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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1932
Page
1
Chinese infantry attacked Japanese artillery positions along the 20 mile Shanghai front but were driven back after heavy shelling. Reinforcements from Admiral Nomura's flagship Izumo arrived as fighting waned in the Chapel sector, with heavy losses reported on both sides and danger to the International Settlement rising.
China's finance minister T. V. Soong cables the New York World Telegram portraying China as a victim of unjustified Japanese aggression. He cites about 2200 military deaths on each side and thousands of civilian casualties, aligning with renewed calls for China's wartime resolve and rebutting Japan's claim that China attacked landing forces at Shanghai.
Shanghai reports Chinese forces armed with rifles machine guns and gas mortars defending independence promised by international pacts. Despite Manchuria invasion and treaty breaches the Chinese government keeps a calm stance toward Japan while urging protection of Japanese lives. Japanese authorities issue an ultimatum to Shanghai mayor Wu Teh Chen demanding dissolution of patriotic groups under pretext of a monks incident.
Ohio forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight with milder temperatures. Wednesday will bring increasing clouds followed by rain in the afternoon or evening and warmer temperatures in the eastern portion.
Junnosuke Inouye, former finance minister of Japan, was fatally wounded by two assassins as he walked to a political meeting in Tokyo. He was shot once in the chest and twice more, dying at 9 PM after being taken to a hospital.
United States and Great Britain led a faltering push for a ceasefire as Japan refused to withdraw troops in Shanghai until Chinese troops pull back. Diplomats in Tokyo and Shanghai pressed for armistice talks, with British proposals for a temporary neutral zone and direct Chinese Japanese discussions on the Shanghai incident. Japan argued Manchuria was separate from Shanghai and demanded Chinese withdrawal from cannon range.
The trial of Nick Vidos of Lorain for manslaughter started before Judge A. R. Webber. The defendant is accused after his car struck Dorothy Kostoff, 5, in Lorain on a December date.
F. G. Prosser of La Grange announced his Republican bid for County Commissioner. Prosser, a farmer and Holstein cattle breeder, is a fruit grower active in Grange and Farm Bureau work. He has served La Grange Township as trustee for three terms and was a Farmers Supply Co. director for twelve years. He is a Mason and Grange member.
In Lorain County representatives back Ed gar Herzog secretary of the Soldiers Relief Commission as state examiners question veteran R C Jacobs who says he never received a relief check he endorsed at Herzog's urging last June. Jacobs recalls signing a check Herzog kept while Herzog admits signing benefactor names for relief cash claimed to help veterans.
Captain Robert H. Kellogg 87 Civil War veteran died at his Delaware home after two weeks illness. He authored Life and Death in Rebel Prisons from a war journal, a best seller in 1869. Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon at his home.
With the arrival of the U S S Black Hawk and destroyers No 26 and 30 the U S Consulate General announced 67 warships in port at Shanghai excluding Chinese vessels. Off the Bund 15 American warships anchored while 11 Japanese ships and others from Britain France and Italy were present. Officials noted three Japanese seaplane carriers off Woosung at the Yangtze mouth.
Charles Bischoff confessed to slaying six year old Marian McLean and was ordered committed to the Lima Hospital for the Criminal Insane by five Common Pleas judges. He will be kept under observation for 30 days to determine sanity and potential return for trial on first degree murder.
Premier Benito Mussolini will visit Pope Pius XI at 11 a.m. Thursday in Vatican City marking the first papal audience by an Italian premier since 1870. The trip signals a settlement of church state differences and Mussolini’s first meeting with the pope.
Judge Will P. Stephenson, Democrat from West Union, was sworn in as a member of the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus. Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall administered the oath.
Cleveland February 9 1200 men will return to work February 15 at the Collinwood Locomotive Shops of the New York Central Railroad W R Lye district superintendent of motive power announced today The shops which had been almost closed since last fall will resume regular operations next Monday All 1200 men are former employees No new men will be hired The rehiring is seen as the first step in meeting Chicago negotiations to keep workers employed in exchange for a 10 per cent wage cut effective yesterday.
