Senate approves Glass-Steagall expansion and bond drive
The Senate passed the Glass-Steagall bill expanding federal reserve credit facilities with two-year emergency provisions. A small denomination bond issue planned for March 5 aims to restore hoarded money. Hoover warns against stock bear raids as the New York Stock Exchange prepares to curb short selling on April 1. The administration backs consolidation of government activities amid partisan clashes.
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Washington
Glass-Steagall
Federal Reserve Credit
Senate
Treasury
National Organization
Frank Knox
Chicago
Hoover
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Fianna Fail Leads In Irish Free State Election
Dublin February 20 unofficial returns favor Eamon De Valera as Fianna Fail leads Cosgrave party with 71 seats to 62 after 146 total. Platform calls separation from Britain oath abolition, repudiate payments to Britain, home market growth, tariffs to shield Irish business.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Free State
William T. Cosgrave
George
Cosgrave
de Valera
King George
Great Britain
England
Ramon de Valera
Japanese Drive Through Kiangwan Sector Near Shanghai
In a fierce battle from Woosung to Shanghai the Japanese 35th regiment gained control of the nod wan sector and pressed toward Kiangwan and Ta Po. Chinese lines held in the Chapel district despite heavy bombardment and night attacks as General Uyeda moved his HQ toward Kiangwan.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Nod Wan
Kiangwan
Uyeda
Campbell roars in trial spins on Daytona Beach
Sir Malcolm Campbell of England tested the Blue Bird on the Florida ocean course aiming to top his world record. He ran at 125.874 miles an hour amid rough beach conditions and gusty winds, with visibility hindered by clouds as he prepared for another northbound run.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Sir Malcolm Campbell
England
Campbell
Baby Born as Home Fire Triggers Rescue
A baby girl survived born in Belleville Illinois as her house caught fire thirty three minutes after birth. She and her mother Mrs. Joseph Clifton were carried to a neighbor's on a mattress in the dramatic early life moment.
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Belleville
Iil
Joseph Clifton
Painleve aborts bid to form new French cabinet
Paris Feb 20 Former Premier Paul Painleve abandoned his attempt to form a cabinet to replace Laval's government. He cited Laval and Andre Tardieu's refusal to join a leftist coalition and left the Elysee Palace to inform President Doumer of his decision. Tardieu had declined a ministerial post, blocking a conciliation cabinet effort.
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Paris
Paul Painleve
Pierre Laval
M. Painleve
M. Laval
Andre Tardiey
Elysee Palace
Paul Doumer
Congress in Adjournment and Bills in Play
Senate adjourns over the weekend while the Territories committee examines Philippine independence bills in executive session. House continues debate on the four department appropriation bill.
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Senate
Territories Committee
House
Old Man River Or Another Rampage
Flood warnings spread as rains swelled tributaries of the Mississippi. A crest of 49 feet was forecast at Helena, Arkansas, while Memphis rose to 38.7 feet. Levees held sandbank tops, but rivers overflowed banks across the delta and towns evacuated as Red Cross prepared to hand relief to locals. Guards along the Red River levee near Texarkana watched for rising waters.
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Memphis
Tenn
Helena
Ark
Mississippi
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Tallahatchie
Coldwater
Yazoo
Red Cross
Red River
Texarkana
Miller County
Garland City
Tar Heel Killed In Triangle Love Affair Shooting In Oklahoma City
James Ray Williams 45 a Union County North Carolina native was shot to death at his Oklahoma City home Frank R Bennett who said I shot a man surrendered to police and said the trouble grew from Williams attentions to Bennett s wife Bennett later said the shooting occurred in Williams home Williams was shot nine times and survived by a widow and nine children The article also notes Williams moved to Oklahoma City years ago and was part owner of a Commercial warehouse in the city
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Oklahoma City
James Ray Williams
Union County
N. C
Frank R. Bennett
John H. Williams
Rock Rest
Dan
Clifton Williams
Wingate
M. W. Williams
Monroe
Zeb Culbertson
Oscar Mangum
Lois Brewer
Marvin Mangum
J. W. Stephenson
Winnsboro
D. C
Emmerson Bennett
Marshville
Connie Williams
Murray Says He Will Run If Dems Express That Wish
Oklahoma City reports Governor William H. Murray told the Oklahoma Democratic convention he has no desire for the presidency but would seek the nomination if the demand from Democrats grows strong. A resolution endorsing Murray was adopted as the party outlined a platform attacking trusts and urging higher taxes on excess corporate salaries, broader farm credit, and tariff reform.
