Japan Rejects Peace Proposals in Chinese War Context
Tokyo reports that the government partly accepts and partly rejects the peace terms from the United States Britain France and Italy. Foreign Minister Yoshizawa offers counter proposals as China and Japan linger toward a ceasefire while hostilities in Shanghai and around Nanking intensify with bombardments and naval reinforcements arriving from Western powers.
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Tokyo
L’eece
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Foreigh
Yoshizawa
China
Japan
Shanghai
Woosumg
Comeeose
Ae Senate
Emml Taylor
Philippines
Europe
International Settlement
St. Shanghai
Hongkew
Amana Colonies Vote For Modified Capitalist Corporation
The Amana colonies of Cedar Rapids Iowa vote 885 to 41 in favor of a modified capitalist corporation under Delaware law. The board of trustees approved the plan in January after months of work by a reorganization committee. Voting stock to be issued and the corporation would cover 26 000 acres with mills and other enterprises.
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Cedar “ Rapids
Iowa
Amana
United States
Delaware
Colonies Board of Trustees
Amuna
Man of 68 Saves Three Youths From Drowning
In Green Bay Wisconsin a 68 year old man named Peter plunged into the Fox River during a fierce gale below zero weather to rescue three of four youths. William Rott seventeen was drowned when an ice boat veered into open water.
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Green Bay
Wis
Petera
Fox River
Wiliam Rott
Three Die in Bronx Gangsters Party Massacre
In a Commonwealth avenue second floor home in the Bronx, six couples and children were at a party when gunmen rushed in. Patsy Del Greco Fiore Basile and Emily Tanzella were killed. Mia Lena Vingaro Louis Basile and Joseph Ravena were wounded. Police hunt Vincent Coll gang followers amid a Dutch Schultz feud.
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New York
Vincent Coll
Commonwealth Avenue
Bronx
Coll
Patsy del Greco
Fiore Basile
Emily Tanzella
Mia Lena
Vingaro
Louis Basile
Joseph Ravenia
Harlem
Colt
Schults
Schultz
Mellon Quits Treasury to Be Envoy to London
Andrew W. Mellon resigns after eleven years as secretary of the treasury to accept appointment as ambassador to the Court of St James. President Hoover announced the veteran cabinet officer who guided U S financial policy since the Harding era. Ogden L Mills will assume many duties as undersecretary with Mills succeeding Mellon as secretary.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mills
Melion
Cavalry Regiment Bids Its Horses Farewell in Marfa
In Marfa Texas hard riding veterans of the First cavalry detachment held a farewell parade for their horses before replacement by armored cars. Led by a brass band the regiment faced Old Louie the oldest horse as each company passed in review with salutes and eyes right.
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Marfa
Texas
First Cavalry
Louie
Loule
Wife of Wilbur's Aid Tries to Take Own Life
Ada Lee Dupuy wife of William Atherton Dupuy an executive assistant to Secretary Wilbur attempted suicide by turning on gas in her apartment kitchen police report says she will recover
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Wilbur
Washington
Mra
Ada Lee Dupuy
William Atherton Dupuy
Secretary of Interior
Paving Gaps Wide on Nebraska East West Highways
State records show nearly 585 miles remain unpaved on two main east west routes in Nebraska despite a two year paving program. Gaps sit between Omaha and the Wyoming line on the Lincoln highway and Omaha to the Colorado line on the D L D highway with substantial stretches still unpaved near North Platte McCook Hastings and beyond.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
State Department of Public Works
Omaha
Wyoming Line
Colorado Line
North Platte and
McCook
Lincoln Highway
Alrtham
North Platte
Hastings
Seward
Platte
Columbus
Clarks
Alda
Kearney
Odessa
Overton
Lexington
Cozad
Maxwell
Eny
Lexington-Cosad
Ogallala
Sidney
Kimball
Fremont
Blair
Blair Bridge
Beatrice
State Line
Howe
Norfolk Secures Canning Factory
Norfolk Packing Company announces a modern canning factory will be built in Plattsmouth after three months of talks with the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce. The plant will run year round to produce canned vegetables and begin operation in the coming season.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Packing Company
Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska feeders protest railroad rate increase on cattle
West Nebraska feeders and the Rates Alliance Stockmen protest a proposed rail shipping rate hike for cattle from 36 to 33 cents per hundredweight. They urge retention of favorable terms to sustain cattle movement in the region.
