Senate Orders Official Probe In Race Trouble
The Senate directed Attorney General Mitchell to investigate conditions in Hawaii. In Honolulu four Americans were arrested after a Honolulu murder linked to the massie case. Navy officials took custody of three suspects at Pearl Harbor and a new grand jury will consider the case with possible death penalties for all four.
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Washington
Senate
Mitchell
Hawaii
Bingham
Territories Committee
Honolulu
United States
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Navy
Joseph Kahahawai
Thomas H. Massie
Kahahawai
Granville Fortescue
Massie
FE. J. Lord
Albert ©. Jones
Jones
James F. Gilliland
Pearl Harbor
Gilliland
Griffith Wight
Wight
Lieut
Frank Thompson
Montgomery Winn
Reconstruction Fund Boosts Bank Loans for Farmers
Washington January 11 AP reports a new 50 million dollar fund was added to the reconstruction finance corporation bill to provide loans to farmers as part of postwar reconstruction efforts. Hitler Rejects Proposal Berlin January 11 AP notes Adolf Hitler and Alfred Hugenberg rejected Chancellor Bruening's plan to extend President von Hindenburg's term by parliamentary act.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Alfred Hugenberg
Bruening
von Hindenburg
Japanese Force Wiped Out Near Hsinminsun
A Mukden dispatch to Ren go news agency said a Japanese army contingent including infantry and engineers was nearly wiped out while patrolling Hsinminsun Manchuria by a large bandit force.
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Tokyo
Mukden
Rengo
Hsinminsun
Manchuria
Brookhart Blames Press for Wet Propaganda Rally
Senator Brookhart charged the press with conspiring to boost publicity for Prohibition’s wet side. He cited testimony by Dr. William Gerry Morgan on four percent beer and said dry groups were being shut out of ads. He warned a congressional inquiry may follow if papers do not curb what he called unreasonable publicity.
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Washington
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa Republican
William Gerry Morgan
American Medical Assocation
Anti-Saloon League
Physician Testimony Supports Four Percent Beer legalization
Dr. William Gerry Morgan former AMA president testified before a senate committee that legalizing four percent beer would be a harmless tonic for the sick and aid youth. He argued beer can be a dependable healthful beverage, reducing bootleg liquor use, and noted he has never prescribed liquor.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Senate
William Gerry Morgan
Morgan
Bandits Loot People's Bank in Bevier Heist
Three unmasked bandits captured the town watchman and ten others in Bevier Missouri, held one prisoner for over six hours, then escaped with an estimated $5,000 to $6,000 from the People's bank after forcing the vault. James Holbey and George Davis were among captives.
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Bevier
People's Bank
James Holbey
George Davis
Baker
France Plans Financial Pressure Over German Debts At Lausanne
Paris signals use of dollars instead of military force if Germany repeats claims that reparations cannot continue. France may refuse new credits, limiting German access to cash while London papers urge cancellation of war debts and reparations as Britain and ministers call Lausanne essential.
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Paris
France
Germany
Heinrich Bruening
United Press
Ruhr
Rhineland
Europe
London
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Bruening
Young Plan
Basle
Lausanne
Britain
Gandhi's wife held by British with two others
Surat India January 11 Mrs Kasturbai Gandhi aged 60 wife of Mahatma Gandhi is arrested with two prominent Indian women leaders as the civil disobedience campaign resumes. Police also detain Maniben Patel and a third woman from a wealthy Parsee family. Officials ban meetings of five or more and form a parallel postal service to carry letters at half rates. The nationalist war council calls a countrywide drive to withdraw deposits from government banks.
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Surat
India
Kasturbai Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Yeravda
Gandhi
Maniben Patel
Vallabhai Patel
Bombay
Bank approves Young Plan findings on Germany reparations
Basel Switzerland January 11 The directors of the world bank for international settlements endorsed the Young plan advisory committee report on Germany's inability to pay reparations and renewed the bank's one fourth share in the 100 million dollar short term credit. The board's meeting was brief ending at noon.
