Japan apologizes for assault on American consul in Mukden
In Mukden Manchuria January 4 194? Japan offered an apology for the assault on American Consul Culver B Chamberlain by three Japanese soldiers who stopped his car and struck him in the face after he identified himself. The American Consulate demanded severe penalties and Myers reported the incident to Peiping via Johnson with further details and expected investigation results.
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B. Chamberlain
Mukden
Manchuria
Japan
Culver B
Chamberlain
Washington
State Department
Culver B. Chamberlain
Myers
Johnson
Peiping
Ataion
Harbin
Ecard
Japanese advance in Manchuria threats near Shanhaikwan
Reports say Japanese forces push south along the Peiping Mukden railway from Chinchow to Lienshan with over 2,000 troops and 600 infantry plus artillery at Shanhaikwan. Eleven Japanese warships patrol the coast from Taku to Shanhaikwan, enabling potential landings. Local trains resume partial service toward Lienshan while main line traffic bays back at Shanhaikwan.
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Tientsin
China
Manchuria
Peip'ing-Mukden
Chinchow
Lienshan
Shanhaikwan
Peiping-Mukden
Taku
Tientisin
Taft on China and a new committee government
President Taft via San Francisco comments on China likening it to U S Democrats. He notes a new Nanking government formed as a committee with two competing leaders and no clear head, joking that everyone becomes president. He ends with a playful warning to Democrats.
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Taft
San Francisco
China
Nanking
Depositors Hold Up Closed Bank in Moncks Corner
Two men H. H. Miller and Blease Woodward robbed the closed People's State Bank of South Carolina in Moncks Corner stealing 820,000 after forcing assistant cashier Maggie Wiggins to open the vault. They fled in a waiting car but later surrendered. sheriff says money was hidden.
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Moncks Corner
People’s State Bank of
South Carolina
C. P. Ballentine
Berkeley County
H. H. Miller
Blease Woodward
Miller
Maggie Wiggins
Armed Patrols Guard Levees To Prevent Blasting In Delta
In Glendora Mississippi threats to blast levees to reroute flood waters in the Tallahatchie valley prompted shotgun patrols and cooperative labor by convicts and workers. Chief Engineer Offenheiser warned peak flooding was near and the crisis would persist through the week as crews fortified the four mile Jones Frederic levee south of town to ease pressure on Reynolds and Ross plantations.
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Glendora
Miss
Tallahatchie
Offenheiser
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Jones Frederic
Reynolds and
Ross Plantations
Hoover Urges Immediate Action On Economic Plan
President Hoover spoke to Congress urging swift implementation of eight emergency measures. He emphasized restoring confidence, expanding banking and land programs, home loan banks, rail and tax reforms, and protecting depositors while cutting expenditures.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Senate
House
Federal Land Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sudden Mania Blamed For Fatal Attack of Soldier On His Children
Charleston West Virginia dispatch reports Sergeant Charles W. Long 51 attacked his two children with a hatchet at Fort Moultrie near Charleston. He wounded his wife and attempted suicide, later saying he must have been crazy. The children Irmguard Marie 11 and Johnny 8 died. Long is hospitalized under guard.
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Charleston
Charles W. Long
Fort Moultrie
Long
Irmguard Marie
Johnny
Nursemaid's Delusions Tied to Lake Forest Tragedy
Authorities investigate why Mary Roth a 23 year old nursemaid killed two children and herself in the John H Heindel home in Lake Forest. The nursemaid had shown intense attachment to the children and appeared depressed. doctors contemplate a form of insanity related to childless women as a possible cause.
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Chicago
Mary Roth
John H. Heindel
Lake Forest
George
John B. Heindel
Miss Roth
Heindel
Francis J. Gerty
Psychopathic Hospital
Gerty
Bombings Hit U S Cities in Unconnected Wave Reported
Police in four cities hunted bombers after two dynamite devices exploded in Coeur D Alene Idaho two in Trenton New Jersey and a failed St Louis theater bombing. A Chicago garage blast caused minor damage as investigators link none of these to an anti fascist plot amid a broader flurry of inquiries into Easton Pa deaths.
