Japanese Claim Victory in Fight Near Jehol Front
Japanese land and air forces pressed into southeast Jehol pushing toward Yaganpao as winter weather hampered moves. They reported swift victories against Chinese troops led by Tang Yu-Lin and Cheng I-Lin, aiming to cut off Jehol from rail links and advance toward Lingyuan.
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Manchuria
Jehol
Yaganpao
Here
King
Shanhaikwan
Jehol-Manchuria
Chiumenkow
Ganpao
Tung
Apanese
Chinow
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Tang Yu-Lin
Lingyuan
Elderly Fugitive Convince Officer In Louisiana
Stroup, 63, told Deputy Parker he was a fugitive and pleaded for detention after claiming to be wanted for past bad checks. The deputy was skeptical but allowed a check with Feliciana parish authorities, while Stroup sought bed and shelter. Francisville and East Baton Rouge parish names appear in the bid.
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West Feliciana Sher
Francisville
Jes Ramblin About The Town Parade of Daily Jests
Jes Ramblin features vignettes from Monroe including a morning meet between a captain and a Baptist preacher, a city theatre manager's reunion with old schoolmates, a flu warning to Judge Schulze, a botany class bee mishap, and a mix of local queries about orthodontal care and technocracy. The column blends humor with local characters, slang, and light social observation.
Town of Forgotten Men Under Construction in Mississippi
TLANTA January 13. A town named Goodwill is being built in central Mississippi to house jobless residents who prefer work over breadlines. Backed by Goodwill Industries and the Methodist church, it plans 23 097 near Zamora Village with a school of 200 pupils and over 50 vocations. The project aims to offer reemployment through an employment bureau and mobile population.
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Missippi
E Methodist Episcopal Church
Eme
Goodwill Industries
Uisville
Mississippi
Will
Goodwill School
Beeman
Two Obstacles Now in Way of Farm Measure
Senators oppose the emergency price fixing plan as the House bill to pay producers a bounty on seven commodities faces Senate scrutiny and a possible presidential veto. House passage came amid indications President-Elect Roosevelt favored action, while Senate leaders and Borah, Smith, McNary doubt the plan’s wisdom. Committee review is promised on the bill.
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House
Senate
Hoover
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
McNary
Oregon
Borah
Idaho
Negro Fugitive Slain by Deputy in Louisiana
Albert Collins 55, a Black man, assaulted Deputy Sheriff R. M. Bishop then seized his pistol and fled from Goss to Mansfield. Deputy N. B. Austin and a Sheriff led posse tracked him to a negro settlement where Collins was shot and killed as he emerged armed, unable to fire. Bishop recovered, not seriously harmed.
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Albert Collins
R. M. Bishop
Goss
DeSoto Parish
N. B. Austin
Austin
J. J. McFatter
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Bishop
Goss-Mansfield
Collings
Oakdale Man Killed by Trap for Thieves
Willie Doyal a 22 year old Oakdale resident was shot and killed by a shotgun trap set by Randolph Plumlee in his chicken house to deter chicken thefts. Plumlee claimed the trap was a protective measure after recent thefts. City Judge Leo Williams acting as coroner held an inquest finding Doyal guilty of breaking into the chicken house but urged grand jury investigation. Sheriff Cruce Reed said Plumlee would not be arrested.
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Lake Charles
Willie Doyal
Oakdale
Randolph Plumlee
Plumlee
Leo Williams
Doyal
Cruce Reed
Oberlin
Rob Drug Store Robbery On Busy New Orleans Corner
Two unmasked men held up a drug store on North Claiborne avenue just after 8 am. They escaped with 65 dollars from the cash register. No customers were present and bystanders learned of the incident only after the robbers fled in an automobile.
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New Orleans
Banking Act Filibuster Continues in Senate Clash
Washington Jan 13 Senator Thomas Oklahoma Democrat renewed the filibuster against the Glass banking reform bill accusing the Federal Reserve Board of taking 80 million dollars out of circulation in the past week and canceling the money Glass Virginia Democrat rebutted saying the board lacks authority to remove funds and Thomas error lay in misinterpreting member bank payments to the reserve system as removal of loans.
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Washington
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Glass
Virginia
Reserve
Penitentiary Terms Meted Out To 2 Prisoners
Two defendants Anderson Beville and Fred Kunges were sentenced to two to three years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to stealing a gasoline launch valued at $400. The boat owned by W A Russell was reportedly stolen around noon Wednesday. deputies caught the suspects Thursday near the Ouachita Caldwell parish line. Tom Wilder, 54, was jailed 60 days and fined 100 dollars plus costs for selling whisky with the rest suspended upon paying costs. John Clark, a Negro, was tried for disturbing the peace.
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Fred Kunges
State Penitentiary
W. A. Russell
State Highway Department
Elderly couples lead in divorces in 1931 data
Washington report shows 1931 brought 1,065,554 marriages and 182,203 divorces. Among divorces, those married 10 to 14 years accounted for 29,246 cases, with older couples prominent in filings as the decade’s pattern. The totals mark a drop from 1929 and the smallest divorce figure since 1926.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Gasoline Station Blast Kills Man Injures Two in Manhattan
A New York gas station explosion in midtown Manhattan killed Gilman Osgood and injured two others, including Patrolman William Butler and passerby Ned Hawley. The blast at 12:56 a.m. was caused by vapor seepage from a tank ignited by a coal stove in an office nearby, sending glass flying from tall apartment buildings and the John Golden theater as police worked the scene.