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Oklahoma City
William Murray
Oklahoma
William H
Murray
Democratic Convention
Congress
Aviation pay shift may trigger pilot salary protest
A Chicago to Tulsa travel note discusses full hotels near Claremore, plans to stay in town, and concerns that pilots may lose pay as cheaper substitutes are hired. The writer asserts pilots’ experience and character as key to aviation confidence and mentions interviewing candidates and meeting Governor Bill Murray.
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Tulsa
Okla
Chicago
Claremore
Bill Murray
Will
Philippines May Be Freed In Fifteen Years
The Senate territories committee backed a Hawes-Cutting based bill offering island independence about fifteen years after a constitution is approved. A plebiscite on independence would be held at that time if the voters accept the conditions.
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Philippines
Washington
Senate Territories Committee
Wholesale Revision Of Anti-Trust Laws Looms In Senate
Washington reports that the House judiciary committee seeks authority to investigate and modernize the anti trust statutes after 20 years without major revision. Senator Sumners warns of forks in the road between protecting small business and allowing concentration. Senator Brookhart to propose a Senate probe into the motion picture industry next week with details to follow Tuesday.
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Senate
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
House
Sumners
Jundiciary Committee
Brookhart
Iowa
War and horror as Japanese push toward Kiangwan
Shanghai dispatch describes the Japanese ninth division driving toward Kiangwan with heavy bombardment and destruction. Chinese trenches, burned homes, and sieges mark the advance as Chinese troops contest the assault and Japanese artillery roars.
Northwestern coeds reject Leap Year Week dating scheme
Northwestern University co-eds quickly rejected a male students idea for a Leap Year Week in which girls would pay for their dates. The response was a firm no reflecting campus attitudes.
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Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Chinese stand halts Japanese Shanghai assault on Woosung front
Japanese air bombardment and heavy fire failed to break Chinese resistance on the 18 mile Shanghai Woosung line. Chinese tanks and infantry reentered Kiangwan after close combat while foreign residents and American children in the international settlement escaped harm from falling bombs. Observers foresee prolonged fighting and possible Japanese reinforcements. Prominent American college presidents urged President Hoover to back a League of Nations economic boycott to end hostilities.
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United Press
Shanghai- Woosung
Kiangwan
Japan
Hoover
United States
League of Nations
Judge Rules on Confiscation of Liquor Articles in Charleston
Federal Judge Ernest F. Cochran orders destruction of quart jars seized under prohibition and returns half gallon jars to Ben B. Bodne Inc. He divides Bodne’s stock into two schedules, declaring some items forfeited and others returned, including several liqueurs and flavorings while forfeitures include funnels jars paraffin lemon extract and test tubes. The decision stems from a civil case filed after a seizure last August.
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Charleston
8. C
Ernest F. Cochran
United States
Ben B. Bodne, Inc
Cochran
Bodne
London
Tardieu Accepts Mandate to Form New French Government
Paris February 20 Andre Tardieu formerly minister of war in the Laval cabinet accepted a mandate to form a new government to succeed the existing ministry. The development signals a reshaping of France's wartime leadership as the country seeks stability amid ongoing pressures.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
Laval
Japanese Artillery Bombards Chapai Sector at Dawn
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese heavy artillery shelling began in Hongkew Park and targeted the Chinese Chapai sector early Sunday morning. The bombardment signals intensified hostilities in the area.
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Shanghai
Hongkew Park
Chapai
Barbarous Indian Dance Ends in Murder in New York Territory
Collins New York area dispatch reports tribal dancers around a fire during a New Year festival when Jesse Green, 48, was shot dead in a log cabin. Amos Deer, 19, admitted killing Green after a night of drinking and dancing. police took Deer into custody.
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Collins
N. Y
Michael Fort
The
United Press Today
Jesse Green
Green
Amos Deer
Three Killed and Eighteen Injured In Bus Collision
A Transcontinental bus rear ended a stalled tank truck on the Los Angeles Phoenix highway sixty miles east of Yuma Arizona. Three people died Alvin Alexander T B Bowen Miss Joyce McLasty and George Blair driver of the bus provided details. The tanker was half on the highway and the bus hit its rear end as it rounded a curve in morning fog.
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Yuma
Ariz
Los Angeles Phoenix Highway
Here
Alvin Alexander
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Bowen
Joyce McLasty
Dallas
Baby Bonds to Go On Sale Revolving Hoarded Money March
The treasury department announced one year treasury certificates in $56 $100 and $500 denominations will bear at least 1.5 percent interest. Offered through banks around March 7 they aim to lure hoarded cash back into circulation while banks will settle by government credit deposits rather than surrendering large cash sums.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
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Kiankwan
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