TENSE SHANGHAI AWAITS BATTLE FRONT NEWS
In Shanghai on February seven tension grows as Hangchow reports artillery sounds and Cantonese forces threaten nearby fronts. Sun Chuan Fang defends Shanghai and moves 8000 strong bodyguard units from Nanking to the front while reports claim Cantonese may avoid taking the city by force per Kellogg’s proposal.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Here
Hangchow
Sun Chuan Fang
Marshal Sun
Nanking
Fuyang
Kellogg
Hankow
Eugene Chen
Owen O'Malley
Washington Delays After Immigration Debate Sparks Page Five Continuation
The report notes ongoing immigration interests affecting about thirty thousand individuals, including 4,000 Americans, with details continued on page five.
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Washington
Tile setter killed in eight story New Orleans fall
Henry Innimatry a tile setter for the Canal Bank and Trust Company building died after a fall from the eighth floor. A police witness said the plank he stood on slipped from its moorings, dropping him to the ground inside the structure. He died en route to a hospital.
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New Orleans
Henry Innimatry
Canal Bank and Trust Company
Innimatry
Gas shows at Hunter test near Sibert in Richland Parish
Drilling at the 8 D Hunter test Sibert No 1 Section 1 16 5e Richland Parish reached 2872 feet with a dry bail but resumed to show gas and oil potential. Other parish tests Colvin No 1 Hatch No 2 Binion No 1 near completion and several new drilling permit applications pending at the mineral division of the conservation department.
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Sibert
No. 1
Richland Parish
Mineral Division
State Conservation Department
Palmer Corporation
Colvin
Washington Today’s Events and Sessions
Congress meets at noon as the House handles public buildings and other bills. The Senate dwells on minor measures and favors a night session. The tax appeal board continues hearing Ford’s tax recovery suit.
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Congress
Senate
House
Tax Appeal Board
Ford
Three Killed in Gunfray in Isolated Wa County
A gunfight between two families in Patrick county Virginia left three dead and two wounded. Names named include Maynard Cox 16 and Dave Cox 20 brothers and Turner Hall 30. A Mr Chaney and Mrs Chaney were wounded. The incident stemmed from a whisky distilling quarrel and involved local sheriff deputies.
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Y Associated Press
Roanoke
Patrick County
Franklin County
UW. Mayo
Maynard Cox
Dave Cox
Turner Hall
Chaney
Cox Brothers
Cox
Dodson
Liberals Seize Chinandega in Nicaragua Advance
Liberal forces under General Parajon captured Chinandega about 60 miles northwest of Managua after an all day attack. An aviator said many buildings were burned including the commandant’s house and telegraphic and railway lines were cut. Sacasa offered mediation with the United States and four Central American states.
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Managua
Nic
Chinandega
Parajon
Adolfo Diaz
Juan B. Sacasa
Puerto Cabezas
United States
Nicaragua
Washington
S. Vaca
Sacasa
American State Department
Funeral of Emperor Yoshihito Draws World Attention
The Japanese emperor Yoshihito died after a long illness and a ceremonial funeral drew about one million mourners. The public viewed the vast cortège as the passing of a figure revered as a descendant of the sun goddess.
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A. P
Tokyo
Yoshihito
Japan
Orient
Prison escapee Carl Nichols to see children then back to farm
Carl Nichols escaped from a prison farm, evaded bloodhounds and swam a lake, then hiked fifty miles to New Orleans to visit his seven year old daughter and other child. After brief reunion he returned to the prison farm to finish his sentence and plans to work at his prison trade after release.
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New Orleans
Carl Nichols
Carl
Michigan
Louisiana
Two Children Killed in Suspected Bomb Blast at Mayberry Home
Police suspect a dynamite bomb exploded in the Mayberry residence in Pittsburgh Kas. early today killing two children and seriously injuring their mother Mrs KE Mayberry.
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Pittsburgh
Kas
KE. L. Mayberry
Mayberry
New York Financier Testifies on Billion-Dollar Ford Offer
Mr. Prentiss testified in the government tax suit at Washington that he offered Henry Ford one billion dollars for his enterprise. The claim was presented as part of the record in the case.
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Henry Ford
Prentiss
New York
Washington
Modern war paint described by Indian chief at 1927 powwow
Chicago reports Chief Oshkosh portrays cultural shift among tribesmen at Menominee reservation gathering. He praises modern fashion and roles with flappers, rouge, stockings, and women leading voter leagues while braves focus on business. He notes electric lights and cars as signs of progress and suggests changes in traditional duties.
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Roy Osh Kosh
Menominee
Wis
Grand Council
Chief Osh Kosh
Rhoda House
Indian Womens Voter League
Menominee Reservation
Osh Kosh
Roy
Nomination Favorable for McCulloch to Trade Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved favorable reports on Edgar A. McCulloch of Arkansas and Abram F. Myers of Iowa for the Federal Trade Commission. McCulloch, a Democrat, faced no objections, while Myers, serving under a recess appointment, faced anticipated opposition led by Senator Walsh over bread mergers inquiry concerns.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Edgar A. McCulloch
Arkansas
Abram F. Myers
Iowa
Federal Trade Commission
McCulloch
Myers
Walsh
Montana
Board Hands Down Ruling in South Dakota
A South Dakota board handed down a ruling in a case involving a university co ed jovial in appearance in court. The decision details and parties involved were not fully specified in the readable text.
