Chinese Force Fails to Drive Jap Forces From Chiumenkow
A Chinese force failed to expel Japanese troops from Chiumenkow amid broader Manchuria fighting. Japanese planes conducted sixth bombing raids on northeast Jehol while over 230,000 Chinese troops prepared for a clash in the region. Tokyo minimized the Chiumenkow battle as small-scale forces remained in the Shanhaikwan area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiumenkow
Great Wall of China
China
Jehol
Kaifu
Tokyo
Heiho
Siberian
Manchuria
Canton
Hongkong
League of National Special Committee
Shanhaikwan
Frey Charges Bankers Hold Up Industry
John P. Frey of the AFL metallic trades reports to a Senate committee that New York bankers exercise a stranglehold on industry. He cites James A. Farrell’s resignation from United States Steel and Morgan partners on the board to argue wage and control issues affecting working conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. Farrell
United States Steel
Senate
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
New York
Frey
Farrell
J. P. Morgan
Senator Black
Ala
Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
James Spencer Morgan, Jr
An Open House Fight Over Prohibition Funds
Anti prohibitionists in the House seek to strike 9 120 000 from the 1934 supply bill for enforcement in the justice department budget. Proposals to reduce or restrict use of funds for wiretaps informers liquor purchases and contracted workers were offered. The effort aims to shift or cut enforcement resources as lawmakers discuss 1934 veterans expenditures and farm board funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Justice Department
O'Connor
N. Y
Griffin
Tinkham
Mass
Appropriations Committee
Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and Tarver
Schafer
Wis
Farm Board
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Rooseveltt
Federal Trade Commission
The
Trade Commission
Costa
Hood Asks Cotton Be Kept Out and Production Cut
Ern est N Hood of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers testifies before the Senate agriculture committee in Washington urging the domestic allotment relief bill not to be applied to cotton and arguing it would raise mill costs and reduce demand. He warns it could devastate mills and employment while opposing lawmakers cite agriculture distress and tariff strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ernest N. Hood
Salem
Mass
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Hood
McNary
Oregon
Thomas R. Cain
Farmers National Grain Dealers Association
Bloomington
Ill
Cain
Cuba Is Scene of Maneuvers on Oahu Island
Honolulu January 27 Army units on Oahu set up for winter maneuvers. Officers and soldiers moved heavy guns, laid communications lines, and prepared defenses against an invading fleet as part of joint Army Navy exercises in the Pacific.
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Honolulu
Oahu Island
United States Army
Pacific
Army Signal
Kaiser Celebrates 74th Birthday in Exile at Doorn
Wilhelm Hohenzollern former Kaiser Wilhelm II marked his seventy fourth birthday at Doorn with a chapel service led by Dr. Schneller his pastor followed by a family supper and a patriotic film. Attending were Princess Hermine and several relatives including Friedrich Wilhelm age 50 Eitel Friedrich Auguste Wilhelm and Louis Ferdinand.
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Doorn
Holland
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
Doornhouse
Germany
Schneller
Upheon
Duia
Kaiser
Hermine
Friedrich Wilhelm
Eitel Friedrich
Auguste Wilhelm
Aon
Louis Ferdinand
Negro confesses to slaying six year old in tenement
Lloyd Price a 22 year old Negro confessed to killing Helen Sterler a six year old girl found slain in a New York tenement cellar Wednesday night. He described luring the child with money and a pencil, taking her to a dark cellar where she was strangled with clothing line. Police say he admitted prior assaults on children and another attack on an 18 year old girl. Helen's death followed a spate of similar attacks in the same neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lloyd Price
Helen Sterler
Price
Helen
Fession
Sterler
Louis
Strong Tariff Wall Demanded by Industrial Commission Probe
North Carolina assembly debates a joint resolution demanding T A Wilson explain a letter urging workers to sign petitions opposing abolition of the industrial commission and to send them to Senator Capus Waynick. The measure seeks sworn details of any Waynick connection and the letter’s propaganda content.
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Wilson
Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly
T. A. Wilson
Industrial Commission
Capus Waynick
Guilford
Waynick
House
Abolition of
The
Boyd
Taylor
Garibald
Mecklenburg
Bowie
Ashe
Former President Steel Corp Warns of Flooding Markets
James A. Farrell testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee urging tariff action to curb imports from countries devaluing their currencies. He chairs the foreign commerce committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and says American business suffers globally from the influx of foreign goods, especially iron and steel.
