War Imminent in Province of Northern China
Peiping and Tientsin brace as Nanking forces move on Peiping via the Han kow railroad. General Yen Hsi-Shan resists Chiang Kai-Shek and vows defense with Shansi garrisons. Meanwhile Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops push through Henan with Nanking support. The situation heightens the capital’s tension and signals a broader civil-military clash in northern China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.C. Bess
United Press
Peiping
China
Nanking
Tientsin
Hankow
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yen
Ghiang Kai-Shek
Tietsin
Chiang Kai- Shek
Henan
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Hopei
Chihli
Feng-Yu-Hsiang Feng
Feng
Chiang-Kai-Shek
Texas Girl Wins U. S. Beauty Title
Miss Janet Eastman of Fort Worth Texas won the national beauty contest over 48 entrants to gain America's sweetheart honors. She received 2500 in gold a silver roving cup and chances to appear in Broadway revues with endorsement opportunities. The 10 finalists included Miss Alberta McKellop Miss Margaret Ekdahl Miss Rossella Dressen Miss Dolly Arkney and others from California Florida Illinois Minnesota Missouri North Dakota Utah Oregon.
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Miami
Fla
Janet Eastman
Fort Worth
Tex
America
Broadway
California
Florida
al Berta McKeliop
Los Angeles
Margaret Eekdahl
Tampa
Eastman
Alberta McKellop
Markareé Iekdahl
Illinois
Utah
Beatrice Lee
Salt Lake City
Oregon
Elizabeth Bacon
Portland, Ore
Doctors Cleared of Manslaughter in Newborn Death
Grand Rapids report states doctors Seth Nibbelink and Samuel Hirshberg were found not guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of a newborn infant. The Superior Court jury reached the verdict after about two hours of deliberation.
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Grand Rapids
Seth Nibbelink
Samual Hirshberg
Whalen Defends Drive Against Communist Mass Action
New York March 12 Police Commissioner Grover A Whalen defends his drive against communist mass action while protests erupt over his blacklist of 300 communists in major businesses and public service. Whalen says the list is shared with employers to monitor movements aimed at disrupting law and order. Norman Thomas vows to mobilize to remove Whalen from office as J McKeen Cattell cites legal issues with the blacklist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover A. Whalen
Public Service
Whalen
J. McKeen Cattell
Columbia University
The
Scientific Monthly
Norman Thomas
Union Square
Muskegon Jail Break Foiled
United Press reports a jail break plot at Muskegon County Jail involving six prisoners. Weapons hidden under a tub disrupted the plan to attack jail staff and raid the sheriff’s office. Ring leaders Sochowski and Slugay, plus Gallant Jurdsik Kelley Guranes and another, were to be sentenced in circuit court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
William Tissue
David Parons
Night Journkey
John Spira
Trusty
Tissue
Parsons
Spira
Alex Sochowski
Stanley Slugay
John Gallant
Tedward Jurdsik
Thomas Kelley
Stanley Guranes
Sochowski
Slugay
Condemned convict hanged himself in Oklahoma prison
Charles Fray, slated for execution March 28, killed his second wife Lucile Fray on May 3, 1928, in Tulsa. He was charged with killing his former wife Laura Fray at Jenks, Oklahoma, on the same day but never tried. He died by his own action in the state penitentiary in McAlester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Okla
Charles Fray
State
Fray
Swift
Lucile Fray
Tulsa
Digo Wis
Laura Fray
Jenks
Campaign to reduce wheat acreage begins amid price slump
Washington March 12 Chairman Legge of the Federal Farm Board has started an intensive drive to persuade wheat farmers to cut acreage for next year. Officials have proposed a 10 percent reduction but Legge warned that without production cuts the board can offer nothing, signaling a pressing crisis for depressed prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Mar
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Agriculture Department
Gandhi Begins Famous March For India’s Peaceful Revolution
United Press reports Mahatma Gandhi leading a small band of 79 followers from his Ashram near Ahmedabad at dawn marching toward Jalalpur to refine Haris in open defiance of British rule. Crowds estimated at 100000 cheered as the pilgrimage began amid ceremonies.
