Gandhi Firm in Boycott as India Faces Crisis
The nationalist congress calls for a utilities boycott while Lord Willingdon rushes from Calcutta to chair a council meeting. Gandhi refuses to back down on reopening Bengal ordinances, threatening renewed civil disobedience and tax resistance if concessions are not granted. Martial law options loom amid possible deportations and arrests.
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Bombay
India
Congress
Lord Willingdon
Calcutta
Executive Council
Mahatma Gandhi
Aden
Burma
Congress Committee
National Congress
Gandhi
Bengal
All India National Congress
Mahatma
Delhi
Gandhi Expects Arrest in Bombay for World Attention
Gandhi anticipates arrest within hours in Bombay rather than a small town so the event is publicized worldwide. Reportedly Miss Madeline Slade and secretary Mahadev Besar would accompany him to prison as personal attendants. Alleged plans to deport him to a distant island are mentioned.
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Gandhi
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Madeline Slade
Mahadev Besar
Mahatma
Four Die In Cleveland-Cincinnati Airplane Crash
Four people are dead after a Cleveland to Louisville passenger plane crashed near Springfield Ohio. The pilot is critically injured. W D Wieback of Cincinnati died later from injuries. The other victims include A L Wenner and Louis E Stone with A C Mayer Jr and W D Wieback named. An inquiry by Capt Frank McKee investigates the cause.
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W. D. Wieback
Cincinnati
Here
Wieback
Frank McKee
Cleveland
Louisville
Lewis L. Bowen
A. L. Wenner
Louis E. Stone
Cincnnati
Sundry-Riddle
American Airways
A. C. Mayer, Jr
General Electric Compan Efrigeration
Chicago
Oscar Durante
L’italia
Chicago Board of Education
William Shoemaker
Giusseppi Castruccio
Tony Masillo
Associated Press
Ugo Berni Canani
Detroit
Buzzi-Grandenigo
A. Rasapep
Youngstown
1931 Leaves Many Problems As 1932 Brings New Ones
Washington in January 1 1931 faces a year of problems from 1931 and prior years with a looming disarmament conference foreign debt issues and domestic relief programs. Presidential campaigns begin with Hoover facing opposition and potential third party talk while Democrats prepare for their national meeting and nominees. Smith Roosevelt Baker and others are named as possible contenders amid Republican Independents in the senate.
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Washington
George Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Congress
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
New York
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Ritchie
Maryland
Murray
Oklahoma
Prohibition
William G. McAdoo
Senate
Johnson
California
South Greets New Year With Joy Across the South
Atlanta dispatch notes 1932 arrival marked by song and celebration in the Blue Ridge region and Mississippi flood refugees. Governors Pollard, Miller, and Horton share resolutions urging perseverance, faith, and forward effort as 1931 lessons inform the new year. Floods, drought relief, and farm bounty color a festive regional scene.
Winter Snow Buries West Amid Advent New Year
Snow and cold grip the western United States with deep drifts from California to the upper Mississippi Valley. Montana reports temperatures to 2 below zero while Lena Haas, 16, dies en route to fetch headache tablets near Cortez Colorado.
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Wday
Santa Claus
United States
California
Missisippi Valley
Plains
Montana
Lena Haas
Cortez
Colo
Texas Parhandle
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Milwaukee
Albert Lea
Minn
Rexburg
Idaho
Ralph Fixtad
White Owl Butte
Athee
City
Calif
Truckee Canyon
John Malcolm
Dr John Abernathy Dies Aged 58 In Memphis
Prominent McNairy county physician Dr. John Abernathy died at a Memphis hospital. The 58 year old’s body was sent to his home in Action Tennessee. He is to be buried at Shiloh National Cemetery with burial arrangements still pending.
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Memphis
John Abernathy
McNairy County
Action
Tenn
Shiloh National Cemetery
Nine Drown in Car Plunging Into Calumet River
Chicago dispatch reports nine people drowned when a car slid off a road near the Calumet River. Six children among the victims belonged to two Michigan families from New Era and Coopersville. Jake Schiller survived. The car remained submerged for over two hours as rescuers worked.
