Snow And Ice Siege Strikes North China Cities
Snow and dust storm raged for two days from Mongolia into the Yangtse valley, killing hundreds and freezing thousands in Peiping and Tientsin. Police uncovered 100 bodies in Peiping amid heatless shacks, as rail traffic stalled and Yangtze river cities reported widespread suffering amid zero to subzero temperatures.
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Shanghai
Mongolia
Yangtse
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Yangtse Valley
Yangtse River
Gas Tank Blast Kills One in Copenhagen
In Copenhagen on January 10 a gas works tank exploded during dismantling. Four men attempted to clear an apparently empty tank. one fell through the top and burned fatally, another was missing, and two others were seriously injured. Firemen blame a spark from a hammer igniting residual gas for the blast.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Three Local Bills Pass in Raleigh House Session
In Raleigh on a short Saturday session the North Carolina House approved three local measures HB 21 abolishing Transylvania County's county court SB 6 creating a Beaufort criminal term of court and SB 11 ordering 3000 copies of the governor's message. The session adjourned at 10 11 until Monday night.
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Raleigh
N. C
House of Representatives
Campbell
Southport
South Carolina
Henry
Transylvania
Ward
Beaufort
Beaufort County
Folger
Surry
Panama President Sails From States
NEW YORK January 10. After eight years as a minister at Washington Dr. Ricardo J Alfaro sailed on the steamship Feoncagua at noon today to become president of the republic of Panama. He was accompanied by his wife and two daughters. His son will remain in Washington where he is practicing medicine.
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New York
Washington
Ricardo J. Alfaro
Feoncagua
Republic of Panama
Wood's Companion Gets Road Sentence
Salisbury report says Roy Barker, who rode with Otto Wood, received six months for carrying a concealed weapon and faces a court inquiry into possible aid to Otto Wood's escape from state prison.
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Wood
Salisbury
Roy Barker
Otto Wood
Barker
Otto
Jones resigns from USGA executive committee
New York Jan 10 AP The resignation of Bobby Jones from the USGA executive committee was accepted at the annual meeting. Jones sent a telegram requesting withdrawal of his name as an officer for personal and business reasons. Ramsay of New York was elected president, and changes to the 1931 amateur championship included sectional qualifying in 20 cities. An official ban on the sand wedge was announced.
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New York
Bobby Jones
United States Golf Association
Jones
Alan D. Wilson
Robert T
Chicago
Ramsey
Ramsay
Senate asks for return of nominations
President Hoover indicated he would not comply with a senate demand to return three power commissioners nominees. The trio chairs are George Otis Smith of Maine Marcel Garraud of Louisiana and Claude L Draper of Wyoming. The move follows a lengthy debate over power trust figures and a high stakes Senate battle with the coalition.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
George Otis Smith
Maine
Marcel Gareaud
Louisiana
Claude L. Draper
Wyoming
Watson
Capitol
Sen
Nearly 400 Taken For Cock Fighting
About 400 men and women from Indiana Virginia Alabama Georgia Kentucky and Tennessee were cited in Clinton Tennessee for grand jury action on cock fighting. Sheriff Cleve Dougherty announced the grand jury will convene January 26. Arrests followed a raid on a building two miles from the town after deputies seized the arena.
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Clinton, Tenn
Indiana
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Cleve Dougherty
Wiley York
B. D. Connor
Dougherty
High Point Court Case Postponed
The attachment proceedings of the Peoples Bank of Martinsville against High Point property of H. C. Fields and others were postponed in superior court before Judge T. B. Finley to Saturday January 31 to allow the bank to obtain affidavits and other evidence. The case involves several thousand dollars.
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Greensboro
Peoples Bank of
Martinsville
High Point
H. C. Fields
T. B. Finley
Superior Court
Havana Papers Suspended by President Machado
Havana reports show only three newspapers on the streets as others including El Mundo El Pais Diario de la Marina Informacion and Havana American English paper were suspended by President Machado. The decree cites exaggerated and distorted accounts causing public alarm and misinforming readers.