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S. Dakota
Sh . University
Mother Arrives as Youth Faces Bank Robbery Case
Miss Marion Meyers 19 year old co ed admitted attempting to rob the First National Bank Vermilion South Dakota. She was ordered held for circuit court on a third degree burglary charge and later adjudged insane by the Clay county sanity board. State's attorney Perkins opposed moving her to a state hospital until bond of 1500 dollars is posted. Her mother Mrs M L Meyers arrived after a confession was secured stating the goal was to obtain 24 dollars for tuition at the University of South Dakota where she was a freshman. The bank raid failed and questions arose over funding her schooling expenses.
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Associated Press
Vermilion
S. D
Marion Meyers
March
Clay County Sanity Board
Yankton State Hospital
Perkins
First National Bank
M. L. Meyers
Woonsocket
H. O. Perkins
Clay County
University of South Dakota
Meyers
Marion
Charles C. Josey
Swedish native dies by own hand in Mississippi
C V Ehrenburg 21 of Sweden and Ehrenburg and Ehrenburg firm Gulfport, worked on Forest county valuation survey for a year. A coroner's jury ruled death by suicide after a note seeking forgiveness and blaming no one. He shot himself in a car. body moved to Gulfport for burial.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
C. V. Ehrenburg
Sweden
Ehrenburg and Ehrenburg
Gulfport
Forest County
Ehrenburg
Champion Father Gains New Honor as 29th Arrives
Lee Gentle of Atlanta already named champion father of Georgia as 29th child arrived yesterday. Nineteen of the 29 children are living. A suitable name for the newborn was expected to be chosen soon. The presentation to President Coolidge and Congress was noted earlier.
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29Th
Associated Press
Atlanta
Lee Gentle
Georgia
International Paper buys big timber tract in south Arkansas
International Paper company announces purchase of about 200000 acres of cut over land in Arkansas for 1300000 dollars. The land sits near Camden on the Ouachita river and will feed a planned 5 million dollar pulp mill. The deal also involves Louisiana Pulp and Paper holdings and purchases from Wisconsin Arkansas Lumber and private landowners.
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South
Arkansas
International Paper Company
Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana
Bastrop
Camden
Ouachita River
Louisiana Pulp and Paper Company
Pulaski
Saline
Grant Counties
Boyle-Farrell Lumber Company
Hot Springs
Garland
Wisconsin-Arkansas Lumber Company
Southern International Paper Company
International Corporation
Louisiana Pulp & Paper Company
Illinois Gangs Tighten Grip On Women Deaths in South Illinois
In southern Illinois gang warfare costs lives with one woman killed and others missing. Mrs Ethel Price wife of patrolman Lory Price was found with two gunshot wounds amid search of Washington county timber patches. Carl Earl and Bernie Shelton begin 25 year terms at Leavenworth while Charles Birger remains free as a witness.
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Nashville
Tills
Illinois
Washington County
Ethel Price
Lory Price
Price
Shelton and Birger
Steve George
Shady Rest
Charles Birger
Helen Holbrook
St. Petersburg
Fla
Birger-Shelton
Shelton Brothers
Quincey
Ills
Walter M. Provine
United States
Holbrook
Harrisburg
Carl Shelton
Birger
Joe Adams
West City, Ills
Comedian Frank Tinney Disappears After Hospital Discharge
Philadelphia reports say Frank Tinney, blackface comedian, was discharged from a naval hospital after a nervous breakdown and then vanished. His brother and hospital staff knew only he left. friends speculate he may be traveling to the Pacific coast to see his former wife who reportedly would marry him again if he returned.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Frank Tinney
Naval Hospital
Tinney
Joseph Tinney
Pacific Coast
Hollywood
Missing Mississippi mother of three in fifth day search
Mrs. L E Hendry 28, of 112 Vernon street, has been missing since February 2 after leaving for a local physician’s office. Her husband, a World War veteran and carpenter, reports no word and hopes she may have gone to a sister near Hattiesburg. The family emphasizes her devotion and the ease of public notice being avoided to protect the children.
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W. H
Hattiesburg
Nord
Hendry
Payne Goes to States High Court in Conservation Case
Maj Frank T Payne seeks Supreme Court review after Judge Mark M Boatner refused rehearing and suspension of injunction in the Irion Payne conservation commissionership dispute. Attorneys planned to file a writ to compel full court review, with a decision expected by 11 o'clock if stay is not granted.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Irion-Payne Conservation Commissionership
State Supreme Court
Frank T. Payne
Mark M. Boatner
V. K. Irion
Major Ring
Conservation Department
Boatner
Payne
Supreme Court
Hugh Wilkinson
Major Payne
Joe
Large shipment returns nude art to source
A DeSiard Street news dealer Harry Prophit ends sales of nude art magazines calling them an evident evil. He states he stopped after a girl concealed two issues in a newspaper and was detected. Today his shelves are cleared of nude art publications.
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DeSiard Street News
Harry Prophit
Prophit
Daring Princess Loses Out In Philippine Rebellion
Princess Tarhata Kiram niece of the Sulu sultan and wife of rebel Data Tahil, a University of Illinois graduate once famed as Moro land’s first flapper, is captured and handed to authorities after Tahil’s forces hide in Jolo jungles. The constabulary halts attack to avoid harming Moro royalty. Tahil’s followers surrender.
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U. S
Associated Press
Manila
Tarhata Kiram
Sulu
Data Tahil
Philippine Constabulary
Zamboagna
Footsore
Mount Maligay
Jolo Island
Tshil
Jolo
Tarhata
Tah
University of Illinois
Tahil
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