Six Officers Killed in Midwest Gun Battle at Farm
Springfield Missouri reports a two hour siege near Young farm left six officers dead and several wounded. Sheriff Mendrix Detective Chief Oliver and detectives Crosswhite Meadows plus driver Houser are among the dead. Deputy Mashburn injured and hospitalized as reinforcements converge on the suspect Harry You murder case.
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Springfield
Harry You
Young Farm
Here
Marcell Mendrix
Green County
Tony Oliver
Ollie Crosswhite
Disney Meadows
Charles Houser
Wiley Mashburn
Hendrix
Springfield Baptist Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Frank Pike
Virgil
Arrest of Gandhi Expected in India Crisis
Negotiations for peace in India collapsed as Viceroy Lord Willingdon rejected Mahatma Gandhi terms for talks. Gandhi anticipated arrest under 1818 law. Subhas Chandra Bose faced possible arrest to trigger Bengal civil disobedience. Bombay merchants warned against cotton exports if protests resume. Continued on page 11.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Lord Willingdon
Mahatma
all-India National Congress
Subhas Chandra Bose
Calcutta
Bengal
B@mgal
Mr. Gandhi
Bombay Cotton Merchants Association
Indian Gold Merchants
Prohibition Fight Over Light Beer Constitutional Question
Senator Bingham cites Volstead testimony to argue four percent beer could be constitutional. He notes Volstead’s shifting view on alcohol content and plans to present testimony to the Senate manufactures subcommittee. Four witnesses are slated for Friday before hearings begin.
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Washington
Andrew J. Volstead
Bingham
Connecticut
Volstead
House Rules Committee
Tenate Manufactures
Japs Stride Chinchow Streets As Conquerors Of Manchuria
Japanese forces completed the conquest of Manchuria by entering Chinchow amid cheering crowds. Chinese troops and civilians fled toward the Great Wall as trains were crowded with evacuees, and officials indicated no immediate halt to their advance.
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Chinchow
Manchuria
Chinehow
China
Peiping-Mukden
Great Wall of China
Mukden
Shanaikwan
Great Wall
Nanking
Eugene Chen
Chang Hseuh-Liang
Bomb Scare Turns Out To Be Skunk And Muskrat Skins
New Haven Connecticut newspaper report says an unaddressed package found in a mail box near a rifle range contained only skunk and muskrat skins. The package was bullet pierced and soaked for 48 hours before postal workers opened it. An exposed wire had tied an address tag, though only a corner remained.
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New Haven
Conn
Hines declines role in Manchurian crisis inquiry
Washington reports Walter D. Hines of New York refused to serve as American member of a League of Nations inquiry panel on the Manchurian crisis. Secretary Stimson said Hines cited private affairs preventing acceptance and no alternate American name was suggested. Stimson also noted no comment on Chinchow’s capture and Forbes's pending Tokyo resignation.
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Washington
Hoover-Smith
James W. Gerard
National Committee
House of Representatives
Jacob J. Rosenblum
New York
Wood
India
Republian National Congressional Committee
Gerard
House
Democratic
Republican National Committee
John W. Davis
United States
Medalie
Democratic Committee
Sher
Jan
League of Nations
Walker D. Hines
League
Stimson
Hines
Chinchow
Forbes
Tokyo
Hearst Radio Praises Garner as Another Champ Clark
William Randolph Hearst lauded Speaker John Garner as another Champ Clark in a radio address from Los Angeles. He blamed 1912 Democratic nominating failures on powerful influences and Bryan's role, arguing these forces helped nominate Wilson over Clark and shaped the party's misfortune.
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William Randolph Hearst
Los Angeles
John Nance Garner
House
Champ Clark
Wilson
Hoover
John Garner
The
Clark
Woodrow Wilson
America
Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Gardner Returns to North Carolina After Momentous Year
Governor C. Max Gardner will begin his fourth and final year as North Carolina chief executive starting Monday. He spent the week shifting from 1931 to 1932 in New York and at his Shelby home, where he approved a cast of the late Governor Charles's statute during his visit.
