Marines Pursue Sandino Rebels After Eight Killed
A U S Marine patrol under Captain Ernest Russell scoured hills near Achuapa in Nicaragua after Sandino rebels ambushed a patrol, killing eight and wounding two. Wounded Marines Mack Hutcherson and Frank Austin were reported to be Recovering in Managua.
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Ernest Russell
Achuapa
Marine Headquarters
Russell
Mack Hutcherson
Shreveport
Frank Austin
Lawrenceville
Hutcherson
Jackson
Marine Field Hospital
Managua
Marines Pursue Insurgents After Ambush in Nicaragua
United States marine detachments hunted insurgents near Achura after an ambush that killed eight of a ten man patrol and left several marines wounded. The attack, believed tied to Miguel Ortez under Sandino, occurred while the patrol repaired a telephone line between Ocotal and Apali, and ended with mutilated bodies found after the firefight.
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Ortez
Mangua
Nicaragua
United States
Achura
Ocotal
Apali
Miguel Ortez
Sandino
Gmaining
United States Marine
Arthur M. Palrang
Port Lyons
Colo
Mack Hutcherson
Joseph J. Tavern
Kidnaped Heir to Brewery Millions Returned Safely
Details of Adolphus Busch Orthwein’s release remain undisclosed after the 13 year old was kidnapped by an armed man. The boy is the grandson of August A. Busch and was returned to Louts authorities after about 20 hours.
Diversion Relief Funds Sought for Drought States
Former Virginia Governor Harry P. Byrd urges President Hoover to divert 50 million dollars from relief funds to drought states for cheaper road construction. He backs no-match funding repaid via federal aid over ten years, arguing road work can employ rural farmers and keep families intact.
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Winchester
Harry P. Byrd
Virginia
Drought and Unemployment Relief Commission
Hoover
Mr. Byrd
Federal Bureau of Roads
Byrd
Baltimore Post Burns to Ground
A $200,000 four story Baltimore Post plant in Maryland was destroyed by a fire and explosion in the early hours injuring six and killing lino operator Joseph R. Douglas who leapt from a window. The paper planned to publish from the Baltimore Sun as officials consider rebuilding.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Post
Scripps-Howard
Baltimore Sun
New York
Joseph R. Douglas
Hoover White House New Year Reception Counts 6429 Handshakes
At the White House yesterday President and Mrs Hoover hosted a New Year reception with 6429 handshakes recorded and 12 858 total greetings. The event featured long personal chats and guests lingering in the east room as portraits watched. Early morning, two visitors Charles Ruby and Arthur Demars received a warm welcome at Gates before cabinet and officials entered.
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Washington
Jan
White House
Hoover
Presidential Mansion
Great East Room
Charles Ruby
Arthur Demars
Mr. Hoover
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Executive Mansion
Senate to Begin Relief Problem Survey Tuesday
The Senate Appropriations Committee will question Col Arthur Woods and Judge John Barton Payne on unemployment and relief needs. Senators urge a $100 million direct relief appropriation while the administration cites a $45 million drought aid. Payne reports drought areas and Red Cross capacity, Woods covers unemployment extent and public works impact.
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Senate
Woods and Payne
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
Arthur Woods
Hoover
Emergency Committee
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Walsh
Massachusetts
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Colonel Woods
Judge Payne
Man shoots wife and lover in closet discovery
Delmas Munn killed his wife and J. J. Lowry after finding them together in his home. Lowry was also married. Authorities report the fatal shooting occurred today in Stigler Oklahoma as an AP dispatch notes the event.
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Stigler
Okla
J. J. Lowry
Delmas Munn
Lowry
Weather Fair and Warmer in Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee and Virginia forecast fair and warmer tonight and Saturday. Readings show yesterday’s high 40 and low 24 with no rain or snow. Data recorded at 6 p.m. by T C Clark, U.S. Weather Office.
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Virginia
T. C. Clarris
U.S.W.O
Nine Killed At Road Crossing in Harvey Suburb
A New Year’s Day car ride ended in tragedy near Harvey as a Grand Trunk train struck a car carrying ten people. Nine perished. three-month-old Lorraine survived, found in a snow ditch with no injuries. The ill-fated family included the Clasons from Elmhurst and the Nowaks of Chicago. The engineer did not see the car. investigators cite crowding as a possible factor. Train delay to Montreal followed the wreck.
