Declaration War Looms as League Rejects Japanese
A front page summary reports the attempted assassination of President-elect Roosevelt in Miami, sparking reflections on leadership risk and democracy. It discusses Japan’s League of Nations rejection over Manchuria, stock declines in Tokyo, and rising nationalist sentiment with the Matsuoka mission and Saito cabinet actions.
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League
Torio
Japan
Manchuria
Shanghai
League of Nation
Tokio
Committee of Nineteen
Makoto Saito
Nagoyo
Osaka
Johor
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Russia
Saito
Yomiuri
Yasuya Uchida
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Roosevelt
All-Japan University Professors Association
Count Makino
Imperial Household
Ahei Yuasa
Roosevelt Visits Shooting Victims After Florida Attack
President Elect Roosevelt visited Miami hospital to check on five wounded in the Bayfront park attack. Mayor Anton Cermak lies critically injured as four others, including Mrs. Joe Gill, William Sinnott, Russell Caldwell, and Miss Margaret Krews, recover. The would be gunman Joe Zingara was subdued by bystanders and police.
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Miami
Fla
New York
Roosevelt
Anton Cormack
Chicago
Joe Gill
Gill
Margaret Kruis
Jt J
William Smott
Russell Caldwell
Arc
Anton Cermak
Joe Zingara
Zingara
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Robert H. Gore
William Sinnott
Margaret Krews
Newark
N. J
Cermak
Bayfront Park
W. F. Cross
James W. Galloway
Mr. Roosevelt
McLellan Named State Maintenance Supervisor
Capt Alexander McLellan of Little Rock was appointed supervisor of maintenance for the state Highway Commission by director James R. Rhyne. He will oversee maintenance work while federal aid construction projects are pushed before the emergency allotment period ends.
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Little Rock
Alexander McLellan
State Highway Commission
James R. Rhyne
McLellan
Captain McLellan
Arkansas
Warren Brothers Paving Company
Boston
Mass
Hogan Construction Company
Menboc
Ways
Futrell
Commission
Rhyne
White House Bid for Hope Family Receives Hoover Invite
Mr and Mrs R B Stanford of Hope received an invitation from President and Mrs Hoover to a White House reception in Washington on Saturday February 25. The invitation follows Mr Stanford's 36 year friendship with Hoover from early engineering work in California London and the tropics.
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R. B. Stanford
Hope
Hoover
White House
Washington
Mr. Stanford
Mr. Hoover
California
London
Tropics
Prohibition Repeal Passes Senate 63 to 23
The Senate adopts Blaine’s repeal resolution to erase the Eighteenth Amendment with convention ratification and liquor import protection for dry states. Vote 63 to 23. House action may follow under rules suspension if the measure clears the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Blaine
Garner
House
Robinson
Arkansas
Indiana
Glass
Virginia
United States
Congress
Caudle Dies After Illness at Bodcaw at 50
Henry T. Caudle aged 50 died at Bodcaw on February 6 following a long illness. Interment was in Corinth cemetery. Survived by two brothers J. H. Caudle of Texarkana and L. R. Caudle of Bodcaw and four sisters Mrs. Walter Ross of Hope and Misses Malissa Callie and Trudie Caudle, all of Bodcaw. Born August 18 1883 to M. H. and Rose Caudle of Bodcaw he married Eva Hudgens of Waldo on December 27 1907 but she died months later.
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Henry Thomas Caudle
Bodcaw
Corinth
J. H. Caudle
Texarkana
L. R. Caudle
Walter Ross
Hope
Malissa
Callie
Trudie Caudle
Mr. Caudle
M. H
Rose Caudle
Eva Hudgens
Waldo
Three Kidnapings Top Left Harold Brest Held in Sharon
A 21 year old man, Harold Brest, is held in Sharon Pennsylvania for sending an extortion letter threatening the kidnapping of two children of the late William Whitla. A letter demanded 5000 to stop the plan.
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Harold Brest
Sharon
William Whitla
F. H. Buhl
Virginia George
Paul F. Donnelly
Nell Q. Donnelly
Kansas City
Claude Boettcher
Colorado
Charles Boettcher II
Charles A. Lindbergh
Boettcher
Arkansas House Votes to Repeal 90 Day Divorce Law
The Arkansas House approved a bill to repeal the 90 day divorce law by a 62 to 30 vote. Kelley of Lawrence County authored the measure amid debate over Arkansas competing with Reno and concerns about morals and home protection. The session featured multiple failed attempts to limit discussion as a decision neared.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Kelley
Lawrence County
House
Reno
Hot Springs
Stanley warns Hope merchants on panic advertising
Henry W. Stanley of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce closed a three day lecture series in Hope at Hotel Barlow. He examined 1933 advertising and Hope’s retail area, arguing panic ads hurt profits as discounts lure customers away from higher value goods and teach poor pricing to merchants.
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Henry W. Stanley
Hope
Barlow
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Stanley
Unoccupied House Fire Sets New 10-Year High
Hopefulaurous losses climb as a 14th vacant dwelling burns on West Division Street, adding to a string of 35 residential blazes since August. Firemen report $750 loss for the latest structure, owned by S. O. Dumas, partly insured, with a total vacant-house toll of 21,600 across 14 blazes. Police have no arrests amid suspicions of arson, while city records note $3,500 cost to the fire department.
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Hope
West Division Street
S. O. Dumas
West Avenue D
West Avenue B
Fork Drive
South Main Street
South Walnut
West Fourth Street
South Walnut Street
South Fulton Street
Corbett Beats Sullivan In Five Round City Fight
Jim Corbett and manager William A Brady foresaw a Sullivan upset after a sparring bout showed Corbett's speed. Sullivan agreed to a Queensberry bout in New Orleans for $19,000 a side and $25,000 purse, aiming to finish with one punch but failing as Corbett avoided heavy blows and proved the quicker man.
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New York
Jim Corbett
William A. Brady
Corbett
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Brady
Crobett
Jim
Australia
John L
Olympic Club
New Orleans
Queensberry
Zangara Confesses Motive Behind Attempt on Roosevelt
In Miami, the would be assassin of President elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Giuseppe Zangara, claims constant stomach pain from an operation drove him to try to kill the leader. He says he bought a pistol in Italy 10 years ago to kill King Emmanuel, and admits no grievance against Roosevelt but hates the rich and powerful. He describes nervous, agitated behavior during questioning, with physical distress noted by police.
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Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
United States
Japan
de Medici
Italy
Washington
Morgan
Giuseppe
Federalits
Departments of Justice and Labor
Giuseppe Zangara
Zangara
Emmanuel
King Emmanuel
Mr. Roosevelt
Father of Mrs. A. B. Spraggins Dies in El Dorado
E. J. McCain aged 78, father of Mrs. A. B. Spraggins of this city, died at home in El Dorado at 1 o clock Thursday morning. He leaves his widow five daughters and two sons. Funeral arrangements had not been announced by Thursday noon.
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E. J. McCain
A. B. Spraggins
el Dorado
Kentuckian to Hold Presbyterian Pulpit
The Rev. Thomas Brewster of Sunday, February will preach at the First Presbyterian church in Kentucky.
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Thomas Brewster
First Presbyterian
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