Chinese Hold Own as Shanghai Shelling Rages
Artillery roars across the Shanghai international settlement as Chinese forces resist Japanese bombardment near the post office. Fires burn out of control, evacuation of women and children proceeds along Seochow Creek while Chinese and foreign observers dispute who holds the forts and destroyers. Houston Marines land to bolster protection for American lives and property amid the fray.
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Shanghai
China
Hongkew
Seochaw
Soochow Creek
Houston
United States
Manila
International Settlement
Senter
Protest Over Japanese Use of International Settlement
Washington reports a fresh protest from Britain and the United States against Japan using the Shanghai international settlement as a base for attacks on China. Officials fear cross settlement fighting could threaten neutral lives while awaiting Tokyo's reply to Anglo American peace overtures.
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Washington
International
Japan
Tokyo
Shanghai
State Department
Kansas Weather Forecast Highlights and Road Conditions
The Kansas forecast calls for fair, mild weather with rising temperatures and cool nights. Morning conditions in Pittsburg show clear to partly cloudy skies. dirt roads are frozen in Salina and Coffeyville with light moisture or snow elsewhere. Present details include vague references to Douglas county, yesterday and today temperature notes, and minimal precipitation data.
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Pittsburg
Salina
Emporia
Coffeyville
Douglas County Zoad
Simum
Ten Percent Tariff Proposed For Britain
London February 4 AP Neville Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer announced in the house of commons that Britain would move away from free trade with a ten percent tariff on most imports. Exemptions cover wheat in grain meat fish raw cotton raw wool and tea. Articles already taxed will not receive the extra duty and further duties will be set by the treasury with an independent advisory committee.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
The
Exchequer
House of Commons
the Treasury
Friday Fight on Shanghai Struggles North of City
Heavy guns shook Shanghai as Japanese assault Chinese positions north of Chapei. Fires lit Tse Chih college in Hongkew as the city endured a stiff bombardment. The Shanghai municipal council urged the United States consul to protest Japanese naval interference with civil administration amid landing party activity and disrupted services.
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Shanghai
China
Chapei
Tse Chih College
Hongkew
North Station
Municipal Council of the
International Settlement
United States
Soviet envoy discusses Manchuria railway use with Japan
Alexander Troyanovsky met Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa in Tokyo to discuss Japanese military plans in Manchuria. He noted conditional Soviet approval for using the Chinese Eastern railway’s Changchun Harbin branch for troop movements, with a main-line accord still required. The talks were friendly and not a protest, and no Moscow orders were cited. The Japanese said southern railway guards are temporary, denying intent to infringe railway rights, while five Japanese were killed and 47 wounded near Harbin as General Tamon advances caused heavy Chinese losses.
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Tokyo
Alexander Troyanovsky
Japan
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Manchuria
Tsitsihar
Harbin
Russia
Changchun Harbin
M. Troyanovsky
Moscow
Foreign Office
Honjo
Mukden
League of Nations
Jiro Tamon
London welcomes Mellon appointment as ambassador to Britain
London editors hail Andrew W. Mellon as secretary of the treasury named ambassador to Great Britain to succeed General Dawes. Commentators call him a great friend to Britain and note hopes for possible steps toward revising war debts.
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London
Bidwell Oil Tanker Explosions Kill Many at Marcus Hook
Sun Oil reports seventeen dead with two missing after four blasts wreck a tanker at Marcus Hook. A woman and four men injured, captain Joseph Rivers among identified dead, crew of 52, ship from Smith's Bluff Texas, flames spread to the pier and water. Firefighters from multiple towns battled the blaze as missing persons and charred bodies were recovered.
