Japs Order Chinese Out Of Shanghai Area
General Kenichi Ugeda demanded Chinese withdrawal to 12 1 2 miles from Shanghai by sundown Saturday. Japan aims to loosen defenses with 25 000 troops nearby while China promises 50 000. peace talks fail and both sides deploy air power and heavy bombs near Chapel sector amid artillery exchanges.
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Morris “J. Harris
Associated Press
Shanghat
Kenichi Ugeda
Tsai Ting-Kai
Shanghai
Japan
Wao- Sung
Panshan
Chapei
Paul Young Is Freed In Texas
A fugitive complaint charging Paul Young with theft of an automobile in Springfield Missouri was dismissed by Justice C R Overstreet. Young appeared in court but Missouri officers did not. He had been free on a 300 bond after his arrest. The case followed the double killing of his brothers Harry and Jennings Young who shot each other when trapped by officers seeking the slaying of six Missouri officers on January 3.
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Houston
Paul Young
Springfield
C. R. Overstreet
Young
Missouri
Liberty
Harry
Jennings Young
Tne Young
Inquiries on drastic wage cuts request to rules panel
Chairman Connery urged the House Rules Committee to grant the labor committee authority to investigate wage cuts by large industries. He cited wages cut by as much as 40 percent since 1929 while living costs rose only 25 percent since 1925, urging action on industries aided by tariff and federal laws.
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Washington
Connery
House Rules Committee
Labor Committee
Massachusetts Democrat
Condon
Gonnery
Labor Department
Scheidt Jury in Abduction Case Is Dismissed
Kansas City, Feb 18 AP Unable to reach a verdict the jury in the trial of Paul Scheidt charged with abducting Mrs Nell Donnelly millionaire garment manufacturer was dismissed after deliberating three hours last night and resuming at 8:30 this morning It stood 7 to 5 for acquittal when discharged Scheidt allegedly furnished the cottage in Kansas where Mrs Donnelly was held captive as abductors sought 75000 ransom.
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Kansas City
Paul Scheidt
Nell Donnelly
Scheidt
Kansas
Santa Fe Earnings Decrease Is Small
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co reported 1931 net income after taxes and charges of 23,101,691, down from 37,348,800 in 1930, per a preliminary Interstate Commerce Commission filing from New York.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tax Payers League Formed For Five Missouri Counties
Farmers from Woodaway Holt Andrew Atchison and Worth counties form a tax payers league in Savannah Missouri to cut government costs. They seek 10 to 20 percent federal salary cuts 50 percent Department of Agriculture cuts rural mail contracts by lowest bid and 30 percent land tax relief with a six month tax penalty suspension. J C Sheppard Savannah is president I B Ross Mound City secretary.
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Savannah
Northwest Missouri
Woodaway
Holt
Andrew
Atchison
Worth
Arthur M. Hyde
Agriculture
Federal
Department of i
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Post Office Department
League
Jefferson City
State Board of Equalization
J. C. Sheppard
I. B. Ross
Mound City
Tariff Fight Warns Lives and Dollars at Risk
Former Virginia Governor Harry Flood Byrd told Kentucky lawmakers that tariff battles threaten lives as well as dollars. He urged continued Farm Board, federal simple government, and discussed Jeffersonian and Washingtonian views on states rights and national power in a speech during his visit for governmental reorganization talks.
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Frankfort
L Ives
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Kentucky General Assembly
Assembly
America
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Veteran newspaper carrier dies at 84 in Seymour
O T Uncle Obe Cantrell, B4, longtime Springfield Daily Press route carrier in Seymour, dies of pneumonia at home at 84. He delivered papers daily for fifteen years, never missing a day, with family by his bedside.
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Springfield
O. T
Uncle Obe" Cantrell
Ozarks
Seymou
Springfield Daily Press
Seymour
Tem
Morgan Funeral Suspends Hutchinson Business
Hutchinson Kas Feb 18 APBusiness will be suspended here tomorrow during the funeral of W Morgan publisher of the Hutchinson News and The Herald who died of pneumonia yesterday Services will be at 2 p m Members of the Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity will be pallbearers.
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Hutchinson, Kas
W. ¥. Morgan
The
Hutchinson News
the Herald
Phi Gamma Delta Social Fraternity
Theater patrons flee during fire at Palaca Theatre
Fire at the Palaca Theatre in New York sent 1,750 people fleeing onto 47th Street after flames raced from the stage to the auditorium. Six people were injured, two elderly women near the front saved by a off duty fireman. Sophie Tucker had just completed her act when the blaze erupted.
