Chicago Exposition Nears Open as City Debates Taxes
Arthur Brisbane reports from Chicago on weather, taxes, and civic life. He notes city efforts to boost commerce, a push to buy locally to support tax revenue, and the forthcoming exposition. The piece also recounts social observations including a blind street musician and governance debates. General Pershing comments on preparedness and war, urging readiness and warning pacifist misgivings about unpreparedness. The column weaves weather quirks with civic concerns and national defense reflections.
American Flier Killed by Japs Halt Maine Argentina Flight
A report notes an American flier was killed by Japanese forces, while a Maine to Argentina flight was halted due to motor trouble. The article also covers U S congressional actions on tax policy and expected revenue to address deficits in 1933. It cites Treasury Secretary Mills and the House Ways and Means Committee, with emphasis on proposed manufacturers sales tax and temporary tax increases.
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Argentina
Washington, D. C
House
Ways and
Mills
Crisp
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Ialag
Congress
Treasury Department
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Ways and Means
Milla
Lhatik
Girl With Water Gun Robber Holds Up Mobs in Indianapolis
An 11 year old girl in Indianapolis on February 24 used a water gun to threaten people on the north side. Police and radio squads chased the attacker as she reportedly held up motorists and pedestrians. A taxicab driver recovered the weapon after striking her, breaking her arm, and retrieved the money.
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Indianapolis
Polce
Vera Wood
Chinese deny shelling blame over foreign protest
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese authorities rejected responsibility for Mourray bombardment in the international settlement. They say Japanese forces used the settlement as a base for military operations, despite a joint protest by the United States Britain Italy and Portugal.
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Shanghai
Pep
Tinsi
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Portugal
Mourray
Bealnse
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday with little temperature change. Lows Tuesday night about 43 degrees and highs Wednesday near 64. Winds light to moderate and mostly northerly. East Texas mostly cloudy with warmer in northwest Tuesday night and variable northerly to easterly winds. West Texas fair and warmer in north and west portions Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Porlon
West Tees
Porens
Japs Use Three as Human Bombs in Wires Breakthrough
Shanghai February 3. Three Japanese privates sacrificed their lives to blast through barbed wire near Miaohung. An engineering detachment carried a high explosive charge to the wire, and volunteers jumped onto the charges, causing a blast that destroyed the wire, allowing a Japanese column to advance over their bodies.
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Shanghai
Miaohung
Dalfallon
Jap-Kiangwan Attack Fails as Chinese Hold Line
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese headquarters admitting a major drive on Kiangwan failed to dislodge Chinese defenders. After 96 hours of heavy fighting, the Chinese reportedly stand firm while the Japanese say their forces are exhausted and request rest.
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Kiangewan
Shanghai
Kiang- Wan
Ruth Judd Granted Retrial And Possible Florence Sentence
A new trial is granted for Winnie Ruth Judd, with a pending decision by Judge Howard Speakman. If denied, she faces the death penalty. The jury previously convicted her in February for the murder of Mrs. Agnes Anne Banall and prescribed the death penalty.
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Ruth Judd
Phoenix
Aria
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Florence
Howard Speakman
Judd Guiity
Agnes Anne Banal
Senate Navy Committee Backs Treaty Limit Bill
The Senate Navy Committee approved Hale’s bill to authorize naval construction up to London treaty limits. Passed unanimously, the measure imposes no appropriations and sets no funding. Chair Taile sponsored the bill as it aligns with treaty maximums.
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Washington, D. G
Senate Nave Committee
Tiale
Adventists Seek Church Freedom at Southwestern Union Conference
In Oklahoma City on February 3, the Southwestern Union conference of the Seventh Day Adventists adopted a resolution opposing compulsory religious observances anywhere in the United States. Delegates endorsed absolute separation of church and state and religious freedom as taught by Christianity.
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Adventists For Church
Oklahoma City
United States
Southwestern Union Conference
Seventh Day Adventists
House Body Will Study Economies
Washington report states the Democratic House created an economy committee to study and recommend reductions in federal expenditures, sidestepping President Hoover’s request for authority to reorganize the government.
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Washington, D. C
Hoovera
Democratic House
Neff Elected Baylor U. President by Board of Trustees
Waco Texas February 23 Fat Nett former governor of Texas was elected president of Baylor University today by the Baylor board of trustees. The selection marks a major leadership change as Nett takes the helm of the university.
