Young brothers end standoff with suicide in Houston
Jennings and Harry Young, Missouri fugitives sought across Texas, trapped in a Houston home and fatally shot themselves after police surrounded the refuge. Officers and a nurse later confirmed Jennings’s death while Harry died en route to a hospital. The brothers had followed their mother’s advice to avoid capture. The pursuit involved gas, masks, and heavy posturing as the manhunt extended toward gulf ports and the Mexican border.
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Houston
Texas
Jennings
Harry Young
Missouri
Jennings Young
Harry
Youngs
Springfield
Claude Beverly
Percy Heard
Missouri Desperadoes
J. D. Young
J. F. Tomlinson
Carpenter
Young
Ship Channel
Young Brothers
Gulf Ports
Mexican
Streetman
Heard
Beverly
Mississippi Delta Flood Life and the Generous Uncle Mississippi
In Memphis, January reports describe Father Mississippi as a generous benefactor to delta planters. High water brings both risk and reward as levees, sand bags, and tenant camps reinforce plantations while steamboats whistle and workers chant a mournful river song.
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Sele
Memphis
Tenn
Father Mississippi
Mississippi Delta
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Nile
Arkansas students trade eggs for tuition to keep school open
In St. Joe Arkansas students donated 30 dozen eggs to fund their school when bank failures and depleted funds threatened closure. The eggs will be sold to pay teachers as the community volunteers to keep the school operating.
Finland's final referendum tally on prohibition 70.45% repeal
In Helsingfors the final count shows 70.45 percent voting to repeal the prohibition law, 28.14 percent for retaining it, and 1.41 percent for a modified wine and beer program.
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Finland
Helsingfors
Gandhi appeals to Christians in India's battle for freedom
Embay Jan 5 Mahatma Gandhi asked Indian Christians to join the Christian struggle of peace against British rule. Nationalists push a boycott of British goods while authorities ban 45 affiliated organizations in Calcutta and suburbs. He urged spinning and temperance and sent a farewell telegram to Lord Irwin. Madeline Slade, his follower, was moved to action with Mrs. Continued On Page Two.
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Mahatma Gandhi
India
Congress
Calcutta
Lord Irwin
Delhi
Hunger March Sets Out From Pittsburgh Toward Washington
The Rev James R Cox Catholic priest led 45000 unemployed followers on a foot and vehicle caravan from Pittsburgh toward Washington to protest conditions. Cox vowed all would reach Washington. the march showed no disorder with mill hands coal miners and railroad workers among the participants. Each marcher carried a blanket and six days of food while fifteen truckloads of bread waited to be distributed with hot coffee and soup at stops.
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Pittsburgh
James R. Cox
Washington
Father Cox
Japanese Sweep Begins Cleanup of Bandit Hsinmin Area
Japanese troops in Mukden Manchuria launched a cleanup drive against bandits in Hsinmin after two clashes last night that killed four Japanese and wounded six, with 30 to 40 Chinese dead reported. A second night engagement northeast of Hsinmin and a bridge burning followed as Japanese forces worked to maintain rail links amid ongoing irregular raids.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Hsinmin
Chinchow
Shanhaikwan
Yung Chen
China
Weather Update for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee shows cloudy skies with rain and a warm trend in the northeast while the west turns colder tonight. Wednesday brings more clouds, with cooling in the northeast. Virginia expects rain tonight and Wednesday, warmer tonight, cooler Wednesday night, and increasing southeast winds. Readings from 6 p.m. note yesterday’s high 57 and low 24, with no rain on the same date last year.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Japan apologizes for Mukden attack
Japan formally apologized to the United States for the attack on American Consul Culver B. Chamberlain in Mukden. Ambassador Debuchi conveyed the government’s sincere regret to Secretary Stimson and declined to state whether the apology satisfied the secretary.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Culver B. Chamberlain
Mukden
Debuchi
Stimson
State Department
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures for January
Treasury receipts for January 2 totaled 207 million 732 thousand 602 dollars and 89 cents with expenditures of 203 million 307 thousand 828 dollars and 03 cents leaving a balance of 479 million 114 thousand 333 dollars and 69 cents. Customs duties for one day in January amounted to 2 million 946 thousand 448 dollars and 99 cents.
