Japanese Drive Seizes Chungshan Birthplace of Sun Yat Sen
Hongkong dispatch reports the Japanese South China army declares complete occupation of Chungshan, 50 miles south of Canton, after inland advance from Pearl River delta. Chungshan, birthplace of Sun Yat Sen, is central to Chinese republic history. Chinese fear seizure before Sun's death anniversary on March 15.
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Canton
Pearl River Delta
Sun ‘Yat-Sen
Sun
Trawlers Escape Nazi Air Raiders
London dispatch reports three trawlers the Aucuba Emulator and Persian Empire were machine gunned by German planes last night on the East coast. The crews extinguished lab lights and escaped after earlier attacks by Nazis. No official confirmation of German reports that British vessels were sunk or severely damaged.
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London
Wawlers
Eight injured in series of San Antonio crashes report
Eight San Antonians were hospitalized after a series of overnight accidents. Injuries ranged from fractures to a skull fracture. Arrest made in one crash as Daniel Blanquini was jailed on intoxication and negligent collision charges. Other injuries occurred in collisions on South Flores and near the railroad tracks with several injured riders and no arrests.
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Shiner Street
Mike Campos
Hidalgo Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Ralph
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East Crockett Street
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US Centre Steet
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Hardeman Place
Joe Martinez
South San Jacinto Street
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San Jacinto
Guadalupe
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Weather Deters U.S. Retail Trade
Harsh weather clamped down buying across many sections of the country this week. Dun and Bradstreet reported that overall trade was 4 to 8 percent higher than the similar period in 1939, but gains fell short of expectations for the year.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Vandals Destroy Church Property At St Lukes Lutheran
Police reported to Rev James F P Vorkoper of St Lukes Lutheran Church 112 Chupaderas that vandals broke plumbing and damaged the barbecue pit Friday.
Peace talks swirl as Finland pressured in Stockholm
War Roundup 1920 reports Sweden hosting Nordic diplomacy amid Inland Russia clash. Finland backs hard line on peace terms, Mannerheim pivotal. Vaino Tanner and Svinhufvud travel via Copenhagen to Berlin. Reports cite Soviet terms, potential US mediation, and British air raids as Paris talks continue.
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Associated Press
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Stockholm
United States
Extortion Letter Charge Is Filed in Kansas City
John K. Hawkes 52 of Haycee Wyoming is charged with mailing extortion letters in a bid to obtain 15000 dollars from A A Kramer president of the Columbian Steel Tank Co United States district attorney Maurice M Milligan said Hawkes was arrested by postal inspectors and faces a one count indictment based on a February 9 letter demanding 10000 dollars and three letters sent previously in the scheme
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UPI
John K. Hawkes
Haycee
Wyo
Remps
A. A. Kramer
Columbian Steel Tank Company
Mawice M. Milligan
United States
Hawkes
Kramer
Weather report fragment hints at climate data and dates
Fragmentary weather column notes temperature, humidity, precipitation, and rainfall deficiences with scattered figures. Mentions March readings, monthly totals, and daily conditions across stations, but readable specifics are limited by OCR errors.
Dutch Ships Feared Victim In Atlantic Wreck
Discovery of the 1965 ton Netherlands steamer Vecht wreck off Zee land led owners to believe she was sunk by mine or bomb while bound for North America. Delfayl reached Hansweert saying her ship was machine-gunned and bombed Wednesday night by an unidentified plane. one man wounded and the vessel slightly damaged.
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Zeeland
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War 1915 update on fleets and coast bombardments
In March 1915 reports detail Franco British fleet shelling efforts near Dardanelles and Black Sea bombardments of Turkish towns. Five allied warships suffer damage while Russian forces strike Turkish targets. Ostend bombarded by German-held positions and French repelled near Sousse after close combat.
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Belgium
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Celal
Sousse
Merce
Germany says air raids sink or damage 13 merchant ships
The official German news agency DNB reported German planes attacked ships off the British coast sinking or damaging 13 merchant vessels. The ships were in convoy or screening lights. Estimated gross tonnage was about 30,000. Attacking planes returned safely to base.
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Berlin
Germany
DNB
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