Popular Chinese General Is Slain At Rail Station
General Hsu Shu Chang known as little Hsu was shot dead on a Langfang railway platform. The assassin, Captain Lu Cheng Wu, son of Lu Chien Chang, killed in revenge for his father’s murder at Tientsin in 1918. Lu claims political motive and has not been arrested.
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Peking
Hsu Shu-Chang
Little Hsu
Langfang
Lu Cheng-Wu
Kuominchun
National People’s Army
Lu Chien-Chang
Hsu
Tientsin
Europe
United States
Japan
Sun Chuang Fang
Chekiang
Tuan Chi-fui
Chihli
Anfu
Anfu Northwest Frontier Army
Tuchan
Fukien
Lu- Chien Chang
Northwest Defense Forces
Cold Snap Causes Mass Deaths in Mexico City Area
Reports from Mexico describe numerous deaths across the country amid unusually cold weather. A congressional bill proposes 500000 pesos to buy clothing and establish warm shelters for the poor.
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Mexico City
Congress
Great Britain Struck by Widespread Flooding
Rapid thawing and heavy rain flood vast tracts across Britain. Rivers Wye and Monnowinderbye rise quickly while the Avon breaches its banks. Dee Severn and Clyde flood extensive farmland. Glasgow reports unusually high tides and ships appear near street level as shipping halts.
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London
Great Britain
Wye
Monnowinderbye
Avon
Dee
Severn
Clyde
Glasgow
Blazing meteor sighted across eastern U S and Canada
A bright fireball flashed from the east over New York and New England yesterday. It was seen from New Haven to Portland and may have fallen near the Kingsmere Hills in Ottawa. Harvard and Blue Hills observers call it a fire ball, not a meteor, with a zigzag path and a brief afterglow.
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New York
New England
Ottawa
Can
Ralph Delury
Canadia
New York State
New Haven
Conn
Province
R. L
Boston
Portland
Canada
Kingsmere Hills
Harvard Observatory
Blue Hills
Authorities Turn Liquor Guns On Army Circles
London reports the Army Council issued a letter to commanding officers about a communist leaflet distributed among troops. The letter says authorities will counter similar propaganda in the army and expresses confidence troops will resist disloyalty efforts.
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London
Army Council
Flood Devastates Beckas District Farms in Hungary
Budapest Hungary Dec 30 Flood damage in Beckas district rises with 175000 acres of winter crop land under water and 317 well stocked farms wrecked. Artillery is used to break the flood. continued on page two.
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Budapest
Hungary
Beckas
No Chance for Old Man Across Subways
An unidentified man about sixty killed himself at East 149th Street subway station after placing his hat on a gum machine and stepping in front of a train. Police found two keys 67 cents and a Christmas card reading No chances for an old man.
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New York
East 149Th Street
Third Avenue
Minority holder opposes Nickel Plate merger thrust at ICC
H. W. Anderson for Chesapeake and Ohio minority stockholders argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission that the Van Sweringens planned profits of 86.36 million in the Nickel Plate merger are purely financial. He warned the commission that the consolidation benefits mainly the involved corporations, not the public, and criticized the Van Sweringens' railroad conduct as prone to fraud, likening the scheme to a shell game.
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Washington
H. W. Anderson
Chesapeake and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Anderson
Campbell
Mr. Anderson
United States
van Sweringens
Miners and Operators Refuse Holiday Break in Wage Talks
Antha cite miners and operators vow to stay in session in New York until a wage agreement ends idle days for 158 000 workers. Major Inglis says no recess over New Year as arbitration remains opposed by miners and production falls about 220 000 tons daily while wages lose roughly 1.15 million dollars each day.
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New York
W. W. Inglis
Theperators
Union League
Alvan Markle
United States
Robber Believes That Honesty Is the Best Policy
AP report from Langsford and New York notes miners face idle months and possible extra maintenance staff if talks fail. A peace plan by Alvin Markle suggests presidential appointees form a three by three fact finding body, with decisions in deadlock by appointed officials.
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Langsford
New York
Alvin Merkle
Markle
Hazleton
Coolidge
Conciliation Board
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Roosevelt
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Robber
Darwinists Attack Darwinism At Yale Museum Dedication
New Haven Conn Dec 30 Ap Charles Darwin is under critique from evolutionists as Dr Henry F Osborne president of the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia zoology professor led a talk before about 500 scientists at Yale Universitys Peabody museum dedication He argued paleontology shows evolution via inherited new traits not sudden Darwinian changes and challenged Lamarkian ideas He placed mankinds cradle in Mongolian highlands and asserted remains over 100000 years old.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles Darwin
Henry F. Osborne
American Museum Natural History
Columbia University
Peabody Museum
Yale University
Osboren
America
Osborne
William Bateson
William Jennings Bryan
Newton
Mongolian Highlands
Weather update for Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee
Cloudy tonight and Thursday with slight warming in Virginia and the northeast. Moderate northwest winds in Virginia and northeast winds in North Carolina. Tennessee shows mostly cloudy nights with little temperature change.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Poison plot mystery linked to New York affair
Police seek a mysterious "Senator A. B. Lewis" in a case tied to a $100,000 poison plot after Harry W. Cowan killed Edith Burton and wounded himself. A warning letter found in Cowan’s hotel room alleged Burton planned to marry Lewis to access funds. Detective notes dispute engagements and reveal Cowan’s past flight with $12,000.
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New York
A. B. Lewis
Harry W. Cowan
Edith Burton
Lewis
Hotel Astor
Miss Burton
Carson City
New
Cowan
Latham
Senator Lewis
Ill Fated Steamship Coronado Plight Unclear
London reports no new details on the Coronado distress. The British steamer bound from Avonmouth to Jamaica with sixty passengers including the Bishop of Jamaica and Lord Invernairn remains missing. Owners Elders and Fyffes suspect foreign vessels misread the call or ship name.
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London
Land’s End
Avonmouth
Jamaica
Lord
Lady Invernairn
Sir Archibald
Lady Edmonston
Elders and Fyffes, Ltd
Mistrial in Sheffey murder case again declared
Maryville Tenn December 28 AP jury unable to reach verdict for the second time in the murder case of William D Sheffey. The three man jury dismissed by Judge John Blair after nine votes for conviction and three for acquittal. Defense seeks bond release. The state plans to rest for the April term.
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Maryville
Tenn
William D. Sheffey
Luther Wells
John Blair
Sheffy
State Council
Sheffey
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Poland
Craczaw
Warsaw
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Bucharest
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Interstate Commerce Com
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Crowe
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Chicago
Council Bluffs Express
Annie
Salvation Army
Darwin
OWN
Board of
Trustees of American Museum Natural History
Cradle of Mankind
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Bateson
Jack London
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