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Marcus Hook
Sun Oil Company
Bidwell
Market Street
Sun -Qil Company
Sinclair Qil Co
Bidwel
Smith's
Bluff
Texas
Viola Rivers
Jamaica
L. J
Grazer Hospital
Chester
Philadelphia
Hearings on Taxation Opens for Revenue Plan
Washington February 4 AP the house ways and means committee finished hearings on tax proposals to aid the government balance its budget and will meet Tuesday to begin formulating a revenue program Representative Ramsayer Republican Iowa urged estate and gift taxes to raise 500 million dollars annually and witnesses voiced views on an oil excise tax Ogden Mills designated to succeed Andrew Mellon as secretary of the treasury will present revised estimates on the administration plan at an executive session Tuesday He will also provide estimates of revenue from levies on gasoline oil imports electric energy household gas and manufacturers sales taxes
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Ramséyer
Iowa
Ogden L. Mills
Andrew Meljon
Andrew Meljon As A Secretary of the Treasury
Tokyo Accepts Pause in Shanghai Hostilities
Tokyo on February 4 sent a note to US Britain and Italy agreeing to cease hostile acts in Shanghai if China immediately ends disturbances. The government will mobilize and replace the bluejackets with a full army division, and may seek a neutral zone in Chapei if needed. Ambassadors Forbes Lindley Maioni received the note. The report also describes ballad singers and a chain-maid quartet broadcasting at a bridge table with a microphone above.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Hirohito
Chapei
W. Cameron Forbes
Francis Lindley
Giovanni Maioni
Disarmament Conference settles bid for Japan vice presidency
The world disarmament conference resolved its first clash over a vice presidency for Japan. Dr. Salvador de Madariaga urged blocking Tsuneo Matsuzaka, Japanese ambassador to London, while American delegates denied any plan to deprive him of a seat. The steering committee ruled that all fourteen vice presidency nominations must be accepted or rejected as a group, with a vote due that afternoon.
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Japan
Geneva
Switzerland
Salvador de Madariaga
China
de Madariaga
Washington
Tsuneo Matsuzaka
London
de Madarings
Hugh Gibson
Belgium
Matsudaira
M. Titulescu
Arthur Henderson
Mills Named Undersecretary of Treasury and Farm House Fire
Washington February 4 AP Ogden L Mills chosen by President Hoover to succeed Andrew Mellon as head of the Treasury with Arthur A Ballantine poised to become undersecretary Ballantine previously a New York lawyer and long active in fiscal affairs The report notes timing hinges on Europe and confirms Ballsntyne as Mills aide The other item reports a farm house north of Lawrence occupied by Albert Bailer and family burned early today from a defective flue The family escaped uninjured and most property was lost officials say no rebuilding decision yet and no telephone nearby limited help due to isolation
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Washington
Ogden L. Mills
The
Treasury
Hoover
Andrew W. Melon
Arthur. A. Ballantine
Mills
Mellon
the Treasury
Great Britain
Charles G. Dawes
Europe
Ballantine
New York
Internal Revenue Utr
Lawrence
Albert Bailer
Hird's Corner
Gertrude Gillmore
Ohio Street
Honest Taxpayer Pays Over 400 In Property Tax
A man who held a traveling job in 1930 and kept a part time Lawrence residence visited the county clerk’s office to file his 1930 tax return. Officials expected a minor bill but after more than an hour he completed the statement and paid property tax exceeding 400 dollars, much to their surprise.
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Diogenes
Lawrence
KU opens second semester with near steady enrollment
Regular classes began at the University of Kansas as the second semester started. Officials report new student enrollment nearly matches last year. Changes to schedules can be made Saturday, with registration and enrollment activities occurring earlier in the week. Receipts at the KU business office trailed slightly from Tuesday.
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University of Kansas
K. U. Business Office
Prosperity Gold Piece Still Travels Through Town
The Prosperity Gold Piece, a $5 gold coin placed in circulation by H. C. Constant, moved from Fritz Meyn to Rankins drug store for cigars and candy. Each merchant receiving it is asked to report to the Chamber of Commerce who spent it and what it bought.
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H. C. Constant
Fritz Meyn
Rankins Drug Store
Chamber of Commerce
US Forces Strengthen in Shanghai with New Ship Arrivals
Shanghai reports the arrival of the transport Chaumont from Manila bringing 1200 of the 31st infantry and 100 marines, boosting US military strength in port to nearly 6,000. Five destroyers Barker Pope John D Edwards Whipple Smith Thompson are due Friday, expanding the fleet to seventeen warships under Admiral Taylor. The updated force combines infantry and naval units against a broader presence in the region.
