Shanghai Battle Toll Surpasses Twenty Thousand
Reports from Shanghai estimate Chinese losses at about 20,000 in the fighting at Chapei Kiangwan and Woosung with roughly 7,000 dead. The figure shows Chinese casualties far exceeding Japanese by about ten to one as the League of Nations presses for a settlement.
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Chapei
Kiangwan
Woosung
Shanghai
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Far East
Japan
China
Tokyo
League of Nations
Manchurian Investigation Commission
Manchuria
Mukden
Henri Pu-Yi
19Th Route Army
Nanking
Nanjiang
Shanghai Civilian Casualties Reach Over Twenty Thousand
Report from Shanghai on March 5 cites press union estimates that Chinese casualties in Chapei Kiangwan Woosung total over 20 000, about ten times Japanese losses, with roughly 7 000 killed. Front activity includes skirmishes, air activity, troop and civilian movements, and ongoing refugee returns.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Kiangwan
Woosung
Press Union
Smaller nations condemn invasion at League assembly
Geneva reports that several minor powers denounced Japan's invasion of China at the League of Nations special assembly. They urged full use of League resources to end the conflict and pressed to address Manchuria and Shanghai, rejecting Japan's demand for restraint.
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Geneva
Far-East
Special Assembly
League of Nations
Japan
China
League
Shanghai
Manchuria
Kidnapped Ohio Youth Rescued in Secret Tunnel
Twelve year old James Dejute Jr was found unharmed and returned to his Niles home after being held for 76 hours. Two Youngstown men, John Demarco and Dowell Hargraves, were arrested and jailed for investigation after admitting to the abduction. No ransom was paid and the case closed with the boy safely recovered.
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Niles
Ohio
James Dejute, Jr
Jimenie
Youngstown
John Demarco
Dowell Hargraves
Demarco
Warren
Hargraves
James Dejute, Sr
Dejute
Jimmy
Ten year old girl escapes kidnapper in Columbus
Martha Ford, ten, lured by candy from a school yard, was held in a garage for hours before wandering the streets and being found by a passerby. She was treated at a hospital for exposure and bruises and returned home under police guard.
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Columbus
Martha Ford
Candy
Martha
Harold C. Ford
Political winds shift to N E first test seen in New Hampshire
Washington reports that the 1932 Democratic contest between Franklin D Roosevelt and Alfred E Smith moves to New England with New Hampshire holding the first presidential preference primary on Tuesday. Eight votes are at stake in Chicago’s June convention and Roosevelt is favored by state leaders. James Roosevelt has been organizing in New Hampshire as Smith's campaign activity remains uncertain.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
New England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
New York
New Hampshire
Chicago
Rosevelt
Smith
James Roosevelt
Finishing Touch Put To Tax Bill
Washington reports the house ways and means committee completed a new tax bill after two months, adding final clauses to raise 1.096 billion dollars and pledging treasury approval. Secretary Mills said the 1933 budget can be balanced with no further debt after June 30, and treasury backing is assured.
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Washington, Mar
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Mills
Treasury Department
Trial set for Fortescue Massie case in Honolulu
The trial of Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Lt. Thomas H. Massie, and two naval enlisted men for second degree murder of Joseph Kahahawai is scheduled for March 28. Defense requests to delay until April 11 were denied as Darrow and Malone plan to join from San Francisco. A masked man terror scare persists as police search for a yellow masked intruder reported by Mrs. Matsumoto after headlights lit the room.
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Honolulu
Mar
Granville Fortescue
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Massie
A. M. Cristoy
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Montgomery Winn
Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
New York
San Francisco
Chizuko Hatsumoto
Hyde defends highway bill amid pork barrel charges
Secretary Hyde reproaches Senator Robinson over accusations of pork barrel legislation tied to a $132 million highway bill. He claims the bill was railroaded by Democrats and accuses the senator of misusing public funds while defending Hoover’s policy and criticizing postwar European loans.
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Washington
Mar
Hyde
Frank
Robinson
Arkansas
Hoover
Glass
Democratic Organization
Tennessee Weather Summary From Sunday To Monday
Tennessee reports fair and cold in the west with clearing and snow in the east followed by a colder night. Monday brings fair skies and rising temperatures after a weekend of snow and chill. Rainfall noted as 1.82 inches yesterday with high 61 and low 38. forecasts reference data for the prior year.
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Tennessee
Snow blankets southern states as frost warnings spread
Snow fell across the lower South with freezing temperatures reported from Monroe Louisiana to Memphis and northern Arkansas. Forecasters warned of 20 degrees or lower in Mississippi Alabama Arkansas and Texas, with frost likely reaching the coast by Sunday night.
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Atlanta
Lower
Dixie
Monroe
Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina
Sousa Dies in Reading at 77 After Dinner Recital
John Phillips Sousa, internationally known bandleader, died in Reading, Pennsylvania, on March 5. He was in his 78th year and had conducted a band rehearsal before arriving by train. He appeared in good condition at first but his voice was weak during the banquet hours later. Officials attributed the death to a heart attack.
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Reading
John Phillip Sousa
Sousa
Adirondack Wild Man Killed After Gun Battle
The Adirondacks hunter known as the Wild Man of the Adirondacks is dead after a gun battle with state troopers, game wardens, and trappers near a deserted lumber mill. The large negro, clad in torn furs, resisted surrender, was wounded in the leg, and died as the posse closed in. The pursuit lasted through a snow strewn day with officers finding a large cache of ammunition at the mill.
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Long Lake
N. Y
Adirondacks
C. B. McCann
McCann
Hoover to Sign Wheat Gift Bill
President Hoover will sign the wheat gift bill directing distribution of 40,000,000 bushels of farm board wheat for relief, marking the session’s sole direct federal aid measure.
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Hoover
Washington
Farm Board
Lindbergh Baby Case Draws National Attention in Hopewell
Hopewell, N J March 5 The Lindbergh kidnaping has turned this 1000 person village into a theater of drama with reporters photographers detectives and troops swarming the area. Searchlights sweep the countryside as guards patrol the Lindbergh home amid a citywide cordon and heavy public interest surrounds the investigation.
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Hopewell
N. J
Hall-Mills
Somerville
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Anne Just Waits Stricken by Loss at Sourland Mountain
In Hopewell New Jersey a mother waits for word of her missing son. She does not plan meals or busy herself with chores. Col Lindbergh answers the phone for clues while she remains upstairs, isolated as detectives and visitors fill the house.
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Hopewell, N. .J
March
Sourland Mountain
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Master Man Hunters of
East
Harry Moore
Trenton
Charles A. Schoegel
State Police
Johnson
Hartford
Conn
Henry
Red) Johnson
Lindbergh
Schoeffer
New Jersey
Betty Gow
Bronx
Thomas Lamont
New York
Senate probes target bulls and bears in stock market
Washington March 5 Senate banking committee members begin a thorough investigation of stock market operations to determine if professional operators manipulated security prices. Chairman Norbeck said the effort will go after bulls as well as bears and seek an orderly inquiry with potential investigators and counsel. Meanwhile Lindbergh baby kidnapping coverage reports go between and advice from go-betweens named by the couple and lawmen hopeful for swift return of the child.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Norbeck
Bears
Walcott
Conn
Hoover
Capitol
Sabath
Tll
House Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
Hopewell
Mar
Charles A. Lindbergh
The
Lindberghs
Trenton
Sally” Spitale
Irving Bitz
Charles A. Schoefner
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Spitale
Bitz
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