Chinese Hold Kiangwan Front Amid Stark Siege
Chinese garrison in Kiangwan village, Shanghai region, resists a Japanese encirclement as shells and machine gun fire rage. Supplies arrive from Miaochungchen while defenses brace for continued bombardment in a widening frontline.
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Shanghai
Kiangwan
Associated Press
Miaochungchen
Woosung
Tte
Chapel
Kiangwan Front
Tachang
Liuhang
China
19Th Route Army
Kiang
30 Miners Missing After Pocahontas Mine Blast
Bluefield West Virginia February 27 thirty miners unaccounted for after an explosion at the Boissevain mine operated by Pocahontas Fuel company near Pocahontas Virginia. Rescue teams faced stifling air and roof fall as they worked to reach trapped workers.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Boissevain
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Pocahontas
Thomas Stockdale
Bramwell
West Virginia
Tokyo says Russia inflating local Manchuria issue
Tokyo officials say Moscow's inquiry over General Tamon's Manchurian campaign shows Russia is nervous and misreads the situation. They deny plans to advance on Pogranichnaya and state Tamon's mission is to disperse Ting Chao followers in Imienpo, not to threaten the border.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
L. M. Rakhan
Jiro Tamon
Manchurian
Moscow
Harbin
War Office
M. Karakhan
Tamon
Pogranichnaya
Ting Chao
Imienpo
Jewelry Loot Recovered In New York From Twin City Bridge Holdup
In Winston-Salem the $15,000 jewelry haul stolen from two women during a bridge party at A. H. Galloway’s home last March has been recovered in New York. William Pryor confessed with Wallace Scales as the alleged participants. Pryor said jewelry was pawned for $1,800. Authorities seek Scales who escaped a Durham prison camp last month.
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Winston-Salem
William Pryon
Chicago
Wallace Scales
New York
George W. Coan, Jr
Phin Horton, Jr
A. H. Galloway
Pryor
Scales
Greensboro
Durham
Textile magnate Edwin Erwin reported sinking in Durham
Edwin Erwin a textile manufacturer in Durham N C was reported sinking slowly by his physician who said he might not survive the day. He has been seriously ill in the city since February 27 with condition described as grave by doctors.
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Durham
N. C
W. A. Erwin
Bank Robber Threatens Blast With Nitro in Narative Heist
A man approached the Franklin National Bank teller window in Washington on February 27. He displayed a bottle and passed a note claiming it contained nitroglycerin and threatened to blow up the bank. The teller gave him a $100 bill and the robber fled.
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Washington
Fen
Franklin National Bank
British Golf Champ Wounded In Embassy Nightclub Hold Up
A bandit leader with a wooden arm identified as Yarborough was killed during a holdup at the Embassy Nightclub gambling casino in Miami. T. Phillip Perkins, former British amateur golf champion, was shot in the hip, with several club employees and robbers wounded in the gun battle. No money was taken as police and guards confronted the bandits and guests fled in panic.
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Miami
Fia
George Meyers
Tulsa
Okla
Gene Eckman
George Fratton
Kitchen
John Burns
Frank Woods
Perkins
Alfonso Moves 10 Win Back Throne
Former King Alfonso XIII and his uncle Alfonso Carlos urged Spaniards to unite to overthrow the republic. They proposed a provisional monarchy and a constitutional charter, saying the republic cannot continue as long as chaos and communism spread.
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Alfonso
Republic of Spain
Paris
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso Carlos
Havas
Madrid
Spain
Cartez
Senate and House Reach Lame Duck Amendment Pact
Washington Feb 27 AP agreement between house and senate conferees on a constitutional amendment abolishing the lame duck session of Congress. The accord clears the way for final action after the Senate accepted a House provision that ratification by the states must occur within seven years.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Baby bonds not linked to babies or color on bonds
Treasury officials clarified in response to a bank inquiry that special treasury certificates known as baby bonds have no baby imagery or gender designations. The notes are not pictured with a baby and will not be red, white, or blue.
