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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
6
A car linked to Kaniday yielded the real license plates as a group of men fired shots and abandoned a vehicle near La Follette. Police pursued through a residential district ending with a tense exchange near the city with the chief.
Dr James Scott chairman of the Kansas state penitentiary board says current rules were not to blame for the Memorial Day escape of 11 convicts. The board opened an investigation and heard testimony from officers and prison personnel with a session to be reconvened as details emerge.
Former New York mayor James J. Walker faces questions as Russell Sherwood, once his financial agent, disputes claims of control and secrecy. Sherwood reveals tax claims, seized property, and past separations, while Seabury presses for honesty about withdrawn funds and bundled debts. Walker remains abroad and silent on the Sherwood denial.
An armistice halts nearly two years of fighting in Manchuria Jehol and North China with China losing over 50 000 and Japan about 10 000. Japanese troops withdraw south of the wall to a line to the sea while Chinese police keep order in the vacated area. The ceasefire carries no political conditions or buffer state references, prompting relief and surprise among Chinese officials.
Observers say Japan sought moderate peace terms to help China sign without losing face, while veiled understandings may exist between Tokyo and Nanking on issues not formally in the truce. The Chinese public and foreign communities greeted the truce with relief fearing potential Japanese advances toward Peiping and Tientsin and beyond the Yellow River region. After Tangku, Chinese forces returned to Peiping as Japanese commanders reconvened for defense plans.
Senate actions include confirming Brigadier General James P. McKinley as army adjutant general and debating qualifications of Guy Helvering. A $1,000,000 increase for veterans hospitals was approved. A conference agreed on a gasoline electricity tax ending weeks of deadlock, shifting the 3 percent Hudrie tax to power companies, effective September 1 amid pressure on consumer rates.
United Corporation would have profited 57 million in forming the concern. In executive session Senators Couzens Norbeck and Morgan pushed to make the partnership public but were overruled. Morgan and Davis observed as documents circulated. No impropriety claimed by beneficiaries. Treasury head Woodin offered to resign if cabinet presence hinders prosperity. Pennsylvania judges Kephart and Schaffer denied Pinchot resignation demand.
An advertisement urges mothers to give Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to daughters approaching womanhood. It claims most teens need a tonic and regulator and stresses teaching girls to guard their health for a happy, healthy life as wives and mothers.
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