Combined January sales of General Motors cars and trucks to large fleet users rose 55 percent from January 1931, per C. E. Dawson president of General Motors Fleet Sales Corp. Winn & Lovett Grocery Co reports January sales of 467 105 dollars, up 0 4 percent from 1931. Bendix Aviation Corp adds business and will keep its wheel and brake division plant in South Bend open full time.
Washington February 9 The nomination of Ogden Mills to be Secretary of the Treasury was approved unanimously by the Senate Finance Committee. The panel also reported favorably the nomination of Arthur Ballantine to succeed Mills as undersecretary. Andrew Mellon, treasury secretary since 1921, was confirmed last week as ambassador to London.
Isa bell Henderson a 15 year old high school student was beaten as she left home for school and found unconscious in a driveway by an apartment janitor. The assailant described as a tall man about six feet, 200 pounds.
The United States urged deeper naval armament cuts at Geneva including abolition of submarines and poison gas, plus limits on tanks and heavy guns. Ambassador Hugh Gibson presented a nine point scheme aiming to curb warfare broadly while stress on civilian protection and budget restraint.
Peiping China February 9 The death last Friday of Dowager Empress Yi step mother of the Boy Emperor of China was officially announced She reportedly died of shock suffered after the former emperor Henry Pu Yi was taken to Manchuria by Japanese in an alleged plot to restore the Manchu monarchy at Mukden Funeral services set for tomorrow
Mrs Flossie Kimble aged 32 was jailed in Newark Colorado as police search for the body of her three weeks old infant said to have been thrown into the Licking River near Newark last Wednesday. High water hindered the search.
King Fauver local attorney explained Ohio's new probate laws at the Y M C A meeting. He described changes in descent of property for deceased persons and heir rights, noting committee work by the State Bar Association. The group planned a hockey game trip to Cleveland with 30 members on a special bus.
The 1st battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles was ordered today to Shanghai. The dispatch comes as part of Asian postings reported from London on February 9.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a mother Mrs. Clara Roman and five children were killed when a fire destroyed their home at the Keschow mining village near town. Mrs Roman reportedly saved three other children before perishing.
Washington February 9 The acting Secretary of the Treasury Mills told the House Ways and Means Committee revised estimates show increased taxes of 1 241 000 000 are needed to balance the budget The administration’s tax plan would still fall 455 000 000 short of balancing next year’s budget
Eleven Catholic missionaries in Kiangsi Province, in southern central China, are begging for assistance as they are besieged by Communist forces at Kaneho. The United States Legation reports the dispatch and urges Kiangsi authorities to send troops to rescue the Americans.
Hearings on tax valuation complaints for real estate in Lorain County townships and villages are being held by the county board of revisions. The sessions started yesterday and will run until February 24, with Elyria and Lorain complaints to be heard later, County Auditors H. Kelser stated.
J W Jack Warden 258 Harrison street Elyria Ohio announced candidacy today for County Surveyor on Republican ticket subject to May primaries. Longtime Lorain County resident since 1904 he built county maps then served as Deputy County Surveyor 1890 1916. Led Tax Map Department and private engineering firm Warden and Laundon overseeing municipal works in Lorain County and private land surveying. Married with four children and active civically, never held public office.
President Hoover sent to the Senate the nomination of Joseph C. Grew of New Hampshire to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan, succeeding W. Cameron Forbes. Forbes, ambassador in Tokyo since 1927, wished to retire, with Grew to take post after Forbes resigns and Senate confirms.
Deputy Sheriff William Caley flew from Cleveland to Chicago then Omaha to seize Frank A. Mead wanted for forgery. It was Caley's first airplane trip and officials expect his return by rail or nightfall if the flight goes on.
February 29 brings two set of fifth and first birthdays for Wallace children and Terrell family members. Thomas and Harry Wallace, five on a rare leap day, were born in Lorain in 1912. William Edward Terrell turns four, born February 29, 1928, in Elyria. Raymond McCullen, 12, born February 25, 1920 in Cleveland, attends St. Agnes School.
Washington report quotes Admiral M. M. Taylor stating Chinese forces in Shange show no intention to withdraw from the Chapel district despite indications. The Navy Department relays the assessment as of today.
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