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New York
Palaca Theater
Astaight
Duby
47Th Street
Auditorum
Sophie Tucker
Miss Tucker
Jack Pickford May Sue for a Divorce
Los Angeles report says Jack Pickford brother of Mary Pickford announces a legal separation and possible divorce from Mary Mulhern. No comments from the couple. friend James Kirkwood notes Mrs Pickford spoke of no separation and mentions a new apartment. They wed August 1930 after two prior marriages ending in death or divorce.
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Los Angeles
APJ
the Examiner
Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Mary Mulhern
Pickford
James Kirkwood
Miss Mulhern
Olive Thomas
Paris
Marilyn Miller
Hines opposes further extension of hospitalization policy
Washington February 1 AP Veterans Administrator Hines urged the House Veterans Committee to reject any broader hospitalization extension. He argued it would be impractical to fund emergency hospital care for veterans in private facilities, and objected to a plan for federal accident and disability insurance allowing local civilian doctors to provide medical care.
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Washington
Hines
House Veterans Committee
American Medical Association
Independent Manchuria forms new state with Mongolian ties
The northeastern Manchurian executive committee proclaimed an independent Manchurian Mongolian state. Chinese leaders with Japanese advisers outlined a ground plan as they hosted a dinner at Yamato Hotel with General Shigeru Honjo and General Mah Chan-Shan. The proclamation rejects Chinese rule while pledging openness to foreign trade.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Moon
Yamato Hotel
Shigeru Honjo
Mah Chan-Shan
Taitsihar
Wpe
Mongolia
Anti-Hoarding Drive Patterned After Liberty Loans
Washington February 11 AP Plans for a government bond selling campaign to curb hoarding patterned after the first liberty loan drives were announced by Colonel Frank Knox chairman of Hoover anti hoarding commission The treasury will issue securities in low denominations to draw money from teapots and safety deposit boxes Details to be worked out at a conference with Secretary Mills Knox said the main difficulty will be securing enough securities to meet demand He spoke in a Chicago Daily News office after meeting with the President and explained the movement to stop hoarding relies on a government backed security.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Hoover
The
Treasury
Knox
Mills
Treastury
Chicago Daily News
Tne
Major Macready Carries War Photos East For Doolittle
Alameda California February 18 Major John A Macready the famed aviator flew east carrying Associated Press battle photos and Paramount News reels from Shanghai. He planned to deliver the cargo in Cheyenne Wyoming to Lieut James H Doolittle to complete the trek to the Atlantic. The two pilots aimed to set a new trans continental record.
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Alameda
Cal
John A. Macready
Associated Press
Paramount News
Shanghai
Macready
Cheyenne
Wyo
James H. Doolittle
Harvesters Cut Quarterly Dividend By 60 Cents
New York February 18 The International Harvester company declared a quarterly dividend of 45 cents on common stock, yielding an annual rate of 1.80, down from 2.50 previously.
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New York
International Harvester Today
Charles M Schwab 70 Years Old Today
Charles M Schwab marked his 70th birthday with a family breakfast at the Riverside Drive mansion. The Bethlehem Steel chairman, who began as a stake driver for Carnegie Steel, has led a life of industrial ventures and ocean crossings, with his mother Pauline traveling from Loretta, Pennsylvania to join the celebration.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Riverside Drive
Pauline
Loretta
Charlie
Carnegie Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Lidsay Named President Of Inland Daily Press Association
A Q Lidsay president of the Quincy Herald Whig and Journal was elected president of the Inland Daily Press Association. Verne E Joy of Centralia and Davis Merwin of Bloomington were chosen as officers and board members for Illinois. Helen Hicks and Maureen Orcutt won semi finals in the Florida women s golf championship in Palm Beach with finals to follow.
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Chicago
A. Q. Lidsay
Quincy
Herald-Whig and Journal
Inland Daily Press Association
Verne E. Joy
Centralia
Davis Merwin
Bloomington
Tr. Vic
Illinois
Helen Hicks
Palm Beach
Fla
Maureen Orcutt
Democrats Attack Hoover Plan To Reorganize Bureaus
Congress reacts to President Hoover's call for bureaus reform with GOP criticism over lack of specific cuts. Speaker Garner says it would add offices and cost, while Rainey accuses the proposal of offering more power with no clear economy measures. The message is sent to Congress as hearings consider war and navy department reforms.
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Washington
Hoover
Garner
Rainey
Mlingis
Congress
House Expenditures Committee
War and Navy Departments
Cochran D
The
United States
Ithis Ll
Armour to Showcase Wares in Kansas City
Walter Fritschy Kansas City concert impresario announced Tommy Armour British Open champion signs a three year golf exhibition and instruction contract. The first master class begins indoors for two weeks starting April 11. Future classes may be in Minneapolis or Indianapolis before a wider tour. Armour maintains ties with Tom O Shanter Club Detroit and a winter duty in West Palm Beach Florida.
