Chinese Hold Japs at Wall in Jehol Battle
Chinese forces clung to the Pass of Nine Gates against Japanese cavalry infantry artillery and bombing planes in Jehol. General Ho Chu Kuos orders urged ground stand as Japanese seek to isolate ten thousand Chinese troops and seize Shanhaikwan Chinmenkow and Lingyuan while a Japanese landing was reported at Chinwangtao.
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Jehol
Peiping
China
Chizmenkow
Swanhaikwan
Japan
Chiumenkow
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Chinmenkow
Pateway
Shanhuikwan
Yellow Sea
Shimenchui
Chingwangtao
Tashih
Chimuenkow
Manchuria
Shanghai
Lingyuan
Suichong
Chinwangtao
Nanking
Japan deflects Chinese protest over Shanhaikwan
Tokyo replied to China's protest by asserting the right to demand settlement terms and placing responsibility for the Shanhaikwan outbreak on the Chinese garrison. Officials dismissed talk of a formal war, calling the clashes in Manchuria a local affair while tensions with China linger.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shanhaikwan
China
Manchuria
Jehol
Bill to cut fees for sheriffs and deputies introduced
Nashville January 11. A bill to slash roughly half the fees paid to sheriffs deputies and constables was introduced in the house by Walter White of Rhea. White says the measure will relieve taxpayers and allow the poor to pay their fees, preventing longer jail terms at public expense.
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Nashville
Walter White
Rhea
White
Army moves General McCoy to Fort Bliss command
Major General Frank R. Mc Coy, after completing work with the League of Nations commission on Manchurian affairs, is ordered by the War Department to Fort Bliss Texas to command the First Cavalry Division.
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Washingion
Dan
Frank R. McCoy
League of Nations Commission
War Department
Fort Bliss
Tex A
Congress Faces Bills as Snarls Tie Up Session
Washington January 11 Filibusters threaten vital measures in the short session. A banking bill and a deficieny tax refunds plan loom large as Senate leaders race toward March 4. The House eyes farmer relief via processing taxes and bounty payments while attempts at compromise continue.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
M'Kellar
Louisiana
Huey Long
Senator McKellar
Enn
McKellar
Board of Tax Appeals
Hale
MecKellar
Curtis
Gunmen Attack Broker and Aunt Wounding Two in Pasadena Driveway
In Pasadena on January 11, investment broker Ralph H. Chapman, 47, and his 74 year old aunt Miss Extie Alford were shot in Chapman's driveway. Both suffered serious injuries with hospital treatments reported. Chapman refused to provide new statements, and police noted early reports of a machine gun were incorrect.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ralph H. Chapman
Miss Extle &. Alford
Chapman
Joan
Miss Alford
Chapmen
Smith Reynolds
Yeaven
Chapli; Reynolds Tobacco
Heir to Reynolds Fortune Welcomes Baby in Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds gives birth to a three and a half pound boy at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Norris W. Vaux reports mother and infant well as the newborn, heir to a large Reynolds tobacco fortune, remains in an incubator. The baby was born at 6 48 last night and surprised outsiders after earlier announcements.
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Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds
Norris’ W. Vaux
Pennsylvania Hospital
Louisia Jexney
Wilmington
DuPont
New York
Winston- Salem
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Outlook with Past Readings
Weather notes forecast rain and colder conditions across Tennessee tonight and Thursday with western areas clearing. Virginia expects rain tonight, switching to snow flurries in the far west, then colder Thursday in the west and extreme north. Yesterday’s high 37, same date last year 43. readings taken daily at 6:00 p.m. for the preceding 24 hours.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Hoover Seeks Arms Embargo Plan Faces Senate Rebuff
Washington January 11 AP Congress seems set to reject another Hoover proposal, this one for arms embargoes tied to an international convention. Senator Borah notes the Geneva 1925 pact was long ignored, while Representative Fish derides the message as weak and unlikely to pass. Secretary Stimson cites undeclared wars as justification for shipment controls.
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Yaquest
Fish
New York
Hoover
Congress
Stimson
South America
Far East
Borah
Wbigger
Rioting and Martial Law Across Six Countries
Rioting and revolts widespread this week in Spain, Argentina, Germany, Cuba, India, and Ireland. Martial law and state actions were declared or threatened as clashes injure dozens and kill many, with police and military moving to quell unrest.
