Transacre d Blan Kidnappings and Missionary Torture Report
A first hand account from Father Yehlis details the alleged massacre in Kiangsi and the kidnapping of Catholic missionaries including Bishop Maguani and Father De Jenlig. He cites up to 2000 slain and ransom demands reaching 10 million dollars, while De Jenli says 8000 to 10000 may have been killed and calls later figures exaggerated.
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Ngeiat
Yehlis
Rrorey
de Jenlig
Tate
Maguani
Labaraifisistion
Kian
Com' Etx
Kiangsinee
Orlobry
Kiukiang
de Jenlix
Reds overrun Kim city as 1000 killed say priest
Father De Jenks describes Reds entering Kim on October 5 with 20 000 Communists seizing control and mass killings. He claims about 1000 slain by October 15 with another 1000 to 2000 more possible, and notes the city looted while missionary captives are treated but one Chinese priest is killed for being Christian. Population swells to 100 000 with fleeing outsiders.
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Sfarnani
Father de Jenks
Kian
Father de Jenlis
Dasa
Kim
Bishop Magnani
Magnani
Hell At
de Jenlis
Noted Artist Dies After Long Illness in Woodstock
Woodstock spare reports the death of noted artist Hubert Wintton Chanler after a long illness. He was formerly married to opera singer Dina Cavalieri. Chanler died early this morning following a period of Faeriness.
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Woodstock,n
Hubert Wintton Chanler
Dina Cavalieri
Pupils Build Musical Instruments at Dowie Elementary
Pupils from the high third and eighth grades at Dowie Elementary are crafting musical instruments as part of a school project during February. The effort involves hands on construction and basic music theory lessons led by teachers.
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Dowie Sleimentary
Governor commutes death sentence for Monty Jackson
Austin October 24 Monty Jackson a negro sentenced to death in the electric chair had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Dan Mordy Jast night hours before execution. The case involved the slaying of BH G Cornelius, night watchman in Simonton Fort Bend county in 1920. The governor followed a board recommendation after noting the record and belief that another negro may have fired the shots.
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Austin
Monty Jackson
Dan Mordy Jast
Jackson
BH. G. Cornelius
Simonton
Fort Dend
Board of Panfong Red Paroles
Faster Air Mail Service to Start
LOS ANGELES will inaugurate a 3 hour faster air mail and passenger line tomorrow by Transcontinental and Western Air Express Inc. The new service links Los Angeles and New York with improved schedules and carries both mail and passengers across the continent.
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Los Angeles
Butterfieldskagen
Airlines
Transcontinental
Western Air Express, Inc
New York Mall
Masenger
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