Missionaries Flee as U S Forces Move to China Port
American refugees many mission aries flee inner Chinese provinces as Cantonese forces threaten, with two destroyers en route to Shanghai and the Marines mobilizing for possible deployment from San Diego. U S consuls warn evacuees, while 104 Americans and 165 British remain unaccounted for near Szechwan.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
United States
C. W. Williams
Navy Department
McMurray
Pekin
Shanghai
Marines
San Diego
Chaumont
Guam
Charles E. Hill
Chung, Bing
Chang Sha
Szechwan
Ameri
Movies to Save 500 Dogs From Death in Alaskan Picture
Culver City Calif February 1 The lives of 500 dogs under death sentence in south Ryan ytopia pounds will be saved by a film company shooting an early Alaskan gold rush scene Any dog sled can serve as an extra to make the picture realistic After release the dogs receive brief training and are taken to Oratso for snow scenes The dogs gain prestige as screen actors and may find homes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Culver City
Cal
Southryan Ytopia
Tgnation Piture Company
Georges D Oisy Declared World Champion Aviator
The National League of Aviators named Georges D Oisy the world champion aviator. D Oisy, a French flyer, completed a Paris to Tokyo flight setting a historic long distance record.
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National League of Aviators
Georges D'Oisy
D’oisy
Paris
Tokyo
Salvation Army to Open Monroe Headquarters at Once
The Salvation Army will open permanent quarters in Monroe immediately with Captain Phoebe Smith in charge. Cadet S Hubley accompanies her from Texas. Efforts are underway to secure a meeting place and headquarters this week for services and the first open air meeting planned for next Sunday. Formal opening will follow as the Twin Cities area embraces the organization’s public service.
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Salvation Army
Phoebe Smith
Monroe
Smith
Orange
Tex
Army
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
S. Hubley
Texas
Twin Cities
Thousand Dollar Fine Paid Texan Released
Victor E. Innes released from federal prison after serving time for using the mails to defraud. A friend paid his $1,000 fine and Innes began a thirty day pauper’s oath sentence, with officials not disclosing the donor. He had been ordered acquitted by a San Antonio judge in the Nelms sisters disappearance case.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Victor E. Innes
San Antonio
Texas
Nelms Sisters
Innes
Boy Heroism Amid Arkansas Floods Dies Noted by Relief Workers
In Arkansas the St Francis levee breaks flood over a hundred thousand acres. Red Cross workers debunked reports of many deaths. A 12 year old boy Doyle Clem rescued his baby sister and younger brother by clinging to a rail on a bridge as floodwaters rose, while their mother sought help.
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Arkansas
Relief Worker Party
Associated Press
Nttle Rock
Ark
St. Francis Levee
Canasta Feam
Red Cross
Doyle Clem
Dren
U S Laws as Only Limit to Free Speech at Llano
Leesville witnesses describe the Llano Del Rio colony finances in a receivership case. Testimony shows resources at about 521,695 with liabilities around 146,054 and stock sold in Louisiana totaling 129,894. Canned goods value from 1926 is listed at 2.78 dollars per unit as of January 1, 1927.
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Leesville
Llano del Rio
Robert Snyder
Snyder
Colony Corporation
J. R. Allen
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Thirty Arrested in Vicksburg Federal Raids
Thirty Vicksburg residents face state and federal charges after weekend raids by federal prohibition officers. Most were released on bonds of $500, four older offenders on $1,000 bonds. They will also appear in Warren County court. the sheriff's office and Maize H. Daily, deputy administrator, assisted in arraignments.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Liberty
United States
Short
Warren County
Maize H. Daily
Washington Today’s Events: Congress Meets at Noon
Congress meets at noon with the Senate taking up a milk importation bill and the House considering minor bills on relief hearings. Information passed from entry notes unclear and partially garbled.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Legally Adopted Dorothy Browning Questioned on Stand
Edward Browning testified in White Plains New York that he legally adopted Dorothy Browning and has had her since she was a small child. Mrs Browning cited the girl's name in her cruelty charges against her husband during testimony.
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White Plains
N. Y
Edward Browning
Dorothy Browning
Dorothy
Rebels Executed in Oaxaca After January Attack
Twenty seven rebels were executed in Oaxaca City in reprisal for the January 12 massacre of a federal column at San Miguel El Grande. Ringleaders were court martialed. five spared due to age. Peace reports say rebels surrendered in Durango and Jalisco areas as authorities quell uprisings.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Oaxaca City
San Miguel el Grande
San Miguel
Oaxaca
Caraca
Durango
Escobar
Mezquital
Pedro Barraza
Damaro Barraza
Ferreira
Arenal
Jalisco
Romo
Fortino Sanchez
San Jose de Iturbide
Guanajuansto
Hornsby Reelected Director After Giants Trade
Rogers Hornsby former Cardinals manager and large stockholder in St. Louis was reelected a director despite his trade to the New York Giants.
