Ambassadors Deny Charges Amid Jehol War News
The United States faced accusations in papers of funding China against Japan, which Ambassador Grew denied. A Japanese war office claimed Americans supplied the Chinese with airplanes and arms. An Italian soldier was killed in Shanhaikwan, with Blome seeking satisfaction from Chinese authorities. Japanese airstrikes damaged a Chinese HQ at Kailu Jehol as forces concentrate in Jehol for a potential Manchukuo campaign.
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Associated Press
United States
China
Joseph C. Grew
Japanese War Office
Shanhaikwan
Blome
Kailu
Jehol
Tungliao
Manchukuo
Great Wall of China
Fight Over Party Control Seen Within Hoover Era
Washington reports foreseen clash between Hoover loyalists and old guard within the Republican Party over leadership after Hoover’s presidency. Moves aim to block Hoover from retaking titular chief, with open struggle expected after March 4. The old guard seeks a new organization, purged top to bottom, to prepare for 1934 elections and possibly claim the Speakership in a bid toward 1936 administration.
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Washington
Old Guard
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Village mischief and honors in a small town
Hilarity and local quirks fill this town column. A pajama clad man wrestles a polecat in a chicken roost after a nocturnal ruckus on Benton street. Jack Warren unknowingly becomes chamber president, found by a reporter at his office, while H C Ray Jr laments unpaid 1933 legion fees. Bills for Shriners foil and a barber shop moustache cap the feature with lighthearted portraits.
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Joe Crowley
Benton Street
Jack Warren
Chamber of Commerce
Prohibition Remains a Big Issue on Its Thirteenth Year
Washington reports mark the thirteenth anniversary of Prohibition as Congress debates legalizing beer and wine while wets push to repeal. Democrats back repeal or regulation, Dries anticipate Hoover veto, and Senator Sheppard prepares annual address opposing the beer bill as unconstitutional.
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Congress
Senate
Drys
Hoover
Engineer Says Technocracy Is Scientific Hoax
Frederick H. McDonald, on the American Engineering council committee, brands technocracy a cleverest pseudo scientific hoax. He says the project pretends engineering and scientific approval while promoting unsubstantiated claims and charlatanism.
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McDonald
Fugitive Roy Howard Captured in Abilene Texas
Roy H. Howard, 32, a twice-escaped suspect linked to burglary and attempted criminal attack, was arrested by Abilene police in Texas after a nationwide search. Louisiana authorities identified him via a bureau circular and noted his prior escapes and Mann Act charge. He previously fled from Shreveport area custody and was once arrested as John H. Pegram in Arcadia California.
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Roy H. Howard
Webster Parish
Louisiana
Abilene
Texas
R. L. Whitman
Whitman
Howard
W. R. Sibley
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State Bureau of
Shreveport
John H. Pegram
Arcadia
Cal
Sibley
Action Deferred By Senate On Farm Relief
Washington Jan 16 A Senate agriculture committee deferred action on the domestic allotment farm relief bill at the request of Senator Smith of South Carolina He planned to confer with President Elect Roosevelt before proceeding The committee recessed until Tuesday morning Smith who doubts the plan left for New York to gauge Roosevelt views the bill would guarantee prewar prices for wheat cotton tobacco rice peanuts butterfat and hogs Roosevelt sympathetic to the principle expected to meet Smith in New York City by telephone a conference was arranged for 4 PM in New York City
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
New York
House
New York City
Rancher Is Given Life For Murder
John T. Bibeau, a rancher, was convicted of first degree murder in the November 25 shooting of Alfred T. Elliott at a jointly owned ranch. The jury recommended life imprisonment rather than death. Mrs. Elliott, who had an affair with Bibeau for 16 years, said he should have been hanged.
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Seattle
John T. Bibeau
Alfred T. Elliott
Supreme Court denies six states water diversion petition
On January 16, the U S Supreme Court refused to allow Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas to file a petition challenging a ruling that limits water diversion from Lake. The denial halts further immediate action by the six states in their bid to modify the court's decision.
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Washington
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Negro Killed While Attempting Escape From Police
General Carradine, 37, a Black resident of Wisner, was shot and killed about 6 30 p m Sunday near Ouachita and Eighth streets in Newtown while officers... The coroner and sheriff ruled the shooting a justifiable homicide after one bullet pierced Carradine's head. Officer B H Grayson fired as the man tried to flee.
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General Carradine
Wisner
B. H. Grayson
Ouachita
Eighth Streets
Newtown
C. L. Mengis
Parish
Milton Coverdale
L. V. Tarver
Grayson
Conroe Oil Well Still Burning After Tunnel Effort
Flames and mud erupted from the Standard of Kansas No 1 Madeley oil well at Conroe Texas as firefighters bored a tunnel 300 feet back from the crater to sever the casing. The $250000 loss was expected to grow if the water flood failed to interrupt gas flow. Veteran fire fighter H L Patton warned that nitroglycerin could be used in the tunnel if water failed.