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Basel
Switzerland
World Bank For International Settlements
Benedice
Young Plan Advisory Committee
Germany
World Bank
Young Plan Committee
New Autos Offer Advanced Comfort and Safety Features
New York reports the 1932 automobile show showcases cars with ride control, free-wheeling, synchro-silent transmission, dual speed axles, and automatic headlight swivels. Ford stays out, others boast streamlined design, expert craftsmanship, and vast capital investment offering safer starts and smoother rides.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
Henry Ford
Ford
Stimson Says Japan Apologies Sufficient and Incident Closed
Secretary Stimson announced Japan has apologized and accepted responsibility for the Mukden attack on American consul Chamberlain. He urged remission for senior officials and confirmed punishments for those directly involved, with the incident now closed to protect American lives in Manchuria.
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Washington
Stimson
Culver B. Chamberlain
Mukden
Ninomiya
Mukden and
Herbin
Chamberlain
Manchuria
Violent Deaths Claim Six Lives in North Carolina
Six people died in violent events across North Carolina on Sunday. Alfred Farr 25 and his brother Robert 23 drowned when their speed boat overturned in the Catawba River near Charlotte. Clarence Harris 20 of Burnsville died from burns after igniting a match near gasoline. Charles Josey 50 of Salisbury was killed crossing paths with train 46. Sylvester McClamrock 14 at Concord died after contact with high voltage. Stanley Boykin 40 of Wilson died in an automobile wreck near Goldsboro. James Edmundson 23 injured as their car hit the Walnut Creek bridge railing.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Alfred Farr
Robert
Catawba River
Here
Clarence Harris
Burnsville
Charles Josey
Salisbury
Southern Railway
Sylvester McClamrock
Concord
Stanley Boykin
Wilson
Goldsboro
James Edmundson
Walnut Creek Bridge
Confederate hundred dollar bill found by Alabama farmer
In Greenville Alabama a negro mammy kept a $50 Confederate bill in a mattress for safekeeping. She retrieved it to pay a debt and received new currency and silver in exchange. A postal clerk refused to exchange the worn note noting its value since 1865.
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Greenville
Ala
Martial Law Declared in Santiago Cuba Uprising
In Santiago on January 11, martial law was proclaimed after bomb blasts and demonstrations marking the third anniversary of Julio Antonio Mella's stay in Mexico. Lenora Stenger wounded by a bomb at the prosecutor's home. bombs also hit post office and theater. Censorship imposed. city quiet by midnight with patrols and armored vehicles ready for emergencies.
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Santiago
Cuba
Ape
Rafaelger
Ontente
Audencia
Mexico City
Julio Antonio Mella
Lenora Stenger
Havana
Maryland Pen Escape Plot Nipped by Riot Squad Aid
Two inmates John Harris and William Gambrill attacked Guard Earl Owings at Maryland Penitentiary as they sought his revolver. Owings defended with a gas gun. prisoners surrendered after realizing no pistol was available and were placed in solitary confinement.
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Baltimore
Maryland
John Harris
William Gambrill
Earl Owings
Owings
49 Year-Old Discoverer of Body Says He Did Crime
Cincinnati dispatch reports Charles Bischoff a 45 year old shoemaker confessed to kidnapping and slaying six year old Marian McLaan whose body was found December 22 in the cellar of Bischoff's tenement. He says the crime occurred after luring the girl from her home on December 17. Bischoff faces first degree murder charges. insanity questions loom as officials seek a new indictment naming him.
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Cincinnati
Marian McLaan
Robert N. Gorman
Charles Bischoff
Marian
Bischoff
Merian
Gorman
John Doe
Defendants Face New Trial In Mortgage Case
Alton L. Jordan of Norfolk goes on trial in federal court in Wilson North Carolina on two counts of corrupt perjury tied to a temporary receivership of the Home Mortgage Company of Hickory North Carolina Mrs Margaret Ramsey of Norfolk faces a similar trial beginning Wednesday on one count They were previously acquitted with R Clarence Dozier of South Mills on obstruction charges Jensen Judge Johnson J Hayes of Greensboro sits in the case with Judge I M Meek disqualified
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Wcbenline
Johnson J. Hayes
Greensboro
I. M. Meek
Elizabeth City
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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