American Missionary Beaten by Japanese in Shanghai
Miss Rose Marlowe, American mission teacher, was beaten by two Japanese plainclothesmen in Shanghai. Edwin 8. Cunningham, U.S. Consul General, filed a protest with the Japanese consulate. Marlowe, from Williamsburg Kentucky, suffered a nervous shock and left for Hongkong with sister Dorothy.
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Shanghai
Edwin
Jefferson City
Tenn
Cunningham
China
Japan
Hongkow
Marlowe
Miss Marlowe
Dorothy
Hongkong
Fascist Uprising in Finland Collapses After Leader Kills Self
In Helsinki Finland the week long Lapua fascist revolt collapsed as leader Kustaa Latvala committed suicide. The president issued amnesty for all but leaders and the main force began surrendering at Mantsala after a detachment halted them days earlier.
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Finland
Helinsingfors
Finlad
Kustaa Latvala
Lapua
Mantsala
Sousa Dies After Banquet in Reading Hotel
John Philip Sousa, famed bandmaster, collapsed and died early Sunday morning at the Abraham Lincoln hotel in Reading, Pennsylvania, shortly after attending a banquet in his honor held by the Ringgold band which was celebrating its 80th anniversary. The band had invited Sousa to guest conduct, a service he had rendered previously.
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Reading
John Philip
Abraham Lincoln
Ringgold Band
Sousa
Campaign to provide work for 1,000,000 reaches 160,571 total
New York March 5 report shows Delaware 1,441 Pennsylvania 1,237 and Mississippi 1,015 added jobs. Overall 7,308 for the day with 1,000 back at Masonite Laurel and Continental Turpentine Rosin in Laurel Mississippi and 200 at Agricola Furnace in Gadsden Alabama. Additional state totals listed include Alabama 3,866 and North Carolina 5,580 with city figures.
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New York
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
United Action For Employment
Masonite
Continental Turpentine and Rosin Corporation
Laurel
Miss
Gadsden
Ala
Agricola Furnace Company
Parenthesia
Alahams
Dora
Robertsdale
Chudsden
Homewood
Tuscaloosa
North Carolina
Durham
Kannapolis
Reidsville
Sanford
Raleigh
High Point
Tarboro
South Carolina
Inman
Lake City
Spartanburg
Kidnaping Ringleader Brought Back From Gotham
Chicago dispatch reports Charles Buster Brown, deemed the brains of a nationwide kidnapping ring, returned from New York and jailed without bond. Indicted with him are John Pingera William Thomas Louis Alteria and Neil Montague. The gang allegedly operated from a Peoria roadhouse to St Louis Kansas City and Chicago targeting wealthy businessmen and gamblers nationwide. Brown’s capture followed a New York arrest for the Montague escape and he refused to discuss the Lindbergh case.
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Chicago
Charles “Buster’’ Brown
New York
Brown
Edward Dobkin
John Pingera
William Thomas
Louis
Alteria
Colorado
Neil Montague
Montague
Pat Roche
Peoria
Ill
St. Louis
Kansas City
Roche
Chinese suffer over 20000 in killed and wounded
Shanghai report estimates Chinese casualties in the Chapei Kiangwan and Woosung engagements exceed 20000 with about 7000 killed. Japanese sources deny major fighting since the halted advance, while observers note skirmishing and troops moving toward the front near the Yangtze.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Kiangwan
Woosung
Pressian Union
Press Union
Yangtze River
Kating
Naziang
Lindbergh Baby Named Charles by Mother
HOPEWELL New Jersey March 5 AP report notes the Lindbergh baby would answer to Charles as his mother calls him that. Colonel Lindbergh calls his son It and the child returns the favor calling his father It.
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Baby Lindy
Charles
Lindy
Hopewell, N. J
Lindbergh
Charlies
Gravely, 70, Dies of Stroke En Route to Office
J P W Gravely head of the China American Tobacco company died from a stroke in Rocky Mount at age 70. He founded the company and led tobacco sales across eastern North Carolina with depots in foreign markets. Survived by his widow two sons Page K and J P W Gravely Jr and a daughter Mrs Kenly McGee. Jr is in Shanghai handling company business. Funeral services set for tomorrow with Rev T G Vick ers and Rev C K Proctor officiating.