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Kansas City
Walter Fritschy
Tommy ‘Armour
Armour
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Fritschy
Tom O'Shanter
Detroit
West Palm Beach
Florida
Pritschy
Levine in hospital as theft charge shadows famed flier
Charles A. Levine, once the first trans Atlantic airplane passenger, is in a New York hospital with a broken leg while facing grand larceny accusations tied to $22,000 in stolen securities pledged in a May 1930 loan from Manufacturers' Trust. Police traced him after a tip, and he resisted fingerprinting though officers secured prints. He may be held a month as investigators pursue the case. In St Louis, Dr Malvern Clapien was elected president of Washington University Corporation, succeeding Charles Nagel who plans retirement.
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New York
Charles A. Levine
CO. Elliot Jaffee
Manufacturers’ Trust Company
Levine
FO College
ST. Louis
Malvern B. Clapien
James Theodore Walker
Washington University Corporation
Charles Nagel
Dempsey in Great Shape for Four Round Night Bout
Chicago newspaper notes Janik Dempsey weighing 190 pounds at a Feb 18 weigh in before the Illinois State Boxing Commission for a four round match against King Levinsky. Dempsey praised by examing physician as an ideal of physical fitness. The bout set for tonight.
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Chicago
Janik Dempsey
Illinois State Boxing Commission
King Levinsky
Debenture Plan Sought to Aid Farmers by Grange Request
National Grange urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to enact the export debenture farm relief bill. I. J. Taber, master of the Grange, endorsed the House bill detailing relief measures the organization has long stood for while signaling support for an equalization fee or other workable farmer aid options.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
National Grange
I. J. Taber
Grange
House
Confession Ties St Louis Lawyer to Kidnap Plot
Circuit Attorney Franklin Miler told the jury Paul A Richards denied involvement after arrest, then admitted participation and named co conspirators. Police learned the other kidnappers from pages torn from Richards memorandum books.
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ST. Louis
Franklin Miler
Paul A. Richards
Alexander Berg
Furtlerr
Richards
Magnolia Petroleum Abandons Sunday Shutdown Plan
Open up on Sunday in the Dallas area as Magnolia Petroleum Company announces the abandonment of its Sunday shutdown program in the East Texas field, effective February 21. The move ends a policy implemented to conserve oil producing capacity and streamline operations.
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Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Fast Texas
Roosevelt Faces Decision Over Farley Removal
Albany Feb 16 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt weighed whether to oust New York Tammany sheriff Thomas M Farley after hearings on charges from Samuel Seabury. A Farley dismissal would anger Tammany and affect Roosevelt’s national support in the South and West. The governor said a decision would likely come by Sunday and noted unresolved bank deposit explanations totaling about 250000 dollars.
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Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Thomas M. Farley
Roosevelt
Tammany
Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
Samuel Seabury
Legislative Committee
New York City
Brother of Hattie Caraway Brother Held for Prohibition Violation
Walter Wyatt, brother of U S Senator Hattie W Caraway of Arkansas, is ordered to appear at a United States Commission in Waverly Tennessee for a preliminary hearing on a prohibition law violation. Deputy Marshal Anderson said a still was found on Wyatt’s farm and Wyatt and another man were seen working it near McEwen Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Walter ©. Wyatt
United States Commission
Waverly
United States
8. F. Anderson
Wyatt
McEwen
Home of Striking Miner Burned in Kentucky Attack
Pleas Thomas, 35, and his wife escaped a fire that destroyed their two story home near Elcomb Coal Company in Harlan Kentucky. The blaze Sunday midnight was blamed on incendiaries after Thomas, a strike fund collector, was targeted. In Washington Henry J Allen was appointed assistant to Charles Gates Dawes at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Harlan
Thomas
Intendiaries
Elcomb Coal Company
Allen
Washington
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Charles Gates Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dividend Cut by Iselede Gas Light Co
New York Feb 18 AP The Iselede Gas Light Co declares a quarterly dividend of 1.50 on common stock, totaling 6 annually, down from 34. The dividend is payable March 15 to stock on record March 1.
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New York
Iselede Gas Light Co
Ends Asthma Agony of 6 Years in 24 Hours
A 6 year asthma sufferer reports instant relief after a new prescription halted choking and gasping. within a day steady sleep returned and no attack since. He claims recovery allowed him to obtain a $10,000 life policy and offers a free trial supply by writing O. W. Dean in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
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O. W. Dean
Dean
Benton Harber
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