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Used Rates Alliance
Stockmaen
Nebraska Item
West Nebraska
Norfolk group urges vote on city light and power plant
State News Items of Interest notes 853 federal cases tried with actions costing 132000 dollars. Nearly 30000 in fines and judgments were assessed, with 11000 collected. Citizens committee members circulate petitions in Norfolk urging a special election for a municipal electric light and power plant.
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Citizens Committee
Norfolk
Nebraska bank liquidations pay 326751 in January dividends
The Department of Trade and Commerce announced that 16 failed Nebraska state banks paid depositors 326751 in January from asset liquidation. The largest disbursement was 106197 to South Omaha State Bank depositors, a 15 percent dividend.
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Nebraska
Department of Trade and Commerce
South Omaha
Nebraska Entomologist Says Grasshopper Eggs Safe From Cold
D K Whelan assistant professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska notes that above ground temperatures do not reach the soil depth where grasshopper eggs overwinter. He warns low air temperatures may not kill eggs in northern Nebraska.
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Nebraska
D. K. Whelan
University of Nebraska
Whelan
Lancaster County Farm Lands May See Major Tax Cut, Assessor Says
Lancaster county assessor Jame A. Sheffield states valuations of rural farmland could drop by more than 1.5 million dollars under a downward equalizing system. He expects average rural land assessment to fall about 3 dollars per acre on 514 605 acres.
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Jame A. Sheffield
Lancaster County
Sheffield
Blair D A R Plans Marker for Historic Trail Site
Nikumi chapter D A R of Blair will mark the first trail from Omaha to Decatur and the site of the first log schoolhouse near Blair this spring. Mrs W W Wilkinson is regent and the chapter has raised funds for the marker. A large bouder base and bronze plate with inscription are prepared.
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Omaha
Decatur
Blair
Nikumi
University预计本学期预计比常年减少约350名注册生
尼巴拉大学官员表示，已注册进入第二学期的4071名学生中，预计本学期学生人数将比正常年份减少约350人。拖缴学费者比例初步显示为45美分对比去年的416美元。
Tax figures for Re estate announced by state official
The State Tax Commissioner W H Smith announced the estate of Robert J Re ceived paid inheritance tax. The estate was valued at a gross $919117 and net $758385.99 with $12210 to county inheritance tax and $6400 to the federal government. Executors named are Joseph M Kilpatrick John S Elliott and Fulton Jark.
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Robert J
W. H. Smith
Joseph M. Kilpatrick
John .S. Elliott
Fulton Jark
Appeal for funds to feed Nebraska game birds
Secretary Frank O Connell of the game forestation and parks commission urged additional contributions to a fund for buying feed grain to preserve pheasants prairie chickens and other game birds. Ongoing snow and cold prevent natural feed, and the commissioner warned of heavy losses unless bulk feed is purchased and distributed.
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Nebraska
Frank O'Connell
Game Forestation and Parks Commission
World’s largest suspension bridge built over Missouri River
A gas company constructs a monumental suspension bridge north of Fonca spanning the Missouri into South Dakota. The 0.5 mile long span carries a 66 foot high pipe, with two 160 foot towers, a 28 ton main cable, and deep rock and pile foundations on both river banks. Construction cost is about 150 thousand dollars.
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Fonca
Missouri River
South Dakota
Nebraska
Island Bird Sanctuary Sold on Hebrides Island
Island Bird Sanctuary at St. Kilda off the outer Hebrides was sold by former owner Sir Reginald MacLeod to an unnamed ornithologist. The buyer aims to keep the island in its natural state as an ocean sanctuary for migrating sea birds, allowing visits to the aviary but prohibiting new buildings.
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St. Kilda
Hebrides
Reginald MacLeod
Little Boy Requests Candy and Eggs in 45 Cent Dozen Era
A storekeeper asks what the boy will have. The boy replies he wants a ticket worth of candy and some eggs if eggs cost 45 cents a dozen. The exchange captures a small daily-life moment likely from a historical period with simple commerce.
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Sonny
Snappy Game in a Sea Lion Showdown
A playful scene features phrases like Mother, Johnnie throwing sar dines at me and Well, cee, she asked if she could play Sea lion as a humorous back and forth among participants. The fragment hints at a local caption contest or theater bit.
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Johnnie
Cee
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