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Neff
Baylor U
Waco
Texas
i—Fat Nett
Baylor Uni
Baylor” Board of Truste
Texans Rule Oil Firms Sued In Anti trust Case
Texas District Judge J D Moore sustains attachments on stock worth about 100 million in the states anti trust ouster suit against Standard Oil of New Jersey and California and Socony Vacuum. He says parent oil companies may be subject to Texas courts even via subsidiaries. Default judgments possible if no answer by 8 this evening.
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Austin
Texas
INS
J. D. Moore
Moore
Mula
Standard OM
New Jersey
California
Socany-Vacuum Company
Cotponntes
Sinclair Oil and Reining Company
Charles Black
Allred
Geneva Conference Recess Planned for Two Weeks
The world disarmament conference at Geneva will adjourn for two weeks beginning March 19. The Easter recess is shorter than earlier planned, and the decision was announced this afternoon in Geneva Switzerland.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Hadeen
Utah Tobacco Ad Ban Upheld By Supreme Court
The Utah law banning tobacco advertisements on billboards was sustained today by the Supreme Court. The decision preserves restrictions aimed at curbing youth exposure to tobacco ads.
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Utah
Washington, D. GC
Titan
Supreme Court
Rum Runners Hold Halifax Convention Amid Secrecy
Halifax february meeting gathers international rum runners and bootleggers to discuss peace treaties territorial rights and prices. Delegates arrive by New York Boston trains from Montreal and Yarmouth as Nova Scotia hotel hosts guests using code names amid talk of an Americas Canadian distribution agents merger.
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Halifax
New York
Boston
Montreal
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Nation Warned Against Cutting Education Funds
Edwin G. Broome, superintendent of schools Philadelphia, warned at the National Education Association convention that public schools must bear a fair share of budget cuts but should not be the first or major sacrifice during economic stress. He urged protecting education funding while seeking efficiency.
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Washington, D.C
Edwin G. Broome
Philadelphia
Department of Superintendence
National Education Association
Broome
Stillman Waits Grandson's Advent in Boston Hospital
James A Stillman, NY banker and millionaire, rushed to the New England Baylist hospital in Boston as his backwoods daughter-in-law Mrs James A Stillman prepared to give birth to his grandson. Lena Wilson, wife to Stillman's son studying medicine, had entered the hospital.
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Boston Hospital
Nestes
James A. Stllman
New York
Boston
James A. Bud" Stillman
Stiliman
New England Baylist Hospital
Lena Wilson
Hose l
Judge Cardozo Nomination Cleared by Senate Panel
Washington February 23. The senate Judiciary Committee unanimously favored the nomination of Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo to the Supreme Court. The move clears the way for a likely confirmation to succeed the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Washington, D. G
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Eazyratttes
New York
Quyer Wendell Holmes
Japs Repulsed In Series Of Shanghai Battles
Shanghai front along Chapei to Klangwan sees fierce fighting as Chinese defenders thwart Japanese assaults. Both sides suffer heavy losses with the Japanese only claiming success in destroying Hungjan airfield and Soochow base. Smoke screens, artillery barrages, and Red Cross efforts marked the day as battles continued.
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Gapyviedt
Shanghai
Chapei
Klangwan
Hungjan
ATR
Soochow
Shanghai-Nanking
Kiangwan
Kiengwan
Red Cross
Alea
Chapel
Klang- Won
Airman Shot In Fierce Air Battle Over China
A dramatic two minute air fight near Soo chow ends with American Lieut Robert M Short dead. Short piloted a new Boeing Pursuit against three Japanese naval planes. one Japanese pilot killed and one American presumed dead. Chinese and Japanese accounts differ on numbers and outcomes as the battle continues near Kiangwan and Cheou.
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Service Bhanghai
Soochow
Robert M. Short
U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve
Los Angeles
Galt
Short
Boeing
Modani
Shangwai-Boochow
Iine
Tigmeiy
Kofant
Enort
Sedanl
Shen
Ben Caust
Kiagwan
Kiangwan
Cheou
Itrex
Sfield
Newcomers and listings in Belvedere Dr and Camberinod area
Classified notice lists new residents and monthly rates at several addresses including 111 Camberinod 449 month and 406 King Wm. It mentions M Bene and Ensax 422 mnnth as part of a local housing or hotel style listing. Additional fragments reference Belvedere Dr Horcemptels and various names with unrelated notes.
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New York Central
Pacter
Afr Drake
Blackstone
Lake Geneva
Boulholme
M. Bene
King Wm
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