Chinese Move Toward Tahsing After Heilungkiang Defeat
Reports from Manchuria say scattered Chinese armies head toward Tahsing after a crushing Heilungkiang defeat to Japanese forces. Chinese units along the eastern railway and cavalry from Manchuria push east while Japanese troops dig in at Tahsing nine miles north of the Nanni river bridge.
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Tokyo
Tahsing
Manchuria
Harbin
Manchuriand Khailar
Nanni River
Japanese War Office
Baron Shidehara
Japan
Washington
Aristide Briand
League of Nations Council
China
Attempt Is Made On Life of Game Warden
York County game warden Ben Farris narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as he drove home near Sharon after a day’s work. A sedan speeding about 35 mph fired a pistol shot through his car, the bullet missing by only inches as the two vehicles side passed on the roadway.
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York
8. C
Ben Farris
York County
Sharon
Farriss
Farris
League weighs national boycott against Japan over Manchuria
Geneva November 7. League of Nations debates economic and diplomatic pressure on Japan as a next step in the Sino Japanese Manchuria crisis. Council may recall ambassadors if Japan rejects arbitration and may consider an economic boycott with United States signaling cooperation.
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Geneva
Japan
Manchuria
League
Tokyo
China
United States
M. Briand
M. Koshizawa
Paris
Gloria Swanson’s marriage to Michael Farmer sparks legality questions
Hollywood reports Gloria Swanson wed Irish sportsman Michael Farmer in Elmsford on August 16. California officials question the marriage legality since Swanson’s California divorce from Marquis De La Falaise is not final. Elmford Mayor John Murray says the Mount Pleasant license authorized the ceremony. Swanson, 31, and Farmer, 29, are seen together amid ongoing inquiries.
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Hollywood
Calif
Gloria Swanson
Michael Farmer
Farmer
Elmsford
New York
Miss Swanson
Henry de la Falaise
California
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles County
Elmford
John &. Murray
Mount Pleasant
Wallace Beery
Herbert Somborn
Death of Caraway Upsets Senate Balance in 1931
The death of Arkansas Democrat Thaddeus H. Caraway shifts Senate control toward Republicans by one vote, with vacancies and potential appointments altering the balance. House control leans Democratic after the death of Texas Democrat Harry M. Wurzbach, leaving Republicans in the minority for the first time since 1918. Additional notes detail Caraway’s career, the Red Cross relief compromise, and Hoover’s condolence telegram.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Arkansas
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Caraway
Robinson
House of Sentatives
Harry M. Wurzbach
Texas
Little Rock
Ark
Hoover
Red Cross
Spring Hill
Senator Caraway
Paul Caraway
Forrest Caraway
Robert Caraway
E. L. Caraway
Manila
White House
Carnegie Tech Pitt Riot Arrests After Campus Fight
About 150 Carnegie Tech students rioted near the Oakland campus after a celebration for the football game versus the University of Pittsburgh. Firemen battled bonfires while police were pelted with missiles and one officer was hospitalized. The crowd flooded the jail cell area and damaged a water pipe before transfer to a downtown station.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Oakland
University of Pittsburgh
Italy To Give Houses For Largest Italian Families
Rome announces that the ten families in Italy with the most children will receive five room bungalows from the Rome governor starting Christmas 1932. Similar prizes will be awarded every five years for a decade with a proviso that homes cannot be sold leased or mortgaged for thirty years.
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Rome
Italy
Nudists Flee Carmel After Publicity Hurts Cult
Madame Mathilde Baumgartner led a nudist cult that sought quarters in Carmel California. She announced the group will move to an undisclosed destination after public attention. The headquarter request letter and council disclosure sparked ridicule and harassment.
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Carmel
Calif
Mathilde Baumgartner
Doctor Refuses To Testify In Perdue Death Case At Trial
Taylorsville November 7 Dr Asa Thurston Alexander county physician refused to say what caused Ray Perdue death after Garfield Jennings struck him. Thurston told the preliminary hearing he would not commit to the blow causing the death despite the victim losing consciousness and dying minutes later. The hearing continues with Justice H C Payne presiding.
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Taylorsville
Asa Thurston
Alexander County
Ray Perdue
Statesville
Garfield Jennings
Thurston
Jennings
Perdue
W. W. Stockman
Newberry
S. C
Justice of the Peace
H. C. Payne
Prominent Woman of Albemarle Found Dead With Slashed Throat
In Albemarle North Carolina on November 7 Mrs Amy Lipe 75 a member of a Stanly county family was found dead at her Millingport home with her throat slit relatives said she had been in poor health Coroner Ben Lefler planned an inquest ruling it as a suicide pending investigation
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Albemarle
N. C
Amy Lipe
Stanly County
Millingport
Girl 13 Is Kept In Dark Closet Four Years
In Washington a 15 year old brother testified his sister Edith Riley was confined for years in a six foot square dark closet with a pan of water and minimal food. He described repeated beatings and hunger while father and step mother faced cruelty and neglect charges. Bond was raised from 1000 to 2500 dollars as the grand jury prepared to hear the case.