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Ahmedabad
India
Mahatma
Gandhiy
Gandhi
Jalalpur
Haris
Gandi
Kaira
Abbas Tayabia
Supreme Court of
Baroda
Chaman Lal Joshi
Andy Brown Files False Tax Return Amid Tax Drama
Chicago reports Andy Brown filing his income tax today with Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge, an internal revenue collector, in a scandalous reveal. The fictitious company Fresh Air Taxi incorporated in 1929 shows $50,000,060 gross with bizarre line items and odd deductions, including a $20,000,000 loss and unanswerable balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Andy Brown
Amos
Andy
Myrtle ‘Tanner Blacklidge
Internal Revenue Collector
Fresh Air Taxicab Company, Incorporated
B. C
Sami
Prohibition 8 Defended by Women in Capitol Hearing
A band of women leaders urged the House Judiciary committee to uphold prohibition. Twenty three testified for strict enforcement and to make buyers as liable as sellers. They argued prohibition improves homes and safeguards women's liberty, urging local law enforcement groups to counter pro propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Henry Tord
Thomas A. Edison
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
William J. Bryan
Henry W. Peabody
Boston
Women's National Committee On Law Enforcement
Hanor
Key
Fire Rages Through Patterson Block In Downtown Detroit
Trapped on the third floor during the blaze last night a woman and a man leaped to safety into a fire net. The Patterson block across from city hall was destroyed with losses over 800000. Mrs Mie Ztlhayers and Russell Fabian were the trapped residents. The fire started in the basement and raced up the shaft as workers fled. Detroit, Mar 12. Bedridden Earl Hoot died hours before his ninth birthday birthday party radio broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Patterson Block
Mie Ztlhayers
Anne Moran School of Beauty Culture
Russell, Fabian
Detroit
Earl Hoot
Congress Today Senate and House Debates Highlight Mail Contracts
Senate committee discusses award of mail contracts to shipping firms as Witty Claudius Hustory, chairman of the Republican National Committee, watches. House debates a motor bus regulation bill while Judiciary committee resumes prohibition hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pbby
Witty Claudius Hustory
Republican National Committee
An J
Commercee
HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Communists Arrested Leaders Held for Trial
On March 12 in New York the leaders of a communist demonstration were jailed on $5,000 bail each for unlawful assembly. Named are William Z Foster, Robert Minor, Israel Amster, Harry Raymond, and Joseph Lester. Police officials faced questioning over riot control procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
William Z. Foster
Workers’ Party
Robert Minor
The
Daily Worker
Israel Amster
Harry Raymond
Joseph Lester
Grover Whalen
Mulrooney
Whalen
Joseph Brodsky
Volunteers of America Leader backs A. D. Wood for parole panel
Maude M. Booth commander general of the Volunteers of America endorses Arthur D. Wood for membership on the proposed federal pardons and paroles commission. The bill creating the commission has passed the House and is before the Senate in Washington. The three member panel aims to oversee parole policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lansing
Maude M. Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Arthur D. Wood
Federal ‘Pardons and Paroles Commission
House
Senate
Washington
Michigan
Epidemic of Cottage Fires Rages Near Algonac Michigan
State fire marshal probes a rash of cottage fires around Algonac Michigan with several cottages destroyed at Point Tremble causing about $12000 in losses. Buildings owned by Detroit residents were involved and the cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algonac
Mich
Point Tremble
Lindbergh's Mother Could Lose Detroit Teaching Post
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh mother of Charles A Lindbergh may lose her chemistry instructor job at a Detroit high school if a proposed residence rule for teachers is adopted. The measure would affect 786 instructors and action was postponed by the board. She moved to Grosse Pointe a year ago and has held the post seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Evangeline L.L. ‘Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Board ‘of Education
Lindbergh
Grosse Point
Far East Side
Rioting at East Philadelphia Hosiery Mills Causes Injuries
More than 300 police guarded the T C Aberle Hosiery Mills as 25 workers were beaten and wounded during a strike clash. A mob attacked strike breaker Peter Martoni and his daughters, Martoni fired on the crowd, was arrested after rescue by police, and several were treated for gunshot and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Philadelphia
T. C. Aberle
Peter Martoni
Martoni
France considers withdrawal from London naval talks
Paris reports indicate France might pull its delegation from the Five-Power Naval conference in London amid rising British and American opposition to Paris's demand for security pacts in exchange for reductions in French naval tonnage. Paris observers note France refuses to cut totals without binding agreements.