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Havana
Heraldo de Cuba
Havana Post
Havana Telegram
el Mundo
el Pais
Diario de la Marina
Informacion
Havana American
Machado
Guarding False Teeth During Jury Service in Knoxville
H H Fipps, serving jury duty in Knoxville Tennessee, misplaced his false teeth wrapped in paper on a chair. A courthouse maid found a missing section of baseboard behind where the teeth were hidden, revealing the teeth damaged slightly by a rat but still usable after repair.
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Knoxville
Tenn
H. H. Fipps
Girls fly 122 hour endurance record in Lady Ralph
Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper, both in their twenties, set a new women endurance flight record of 122 hours 50 minutes in the Lady Ralph at Los Angeles Municipal Airport. A cracked cylinder in the 170 horsepower motor forced an early landing, ending a five day flight that nearly tripled the previous 42 hour 1 1/2 minute mark.
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Los Angeles
Bobbie Trout
Edna May Cooper
Miss Trout
Elinor Smith
New York
Bobbie
Edna
Warrenton Legion Votes For Payment
Warrenton January 10 The local American Legion post voted unanimously for immediate government payment of adjusted compensation claims for World War veterans.
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Warrenton
American Legion Post Today
Winston Opposes Salary Reduction In City Labor Costs
Winston-Salem mayor George W. Coan said the city administration opposes a proposed general assembly registration requiring municipalities to cut employee salaries. The statement marks official opposition to wholesale reductions in municipal payrolls.
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Winston-Salem
George W. Coan
General Assembly
North Carolina
Bootlegger Shot Near Indiana Line Receives Fatal Wounding
Anthony Gasperino known as Sherlock, a minor Southside bootlegger, was shot to death in an automobile in a lonely prairie area near the Indiana state line. Police believe the body was moved from another location, close to the line and near the spot where Anselmi Scalise and Quinto of the Capone gang were found dead two years earlier.
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Anthony “Sherlock
Gasperino
Indiana State Line
State Line
Capone
Anselmi
Scalise
Quinto
State Scores Victory in Murder Case
Chicago police captured two intimates of Leo V Brothers in a raid on a secret-occupied apartment and found evidence. State's attorney Swanson hinted arrests were significant as Judge Finnegan extended time for Brothers to be indicted and denied defense access to the prisoner.
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Chicago
Leo V. Brothers
Jake Lingle
Charles F. Rathbun
Pat Roche
John A. Swanson
Electric CIA
Alfred
Chicago Tribune
Philip J. Finnegan
Criminal Court
Q. J. Chott
Krum
Chott
Finnegan
Brothers
Five Robbers Hold Up Chicago Bank
Five robbers held up the State Bank of Franklin Park in Chicago today and escaped with 7000 dollars in cash and 15000 dollars in non negotiable bonds.
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Chicago
Franklin Park
Professor Einstein Signatures For Hollywood Impossible
Albert Einstein is described as a movie actor Hollywood cannot sign up. Despite offers in New York and Pasadena, his wife explains he has an unwritten contract to act in Berlin for charity. Burglars ransacked Einstein's summer home in Kaputh, with only he able to say if anything was stolen.
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Professor Einstein
Hollywood
Pasadena
Calif
Albert Einstein
New York
Here
Einstein
Frau Einstein
Berlin
Kaputh
Germany
Prof
Trade Wind Hops Off On Second Lap Paris Flight
The Bellanca monoplane Tradewind started from Bermuda at 12 15 p m on the Azores leg of a payload flight from New York to Paris. Mrs Beryl Hart 27 year old widow and Lieut Williams MacLaren naval reserve plan a 2000 mile ocean hop to prove air cargo flying can be commercial with a 300 horsepower engine and 400 gallon fuel load carrying mall and foodstuffs to Paris markets.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Azores
New York
Paris
Beryl Hart
Lieut. Williams. MacLaren
Atlantic
Williams&. MacLaren
Naval Reserve
Seine
Dieudonne Coste
Suresnes
Lake Enghien
le Bourget
Vandals smear paint on Cardinal Bertram's palace
In Breslau on January 10, vandals protesting the Bruening government smeared red paint on Cardinal Bertram's palace facade. They left signs denouncing Bruening as a hunger dictator. Bruening is expected to attend a reception there that night.