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Shanghai
Chaumont
Manila
United States
31St Infantry
Barker
Pope
John D. Edwards
Whipple
Smith Thompson
Taylor
State's Experts Testify Mrs Judd Is Not Insane
Prosecution experts testified Winnie Ruth Judd is feigning insanity to avoid conviction in the trunk murder case. Dr. Catton and Dr. Mauldin described observed remorse and normal mental status, with concerns she is malingering. Catton quoted Judd about affairs with J. H. and Leroi, noting her regret over husband’s pain.
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Winnie Ruth- Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
Joseph ©. Catton
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Dr. Catton
Jack Halloran
McGugin Possible Senate Bid In Kansas
AP report from Wichita states Congressman Harold McGugin of Kansas is weighing a U S Senate nomination. He plans a definite statement by mid spring. Earlier telegrams praised by Dr John Brinkley hinted at support. Huey Long assailed President Hoover calling the GOP “miserable.”
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Wichita
Kan
Harold McGugin
Kansas
Wichita Beacon Today
Beacon
John Brinkley
Milford
McGugin
McGuiin
George H. McGill
Petition drive could push city back to mayor council form
Citizens consider a return to the mayor and council government after petitions circulate. The local attorney will draw papers demanding a vote, requiring 40 percent of qualified voters. Ward boundaries may be redrawn to balance representation if the change passes.
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Soent
Campaig
KU Graduate Missing From Harvard School
Assistant Dean Theodore Streibert sought police aid to locate Floyd J. Stewart 23 of Garden City Kansas and Nathaniel F.E. Jones 23 of Billerica Massachusetts, students at Harvard Business School, missing since January 1. They were last seen in an automobile. Stewart is KU graduate, Jones a Dartmouth alumnus. The men’s fathers are connected with Kansas and Boston firms.
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Boston
Theodore Streibert
Harvard University School of Business Administration
Floyd J. Stewart
Sixth St
Garden City
Kaw
Nathaniel FE. Jones
Billerica
Business School
Stewart
University of Kansas
Garden City Company
Jones
Cumner-Jones Company
Dartmouth College
Streibert
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth
Divers Probe Wreck Of British Sub M-2 Off Hull
Divers today examined the wreck of the British submarine M-2 which sank January 26 off the coast near Hull. Admiralty officials said it was unlikely the hull would be salvaged before next summer due to channel winds that would disrupt salvage work if started now.
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Portland
England
Admiralty
Five Buildings Burn Down in Benton Fire
A blaze starting in a Benton General Mercantile store destroyed four other business sites and a residence in the town’s main district near Wichita. Wind aided the flames. Dare Itcher escaped minutes before the exit was blocked. A confectionary restaurant a drug store and a residence also burned. Cause unsettled. Arthur Olson showed improvement after appendectomy. In Paris a suffragist chained herself to a gallery chair demanding votes for women. ushers removed her with the chair.
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General Mercantile
Benton
Wichita
Kan
Here
Dareitcher
Benton Department
Paris
Senate
Widow Hat Shop Employee Inherits Million in Italy Heir
Frances Taucher 32 a divorced mother of two works as a hat designer in Chicago. A letter from a Bistrica law firm announced her great uncle Antone Klemendi died October 1 leaving her $1,000,000. She plans to work until funds enable travel to Italy. She came to America as a child bride and was later divorced.
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Chicago
Frances Taucher
Bistrica
Italy
Antone Klemendi
Disarmament conference at First Methodist Church program details
The Young People's Conference of Religious Education plans a Saturday event at the First Methodist Church on disarmament featuring speakers from Topeka and university faculty. Local leaders, attendees, and a university audience are invited with a modest registration. The schedule includes devotions, discussions, and a luncheon, with a dramatized piece performed by Lewis Ford Sweet of Topeka and three college men.
