Evacuation Ordered for Americans From Nanking
The United States Consulate-General ordered all Americans in Nanking to flee to Shanghai. About 175 Americans remain, with women and children already leaving voluntarily amid ongoing gunfire. British officials awaited Sir Myles Lampson before deciding on evacuations. Consul General Peck urged departure for all nonessential personnel until military operations in the Yangtze region end.
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Nanking
United States
Shanghai
W. R. Peck
Myles Lampson
China
Peck
Yangtze Valley
Bank Raids Waveland Indiana Ends Without Loot
Gunmen wrecked the Waveland State Bank with dynamite after entering town at midnight and fought Townsmen in a one hour exchange of fire. Vigilantes pursued the bandits as wires and power lines were cut, but only a few hundred dollars in stamps were stolen, bank president T. N. Johnson said.
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Waveland
Ind
Waveland State Bank
Russellville
Ruth Morgan
T. N. Johnson
Police planning fourth attack on Mad Trapper
Royal Canadian Mounted Police brace for a fourth assault on Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper, besieged at Rat River. Captain W R May leads a northern air strike with bombs while volunteers and police prepare a ground assault to breach the stone ice barricade.
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Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Rat River
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Albert Johnson
Arctic
W. R
Norman
Johnson
Inspector Hames
May
Baron Richthofen
Ohio Weather Forecast Cloudy with Rain Likely
The forecast for Ohio calls for cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight. Sunday will be colder with rain in the East and northwest regions likely seeing cooler conditions.
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Ohio
East
Northwest
Flood Threats Rise as Mild Winter Brings Rivers Up
Mild weather pushed Ohio River Valley and Mississippi Delta floods higher. Levees broke north of Greenwood Mississippi flooding thousands of acres and endangering residents in Greenwood. Rescue workers moved people to safety as Red River near Alexandria crest passed while Evansville faces seven feet over flood level. Two deaths reported near Newport Kentucky after a bridge collapsed.
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Ohio River Valley
Mississippi Delta
Greenwood
Miss
Tallahatchie River
Mississippi
Louisiana
Red River
Alexandria
Monroe
Red Cross
Ohio Valley
Evansville
Ind
Tristate
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Charleston
W. Va
Newport
Former President Agusto Leguia Dies in Peru
Lima February 6 Agusto B Leguia former president of Peru died today after an operation yesterday He was 69 years old and had been in poor health for some time Leguia ousted in a revolution a year ago and had been confined in prison on charges of maladministration of public funds while in office He effectively ruled for nearly a dozen years
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Bulletin
Lima
Peru
UPR
Agusto B. Leguia
Steel mill to resume at Niles sheet plant
Ma honing Valley Steel Co will resume production at its Niles Ohio sheet plant on February 7 recalling more than 200 men after a week long suspension.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valley Steel Co
Niles, C
Produce Alimony Ordered by Judge in Contempt Case
George J. Weitzel, 50, ordered to pay alimony to ex wife Hertha, 45, now of New London, with payments in farm produce. Under Judge A R Webber's order Weitzel must deliver 10 bushels of potatoes half a hog six squash and four dozen eggs to Hertha. Weitzel, a Mansfield farmer, was divorced in 1932 and faced contempt charges after claiming he had no money.
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George J. Weitzel
Hertha
New London
A. R. Webber
Weitzel
Mansfield
Columbia Station
French plan for league army shocks World Disarmament talks
Geneva reports show a strong, mixed reaction to Andre Tardieu’s proposal for a powerful international police force under the League of Nations. US and Italian delegates oppose pledging support for an international army, while Japanese and Russian critics call the idea impractical or dangerous.
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League
Geneva
League of Nations
Andre Tardieu
United States
U. S
France
Hoped-for gas well on Norton Farm dry hole
The C. A. McMillen Oil and Gas Company reports a gas well on the H. M. Norton Farm in Avon Township proved a dry hole. Drilling stopped after reaching over 2,400 feet without discovering gas.
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H. M. Norton
Avon Township
C. A. McMillen Oil and Gas Company
McMillen
Reoguiqe Banker's Kidnapping Ends in Desert Rescue
In Tucson Arizona on February 6 a 20 year old girl was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Gordon Sawyer vice president of the Southern Arizona Bank. Sawyer was held in a well for a ransom of $60 000 before officers located him and freed him after a desert pursuit and gunfire.
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Tuscon
Ariz
Gordon Sawyer
Desert
Sawyer
Tucson
Billie’ Adkins
Southern Arizona Bank
Fred J. Stewart
Lorain County Farm Bureau Plans 1932 Meeting
Lorain County Farm Bureau will start 1932 plans next Friday afternoon with the new board holding its organization meeting in the Elyria Savings and Trust Company director’s room. Directors will elect an executive committee and map out policies for the coming year.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau
The
County Bureau
Elyria Sayings and Trust Company
Elyria Township group weighs forming village vote shift
A meeting of about 100 Elyria Township residents considered forming a village to improve rural representation and control over tax money. The group plans a question box and a second meeting at Markley school in two weeks.
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Elyria Township
Markley School
Elyria
Frank Fields
Sheffield Lake Village
Fred Hosford
Fields
Elyria City
Otto Mischka
Edward Cotton
Harvey Chambers
Lester Youtz
Walter Carlin
C. H. Hunger
Arthur Fesler
Kieth Brown
Chambers
Lorain County Man to Celebrate 7th Birthday
Harvey E. Hahn of West Ridge Road Carlisle Township reports he will again celebrate a Feb 29 birthday this year, making the seventh birthday he has observed in his 28 years after having no leap year birthdays since 1928.