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Chicago
Harvey
International Limited
Grand Trunk
Lorraine Margaret Clason
Lorraine
Matthew Clason
Elmhurst
Ill
Calvin
Muriel
Vilborg
Frank Nowak
Day
Olason
Montreal
Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet Seek New Trial
In Youngstown Ohio a new trial motion was filed in common pleas court by counsel for Bethlehem Steel and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company after Judge David G. Jenkins ended their merger last Monday.
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Youngstown, CO
Common Pleas Court
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
David G. Jenkins
Bank of France Cuts Rediscount Rate to Two Percent
The Bank of France reduced its rediscount rate from two and a half percent to two percent today.
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Paris
Bank of France
Young Americans prefer aviation and sciences over sports
A study of 26 000 Kansas City and Topeka youths ages 8 1 2 to 18 1 2 finds boys favor aviation and several applied sciences while girls favor typists but aim to be housewives. The research by Prof. Harvey C. Lehman notes differences between what they like and what they would do in the future.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Cleveland
Jan
Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
Kansas City
Topeka
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harvey C. Lehman
Ohio University
Athens
Cowboy
Babe Ruths
Casey Joneses
Detectives
Joffre Clings to Life in Grim Coma as Battle Persists
Paris January 2 Marshal Joffre, 79, remained alive but unconscious in a coma at the Saint Jean de Dieu hospital. Doctors administered serum and warned the final coma could come within the next hours, with pulse at 140 and the old soldier showing only occasional twitching.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Boulin
St. Jean de Dieu
Joffre
Italy Will Start War Says Mussolini in Radio Address
Mussolini declares Italy will begin war in a radio speech to the United States as Amy Johnson, the British flyer, lands after a flight to Peiping China.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
United States
Liege
Belgium
Amy Johnson
Peiping
China
Rebel Marti Denied Entry. Now a Man Without a Country
Colonel Augustin F. Marti, mastermind of Nicaragua's Sandino rebellion, arrived in Los Angeles from San Salvador and was denied permission to land in the United States. He warned he might live on ships unless immigration policy changes, claiming the Sandino uprising was directed by Francisco Estrada and others. He noted limited followers but claimed past Mexican Army service under General Obregon.
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Los Angeles
Augustin F. Marti
Nicaragua
President Bosque
San Salvador
Colonel Marti
la Libertad
Mazatlin
Mexico
Marti
Soldier of Fortune
University of San Salvador
Col. Marti
Augustino Sandino
Francisco Estrada
Manuel Maria Jiron
Carlos Aponte Hernandez
Martin
Obregon
Intervention in Panama Seen Unlikely by U S Officials
Washington reports that State Department officials expect no American intervention in Panama following the revolt. The 1903 Panama American treaty allows intervention to protect Canal Zone interests, but officials say order must be undisturbed before action is taken. Panamanian Minister Alfaro sought details and met with Francis White on Latin American affairs.
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State Department
Panama
Canal Zone
United States
Alfaro
Francis White
Tampa Detective Killed in Car by Slaying Stranger
John E. Jones a 52 year old Tampa city detective was shot dead in a parked car on the city outskirts. Mrs Hat tie L Steward widow of a local industrialist was with him and described the killer as speaking like a woman. Sheriff R T Joughin detained Steward for questioning.
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Tampa
Fila
John E. Jones
Hattie L. Steward
Steward- Mellon Tile Company
Jones
R. T. Joughin
Panama People Revolt Installs New President
A sudden revolt in Panama City overthrew President Arosemena and seized the capital. A junta led by Harmodis Arias, aided by Francisco Arias Paredes and J. J. Vallarino, took control as police and the palace fell. Initial reports say ten killed and about twenty wounded.
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Panama City
Arosemena
Harmodis Arias
Accion Comunal
Chiari
Arias
Francisco Arias Paredes
J. J. Vallarino
Palace Falls
National Police
Panama
Archibaldo Boyd
Ricardo Arango
Colon
Galindo
Canal Zone
Panama Overthrow Report Reaches Washington
In Washington on January 2 a cable from Panama says President Arosemena's government has been toppled. The dispatch states forces behind the coup are led by a group within Panama's military and political leadership.
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Washington
Alfaro
Panama
Arosemena
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