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Rocky Mount
Mar
J. P. W. Gravely
China-American Tobacco Company
Gravely
North Carolina
China-American Company
Senator Gravely
Page K
J. P. W. Gravely, Jr
Kenly McGee
Shanghai
China
China- American Tobacco Company
T. G. Vickers
C. K. Proctor
Masonic Orphanage
Oxford
New 2.25 Percent Sales Tax Aims to Balance 1933 Budget
Washington March 5 The house ways and means committee finished drafting a new tax bill and treasury approved it. The plan adds a 2.25 percent manufacturers sales tax affecting about 140000 firms to raise 595 million dollars while overall new revenue reaches 1.096 billion. Secretary Mills said the 1933 budget can be balanced with no further debt increase after June 30 and urged restraint on expenditures.
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Washington
Mar
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Mills
Andrew Mellon
Kidnaped Boy Is Found Safe After Abduction Near Youngstown
Twelve year old James De Jute Jr was located unharmed in a hidden tunnel in an abandoned gambling resort near Youngstown after being abducted on his way to school. Captors John DeMarco and Dowell Hargraves of Youngstown confessed and are jailed in Warren County awaiting investigation. No ransom was paid though DeJute offered $1000. the boy and family expressed relief and gratitude.
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Niles
James DeJute, Jr
Jimmie
Youngstown
John DeMarco
Dowell Hargraves
DeMarco
Warren
Hargraves
Hyde versus Robinson over pork barrel charges.
Secretary Hyde fights back at Senator Robinson over a $132,000,000 highway bill described as pork barrel. Hyde accuses Robinson of misusing public funds and railroading the bill while criticizing government franking costs in a heated Washington exchange.
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Washington
Mer
Hyde
Frank
Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover
Ex Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm May Enter Presidential Race
Berlin report notes former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm could run if no first ballot winner emerges next week. He was presented at a Sportpalast rally to 15,000 cheering supporters. Observers say President Hindenburg intends to stay the course.
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Berlin
Friedrich Wilhelm
Sportpalast
Paul von Hindenburg
Hoover to Sign Measure Providing Wheat Aid
President Hoover plans to sign a bill allocating 40 million bushels of farm board wheat for distressed farmers and city hunger relief. The Red Cross would distribute the grain for human and livestock food, with final approval pending at the White House.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
White House
Capitol
Red Cross
Lindberghs name go-between offer hope of return
Governor A Harry Moore says master man hunters at a Hopewell conference believe the Lindbergh baby will be returned soon. A statement signed by Charles and Anne Lindbergh authorizes Salvatore Spitale and Irving Bitz to act as go-betweens if kidnappers refuse direct contact.
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Baby
Concensus
Gow
Johnson
Hopewell
Charles A. Lindbergh
The
Lindberghs
Trenton
Salvy
Spitale
Irring Bitz
Hopewell, N. J
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Master Man Hunters of the
East
A. Harry Moore
Ol. Lindbergh
Hart ford Probe Continues in Lindbergh Baby Case
Henry Red Johnson of Englewood New Jersey is kept in custody after prolonged questioning in Hartford Connecticut in the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry. Officials cite a milk bottle cap and ladder similarity as possible links while ruling out Miss Betty Gow. Authorities from multiple states discuss immunity and coordinate the search for the missing child.
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Hartford
Conn
Henry
Red) Johnson
Englewood
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Johnson
Betty Gow
New Jersey
West Hartford
Bronx
Thomas W. Lamont
New York
Filer
Ofenry
Lindbergh
Schoeffel
Miss Gow
Chicago
Hoover
Department of Justice
Lindberghs
Moore
Belated Winter Runs Rampant Across Dixie With Snow
Snow fell across the lower Dixie as freezing temperatures spread from Arkansas to Georgia. Memphis and Monroe reported heavy falls while New Orleans braced for 30 to 40 degree cold. Forecasters warned of frost reaching the coast as March chills persisted.
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Dixie
Atlanta
Lower Dixie
Monroe
Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina
New Orleans
Florida
Miami
Tampa
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Rose Marlowe
Kentucky
Master Dead
John Philip Sousa
Gotham
Albert L Cox
Spikes
McNeill
Smith
Cox
N. C
Albert L. Cox
Thomas A. McNeill
Lumberton
Willis Smith
House of Representatives
Josephus Daniels
Angus Dbn Mackean
Beaufort County
General Cox
Dennis G. Brummitt
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr
Maine
Ollie Whatelsy
Universal Newsreel
Acme
P. W. Gravely
Head
Jimmie DeJute
Ohio
DeJute
Dem
Germany
Salvatore Spitale
Irving Bitz
Sailor
Hugh M. Thorn
Edward J. Hickey
Connecticut
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