Chinese irregulars drive success against Japan in North China
Reports reach Japan from Peiping concession areas that Chinese red legions and peasant irregulars strike Japanese lines and garrisons along the Peiping Hankow and Chengtai railroads. Irregulars wipe out detachments in at least twenty instances and disrupt traffic on the Peiping Hankow line.
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Phiping
China
North China
Peiping
Hankow
Chengtai
Peiping-Hankow
Tinghsien
Here
Red Army
U S Embassy Official Slapped in Nanking Incident
Domei quoted a military report saying John M. Allison third secretary of the U S Embassy in Nanking sought to enter a Chinese house despite a sentry's objections. The sentry slapped him and barred entry. Japanese authorities apologized and aimed for a local settlement.
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Shanghai
Domei
John M. Allison
U. S
Nanking
Allison
Guerrilla Warfare Expands Across Hopeh Province
Shanghai dispatches report guerrilla warfare widening across western Hopeh near the Great Wall. The congress aims to stamp out banditry while peasants flee to Peiping as attacks and counterattacks devastate villages. Communists mobilize Hopeh peasants ten miles from the railroad plastered with posters asking Down with Japan.
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Rilla
Fuping
Hopeh Province
China
Great Wall
Peiping
Peiqing- Hankow
Japan
Shanghai
Mass Meeting Planned in Detroit for Feb 4
United Automobile Workers welfare director Richard T. Leonard announced a downtown Detroit mass demonstration in Cadillac Square on February 4 to protest massive layoffs in the auto industry. He forecast about 150000 participants and noted more than 200000 of the union's 250000 regional members were unemployed.
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Detroit
Richard T. Leonard
United Automobile Workers
Cadillac Square
Leonard
Break In Cold Likely Friday
Slightly higher temperatures prevailed in Ohio today but weather observers warned that the cold wave would not break possibly until tomorrow. High winds and snow flurries continued to menace motor traffic. State highway patrolmen reported few accidents since Ohioans remained off highways unless forced out by urgent business.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Birthday Ball at Laurelville Aids Infantile Paralysis Fight
Laurelville hosts a Birthday Ball tonight with Wien's Swing Band to support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Proceeds from three dances, founders donations, and telegraphed greetings will fund Hocking County contributions. donations may be given by calling Logan 59.
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Laurelville
Wien
Logan
Murray City
Arcade Hall
Hocking-co
National Foundation For
LeRoy Conkle
Hocking County
Senate kills cloture plan on anti lynching bill
The Senate defeated a plan to limit debate on the anti lynching bill amid southern filibustering. Weaker progress on other business as bills pile up. President Roosevelt defense spending proposal awaited. A judiciary subcommittee began inquiry into the National Labor Relations Board at Senator Burke's request. A broad crop control program likely ready for Congress next week.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary
Burke
D-Neb
National Labor Relations Board
WPA rolls rise as 119,363 added in two weeks
The WPA reported 119,363 new registrants in the last two weeks, totaling 1,831,961 to date. The prior week gained 64,324. Enrollment peaked at 2,898,849 on February 29, 1936, with a low of 1,450,101 on October 2, 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
Probers Study Rake-offs On Gas Purchases
The Senate investigating committee in Columbus seeks records on commissions tied to state gas sales. It questions former Akron mayor and Columbia Oil executives about payments to G Lloyd Weil while weighing why 10 000 tons of coal cost 1 75 a ton to the state versus 78 cents a ton in Cleveland. Metzenbaum denies political smear tactics.
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Columbus
Senate
Akron
Burt Zimmerman
Columbia Oil and Refining Company
Cleveland
Herbert E. Doner
G. Lloyd Weil
House
Martin L. Davey
Weil
Democratic
Columbia
Glenn Horn
Maher-North Coal Company
Horn
Metzenbaum
Miss Ruth Johnson Joins Logan Daily News Staff
Miss Ruth Johnson from South Bloomingville joins the Logan Daily News rural news staff. A former teacher at South Bloomingville school, she will regularly present western Hocking County community news in the paper. Her first column appears on page eight today.
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Logan Daily News
Ruth Johnson
South Bloomingville
Johnson
Hocking County
John Hoffman dies in Tiffin home fire at 71
In Tiffin Ohio on January 27, John Hoffman aged 71, a factory worker, was burned to death in a fire that destroyed his small residence. Fire investigators surveyed the scene as neighbors reported flames erupted early today.
