Japanese Efforts and Truces Reported Near Whangpoo Front
The piece describes a four hour truce to evacuate civilians near the Whangpoo area with no firing from dawn to noon. It notes Father Jecquinol gaining a cease from Japanese naval command and a Turkish-like international effort for evacuations, plus a Japanese destroyer clash and US infantry deployment along Woo Creek amid ongoing hostilities.
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International
Weil
Unis
Friest
Father Jecquinol
Nanteo
Takiwa
Fly
von Sunwhe
Rncan
United States
Adver.seemed tops Cough instantly reliever claim
Fragmented ad style text markets a cough syrup as an instant relief product with dubious claims. The readable portions mention relief, a good old solution, and suggest it ends a cough, but the passage is garbled and lacks verifiable details or branding.
Japanese bombing error sparks calls for military plane ban
A Japanese air raid on a Chinese settlement near Chapei killed five Chinese women and children in a cotton mill. Japanese officials apologized, blaming a faulty release mechanism and miscalculation. Five planes hit the Shanghai–Nanking railway area. two additional deaths reported. Commanders, including Vice Admiral Nomura, urged planes stay clear of settlement boundaries and pledged reparations.
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Shimada
Bowdery
Chapei
K Nomura
Shanghai
Shanghai-Nanking
Jap Apology for Bombing of Cotton Mill
Shanghai February 11 A formal apology for the bombing of the Wingon cotton mill by a Japanese airplane was delivered to United States Consul General Edwin R Cunningham by the Japanese consul general. The mill in the American marine defense area along Soo Chow creek was badly damaged and six Chinese were killed while 100 U S marines faced danger. The incendiary bomb failed to ignite and no protest had been made.
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Shanghai
INS
Wingon
United States
Edwin R. Cunningham
Cunningham
Soldier Arrested for Flying Plane Without Orders
Private L. Johns of the Forly fiat School squadron flew an unoccupied attack airplane at Kelly field without permission around San Antonio. He took off, rode for half an hour, landed perfectly, and was jailed in the post guardhouse. Charges of disobedience of orders would be placed against him. He had some instruction in commercial flying. Real bargains in radios and musical instruments appear in Light Classified Miscellaneous ads.
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L. Johns
Forlyfiat
Kelly
San Antonio
Posal
Japanese War Report From Woosung Village Front
A correspondent describes Chinese defenders at Woosung village resisting repeated Japanese bombardment. From a lightship off the Whangpoo river to shore, shells, air raids, and machine-gun fire illuminate a stubborn stand. The piece notes German military influence on Japanese tactics and praises Chinese endurance amid heavy shelling and siege conditions.
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Whangpoo River
Miouth
Woosung Creek
Woosung
Materjlal
Yangtze
Navy
Woosupg
Paine
Wooeung Vilage
Tmne
Slick Co
Wonsung
Manchuria
Germany
China Shore Duel and a Narrow Escape
A correspondent observes a three hour naval duel where Chinese shore defenses face Japanese destroyers. Aiming to witness the mouth of the Yangtze, the observer and two Chinese boatmen dodge gunfire and come under fire from a passing Japanese destroyer. They narrowly escape, aided by a nightship and safe waters, amid ongoing improvised crossings and shifting ceasefire pauses.
Diplomatic Watch Mindful as China Japan Tensions Rise
Washington reports diplomatic activity between Japan and China remains in a watchful posture. General Peck notes several Americans British and Germans are leaving Nanking for Shanghai while officials say an evacuation of Americans from Shanghai remains possible but unlikely at this stage.
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Washington
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Japan
China
Nankingyal
Willys B. Peck
Manking
State Department
Shanghai
Americana
Russians Mass at Manchurian Border
The Japanese consul at Harbin Manchuria wirelessed the government that Soviet forces concentrate at three Siberian border points Nikodisk Manehull and Vladivostok. Troops massing amid fears White Russian groups in Harbin could cross into Siberia.
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Manchurian
Tokio
Marhin
Manchuria
Siberian
Ohas
Nikodisk
Manehull
Vladivostok
Harbin
Siberia
Russian Leader Commits Death: Report From Beersen Courier
Berlin dispatch cites Beersen Courier claim that Prof. A. Gi Gluteky, once linked to exiled Léon Trotzky, killed himself in Moscow after being charged with counter revolutionary activity. The report attributes the source as strong but unverified.
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Berlin
Fes
Beersen Courier Today
A. Gi Gluteky
Léon ‘Trotzky
Moscow
Hindenburg to run again in re election bid
In Berlin on Sunday a proclamation announced the nomination for re election to the presidency. The notice implies continued leadership by Hindenburg, urging supporters to grow with San Antonio through business and community efforts, as listed in the light classified ads.
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