China rejects Japanese peace proposals in Shanghai amid renewed fighting
Shanghai remains quiet as the Chinese National government rejects the new Japanese demands as a basis for peace talks. Reports cite a battle near Taitsang northwest of Shanghai and Japanese forces holding positions east of the Nanziang–Kating line while mediation is sought.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Mar
Lo Wen-Kan
Nanking
Taitsang
Here
Nanziang
Kating
Chenju
Lo Wen Kan
Quo Tai-Chi
Japan confident war in China is ended
Tokyo officials said they were confident the war in China was over despite Chinese representative Yen’s Geneva warning. They believed the 19th route army was shattered and Chiang Kai-shek would avoid hostilities, aiming to push for a round table conference in Shanghai with world powers, regardless of China's participation.
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Tokyo
Mar
China
W. W. Yen
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Dr. Yen
League
Shanghai
19Th Route Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Negotiations Promised in Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Hopewell and Trenton dispatches report promising negotiations as Col and Mrs Lindbergh urge kidnapers to contact a representative for immediate and confidential discussion on the safe return of their child. The appeal, signed by the couple, was delivered to Gov. Moore's office for press release.
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Trenton
N. J
Charlie
A. Lindbergh
A. Harry Moore
Lindbergh
John Teahey
Weather notes show rain and cooling in Tennessee and Virginia
Rain tonight and Saturday with colder air in northeast Tennessee and a colder weekend. Virginia sees rain this afternoon, cloudy tonight, and more rain Saturday with little temperature change. Readings report yesterday’s highs and lows and rainfall compared with last year with 6:00 p.m. daily measurements.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Young Bluff City Bride to Recover
Bristol Tenn March 4. Mrs Helen Marion 18 year old bride is in hospital after being shot in the left side. Charley Marion 23, husband Ed Marion 25, is dead from a pistol wound. A note in Charley's pocket warns against liquor and asks to be buried side by side. The husband cannot explain his brother's actions.
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Bristol
Tenn
Helen Marion
Charley Marion
Marion
Bluff City
Ed Marion
Three Act Operation At General Hospital
The hospital records note a three act proposed operation. Miss Ethel White, 21, entered for appendicitis examination. She partially was examined but refused further tests and said she would die whole. She signed out and went home.
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Knoxville
Tenn
General Hospital
Ethel White
Hastings report calls for removal of Sen J H Bankhead
A senate elections sub committee ruled that Senator John H Bankhead of Alabama was not elected in 1930 and that his seat should be vacant due to election law violations. The panel split along party lines with a minority report anticipated from Democratic members Bratton and George. Republicans Hastings Watson and Glenn backed the report. The full committee must approve before the senate acts.
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Washington
Mar
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Watson
Glenn
Illinois
Hastings
Senate
Hastings report faults 1930 Alabama election and Bankhead seat
Senate Elections subcommittee reviewed Senator Hastings charge that there was no Alabama 1930 election and that John H Bankhead was illegally nominated due to a flawed primary. The lengthy report cites alleged irregularities by election officers and urges action against Bankhead amid broad fraud claims.
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Hastings
United States
Alabama
Bankhead
Traylor Denies Candidacy Before Kentucky Legislature
Melvin A. Traylor of Chicago banker and First National Bank president told Kentucky lawmakers he has not been a candidate for political office now or in the future. In his taxation address, the Kentuckian urged the legislature to avoid any impression that he seeks office.
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Frankfort
Melvin A. Traylor
Chicago
Kentucky
Traylor
First National Bank of Chicago
Senate probes stock market shake down in dawn inquiry
The Senate moves to investigate bear raiders and stock pools with $50,000 funding. Senator Walcott says he has facts to present as Norbeck leads the banking committee inquiry into price manipulation and possible regulatory needs. The probe targets the New York Stock Exchange and big professional operators ahead of any short selling ban.
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Washington, Mar
Senate
Hoover
Stock Exchange
Walcott
Conn
Banking Committee
New York Stock Exchange
Norbeck
S. D
Walcott, Steiner
Ore
Bulkley
Ohio
Turned on other kidnapping cases compares Ranieri case
Chicago March 4. The Ranieri kidnapping ends with the 11 year old William Ranieri safely returned and the alleged kidnappers convicted. After a demand of 60000 in ransom the boy reappears after thirteen days, released near Joliet and later home with a black eye. This case highlighted active police work and led to arrests amid mafia-suspect venues.
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Chicago
United States
Ranieri
William Ranieri
Billy
Raneiri
A. Frank Raneiri
Joliet
Revenge Seen as Kidnaping Motive in Abduction
Niles Ohio March 3 Reported revelations that Beckhand threats were made against James Dejute a wealthy Niles contractor whose 11 year old son is in captors hands bolster authorities theory that revenge rather than ransom drove the abduction A W Dejute brother said blackhanders warned the contractor years ago to be on the lookout for trouble but he had forgotten details
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Niles
Senate panel seeks powers to probe stock exchanges
A Washington Senate committee moves to grant authority to investigate stock exchanges amid rising concerns. In Niles Ohio a woman tentatively identifies a photo as the kidnapper of 11 year old James DeJute Jr., pending verification.
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Washington
Senate
Niles
James DeJute, Jr
Einstein Sees Better Times Ahead for Old New Worlds
Pasadena California March 4 AP Dr Albert E Einstein eminent German physicist visiting California Institute of Technology says better times lie ahead for both old and new worlds despite machine age effects. He notes life on other planets possible though unknown and calls prohibition an American issue. He and Mrs Einstein sail for Germany aboard the San Francisco via Panama Canal. Tolman interprets. He says no living man is satisfied with his own work.
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Pasadena
Calif
Albert E. Einstein
Earth
Einstein
California Institute of Technology
Germany
San Francisco
Panama Canal
American Atlantic
Relativity
Richard C. Tolan
Nurse Quizzed in Lindbergh Kidnap Case
Betty Gow, the nurse who found the Lindbergh baby nursery, was subjected to long police questioning at the Lindbergh home. Authorities have not released details of the interview as the investigation continues. The infant was abducted through a warped nursery shutter left open by Mrs. Lindbergh.
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Fater
New York
Lindbergh
South Orange
Hopewell
N. J
Betty Gow
Miss Gow
Lindberg
Elizabeth Morrow
Mrs. Lindbergh
Miss Morrow
Englewood
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Morris J. Harris
Yangtze
Nanjiang
T. V. Soong
Manchuria
Chapei
Paoshan
Woosung
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Stir
Jersey
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Prober
U. S
Delaware
J. Thomas Heflin
United States Senate
James Dejute
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