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Tiffin, O
John Hoffman
Taber Appeals For Good Farm Bill At University Meet
Delegates at Farm Week at Ohio State University braved cold to attend Grange Day and hear National Grange Master Louis J. Taber call for a good farm bill and greater national unity. Earl H. Hanefield urged controlled hunting with compensation to farmers to resolve game issues. eight master farmer awards were announced for 1937 recipients J B Stevenson Circleville Kenneth W Zeller Hartville E J Bishop New Washington Eugene Hartshorn Newark Percy White Wooster C D Blubaugh Danville Max Scarff Howard Scarff New Carlisle.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Louis J. Taber
Taber
U. S
J. B. Stevenson
Circleville
Kenneth W. Zeller
Hartville
E. J. Bishop
New Washington
Eugene Hartshorn
Newark
Percy White
Wooster
C. D. Blubaugh
Danville
Max and
Howard Scarff
Brothers
New Carlisle
Falls View Bridge Buckles Under Ice Gorge Pressure
Terrific pressure from an ice gorge in the Niagara river threatens the Falls View bridge linking the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls. Ice piles around piers and girders to about 40 feet as engineers race to save the 1,009 foot span. Earlier reports warned of total destruction but the bridge withstands the force. The picturesque span is 47 years old.
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Niagara River
Falls View
United States
Canada
Niagara Falls
Jackson to Succeed Reed as Solicitor General
President Roosevelt nominated Robert H. Jackson to be solicitor general. He is currently assistant attorney general in charge of anti trust cases. Jackson will succeed Stanley S. Reed of Kentucky, who received his Supreme Court commission earlier today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Jackson
Stanley S. Reed
Kentucky
Supreme Court
New Jersey Solon Dies In Plunge At Hotel
Edward A. Kenney a 52 year old New Jersey representative known for advocating a national lottery fell from a hotel sixth floor while guest at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. He suffered a fractured skull broken left leg and a punctured thigh. He argued a federal operated national lottery would bring at least a billion dollars annually to fund emergencies and retire public debt.
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Washington
Edward A. Kenney
New Jersey
Chamber of Commerce
Kenney
Exchange group proposes NYSE reorganization plan
A study committee appointed by NYSE president Charles R. Gay recommends a complete reorganization of the New York Stock Exchange with a salaried president in administrative control and an end to the self perpetuating board of governors.
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Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Charles R. Gay
Davey Appointments Face Senate Vote Pressure
In Columbus to press for approval of Gov. Davey’s two appointees to the state industrial commission and OSU board, the senate rules committee previously rejected Pickens for the industrial post. Thompson to the university board awaiting action, while Lipscher’s place on the rules panel drew criticism amid partisan maneuvering cited after Davey labeled critics in a recent speech.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Senate
State Industrial Commission
Ohio State University Board of Trustees
Senate Rules Committee
Ford M. Pickens
Industrial Commission
Lockwood Thompson
Cleveland
University Board
Pickens
Circleville
Thompson
Maurice W. Lipscher
Dmahoning
Lipscher
Edward N. Waldvogel
Cincinnati
Keith Lawrence
Youngstown
Davey
House
Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm Turns 79 In Exile
Ex Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany marked his 79th birthday in his wood-chopping exile at his residence in the Netherlands. The occasion came as one of his happiest days since fleeing Europe at the end of World War I.
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Doorn
Netherlands
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Termites Allegation In Kelch House Sparks Suit
James Young and wife sue former owners Dr. and Mrs. Albert O. Kelch for 2500 claiming termite infestation at the W Front Street property. They allege misrepresentation about basement moisture and pest damage from the sale.
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Albert O. Kelch
James Young
Front St
Youngs
Aliens Pin Hopes on Davey Parley
In Cleveland on January 27, indigent Ohio aliens awaited a conference between Gov. Martin L. Davey and legislative leaders over the Myers relief bill. The measure would bar relief to poverty pinched aliens who have not signified intent to become citizens and leaves cities unsure if it permits extending municipal aid. Davey summoned lawmakers to discuss the bill as it faced a veto deadline by midnight next Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Peace hopes collapse as AFL CIO merger rejected
William Green rejected John L. Lewis's bid to merge the CIO with the AFL at the United Mine Workers convention in Miami. Green labeled the plan impossible and warned it would move conflict into the AFL. Lewis pressed for peace with two marching scenarios, while divisions over autonomy for provisional districts inside the miners' union persist.
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Washington
Organized Labor
William Green
John L. Lewis
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Green
Miami
Fla
AFL
Horse Foot
Outline Defense in Wright Case Los Angeles Jan 27
Dolorous Paul A. Wright on trial for his life appears heartened as attorney Jerry Giesler opens defense alleging emotional trauma caused the airport executive to kill his wife Evelyn and friend John Kimmel. He contends Wright was a loving husband and father with no motive for premeditated murder and that Wright and Kimmel were close friends.
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Los Angeles
Paul A. Wright
Evelyn
John Kimmel
Wright
Jerry Giesler
Giesler
Kimmel
Substitute Teacher Fills In For Absent Haas at Logan High
Mrs. John Krieg substitutes for Walter Haas at Logan High School today. Haas is at his home on North Orchard Street, leaving a temporary staffing gap in the history department.
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John Krieg
Walter Haas
Logan High School
North Orchard St
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