Nation Grips Inauguration Readiness Amid Great Quake Toll
Tokyo Japan March 3 Five hundred forty five people killed at least 1000 seriously injured and over 500 missing after a quake and tidal wave struck Iwate Miyagi and Aomori prefectures with villages and hamlets leveled and ports like Kamaishi Maiyako Yamato and Aomori destroyed. The Heian Maru rocked by the disturbance was sailing 400 miles off Yokohama.
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Tokyo
Japan
Iwate
Miyage
Aomoro
Kamaishi
Maiyako
Yamato
Miyagoi
Hondo
Honshu
Hokkaido
Seattle
Yokohama
Body of Senator Walsh Arrives in Capital City
The body of United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana arrived in Washington after dying on a train in Wilson North Carolina. His funeral will be in the Capitol on Monday with burial beside his first wife in Montana.
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Montana
Washington
United States
Thomas J. Walsh
Wilson
North Carolina
Walsh
Roosevelt
Senator Walsh
Capitol
Mayor Cermak Recovers From Wounding in Chicago
In Miami on March 3 reports say Mayor Anton J. Cermak is recovering in splendid condition after a bullet wound. Attending physicians believe the Chicago chief executive will recover from the gunshot injury inflicted by Giuseppe Zanwara.
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Miami
Florida
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Guiseppe Zanwara
Stock Market Surges Amid Gains and Pullback On March Day
New York reports a brisk rise in stocks with gains of one to nearly five points before retreating about half the advance. Trading totaled 1.5 million shares as short covering and speculative activity lift bonds and equities. Major movers included United States Steel and American Telephone gaining while General Electric held firm. Closing quotes show Alaska Juneau mine at 1 1 4 1, American Can 54 1 2, US Steel 26, GM 10.
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New York
Chemical
Case
United States Steel
American Telephone and Telegraph
Oves
American Can
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
American Tobacco
Consolidated Gas
Dupont, Drug
American Smelting
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
General Motors
General Electric
Alaska
Juneau
American Power and Light
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet
Hecla
Corliss-Wright
North American
Fox Films
International Harvest
Kennecott
Packard Motors
Safeway Stores
Standard Brands
Westinghouse Electric
Mrs Frank Reed Travels South From Anchorage
Mrs Frank Reed of Anchorage travels south with a Southbound Northwestern passenger to visit relatives while her husband Mr Reed runs a hotel in Anchorage.
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Frank Reed
Anchorage
Reed
J. A. Buchanan
Alaska Railroad
Homer Cummings Named Temporary Attorney General
President-elect Roosevelt announced the temporary appointment of Homer Cummings of Connecticut as Attorney General. Cummings will later go to the Philippines to become Governor General.
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Homer Cummings
Washington
Reovrvel
Homer
Cummings
Connectcut
Uw Philippines
Alaska appoints new permanent aviation inspector
The Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce announces William Shields as permanent Aviation Inspector for Alaska. He will arrive mid month, improving on past schedules when inspectors visited Alaska only once or twice a month.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Division of Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
William Shields
Shields
Waitress Grace Stonguis Found Dead in Tacoma
Tacoma authorities identify Grace Stonguis a hotel waitress found slain under rusted auto parts. The coroner notes a fatal blow over the left eye. she had been missing since December 22.
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Tacoma
Wash
Grace Stonguis
Icicle Crash Threatens Guests at Great Northern Hotel
Chicago March 3 A 25 pound icicle broke from the sky light into the lobby of the Great Northern Hotel narrowly missing guests. It struck a Davenport then shattered a window. John M Tourog a 51 year old salesman sustained an ankle injury amid the incident.
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Chicago
Great Northern Hotel
John M. ‘Tourog
Council Holds Evening Session On Street Improvement Districts
City Council meets tonight in City Hall to finalize ordinances authorizing permanent street improvements and sewer installations. Local business leaders and property owners attended yesterday and many plan to speak, with some requesting a two week delay for deeper study of the measure.
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Council
Allen Shattuck
Surance
Cash Dole
Chamber of Commerce
CHINESE ARMY ROUTED IN JEHOL AREA HERE
March 3 report from Chinghow says a badly routed Chinese army has fallen back to Jehol Province last defense the capital Jehol City. Japanese momentum has driven most of the province leaving four small southwestern slices for defense. Jehol City mutinied and chaotic as capture looms within hours.
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Chinghow
Jehol
Jehol City
Pieping
North China
Demonstrators Leave Capital After Jobless Aid Demand
About 2,000 protesters gathered at Olympia State Capital demanding jobless insurance and cash doles. Sheriff backed by City Commissioners cleared the scene, six demonstrators were arrested before departure, including Hutch Hutchinson of Seattle. All remained in county jail.
