Japanese Warships Fire on British Airplanes
Japanese warships opened fire on a British Imperial Airways flying boat south of Hong Kong while en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong. Passengers aboard the British plane reported machine gun fire and anti aircraft shells as the ships fired in the busy international air corridor amid growing tensions in Shanghai and the Pacific region. Authorities noted the attack occurred near the International Settlement and involved ships believed to be destroyers.
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Accorfiuz
Hong Kong
Desioyers
Tie Pane
Jes
Wheatet
Fischer
Shanghai
Edward But
Birt
Jose An Ye
An Englenman
Shausi
Reag
Ney
Laniea
Taiyuante
Atce
Hearst Papers Score Beats in Crises
Hearst papers report Eden resigns as British foreign secretary, foreshadowed by INS dispatches. London cables on Feb 11 and Feb 14 describe cabinet splits over policy and a new deal with Italy. Cleveland News editorial calls it a brag, noting prior INS claims of Anglo Italian shifts.
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Anthony Eden
Hearst
International News Service
Eden
London
William Hillman
Europe
Chamberlain
Kingsbury Smith
Cleveland News
International
Ln.s
England
Italy
Spain
Britain
Ethiopia
Chief of the Ring and Five Aides Still Being Hunted
International spy plot unfolds as G men raid and trap foreign agents in New York. Arrests include Johanna Hofmann and Guenther Rum Rath while two more suspects are cornered in a mid town hotel. A New York doctor with anti Jewish bias remains under scrutiny as inquiries widen.
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Johanna Hofmann
Europs
Guenther Gustave Rumrath
United States Army
Erich Glaser
Mitchell Feld
Department of Justice
Harrison
Leomia
Elyah Walker Helferdi Esa
Soerstary
Ben-paar Hartson
Tocay
Twenty-One Soviet Chiefs to Face Trial in Moscow
Moscow February 28 The purge belief shattered as 21 former Bolshevik leaders are set to stand trial for their lives Wednesday. Five defendants, noted medical men, allegedly ordered Maxim Gorki's poisoning, linked to the death of a noted Russian figure. Included are Nikolai Bulgakov, Alexei Arkoff, and Hearst Yagoda. The case ties to Trotskyist elements and a larger purge that unsettled the nation.
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Moscow
Russia
Josef Stalin
Yainéd
Maxim Gorki
Nikolai Bulghama
Lenin- Alexei Arkoff
Posts Telegraph and Radio
Hearst Yagoda
Russi
Gorhr
Imnenal Russa
Gorki
Hig
Rei
Pershing Shows Signs of Improvement in Tucson
General John J. Pershing, convalescing at a desert sanatorium near Tucson, is reported by Dr. Renal Davison to be more alert, able to swallow food during consciousness, and with a beating heart despite damage. Family and aides observed him responding to visitors as physicians noted hopeful signs amid a serious battle with illness.
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Tucson Ariz
John J. Pershing
Renal Davison
Pershing
General Pershing
Davison
Ing Fam
Desert
Tym
Fanting
Marietta
Berside
War Department
Persing
Daon
Warren
Mae Pershings
Fremh Pershing
C A. Shaxtfer
Gale Batters Ships on Atlantic Coast
A gale along the eastern seaboard disrupts shipping from New York to Sandy Hook. A coast guard cutter Tioga experiences a near tragedy as a sailor is blown overboard during quarantine operations and rescued by crew. Winds rise as a tanker runs aground near Black Diamond inner Breakwater with severe conditions and delayed liners.
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Fen
Anc
Coast Guard
Tioga
Sandy Hook
Beng
Columbian
Jamaica
Six Aboard Sinking Dreams of Super War Planes
NEAT YORK Feb 29 On sea and via wireless the schooner Hazel Myra was abandoned about 1002 miles east of Jacksonville Fla. Four men aboard were rescued by the SS Cacely. Names listed include Captain F. Acker Mate Hubig and others from Lunenburg Nova Scotia. A separate report notes plans for a giant flying fortress bomber with 305 foot wingspan capable of 3,099 to 11,008 miles, weighing 259,004 pounds, though the project is described as "still on paper" and not currently under construction.
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Neat York
Havel
F. Acker
Hubig
Cook Evgner
Lohnes
Buran
Philpitt
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia
le Blanc
Washington
Fant Fortress Capabis
Mursar
House
Naval Affais Committee
Tonar
Glenn TeiMarin
Baltimere
Jean
Isa G. Resead
Mart
Duce Wins Balkans Ankara
A report from Trement Italy and Britain ready for talks as Greece, Yaresiatia, Ramana and Turvey-hae acknowledge conones of Ethiome 2tco d wig do ap official commamaque. The announcement marks a step toward easing tensions between Italy and the Southern Bhregrera Ratuons, with Mussolini's government aiming to shape international relations amid a fragile peace pursuit.
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Torker
Fes
Balkan
Estente
Greece
Yaresiatia
Ramana
Turvey
Italy
Bhregrera Ratuons
Trement
Britain
Premier Mussolat
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Hearst Papers
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James E. Browk
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