end. Boston dispatch notes the British steamer Baron Carnegie arrived from Glasgow with one dead, one critically injured and two more hurt from a gas explosion in the holds.
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Washington
Hoover
Interior Department
Boston
Glasgow
Peanut Plant Busy Edenton Processing 1500 Bags Daily
M F Bond Jr secretary of the Albermaine Peanut company says the plant runs night and day cleaning 1500 bags every 24 hours. About 170 persons are employed in the mill.
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Edenton
M. F. Bond, Jr
Albermaine Peanut Company
Corbett Former World Heavyweight Champion Dies in New York
James J. Corbett former heavyweight champion of the world died today in New York City of a heart ailment at 1 40 p m He was in his 67th year Funeral arrangements not listed in the reportłoż
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New York
James J. Corbett
Senator Bronson Cutting Declines Interior Secretary Post
Capitol Hill sources say Republican Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico has declined the offer to serve as secretary of the interior in the Roosevelt administration. The decision appears to be personal and not a policy dispute, with no announced replacement at this time.
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Washington
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Capitol Hill
Interior
Roosevelt
Railroad Reforms Urged As Economic Recovery Drives Change
Senate Finance Committee hearings feature L F Loree of Delaware and Hudson detailing railroad reforms to spur efficiency and recovery. Proposals include tax and wage adjustments, waste elimination, extended I C C powers, repeal of excess earnings recapture, and freer operation of ancillary services.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson
Loree
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Lores
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