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Breslau
Germany
Bruening
Cardinal Bertram
Herr Bruening
Atlantic Fleet To Sail For Maneuvers
After a three months stay in Charleston harbor the Atlantic scouting fleet and destroyer squadrons of the United States Navy prepared to sail this afternoon for winter maneuvers.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Harbor
Atlantic Scouting Fleet
United States Navy
Hankow Possesses 2 000 Opium Dens
Hankow's city reports more than 2,000 opium dens within the city under municipal supervision. The dens generate up to 3 million dollars monthly for the city council, a major share of Hankow's income. Reform efforts to shutter the dens face strong resistance. A syndicate runs 48 large opium resorts and seeks a monopoly through the council.
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Hankow
Cigarette Puffs Blow Court Case at Northwestern
Evanston Jan 10 A few cigarette puffs helped clear Miss Barbara Holden of violating parking rules by leaving lights off. The Northwestern co-ed testified lights were on when she parked near a sorority house, saying others possibly turned them off to smoke and forgot to resume. The magistrate, Harry H Porter, dismissed the case as likely.
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Evanston
Til
Barbara Holden
170 Die In Huigra Landslide Train Accident
Guayaquil reports an avalanche of falls near Huigra, a stop between Guayaquil and Quito, killing 170 passengers. The town lies about 160 miles south of Quito and mid route for meals during train journeys.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Huigra
Quito
Rio Bamia
Food Loans Tug of War Continues in Congress
Congress remains deadlocked over drought relief as the food loans measure fights for action. House and Senate clash over a $60 million loan package with a $15 million food loan add on while relief critics press a larger deficit argument amid accusations of agitation.
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Washington
Red Cross
Congress
House
Wood
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Appropriations Committee
Snell
House Rules Committee
Thomasville and High Point Men Handle Best Dogs
In Holly Springs Mississippi a field of 387 bird dogs began final preliminaries for the all America stakes. Shores Carolina Jack owned by Carey Bailey and handled by R D Bevan drew praise from judges while Woodleighs Roxey owned by F B Hower and handled by W D English also impressed observers as the event moved toward a potential winner with fair weather possible.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Shores
Carolina
Woodleigh
Roxey
F. B. Hower
Buffalo Runs
W. D. English
High Point
N. C
Bank of Windsor Reopens After Brief Closure
Windsor North Carolina bank resumes operations after a brief closure. Officials report a steady inflow of deposits as the Bank of Windsor reopens its doors today following the December 20 shutdown.
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Bank of Windsor
Windsor
N. C
The
Worker’s quick thinking saves 20 in Hetch Hetchy tunnel collapse
Trapped 750 feet underground in the Hetch Hetchy water project tunnel after a cave-in, 20 workers awaited rescue as crews battled new collapses. Welby Morgan, 28, saved others by dropping a 20 foot iron pipe through 16 feet of debris to provide air, while the line of rescue progress stalled by fresh cave-ins.
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San Francisco
Hetch Hetchy
Coast Range
Nevers
Welby Morgan
Livermore
Fatal air crash shocks Miami during All American aircraft meet
A departing plane crashed near the No 2 race course pylon killing three aboard and injuring Dr A J Smalley. Witnesses reported engine trouble as the craft plunged into swamp while attempting an emergency landing. The tragedy occurred as officials investigated amid race operations and a no departure warning had been issued.
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Miami
Fla
Department of Commerce and
Air Meet
James Riddle
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Bob C. Smalley
Stinson-Illinois Company
Harry A. Ware
A. J. Smalley
Bob C Smalley
Riddle
Ray Washburn
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Golf Association
Herbert H. Ramsay
New Power Commission
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Warrenton Legion
Winston
Indiana Line
Lingle
Lieutenant MacLaren
Thomasville
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