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Harvey E. Hahn
West Ridge Road
Carlisle Township
Hahn
Japanese to field 20 000 in Shanghai amid reinforcements
Late bulletins from the Far East report Japan will deploy a 20 000 man force in Shanghai as reinforcements arrive. Today Japanese strength stood at 8 000 with 12 000 more said to be en route. An airfield has been set up in the Yangtze-Poo area of the International Settlement along the Whangpoo River below Hongkew with 14 planes stationed there.
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Shanghai
Yangtze-Poo
International Settlement
Whangpoo River
Hongkew
Stimson Signals Pause Before New Far East Steps
Secretary of State Stimson indicated no major moves will be taken until next week in the far eastern crisis. Washington and London are known to be conferring on further peace moves, though he did not publicly confirm or deny this.
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U.S
Britain
Washington
Stimson
London
Japan adopts more conciliatory stance in foreign talks
Report from February 6 indicates Japan's foreign office showed a notably conciliatory attitude in diplomatic discussions with representatives of foreign powers, with the Far Eastern situation improving late today as a result.
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CIO
Russian Troops Concentrated at Vladivostok Reported
The News Chronicle cites unnamed Japanese sources claiming 70 000 Russian troops have been concentrated at Vladivostok with martial law proclaimed. Japanese residents allegedly fired on. 200 White Russians were arrested as steamer passengers report unrest across the bay at Tsuruga.
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London
News Chronicle Today
Vladivostok
Tsuruga
Japan
Shanghai Bombing Toll Put At Over Five Thousand
Japanese officials estimate Chinese casualties in the Chapei district of Shanghai at more than 5,000, a figure that includes civilians. Chapei has been the focus of ongoing combat between Japanese forces and Chinese troops.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Chinese Troops Concentrate Opposite Nanking Reported
The Japanese embassy quoted advices that Chiang Kai-shek was concentrating Chinese troops at Pukow across the Yangtze from Nanking. The Japanese consul protested to the Chinese authorities. A brigade of Japanese infantry was to be landed in Shanghai's International Settlement the next day per Admiral M. Taylor.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Sheck
Pukow
Yangtze River
Nanking
Shanghai
M. Taylor
Navy Department
Elyria High Debaters Clinch Fourth Win of Season
Elyria High School neg team defeated Fairport Harbor High School 1 day after noon at Fairport Harbor, finishing the Ohio State High School Debating League season with four victories and two losses. Team members were Catherine McKee, Katharine Pfaff, and Jay Howenstine under coach Miss Alice Stofer.
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Elyria High School
Fairport Harbor
Elyrians
Oberlin
Bay Village
Brunswick
Parma
Painesville
Fairport
Lake Erie
Jury Wheel Draw Names for Benzak Murder Case
Names drawn from the jury wheel yesterday form a special venue for selecting jurors to try Michael Benzak charged with first degree murder. Sixty people will be subpoenaed to appear February 23 at the courthouse for juror eligibility questioning. Benzak allegedly shot Mrs. Alice Dernier Wedic on Durkee road in Eaton Township on November 19.
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Staty
Michael Benzak
Benzak
Alice Dernier Wedic
Durkee Road
Eaton Township
Heavy fighting renewed in Changha Shanghhat
Heavy fighting broke out in Shanghai before midnight and continued into today. Bombardment of the Chapel quarter began at 11 30 p m Saturday and did not diminish until 1 a m today.
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Shanghat
Shangai
Chapel Quarter
US Destroyer Whipple Slightly Damaged In Shanghai Collision
The U S destroyer Whipple was slightly damaged in a collision with the British freighter Hannah Moeller in the Whangpoo River below Shanghai. The destroyer is moored at the Standard Oil wharf and the British ship served as a hospital vessel during Hankow floods.
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Shanghai
United States
Whipple
Hannah Moeller
Whangpoo River
Standard Oil
Democrats Gather in Elyria for Jackson Day Banquet
Democrats from Lorain County converge on the First Methodist church in Elyria for the Jackson Day Banquet at 6 30 pm with speakers including Governor George White former U S Senator Atlee Pomerene Henry Brunner state party chair Don Harter Akren candidate for congress and Mrs Pyke Cleveland leader addressing state and national issues.
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Lorain County
Elyria
First Methodist Church
George White
United State
Atlee Pomerene
Henry Brunner
Don Harter Akren
Congress
Pyke
Cleveland
Japan aims to drive out 19th Army from Shanghai
Admiral Koichi Shiosawa told United Press Shanghai that eliminating the Chinese 19th army is Japan's objective. He said no truce is possible until the 19th army leaves Shanghai and that Japan will use force if needed, while hoping for voluntary withdrawal.
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Shanghai
United Press
Koichi Shiosawa
Japan
19Th Army
Nomura
Japs Encounter Resistance Around Chapei Front
Shanghai reports say Japanese forces halted bombardment of Chapei at 5 40 PM after stiff Chinese resistance. Chapei quieted after ten days with no advance by Japan. Japanese marine HQ announced plans for a Sunday bombardment of Chinese positions. Twelve Japanese planes bombed Chengiau airfield. Chinese forces offered no resistance.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Chengiu
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