Japan dissolves parliament to set general elections
Tokyo reports the Japanese parliament was dissolved by decree to clear the way for elections after Premier Inukai and top ministers outlined a new government program. They stressed Manchurian policy aims, defending existing treaties, the open door principle, and Japan's rights in Manchuria as essential to regional peace.
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Tokyo
Inukai
Yoshizawa
Takahashi
Japan
Wakatsuki
Manchuria
China
Far East
South Manchurian
Reconstruction bill nears congressional enactment in 1930s era
Washington reports unanimous push for national economic recovery as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation nears passage. Dawes and Meyer brief Congress, outlining loan programs to banks, insurance firms, building societies, and railways with caps up to 100 million dollars.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles G. Dawes
Eugene Meyer
White House
Railroad Earnings Decline Support Wage Cut Plea
Chicago January 21. Railway presidents released statistics showing 1931 earnings 33 percent below 1929 to support a 10 percent wage reduction. The joint wage conference heard data on railway earnings and fixed charges while unions pressed for guaranteed employment and full financial context.
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Chicago
Brotherhood
Recommendation For Jobless Aid Is Before Senate
The senate faces a direct relief bill after the costigan La Follette proposal authorized 125 million for this winter and 250 million for next year. Hoover opposes direct federal relief while supporters cite hearings and AFL backing.
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Senate
Washington
Hoover
Manufacturers Committee
Hoover nominates Thad Brown to Radio Commission
President Hoover nominates Thad Brown of Ohio to serve on the Radio Commission despite opposition from Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chairman. A confirmation contest was promptly predicted.
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Washington
Hoover
Thad Brown
Ohio
Radio Commission
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Crowley Facing Death In Sing Sing Chair For Policeman Killing
OSSINING N Y Jan 21 Francis Crowley a 20 year old from New York who could barely write cut out his paper toys and stared at an electric chair picture on his wall as he faced execution at Sing Sing for murdering Patrolman Frederick Hirsch in Nassau county The court noted his past crimes including holdups and the Brannen case and described him as a so called Two Gun with defense experts calling him morally imbecile while the state declared him sane He was to be executed after a sequence that linked his crime spree to the killing of the policeman and the later death sentence for Rudolph Duringer who had aided him
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Honolulu
Daniel Lyman
Toka Okasaki
Lyman
Oahu
Lui Kaikapu
Thomas Mossman
City Emergency Hospital
Reesen
Harimoto
Palama
Ossining
N. Y
Francis Crowley
New York
Sing Sing
Crowley
Two-Gun
Dora Deitz
Anna Crowley
Duringer
Miss Brannen
Congress Deliberates War Aid and Reforms in Senate and Committees
Senate committees advance bills on La Follette Costigan Federal Relief appropriation and Warship construction. Judiciary weighs Nomination. Ways and Means probes tax reform while Agriculture handles wheat and cotton short selling. Merchant Marine investigates Shipping Board as War Department consolidations and Muscle Shoals issues loom.
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Senate
Manufacturers Committee
Judiciary Committee
Agriculture Department
Ways and Means Committee
Naval Affairs Committee
Vinson
Agriculture Committee
Merchant Marine Committee
Shipping Board
Fee
Murray Hints at Candidacy in Speech at Charlotte
Oklahoma governor William H. Murray signaled a possible run for the Democratic national ticket. He warned of Wall Street influence and urged a return to commodity backed banking, pledging a minority report if he helps form the platform.
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Murray
Charlotte
Opening day of Winnie Ruth Judd murder trial attracts crowd
Spectators jammed the Phoenix courthouse stairway as Judge Speakman opened the trial for Winnie Ruth Judd. A woman fainted in the packed corridor and was revived after deputies moved her to an ante room. Wealthy Phoenix lumberman J J Halloran was mentioned but not sworn as a witness by the state.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Howard C. Speakman
Winnie Ruth Judd
J. J. Halloran
Herman Lewkowitz
Halloran
Lewkowitz
Andrews
Hex murder haunts Pennsylvania crime scene
Philadelphia report outlines a murder tied to a voodoo inspired hexeria belief. Norman Bechtel, 31, was stabbed while in his car near Boyertown, as investigators probe Pennsylvania Dutch folklore for a possible mystic motive.
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Philadelphia
Norman R. Berchtel
Warning on Europe’s debt talks amid Corsica flight
Paris reports a flight over Corsica with Napoleon referenced and a warning that Europe seeks debt cancellation. The message urges toughhearted delegates rather than those with hardened arteries as cries are rehearsed.
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Paris
Corsica Island
Napoleon
Europe
State Anti-Saloon League to Plan Vigorous Liquor Campaign
Greensboro N C January 21 plans for a more vigorous campaign against liquor are to be laid at the 116th biennial convention of the North Carolina Anti Saloon league opening this afternoon Speakers include Ben Spence Toronto on Canadian Liquor Control R G Merrick prohibition administrator for this district Dr J M Parrott Raleigh C W Crooke Jacksonville Floyd A Upchurch Raleigh F Scott McBride Washington Rev George W Morrow Detroit and Dr William Louis Potet Wake Forest college president emeritus The convention will last through Friday.
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Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
Ben Spence
Toronto
R. G. Merrick
J. M. Parrott
Raleigh
C. W. Crooke
Jacksonville
A. J. Barton
Wilmington
National League
Ry. C
Senate Takes Up 125 Million Land Bank Bill
The senate began consideration of the conference report on a 125 million dollar land bank capitalization bill a few hours after the house approved it.
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Senate ON Land Bank
Washington
Senate
House
Lytton Strachey Dies After Long Illness at 52
Lytton Strachey prominent biographer of Queen Victoria and Elizabeth and Essex died in INEPEN Berkshire England at 52 after several weeks illness from paratyphoid fever. He had been confined to his Marborough home. son of General Sir Richard Strachey. his mother Lady Jane Strachey famed for English society.
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Inepen
Berkshire
England
Lytton Strachey
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth
Essex
Marborough
Strachey
Richard Strachey
Jane Strachey
St. Lee Strachey
The
London Spectator
South Targets Tourists With New Park Plans
The south aims to attract visitors by displaying scenery and climate in national parks. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park spans Tennessee and North Carolina with 297,719 acres turned over to the government so far, and two more parks in Kentucky and Virginia already authorized. Horace M. Allbright predicts strong regional economic benefits as visitors from many regions come to see the park’s diverse flora, streams, and peaks.
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South
West
National Parks
Great Smoky Mountains
East Tennessee
North Carolina
Mammoth Cave National Park
Kentucky
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Congress
Everglades National Park
Florida
Senate
House
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee
Horace M. Allbright
National Park Service
Great Smokies
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