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ST. Louis
New York Giants
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
Massachusetts man claims Catalina swim feat
Mass sailor Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell lands on Pine Avenue pier in Long Beach proclaiming he swam the San Pedro Channel from Santa Catalina Island in 22 hours and 45 minutes. He disappeared toward his hotel after reaching the pier, having previously conquered the English Channel but failing in the Island marathon.
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Long Beach
Cal
Municipal Observer
Pine Avenue
Henry F. Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
San Pedro
Santa Catalina Island
Sullivan
English Channel
George Young
Toronto
Real estate man Browning testifies in divorce case
Edward West Browning 52, a longtime real estate man, takes the stand in White Plains to deny his wife's cruelty charges. He recalls meeting Frances Heenan at a McAlpin Hotel sorority dance and describes the ensuing events as the trial continues.
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Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Edward West Browning
Frances Heenan
McAlpin
Miss Heenan
Browning
Browning Trial Defense Lawyer Collapses During Cross Exam
White Plains N Y Feb 1 Henry Epstein attorney for Mrs Browning fainted during tense cross examination of Edward W Browning. He requested a five minute recess and more air in the courtroom, the recess was granted by the court.
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White Plains
N. Y
Henry Epstein
Browning Testimony Details Adopted Girl’s Age and Support
Browning testified about adopting Dorothy Sunshine Browning and giving the girl 800 dollars and her mother 300 for education. He claimed admission failures and noted the girl wanted acting. he described an acid burning incident and his first knowledge of it. Continued on page ten.
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Browning
Dorothy
Sunshine
Negro Admits Killing R. R. Moore and Mrs Thornton
Horace de Vaughn, a Black man, confessed to fatally shooting A. B. Moore, supervisor of safety and sanitation for the Southern Railway, and Mrs. Ruby Thornton near Birmingham on January 20. He said Moore cursed him, Thornton tried to flee, and he fired then took Moore’s watch and money.
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Birmingham
Ala
Horace de Vaughn
Ruby Thornton
A. B. Moore
Southern Railway
Here
Jim Davis
Moore
Sterilization Proposal Introduced in Nebraska Senate
Lincoln Nebr Feb 1 a bill in the state senate provides sterilization of those deemed socially inadequate or degenerate as "unfit" to be useful members of the state. The measure targets individuals who chronically fail to contribute to society and are described as unable to maintain a viable life.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska State Senate
Marlborough Made Member of Catholic Church in London
The Duke of Marlborough was received into the Catholic church in Westminster today after his marriage to Consuelo Vanderbilt was nullified by the Southwark diocesan court and Rome. The event follows a widely watched nullification that sparked international comment and debate among Episcopal and Catholic authorities.
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Associated Press
London
Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Westminster
Southwark
England
Holy Tribunal of
Rota
Rome
M. Jacques Balsan
Miss Vanderbilt
Germans Agree to Destruction of Army Forts
Paris Feb 1 Allies reach full agreement on German disarmament plans. Inter allied military control ends as the League of Nations assumes oversight. Destruction of fortifications at Keustrin and Glogau in Prussia and 22 fortified works near Koenigsberg are specified.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Allied Council of Ambassadors
League of Nations
Inter-Allied Military Control Commission
League
Keustrin
Glogau
Prussia
Koenigsberg
Student at Springfield College Takes Poison
Claudia Laman a 19 year old student at Springfield College committed suicide here last night by drinking poison. Despondency over ill wealth was given as the motive.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Claudia Laman
Springfield State Teachers’ College
Commissioner Sets Up Own N C Office
In New Orleans two rival offices for conservation commissioners emerged as Dr V K Irion and Major Frank T Payne claimed leadership. Deputies guarded both sites while an injunction halted interference, leaving employees split between loyalties and crowded, tense offices in the parish courthouse.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Conservation Commissioners
Conservation Department
V. K. Irion
Frank T. Payne
Orleans Parish
Dr. Irion
Court House Commission
Chinese Girls Taught How to Hold Man's Love
American girls assume knowledge of securing a lover while Dr Sum Nung Au-Young argues Chinese wives cultivate love as an art to sustain marriages He cites Sir Robert Hart contrasting Western and Chinese marriage approaches and claims China has the happiest home life.
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International News Service
New York
Sum Nung Au-Young
Sir Robert Hart
West
China
Extensions of Missouri Pacific Lines in Texas Favorable
The Interstate Commerce Commission advised both Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific should be allowed to proceed with railroad consolidations planned in Cameron County Texas. Missouri Pacific plans six miles eastward from Fernando and 18 miles eastward from San Benito for truck gardening districts. Southern Pacific seeks 30 miles from Harlingen to Brownsville costing about 1.59 million dollars, paralleling and crossing Missouri Pacific routes. The investigator found sufficient business for both roads and urged approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
Camaron County
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. V. Burnside
San Benito
Harlingen
Brownsville
Slan
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