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Olympia
Wash
Hutch Hutchinson
Negro of
Seattle
Woman Seeks Share of Briand Estate in Paris Suit
Paris March 3 Mme Jeanne Cornelie Nonteau lifelong friend of Aristide Briand sues the Briand estate for 500 dollars or a monthly pension of 60 dollars claiming she had a right to a share of the estate due to her long association and Briand’s conduct giving her a fight to expect a share though the assets were left to a niece according to her attorney Maurice Garcon the noted criminal lawyer.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Mme
Jeanne Cornelie Nonteau
Nonteau
Maurice Garcon
M. Briand
Tate
Ray Stevens Heads South for Coast Vacation
Ray Stevens left for the south on the Northwestern this morning and will spend several weeks visiting along the coast before returning to Juneau late in the month. Mrs Stevens will meet her husband in Seattle and accompany him back to Juneau.
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Ray Stevens
Juneau
Rumanian Legation Finds Water Instead of Liquor
Washington reports that Romanian legation attaches will drink more water for weeks as a consignment of fifteen cases from Baltimore was tampered with. Bottles were emptied or refilled with water, port authorities say the cafe was rifled at sea, and the legation’s liquor supply is low. Shorter liquor rations may be needed until new shipments arrive from Romania.
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Washington
Baltimore
Legation
Numania
Rainey to be Speaker as Burns named floor leader
March 3 report from Washington says Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois will be Speaker for the next House with Joseph W. Burns of Tennessee named Democratic floor leader. Rainey led caucus votes with 166 of 301, following Byrnes and Crosser withdrawals, while Arthur H. Greenwood of Indiana was named party whip. A special session may be called for March 13 or earlier.
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Washington
Henry T. Rainey
Ofllinois
Joseph W. Burns
Tenneste
House
Rainey
McDuffie
Alabama
Rankin
Mississippi
Bankhead
Jones
Texas
Byrnes
Crosser
Ohio
Cullen
New York
Tammany
Milnois
Greenwood
Arthur H. Greenwood
Indiana
House of Congress
Congress
Tennesee
New Democratic
Congress Hustles On Final Day In Washington
The Seventy-Second Congress ends its last working day amid a long session tasked with passing five appropriation bills. The House waits on Senate action while the Senate adopts the conference report on the Treasury and Post Office bill, granting broad powers to the incoming President to reorganize the Government, then sends it to the White House.
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Washington
Seventy-Second
Congress
Senate
House
Treasury and Post Office
White House
Historic line torn down seals Cleveland Chicago link
Youngstown Ohio March 3 The last of the telegraph line that opened the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair by sending President Cleveland's button push is being torn down. The line was the first direct long distance connection between Washington and Chicago, built between town and longested with six uninsulated copper wires.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Cleveland
Washington
Chicago
Eight Alaska legislators arrive by steamship Northwestern
Eight members of the Alaska Legislature arrived in the territory capital today aboard the steamship Northwestern. Three more members will reach by the motorship Norco on Saturday. Absent were Senators Lomen and Walker and Representative-Elect Baranovich.
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Alaska
Northwestern
Territory
Norco
Lomen
Norman R. Walker
Ketchikan
Joe Baranovich
Robert S. Bragaw
James R. Campbell
Anchorage
Uuthor
Hess
Thomas J. DeVane
A. G. Nordale
J. G. Hoffman
Warren Taylor
James H. Patterson
Patterson
Washington Inauguration Day Parade Crowds Gather
Washington becomes a vast parade ground as tens of thousands from every state surge to see Franklin D Roosevelt take office at noon. Hoover spends his last full day. Garner to take oath as vice president at 11 30 with Roosevelt’s historic brief address to follow.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
White House
John N. Garner
Senate
Herbert Hoover
New York
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Arrives in Washington for Inauguration Journey
President Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Washington after a triumphant ride from New York City. He is greeted by cheering crowds and proceeds to the Mayflower Hotel before joining President Hoover at the Capitol for his inauguration as the nation’s chief executive.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
New York City
Roosevelt
Mayflower Hotel
Capitol
Hoover
Henry Morgenthau Jr as Farm Board Chairman
President elect Roosevelt announced Henry Morgenthau Jr of New York as Chairman of the Farm Board. Morgenthau said his first objective on taking office will be to end government involvement in stabilization and overhaul current agricultural programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Morganthau Jr
New York
Farm Board
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Capital City
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Guisephe Zangara
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Burns
Tand Congress
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Henry T. Hainey
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