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Washington
Francis Riley
Edith
Francis
Nelson Riley
I. R. Hitt
Grand Jury
Hoover Announces Major Federal Budget Curtailment
President Hoover disclosed that executive departments will lose at least 350 million dollars next fiscal year, aiming to trim total submissions to Congress by 280 to 300 million. The deficit remains large, with no tax increase decision yet and a projected 1931-32 shortfall around 2 billion by mid-year. The statement offered no specifics on the 350 million cut or tax plans.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Treasury
Plans for 350th anniversary fete in Dare county 1934
Raleigh reports plans for a mammoth celebration marking the 350th anniversary of the first white colony in America. The Virginia Care Historical Association meeting in Raleigh drew about 50 people from eastern North Carolina and Virginia. Executive committee includes Dean H D Peacock and Paul Green among others. The event aims to invite both American and British governments and is tied to Sir Walter Raleigh's 1584 founding in what is now Dare county.
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Raleigh
America
Virginia Care Historical Association
North Carolina
Virginia
Dean H. D. Peacock
Christ's Church
Norfolk
W. O. Saunders
Elizabeth City
Jack de Lysle
Atlantic Coastal Highway Association
Tyre C. Taylor
Frederick H. Koch
Carolina Playmakers
Paul Green
Catherine Albertson
St. Mary’s School
D. B. Fearing
R. B. Etheridge
Leo Doggett
Dare County
Walter Raleigh
Capone Sentenced and Sent to Leavenworth Prison
Ralph Capone, Chicago's Public Enemy No 3, was committed today to Leavenworth Federal Prison. His brother Al Capone is expected to begin a 10 year sentence there, with a concurrent county jail term of one year. Ralph faces a three year sentence for income tax evasion.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Ralph Capone
Chicago
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Scarface al
Ralph
Overlord
Capone
Underworld
Italy's foreign minister sails to meet Hoover in New York
Italy's foreign minister Dino Grandi sails from Naples for New York to renew ties with President Hoover and strengthen Italy's role in world recovery. He recalls his 1926 debt settlement trip and aims to explain Italian friendship to the American people. Signora Grandi accompanies him with a five member official staff.
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Naples
Italy
Dino Grandi
New York
Hoover
America
Washington
United States
William F. Borah
Signora Grandi
Atlantic
Grandi
Weather outlook for South Atlantic States shows fair week
Weeklong forecast calls for generally fair conditions across the South Atlantic States with a chance of showers in the northern portion around Thursday. Temperatures rise Monday and stay mild afterward, with cooler conditions expected toward the end of the week.
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South Atlantic
North Portion
Hoover Navy Controversy Report Nears Submission
A five man Hoover committee report to rebuke Navy League charges against President Hoover nears completion. Admiral Rodman called the draft a good one and only a final check remains before sending to the White House. The panel includes Hammond Castle Jahncke and Wadsworth, aiming to prove Hoover not ignorant of naval matters.
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Washington
High Rodman
Hoover
Navy League
White House
League
William H. Gardiner
John Hays Hammond
Metropolitan Club
Admiral Rodman
Mr. Hoover
Rodman and Hammond
Castle
State Department
Jahncke
Navy
Eliot Wadsworth
Boston
Lindbergh to Take Flying Lesson Before Airline Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh plans a preflight lesson to pass the pilots exam for Pan American’s American Clipper. The aviation hero will fly the 50 place flying boat from Miami on November 17, with Basil Rowe supervising his checkout.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Pan American Airways
Miami
North
South America
Basil Rowe
Red Square Marked Five Year Plan Anniversary Parade
Moscow observed the five year plan anniversary with a major Red Square parade featuring over a million participants. Stalin Kalinin Molotov and Voroshilov watched as red army units passed in review, followed by workers celebrating with banners and effigies. Delegations from overseas attended. The day ended with free theater access for workers.
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Stanley P. Richardson
Moscow
Russia
Kerensky
Red Square
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Kalinin
Molotov
Voroshilov
Communist Party
Lenin
Kremlin
America
Canada
England
France
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Holland
Spain
Mongolia
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Virginia Historical Association
Golney Seymour
Henrietta Schmerler
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Globe
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