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Washington
Treasury
Iowa
Woman Kidnapper Sentenced to Prison Farm Colony
LILLINGTON North Carolina February 27 Mrs Ula Lucas Moore 19 years old was sentenced to an indeterminate term at the Kinston women s farm colony for kidnapping 7 year old Helen Bowling from Anderson Creek school The judge hoped the sentence would mend her character Clayton Harris and George Klamper Fort Bragg soldiers involved will face military authorities Captain Samuel White said Moore was banned from entering the government reservation again
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Lillington
N. C
Ula Lucas Moore
Helen Bowling
Anderson Creek School
Kinston
Floyd Taylor
County Recorder’s Court
Clayton Harris
George Klamper
Fort Bragg
Samuel White
Lucas
Tragic Train Death Affects Reidsville Child
In Reidsville on February 27, six year old Annabel Hart, a Black girl, was killed after being struck by Southern Railway train 135 near the tracks.
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Reidsville
Annabel Hart
Southern
Prisoner Requests Mouth Harp as Recovery Aid
A sick prisoner in a Rocky Mount camp asks the state for a mouth harp to aid recovery and lung exercise, backed by the camp physician. The state debates legality but may proceed, with officials even planning to purchase and ship the instrument if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
Highway Commission
Betta
Credit Expansion Measure Becomes Federal Law Today
A federal reserve credit expansion act becomes law to inject liquidity for commercial and industrial revival. President Hoover plans to sign after final congressional work, aiming to bolster banks and confidence nationwide. A separate North Carolina article notes a new political corporation, The Jeffersonian Democratic League, Incorporated, formed in Raleigh with a $1 membership and aims to restore public participation in government.
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Raleigh
N. C
Jeffersonian Democratic League, Incorporated
James A. Hartness
E. J. Latta
Durham
J. M. Riley
St. Julian L. Springs
Hugh J. Keeling
Greensboro
C. Rowland
High Point
R. M. Pickard
Dr. F. H. Underwood
Carthage
J. C. Davis
Creedmoor
A. A. McDonald
Lillington
G. C. Lawrence
T. H. Lawrence
J. R. Earle, Jr
Louisburg
J. R. Thurington
Franklinton
F. M. Fuller
Washington
Hoover
Federal Reserve System
Reconstruction Corporation
Lenz and Liggett Win Julian Goldman Bridge Championship
Sidney Lenz and Commander Winfield Liggett Jr won the Julian Goldman pair championship in New York to cap a brilliant field performance. They trailed early leaders P Hal Sims Oswald Jacoby by 21 2 match points and 13 points behind Ely Culbertson and William Huske, but surged to the top as scores were posted.
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New York
Sidney Lenz
Winfield Liggett, Jr
Julian Goldman
P. Hal Sims
Oswald Jacoby
Ely Culbertson
William J. Huske
Forest fires burn in Mc Dowell county near Marion
Two fires raged in Mc Dowell county today. One burned a three quarter mile front just north of Lake James and another ten miles southwest of Marion, an uninhabited area, has scorched over 150 acres.
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Marion
McDowell County
Lake James
Will Rogers tours Hearst ranch in California
Will Rogers arrives at San Simeon on Hearst ranch and praises the vast estate. He notes the fast approach by Lockheed plane and observes ongoing building and labor on the property, contrasting it with bankers seeking Dawes era gains.
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San Simeon
Calif
Hearst
Dawes
Capone Appeal Denied by U S Court of Appeals
The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction of Al Capone on income tax evasion. The ruling upholds a 5,000 word opinion finding Capone guilty on five of 21 counts, with an 11 year term and a $50,000 fine. Capone remains in Cook county jail, under 24 hour guard after pressure surrounding his case.
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Chicago
Scarface al’ Caspone
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
James H. Wilkerson
Capone
Cook County
United States
High Court
Tex
United States Supreme Court
Federal
Leavyworth
Kan
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
Self
Detrex
Michigan
Wou
Ford Industries
Pocahontas, Va
Twin City
N. Y
Edwin Sinking
Gol
T. Phillip Perkins
Oakford
Davis
Mr. Banker
NEW Political Corporation
M. C. Rowland
Jeffersonian Democratic League, Inc
Lenz
Liggett
Will
Rogers
Scarface al
Leaveneworth
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