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Washington
Treasury
New Hampshire Holds House Election in First District
In Manchester and surrounding towns, John H. Bartlett the Republican former governor faces Democrat William N. Rogers in a tight special election to fill the Hale vacancy. Voters weigh national issues including prohibition with Bartlett open to a prohibition referendum and Rogers favoring repeal of the 18th amendment. The outcome could shift the Democratic share of the House.
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Manchester
N. H
National House
New Hampshire
John H. Bartlett
Fletcher Hale
William N. Rogers
Bartlett
Rogers
Portsmouth
Dover
Rochester
Somersworth
Laconia
Hoover Regime Opposes Arms Cuts On Cost Basis
The Hoover administration signals opposition to reducing world armaments at Geneva on a purely budget basis. Officials say limiting arms by cost is unfeasible due to higher wages and materials at home. The plan favors reductions tied to internal security, with Geneva talks upcoming.
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Hoover
Washington
Hoover Administration
America
State Department
United States
Geneva
Knoxville News-Sentinel seeks writ to bar judge from banning reporter
In Kentucky, the Knoxville News-Sentinel petitions the state court of appeals for a writ of prohibition to stop Circuit Judge Henry R. Prewitt from barring its reporter Jack Bryan from William H. Hort tower's Mt. Sterling trial. The paper and Bryan claim press freedom and due process protections are violated.
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Frankfort
Knoxville News-Sentinel Today
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Henry R. Prewitt
Jack Bryan
William H. Hightower
Mt. Sterling
Kentucky
W. H. Townsend
Lexington
Paul Patterson
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
The
News-Sentinel
Bryan
John T. Montoux
News Sentinel
Circuit Court
Lenz Gains as Stile Faces Bare Chance in Bridge Match
Ely Culbertson leads 16 535 points with 21 rubbers left in a 150 rubber test begun Dec 7 and ending next Friday. Sidney Lenz holds a slim chance to win as neutral observers call the goal nearly unreachable. In the seventeenth session Lenz and Winfield Liggett Jr. gained 3 385 points to move the match to Culbertson 71 and Lenz 58 rubbers.
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Sidney S. Lenz
Culbertson
Lenz
Winfield Liggett, Jr
Heflin Contest Reveals Alabama Election Corruption Claims
The Alabama senate subcommittee hears allegations of ballot stuffing dead-voter names and official misconduct in the 1930 general election and Heflin’s 1950 contest against Bankhead. Witnesses cite irregularities in Walker and Shelby counties as sessions continue in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Senate
Heflin
Bankhead
A. W. Brazelton
Alabama
Walker
Shelby
William B. Bankhead
B. G. Dodd
Horace Wilkinson
Montgomery
Mobile
Wilkinson
New Tariff Bill Pressed Through House Amid Administration Concern
The administration frowned on the tariff bill while the House moved quickly toward swift passage. The measure faces party backing and timing considerations as debate continues.
Congress schedule portraits as committees press bills
Senate Banking subcommittee meets to finish action on reconstruction bill at 9 30 a m. Finance committee hears Clarence Dillon on foreign securities sold in the United States at 10 a m. Manufactures committee continues hearings on federal funds for relief at 10 30 a m. House concludes first differency appropriation bill. Ways and means committee opens hearings on the Democratic tariff bill at 2 p m. Agriculture committee continues hearings on using farm board wheat for relief at 10 a m. Muscle Shoals hearings open before military committee at 10 a m. Bankire and currency ecommit tee continues consideration of the reconstruction corporation at 10 39 a m.
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Finance
Clarence Dillon
United States
Manufactures
Ways and Means Committee
Agriculture Committee
Farm Board
Bankire
Currency
Reconstruction Corporation
Tariff Bill Sparks Democratic Strategy Debate in Congress
Democratic policy committee approved the measure and sent it to the House Ways and Means Committee for hearings. Republican Leader Snell dismissed the bill as camouflage while predicting it would immobilize tariff policy, with President Hoover’s stance steering away from new tariff talk.
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Democratic Congressional Policy Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Smoot- Hawley
White House
Senate
Snell
New York
Congress
Red Cross Seeks Government Wheat for Aid Distribution
John Barton Payne national chairman tells a house committee that if Congress provides government owned wheat the Red Cross will distribute the grain to the needy. Payne testifying before the committee urged action to aid relief efforts.
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Washington
John Barton Payne
Red Cross
House
Congress
Payne
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