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Conroe
Tex
Standard of Kansas No
Madeley
H. L. Patton
Longview
Auction Sale Of 101 Ranch Land In Perry Okla
Additional tracts of the 101 ranch were placed on the auction block at a sheriff sale in Perry Oklahoma on Monday. The sale was ordered in favor of the Phoenix Joint Stock Land Bank of Kansas City to recover ranch loans totaling $36,587 plus attorney fees of $3.52. Meanwhile Colonel Zack Miller renewed his breach of contract suit against Tom Mix in Erie Pennsylvania after a prior verdict was overturned on appeal.
State bonds bought by five New Orleans banks
Five Orleans banks purchased five million dollars of state of Louisiana refunding bonds at 96.07 price for 6 percent yield. The sale, under constitutional amendment No. 5, was accepted after a brief session, with an alternative 5 1/2 percent offer also considered. The banking syndicate includes Hibernia, Interstate, Canal, American, and Whitney Central banks.
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Orleans
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
State of
Board of Liquidation
Louisiana State University
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Interstate Trust and Banking Company
Canal Bank and Trust Company
American Bank and Trust Company
Whitney Central Trust and Savings Bank
Six Held After Gunfight At Louisiana Garage
Six men were detained in St. Mary parish jail in Franklin, La., as investigators probe the Saturday night killing of a man amid a group of about 14 who broke into a garage seeking stored liquor. The garage behind Clifford Lirette’s home was rented to Achille Gros who allegedly fired three shots. A bullet-riddled truck linked to the group was found three miles from Morgan City as sheriff Pecot notes the men admitted visiting the garage but denied aiming to hijack liquor. Sheriff Stark থাকার
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Thibodaux
St. Mary Parish
Franklin
Clifford J. Lirette
Achille Gros
Evangelist Aimee McPherson Hutton Improving
In Los Angeles on January 16 Dr L C Audrain reported a decided improvement in the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Huttons condition. He said last week she had been in a coma with death imminent and has faced a long period of critical illness amid a breach of contract suit filed by Roy Stewart seeking 240000 for a motion picture project.
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Los Angeles
L. C. Audrain
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Audrain
Roy Stewart
Hutton
Doctors Are Perplexed By Prolonged Sneezing Of Wisconsin Woman
Daisy Jost a 15 year old from Chippewa Falls after a weeklong bout of sneezing that shook her chest and throat and worried doctors including Mayo Clinic specialists. By Monday the attacks lessened but remained severe and painful with concern for her heart, yet Dr William E Henske reported improvement and diminished frequency and violence of the seizures.
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Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Daisy Jost
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
William E. Henske
Heart Attack Proves Fatal to Local Man
Joe Bellmore, 50, of North Fifth Street West Monroe, died en route to the Clinic after a sudden heart attack while awaiting road crew work with men from the local unemployment bureau. Coroner Dr. C L Mengis ruled death from coronary occlusion. He lived in West Monroe but worked on roads near Fondale and left behind a wife and six children.
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Joe Bellmore
North Fifth Street
West Monroe
Mr. Bellmore
C. L. Mengis
Parish
Bellmore
Fondale
Clarks
Week's Delay On Beer Bill Forced By Group
Washington January 16 A full Senate Judiciary Committee delayed action on the Collier Blaine bill to legalize 3 05 beer and wine as members spent two hours debating the Volstead act modification. No final vote was reached though chairman Norris said a vote likely next Monday with minor amendments approved and the key issue remained the proposed 3.05 percent alcohol limit.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Filibuster in Senate Extends Fifth Day Over Prohibition Speech
Senator Long of Louisiana refuses to yield the floor delaying Senator Sheppard of Texas who would deliver his annual prohibition anniversary address. Leaders debate overriding Hoover veto on Philippine independence and banking reform as the filibuster continues into its fifth day.
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Washington
Long
Louisiana
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Hoover
Southerners Die in Mishaps Across the South
Eleven people died in weekend accidents across the south. Florida reported seven fatalities from a single wreck as Frank Harter of Jesup Ga led lumber to Jacksonville and collided with a Seaboard train at Baldwin. Pedro Smith of Ouachita City La, Frank D. Vollmer of Luxora Ark, Mrs Etta Odom near Birmingham Ala, and Earl Smith near Richmond Va all perished in separate incidents. A missing trio using a motorboat on Grand Pass near Lake Borgne and Mississippi Sound were feared drowned: W R Douglas Jr Valentine Schaaf Jr and Gabriel Nicholich.
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Atlanta
Florida
Louisiana
Alabama
Virginia
Arkeansas
Frank Harter
Jesup
Jacksonville
Seaboard Air Line
Baldwin
Pedro Smith
Ouachita City
Frank D. Vollmer
Luxora
Blytheville
Ark
Etta Odom
Cahaba River
Birmingham
Ala
Earl Smith
Richmond
New Orleans
Grand Pass
Lake Borgne
Mississippi Sound
W. R. Douglas, Jr
Louisiana Conservation Department
Valentine Schaaf, Jr
Gabriel Nicholich
Roosevelt Weighs Youthful Cabinet Advice
President elect Roosevelt weighs a younger cabinet after backers including Col. E. M. House and William G. McAdoo press for fresh faces. He still leans on experienced lawmakers Senator Glass and Walsh, with no firm announcements expected for two weeks.
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Virginia
Walsh
Montana
America
Owen D. Young
New York
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Mr. McAdoo
Mr. Roosevelt
California
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