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Spain
Alwar
India
Germany
Argentina
Cuba
Augustin Jasto
Santiago
Chile
Vicente Lopez
Buenos Aires
San Carlos
Corrientes
Havana
Santa Clara
Mantanzas
Julia Antonio Mella
Berlin
Danaig
Poland
Irish Free State
Sams Head Ways and Means Group
Nashville Jan. 11 AP Black Sams of Sullivan was made chairman of the powerful 29 man house committee on finance ways and means Speaker Frank W Moore announced today. Other members include Walters Hamblen Soloman Greene Townes Gaines May Monroe Goodwin London Curry Smith Hamilton White Rhea Noel Marion Cowley Lincoln Haynes Franklin Cummings Cannon Lansden Overton Austin Peay Sprouse Robertson Leon Gilbert Woodroot Davidson Brown Hickman Eubank Dickson Hughes Maury Crider Carroll Ingram Decatur Neely Madison Holladay Weakley Whitelaw Haywood Carter Cohn Maxwell Canale Shelby
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Nashville
Black BR. Sams
Sullivan
Poverfu
House ‘Committee On Finance
Frank W. Moora
HL Os. Walters
Hamblen
W. I Soloman
Greene
G. Townes Gaines
Knox
James May
Monroe
M. Gilbert Goodwin
London
W. Curry, Smith
Hamilton
Walter White
Rhea
Robert A
Madison
R. G. Holladay
Weakley
Benjamin Whitelaw
Haywood
Bunyan Carter
Fletcher Cohn
Alan Maxwell
D. J. Canale
Shelby
County Tax Rate Controversy Sparks Proposed Cap
Nashville AP reports Rep Walter Whites seeks immediate cap on county tax rate at 2.42. He proposes a bill to prevent any future increases by county officials, citing current rate as too high. In Clarksville a man, F O Barnett, 46, killed himself after drafting own obituary and burial instructions, leaving letters to daughter brother and ex wife.
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Nashville
Walter Whites
Rheas
Squires
White
Clarksville
Tenn
F. O. Barnett
Senate denounces contracts set before term end in Tennessee
Nashville Jan 11 AP the senate denounces as mimics to welfare the practice of officials negotiating contracts on eve of term expiration. Shelby delegation sponsors resolution calling such actions wasteful and harmful to state finances. The measure urges cessation of the conduct as insidious to incoming officials and fiscal recovery.
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Nashville
Senate
Shelby
State of
Tennessee
General Assembly of
Houses of Representatives
Extortion Plot Trap Nets Textile Executive Family Threats
Atlanta January 11 AP A couple admitted mailing extortion demands to Joe Cannon North Carolina textile magnate and plotting to kidnap a Reynolds grandchild. E E Conroy US BI says they will be charged after a weeks long investigation. The arrests occurred in Hapeville with a dummy package and a later confession by Mr and Mrs Boyles. The case ties to a Rome Georgia prep school student and the granddaughter Anne Cannon Reynolds, child of Smith Reynolds and Anne Cannon. The Reynolds family ties and a complex family history are noted as context.
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Libby Holman Reynolds
R J. Reynolds, Sr
North, Carolina
Smith’ Reynolds
Libby
Herman
Anne
Catmon Reynolds
Reynolds
Atlanta
Joe Cannon
North Carolina
Smith Reynolds
E. E. Conroy
United States Bureau — of Investigation
Twdé
3. Boyles
Ganner
Concord N. C
Hapeville
Boyles
A. Lamar Poole
Atlanta Police Department
Young Joe Cannon
Rome
Little
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Cannon
Libby’ Holman
Imarried
Brandon Smith
Hoover urges swift action to ease bankruptcy rules
President Hoover in a second message to Congress calls for emergency action to revise bankruptcy laws to ease foreclosures. He favors debtor relief with court protection for readjustments and binding settlements with a majority of creditors. He argues current liquidation hurts both debtors and creditors and cites railroad reorganization via ICC approval. Bills in Congress seek broader readjustment and potential arms convention ratification or munitions embargo authority.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commissio
Hastings
Del
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Hoover Plea For Arms Embargo Wins Favorable Report
Washington, Jan 1. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported a resolution authorizing the President to place an embargo on arms to nations at war or threatening war. The move follows Hoover's request in a special message to Congress. The panel debated the Geneva convention but preferred securing authority now.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Borah
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