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Calumet River
New Era
Mich
Coopersville
Jake Schiller
Clarence Postmann
Howard Postmann
Mildred Postmann
John Postmann
Reca Postmann
Alice Schiller
Shirley Schiller
Louise Schiller
Seneca Schiller
Schiller
Postmanns
Postmann
New Rains Raise Flood Threat Across Mississippi Delta
January 1 reports from Glendora Mississippi describe rising rivers Tallahatchie Yazoo and tributaries swelling levees. Refugees and convicts assist in guarding dykes as crews rush boats to assist residents amid increasing flood danger and encroaching high water.
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Glendora
Miss
New Year Flood Tests Levee System in Glendora
In Glendora Mississippi the Red Cross prepared boats to evacuate residents as the Tallahatchie River flood worsened, burying levees deeper. The New Year flood rose to parts of the Christmas flood level, inch and a half higher.
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Glendora
Miss
Red Cross
Tallahatchie
FEW AFFECTED BY HARLAN CO STRIKE
Harlan Kentucky January 1 reports from operators show about ten percent of Harlan county workers affected by the National Miners Union strike. Pickets at several mines. New Year day work continued at many to test strike strength. Of 24 mines in Harlan 18 reported 31 men refused to work while 6 did not operate. Total affected in Bell and Harlan counties around 500. Knox county saw four mines shut down and about 600 men with shifts cut up to four days a week joined the strike. four mines will reopen with non union labor later.
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Harlan
National Miners Union
Harlan County
Bell
Knox
Bell and
Harlan Counties
Knox County
Fayette-Jellico
Anchor-Block
Knox-Jellico
Kinder Mining Company
Old Year Booed Into Time As New Year Dawned In New York
New York on January 1 1931 welcomed 1932 with raucous Times Square crowds and widespread revelry. Revelers filled hotels cafes and streets as prices were cut. churchgoers observed watch services and batteries of ferries and whistles joined the celebration. A federal raid closed the Royal Box club before festivities began.
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New York
Broadway
Metropolis
Times Square
Wall Street
Old Trinity
Battery Park
Manhattan
Royal Box
Father Knickerbocker
London
Japanese Cavalry Press Toward Chinchow in Manchuria
Japanese cavalry massed on the Taling river reach the outskirts of Chinchow as a patrol advances with the main brigade. Chinese defenders retreat in large numbers with no resistance expected at this stage. Major General Miyake vows to pursue bandits west of the Liao river as far as needed.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Taling
Chinchow
China
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Wall
Miyake
Honjo
Associated Press
London
Paris
Liao River
Japanese Advance From Kowpangtze Toward Chinchow
General Kamura's brigade left Kowpangtze and reached Shishanghan fifteen miles away by noon, while General Tamon's unit remained in Kowpangtze reorganizing. The weather was bright and mild with ten degrees above zero. Japanese cavalry patrolled the Taling river northward as Chinese evacuation of Chin chow continued, hindered by shortages of rolling stock.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Kamura
Kowpangtze
Chinchow
Shishanghan
Jiro
Tamon
Taling River
City in Terror Near Chinchow Facing Bandit Advance
A report last night claimed about 1,000 Chinese bandits, allegedly instigated by the Japanese, were advancing on Chinchow from the northeast, creating a situation described as bordering on terrorism.
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Chinchow
Manchuria
Bomb mail plot targets Italian officials across four cities
Five or more internal bomb machines were found after a deadly Pa bomb blast. Packages in Chicago Cleveland Detroit and Youngstown were intercepted before causing harm. Authorities again exploded Italian consul and journalist targets in Chicago Cleveland and Detroit.
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Midwest
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Youngstown
Easton
Charles Weaver
Weather Fair and Colder in Tennessee and Virginia
Fair conditions prevail tonight and Saturday with colder air moving in from the north. Tennessee maps show a drop in temperatures especially in eastern and central areas, while Virginia sees generally fair skies but colder in the south tonight and the western portion Saturday with fresh west and northwest winds.
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Tennessee
Virginia
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