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Midtown Manhattan
Times Square
Gilman Osgood
Hempstead
William Butler
Ned Hawley
Osgood
John Golden
Conroe Oil Well Still Burning Amid Fire Fight
A Conroe oil field blaze raged Friday with flames visible from Houston 40 miles away. One injured oil field firefighter H L Patton suffered a crush injury but remained active after treatment. The No 1 Madeley well blew out of control, its derrick destroyed and the rig cratered as Oklahoma crews joined the effort.
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Conroe
H. L. Patton
Longview
East Texas Field
Patton
Kansas No. 1
Madeley
Baton Rouge Man Found Guilty In Murder Case
Sydney J. Bercegeau was found guilty without the death penalty in East Baton Rouge district court for the murder of Joseph Dropenoski, a refinery worker. The verdict came after a short deliberation with Bercegeau’s insanity defense. Mrs. Dropenoski’s trial for murder was scheduled for January 18.
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Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge District Court
Sydney J. Bercegeau
Joseph Dropenoski
Bercegeau
Dropenoski
Ottillie Dropenoski
Mrs Reynolds Willing To Relinquish Rights
Alfred Holman, father of Libby Holman Reynolds, said Friday his daughter is willing to relinquish most rights except for a modest summer right to part of Smith Reynolds estate.
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Wilmington
Del
Alfred Holman
Libby Holman Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Texan passenger train wreck near Gladewater
The westbound Texan from Texarkana derailed two miles west of Gladewater Texas injuring one woman as six cars toppled into a ten foot ditch. Officials suspect a broken rail with no switch at the site. A relief train collected most passengers. three injuries were serious.
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Tex
Texan
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Texarkana
Mineola
Dallas
H. J. Swepston
Blaze Destroys Historic Armory in Baltimore
The Maryland National Guard’s Fifth Regiment Armory was destroyed by an early Friday fire with estimated losses up to 1.5 million dollars. Flames erupted at 1:50 a.m. as embers sparked smaller fires across nearby areas from a 30 mile wind. If walls and steel survive, ultimate damage may be 500 thousand. otherwise 1.5 million. Built in 1903, the armory was dedicated May 11 with attendance from military and naval officials.
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Fifth Regiment
Maryland National Guard
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington Bowie, Jr
Army
Navy
Death of Nellie Bourg Delcourt in Hammond at 59
Mrs Nellie Bourg Delcourt wife of Dr A P Delcourt a well known southeast Louisiana physician died at the family residence in Hammond on Friday She was 59 years old and prominently connected via the state.
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Nellie Bourg Delcourt
A. P Delcourt
Louisiana
West Monroe Flood Protection Advances with Levee Progress
West Monroe City Council adjourned with no action as key decision on obtaining remaining right of way for the flood protection levee awaits next meeting. About three quarters of the levee work is finished, running three miles from southwest West Monroe toward the river, with four miles more planned. The completed section protects the south side from backwater and aligns along the riverfront toward Traveler's Rest.
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West Monroe
C. C. Bell
Mitchell
Bell
Caddo Man Shoots Self in Store in Shreveport
Eugene M. Leman, 48, president of Hirsch and Leman Co. and operator of a book and stationery store since 1906, shot himself through the right temple Friday morning. No hope is held for his recovery. His brother Clarence Leman was in the store when the self-inflicted wound occurred. health had been poor for months.
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Shreveport
Eugene M. Leman
Hirsch and Leman Company
Leman
Clarence
Red) Leman
President Hoover Vetoes Philippine Independence Bill
President Hoover's veto frames the Philippine independence bill as dangerous, arguing it would invite foreign invasion, trigger economic chaos, and impose U.S. responsibility to maintain order. The House, prepared to override, faces a path toward delayed freedom with a decade of continued American control and a plebiscite deferred for 15 to 20 years.
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Washington
Hoover
House of Representatives
United States
Orient
Iselands
Ma. Hoover
Philippines
Suspensive appeal granted in Krebs versus Junod case
Judge George K. Favrot in East Baton Rouge grants a suspensive appeal in a mandamus suit filed by Bernard L. Krebs against Aly Junod assistant state treasurer. The ruling delays action against Junod until the Louisiana Supreme Court reviews the case. A mandamus directing access to treasury records is also ordered, with related suit against Treasurer Cave under advisement.
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Baton Rouge
George K. Favrot
East Bacton Rouge District Court
Bernard L. Krebs
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Aly Junod
Supreme Court
Favrot
Junod
Krebs
Treasury
Kre
Four Die in Burlington Rail Crash at Knoxville
A head-on collision of two Burlington gas electric trains on a wooden bridge near Knoxville Iowa killed four trainmen and injured 28 passengers. Engineer Charles D Hayes 65 of Albia perished trapped between engine and tender as a fire swept the wreck. Officials said trains were traveling about 30 mph. No 179 ran past its meeting point at Donnelley. Work crews advanced a new bridge and traffic was to resume by nightfall.
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Iowa
Burlington Gas-Electric
Here
Charles D. Hayes
Hayes
Albia
Des Moines
Ottum
J. I. Warren
Ottumwa
Ull
H. G. Hallberg
Burlington
J. A. Baker
Donnelley Station
Aged Spanish War Vet Is Killed In Explosion
In Houston on January 13, Joe Suda, 70, a Spanish American War veteran, died after an explosion at the rooming house he lived in. Authorities believe a gas leak caused the blast which blew out windows in his room.
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Houston
Tex
Joe Suda
Suda
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