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Steel Corporation
Washington
James A. Farrell
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Foreign Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Arizona pardons Winnie Ruth Judd for reprieve
The Arizona board of pardons and paroles granted a short reprieve for Winnie Ruth Judd who was sentenced to hang February 17 for the murder of Agnes Anne Leroi at the state prison. A separate AP dispatch notes Senator Bratton of New Mexico proposed consolidating agriculture and interior into a department of national development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Washington
Departments of Agriculture and Interior
Department of National Development
Bratton
N. M
Davis brothers plead guilty in murder case
Artie and Pearson Davis faced first degree murder charges in the December stabbing of Emmett Justice, 19, but today they interrupted the trial and entered a guilty plea to second degree murder, which the state accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Dan
Artie and Pearson Davis
Emmett Justice
Nicaraguan Medal of Merit Awarded to U.S. Marine
The president of Nicaragua awarded the Medal of Merit to Thomas Marvin Lynch of Winston-Salem North Carolina for exceptional service while on duty with the United States Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicaragua
Republic
Thomas Marvin Lynch
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Cloverdale Avenue
United States Marines
Crump Protests Delay in Lake Lea Prosecution
Representative Crump of Tennessee protested to Attorney General Mitchell over delay in the federal case against Lake Lea a Tennessee publisher and former U S senator indicted on banking law violations. The case has lingered as North Carolina pursued extradition after Lea and his son Luke Lea Jr were convicted in that state.
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Washington
Crump
Tennessee
Mitchell
Lake Lea
Lea
United States
North Carolina
Luke Lea
An Ashe
Banking bill passes senate amid Huey debate
In Santa Monica the senate approves a banking measure as Huey long dominates newspaper coverage, with Carter Glass praised as the money expert. The note claims France should join the debt settlement and suggests new payments to France despite their prior nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Senate
Huey
Carter Glass
Glass
France
Two Hundred Million Of Revolving Fund Is Left
Washington January 27 report shows the farm board estimates $200 million of the $500 million revolving fund remains. It includes $42,719,088 tied to wheat and cotton donations to the Red Cross. Stone said most losses come from stabilization efforts in cotton and grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Board
House Appropriations
Independent Offices
James C. Stone
Red Cross
Stone
Hastings
Oklahoma
Congress
American National Red Cross
Outbreak of violence in Philadelphia claims three lives
In a darkened Philadelphia home, two women and Patrolman Frederick J. Dolan were killed by a Marksman killer. A third woman was wounded as the gunman fled amid police fire. Dozens questioned, no arrests yet.
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Philadelphia
Yetta Cooper
Cohen
Patsy
Miller
Frederick J. Dolan
Bank Robbery Reported in Pittsboro Pursuit Underway
A masked assailant robbed L. Ferrell, cashier of the Bank of Pittsboro, taking about 11 dollars before fleeing in a waiting car. Police were asked to aid searches toward Durham.
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Pittsboro
L. ©. Ferrell
Bank of
North Carolina Faces Near Freezing Weather Tonight
The United States Weather Bureau forecast near freezing temperatures for North Carolina with probable snow in the mountains. Expect cold rains in many sections and no general snow of statewide extent.
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Charlotte
United States Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Robbers Take $879 From Dobson Bank Safe
Authorities pursue unknown men who opened the Surry Loan and Trust Company safe but fled after taking 879 dollars and 4 cents. The heist was initially valued near 10,000 dollars, but only a small portion was missing when the loot was checked.
Bank of Greenwood and Ninety Six Branch Fail to Open
The Bank of Greenwood and its Ninety Six branch did not open this morning. State bank examiner Albert B. Fant signed a notice saying he has taken charge of both institutions for 30 days. The Greenwood bank had 100000 capital with 1138997.12 in deposits and 883841.23 in loans. The Ninety Six branch showed 64555.25 deposits. John B. Sloan is president, Fred C. Allen vice president, L. L. Erwin cashier.
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Greenwood
8. C
Bank of Greenwood
Ninety Six
Albert 8. Fant
State Bank Examiner
John B. Sloan
Fred C. Allen
L. L. Erwin
Hezzie Avant Executed for Murder in North Carolina
The 30 year old textile worker Hezzie Avant was electrocuted at the state prison after two trials and a new trial on a technicality. He left notes saying the people of North Carolina were doing him a favor to carry him to the chair and expressing belief in a better place after death. He claimed innocence of first degree murder in the Caulder killing and referenced a Wilmington man on death row in an unclear postscript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Hezzie Avant
State’s
Jesus
Avant
Smithy Evans Caulder
Scotland
State Supreme Court
Gus Langley
Wilmington
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U. S. Steel
America
Cotton
Cotton Manufacturers
Cuba
Solons
Will
Heart of Philadelphia
Dobson Bank
S. C. Bank
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