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Young People's Conference of Religious Education
First Methodist Church
J. S. Daniels
Young People
Seth W. Slaughter
Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Myrone
Settle
Kansas State Sunday School Association
Jens P. Jensen
L. D. Jennings
Frederic Guild
H. B. Chubb
Mar
Brrts
Dene P. Jensen
Jennings
Theotore Aszniuu
Wirst Presbyterian Church
World Organization
Frederic Gull
Maes i—Bushiens
Myron EL Settle
ie—Luinchede
Tie Church
t—Musie
Herbert Tmaffman
Mornig
Methodist Church
Gentva
Thi
Charles M. Shelton
Dorielee County Saunk
Mars Iertity
Mae Audityrium
Wanda Edmonds
Kimpelsoln
Jack Doerr
Lewis Ford Sweet
Topeks
Five Men Blow Safe In Cedarvale Bank Burglary
Coffeyville Kansas February 4 Five men blew the Cedarvale National Bank safe early today and escaped with 496 dollars. Carl Osborn a Santa Fe hostler was held as a hostage inside the burglars car wrapped in a blanket. He recognized two men as a pair previously suspected in a Missouri Pacific line kidnapping.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Cedarvale National Bank
Carl Osborn
Santa Fe
Osborn
Missouri Pacific
Crossland
Ten Per Cent Wage Cut at Santa Fe Effective Feb 1
Chicago report notes Santa Fe railroad informed all employees including company unions and national brotherhoods that wage reductions of ten percent take effect February 1. Presidents said the cut, agreed by nationally recognized unions, would apply to other rail employes. Snow blocks Kansas roads and a Fort Scott accident injures Mrs. Noble Hart. A long distance shoe delivery truck with an extra driver berth has been developed in Czechoslovakia.
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Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad
National Brotherhoods
Ata Eee
Fort Scott
Kan
Noble Hart
Fredonia
Czechoslovakia
First Snow Pleases Town Amid Hazardous Roads
A light snowfall and freezing mist hit Lawrence and vicinity last night, turning to snow with hazardous driving on glazed streets. Many minor accidents were reported, cars were towed, and some residents rode trains home from Kansas City to avoid road danger. Pedestrians faced slick sidewalks while salt and cinders helped melt ice as sun warmed conditions today. The K U basketball team altered travel plans to Ames due to weather. wrestlers proceeded by car. Sheriff Dunkley noted no accidents reported.
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Lawrence
Severaal Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Mercury
Ames
Jack Dunkley
Alee
Farm Bureau Chorus to Appear in Manhattan on Tuesday
Twenty seven members of the Farm Bureau Women's Chorus will travel to Manhattan next Tuesday morning to perform during Farm and Home Week Tuesday night. The trip is funded by meals from market sales with transportation help from the Chamber of Commerce. Several chorus members will stay as delegates, while others return home the same night. Recond Donmyer directs the chorus and Mrs. D S Perkins is pianist.
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Farm Bureau Women’s Chorus
Manhattan
Chamber of Commerce
Donmyer
D. S. Perkins
John French
Elmer Bahnmailer
Howard Henry
Roy Flory
Gottlieb Neider
Beattie Collins
Vernon Garrett
William Kirby
Guy Bigsby
Harry Unger Altos
Walter Howard
Thieves steal 3000 worth of cigarettes in Kansas
In Tola Kansas thieves used Kerr-Coppening company truck to haul a 3000 load of cigarettes, drove to a cemetery and loaded into a waiting vehicle before abandoning the Kerr truck. In Fort Scott two men suffered injuries from a dynamite blast in a LaCygne coal mine. Fred Miller 27 is critical and William Vantuler 23 is seriously burned. Also a beauty coupon book sales pitch advertises 25 positions at Palace Barber and Beauty Shop and Cottage Beauty Shop in Eldridge Hotel Room 307.
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Tola
Kan
Kerr-Copening Company
Kerr
Fort Scott
Fred Miller
William Vantuler
LaCygne
Kansas
Palace Barber
Cottage Beauty Shop
Cal
Eldridge Hotel
Aty
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Fords
Britain
Ny Teoos
House
Farm House Burns
Albert Hailer
Journal-World
Adk
J. H
May
Hull
Arthur Olson
Memorial Hospital
Olson
Cedarvale
Lincoln
Beloit
Downs
Phillipsburge
Belleville
Hoisington
Phillipsbur
Phillipsbore
Farm Bureau Chorus
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