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Raleigh
C. Max Gardner
North Carolina
New York
Shelby
Chas
Bi-Centennial Stamps Sellen in Large Numbers
Washington reports F A Tilton assistant postmaster general says sales of Washington bi centennial stamps to collectors will cover the year's celebration costs. Over 50 000 people bought stamps yesterday in Washington with totals between 3 500 000 and 4 000 000 for collection purposes. Government expects profit of 1 500 000 or more, plenty to cover congress approved funds for the bi centennial commission.
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Washington
F. A. Tilton
Tilton
Congress
Tragic Fort Moultrie Hatchet Attack Ends Two Children
First Sergeant Charles W. Long of the Eighth Infantry fatally injured his 11-year-old daughter Irmgard Marie and his 8-year-old son Johnny with a hatchet at Fort Moultrie. His wife was gravely injured and Long later attempted suicide. Investigators cited a possible sudden mania with no clear motive.
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Long
Fort Moultrie
8. C
Crasy
Charleston
Charles W. Long
Eighth Infantry
Rhine
Germany
Roper Hospital
Post Hospital
Irmgard Marie
Johnny
Moonsh raid ends in death and wounding in Florida
In Tallahassee a still raid left one unidentified man dead and federal agent A J Lambert seriously wounded. Agent R H Courson and Lambert surprised two white moonshiners who opened fire. Courson killed the other moonshiner. Lambert was taken to a local hospital. Sheriff Stoutamire left to identify the slain man.
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Tallahassee
Fia
A. Jp Lambert
Lambert
R. H. Courson
Courson
Frank Stoutamire
Mississippi flood misery grips Tallahatchie valley
An inland sea of muddy water swells over levees around Glendora and Tallahatchie County. Thousands are marooned amid hunger and disease fears as relief boats fall short and Red Cross aid is sought from national agencies.
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Glendora
Miss
Tallahatchie River
Jones Federic Plantation
Here
Eleanor Ellie
J. W. Williamson
Parchman Prison Farm
Miss Ellis
Tallahatchie County
Red Cross
Cassidys Bayou Levee
R. L. Ward
Sumner
Tallacee
Quitman
Panola
Meyer Turner
Webb
Cassidys Bayou
Turner
Greek Rice
Clarksdale
Bayou
Quitman County
Tallahatchie
Leflore County
Charleston
New Albany
United States
Hubert D. Stephens
George W. Neville
Washington
War Department
National Red Cross
Mississippi
Stephens
W. M. Whitingdon
Greenwood
Receivers Appointed to Run American Commonwealths Power
Three receivers for American Commonwealths Power Corp begin managing the $200 million public utility holding company. The firm, with assets across 522 communities, sought receivership after failing to meet maturing obligations amid a 1931 stock market downturn.
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New York
American Commonwealths Power Corp
Dover
Del
Chicago Band of Kidnappers Publicly Named by Police
Pat Roche presents a group of alleged extortionists at the criminal courts building branding them as the worst gang of extortionists. Named are John Pingeree and Alice Pingeree of Chicago, William Thomas, Gus Sanger, Al Russell, Eddie Finman, and Ward Swallwell, a Chicago attorney alleged go-between.
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Chicago
Pat Roche
State’s Attorney
Criminal Courts
Roche
Aids
John Pingeree
Bilbo to Debate Prohibition Law with Darrow
Governor Theodore Bilbo plans a series of debates with Clarence Darrow on the 18th Amendment and its effects. They will argue for strict enforcement and retention of prohibition in several southern and midwestern state capitals starting in February.
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Mississippi
South
Middlewest
Bilbo
Darrow
Spectators See chute jumper win duel with death
Eight hundred spectators at Black Mountain airport watched Billy Bomar parachute jump as a Southern Railway passenger train approached. Bomar, a 14 year veteran of parachute jumping from Houston, Texas, pulled off a successful escape from the train’s path during a 3000 foot flight in a Dixie dare devils act. Weston Goode piloted the Eagle Rock biplane.
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Black Mountain
N. C
Billy Bomar
Southern Railway
Bomar
Houston
Tex
Dixie Daredevils
Eagle Rock
Weston Goode
Greenville,&. C
Southern
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Toth
CIE Volstead
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Ee Gerard
Walter C. Hines
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Gardner
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Asa
Mimms
Batesville
American Commonwealth Power Corporation
Black Mountain Air Show
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