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Stewart Brown
United Press
Paris
France
London
Britain
America
Congress Resumes Tariff Debate After Taft Death
Washington March 12 Congress resumes business after two days of quiet due to William Howard Taft's death. The Senate approved a 100 million dollar requested appropriation for the Federal Farm Board. The sugar duty vote looms as a pivotal test in shaping the tariff bill and possible increases on other key products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
William Howard Taft
Senate
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Pair Charged With Extortion in Los Angeles Case
Los Angeles county grand jury will decide whether to indict Morris Lavine and Miss Leontine Johnson on extortion charges over threats to print stories about the Julian Petroleum collapse. Each bond is 10000 dollars. both appeared before the grand jury after Lavine was arrested with 75000 dollars in marked money. The Examiner suspended Lavine and Miss Johnson pending the outcome.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Morris Lavine
8. C. Lewis
Julian
Lavine
Grand Jury
The
Los Angeles Examiner
Convict Father and Son Plead Guilty in Mann Act Case
William Cates, 68, and his son Richard, 22, pleaded guilty to Mann Act charges for transporting Margaret Berk from Michigan to Indiana where Richard wed her. Howard Cates, 17, had charges dropped. The Cates, from Junction City Colorado, allegedly married about a dozen women across the U.S. and defrauded several of them before abandoning the women.
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Grand Rauids
William Cates
Richard
United States
Howard Cates
Cates
Junction City
Colo
Margaret Berk
St. Joseph
Mich
Indiana
Haiti Tense as Hoover Commission Pushes Reform
In Cape Haitien on March 12 the Haitian political crisis persisted while Brigadier General John H. Russell the American High Commissioner urged President Louis Borno to honor the Hoover Investigating Commission agreement for government reform. The commission seeks calm, not violence, relying on concessions and rights for both sides to win eventual acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Haitien
Haiti
John H. Russell
Amercan
Luis Borno
Hoover
Commission
Korne
Miller back in Lansing after release on bond
Mrs. Etta Mae Miller returns to her family in Lansing after being released from Ingham County Jail on bond for a new trial on a prior conviction. Prosecutor moves to reassemble witnesses for a tentative March 24 retrial, seeking three missing witnesses including Frank Eastman and John Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Lansing
Tetta Mae Miller
Ingham County
State Supreme Court
Miller
Green
John W. Bird
Dre
Frank Eastman
Lansing Booze
John Haynes
Ebbett Cark
Hastman
Wisconsin
Haynes
Clarl
Doheny Loses In Legal Tilt Over Bribery Indictment
United Press reports E L Doheny millionaire oilman lost the first round in his bribery indictment fight. Justice William Hitz denied two pleas in abatement claiming a previous acquittal in the $100000 Fall bribe case. Jury selection began with light men and four women summoned to the box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
E. Ll. Doheny
William Hitz
Doheny
le Otek
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Justice Hitz
Plan to ordain women sparks Anglican bishops meeting
Agenda from the Protestant Episcopal Church national headquarters notes debates on women ordination, Bible interpretation amid modern discoveries, and marriage and divorce issues facing Anglican bishops gathering in England from July 5 to August 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Conference of Anglican ‘Bishops
England
Protestant Episcopal Church
Weather outlook with rain or snow possible tonight
The report indicates possible rain or snow starting tonight with southeast areas likely to be affected. temperatures show a mix of low thirties to mid forties across cities including Chicago Detroit and Sault Ste. Marie with unsettled conditions into Thursday.
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Alpena .c
Chicago
Detroit
Escanaba
Marquette
Sault Ste. Marie
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