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Chicago
St. Louis Mart
Missouri
Coeu D'Alene
Idaho
Trenton
N. J
Coeur D'Alene
Emeet M. Barnes
Barnes
East Trenton Presbyterian Church
J. Elliott Epright
St. Louis
Charles E. Richardson
The
Building Corporation
Federal
Easton
Oscar Ciola
Brooklyn
N. Y
Anthony Cipolla
New York
Increased Freight Rates Take Effect Today Across Classes
Washington January 4. Railroads raise rates on almost all freight classes except agricultural goods. Weak lines will receive emergency surcharges funded by wealthier roads via a new corporation to preserve railroad credit and bond payments.
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Washington
Borah Proposes Federal Salary Cuts in New Measures
Senator Borah Idaho introduces several reform bills calling for salary reductions for Congress and cabinet members. Proposals include cutting vice president and cabinet salaries from 15000 to 12000, Congress members from 10000 to 8000, and Farm Board salaries from 12000 to 9600 with a 15000 cap on Farm Board pay.
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Washington
Congress
Cabinet
Farm Board
Borah
Idaho
Octogenarian Designer Dies From Fumes in Early Auto Industry
Otto Konigslow of Kingstow, a pioneering auto industry designer, died from carbon monoxide fumes at work on a car. The octogenarian's death marks a fatal accident linked to early automotive development.
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Octogenarian
Cleveland
Otto Konigslow
Kingstow
Gandhi jailed again in Veranda for third arrest
Mahatma Gandhi was confined in Veranda jail near Poona after a dramatic early morning arrest in Bombay along with Vallabhai Patel. New Delhi issued repressive decrees targeting boycotting British goods and civil disobedience acts while Gandhi and Patel pledged a non violent struggle.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Veranda
Bombay
New Delphi
Lora Willingdon
Gandhi
Mahatma
Patel
Dr. Resail
Vallabhai Patel
Indian National Congress
Charlotte Chemical Firm Notes Major Business Increase
The Charlotte Chemical Laboratories Inc reports a 50 percent rise in machinery sales and a 25 percent boost in other sales for 1931. Secretary A M Webb credits much of the gain to a 20 percent rise in advertising expenditures.
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Charlotte Chemical Firm
Charlotte
Charlotte Chemical Laboratories, Inc
A. M. Webb
Democrats Reach Agreement On Ten Tariff Bills
In Washington on January 4 the Democratic senate house policy accepts will be brought up for action in the house likely Thursday. Ten senators and ten house members agreed after a two hour conference in the speaker's office. The measure does not change the tariff rate structure but sets a policy if Democrats win both chambers next fall. It calls for an international economic conference to lower tariff walls and a consumer counsel for the tariff commission.
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House
Senate
Congress
Tariff Commission
Bold Gem Robbery Nets $100000 in Mayfair
In London five or more men, in an automobile, assaulted the jewelry store manager in Mayfair, grabbing $100,000 worth of gems before fleeing. The raid occurred in broad daylight as the criminals knocked the hat from the victim and pushed him aside.
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Heart of London
London
Mayfair
Massacre brings manhunt for Young brothers across three states
Springfield Missouri January 4 a nationwide search targets Harry Young 27 and Jennings Young 29 accused of killing six Springfield officers during a farmhouse assault. clues include an abandoned car near Streetman Texas and weapons matching those taken from Sheriff Marcell Hendrix. suspected aid from Paul Young and possibly Pretty Boy Floyd noted.
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Springfield
Young Brothers
Ozark
Missouri
Texas
Streetman
Dan Nee
Nee
Marcell Hendrix
Harry Young
Desperadoes
Jennings
Houston
Tex
Mexico
Willie Young
Harry
Hendrix
Young
Mark Noe
Republic
Tony Oliver
Wiley Mashburn
Charles House
Ollie Crosswhite
Sidney Meadows
First Big Money Bill Passed To House By Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations Committee led by Chairman Burns reports the first major deficiency bill for 1930. It totals 13.44 million below the Hoover budget and allocates 125.89 million to tide departments to June 30. Federal highway aid gets 50 million. Veterans relief receives 46.87 million. Public works funding totals 18.21 million, under the Treasury’s Wetmore estimate, as the broader program reaches 580 million.
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Burns
Washington
Democratic House
Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Hines
Congress
James A. Wetmore
The
Treasury
District of Columbia
Ruth McCormick urges GOP to nominating choice not Hoover
In Rockford editorial Ruth Hanna McCormick calls Republicans to consider a candidate with a fair chance to win over Hoover. She likens party steamroller history to a past renomination and urges a fresh nominee, noting Hoover leads a large corporate payroll and urging an open discussion.
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Rockford
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Rockford Register- Republic Today
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
United States
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