Japan to deliver reply on Chinchow crisis to three powers
Tokyo plans to present a formal response to the United States Great Britain and France tomorrow as Japan asserts its stance in Manchuria and urges removal of bandits. Chinese forces under Chang Hsueh-liang report 84 000 troops and new defense lines around Chinchow while urging armed resistance to any Japanese advance.
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Tokyo
Japan
Chinchow
Manchuria
United States
Great Britain
France
Stimson
Inukai
Araki
War Office
Taling River
Tahushan
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Kaiyuan
Tiehling
China
Nanking
U.P
Central Executive Committee
Nationalist Party
Chang Maseuh- Liang
Yen Shi-Shan
Five dead and missing in Springfield hotel fire
Five bodies recovered with a dozen more feared dead as firefighters and police search the New Court hotel ruins in Springfield Massachusetts. Authorities say two more bodies were seen on the third floor while digging continues. Meanwhile in Helena federal prisoners from Montana head to Fort Lewis and McNeil Island for sentences tied to prohibition violations with most to serve a year or more.
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Springfield
Mass
U.P
New Court Hotel
Butte
Missoula
Deer Lodge
U. S
Tom Bolton
George M. Bourquin
Fort Lewis
Silver Bow County
Bourquin
Troops Guard Communist Parley in Chile Dispute
In Santiago thousands of carabineers guarded a communist mass meeting protesting government policies and calling for congress dissolution. Police raided a workers club finding red flags Soviet papers and a women’s communist center while agitators were blamed for the unrest.
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Santiago
Chile
Congress
Pro
Atcama
Coash Nitrate Combine
Carlos Ibanez
Eight Die In Anti British Riots At Kohat Cantonment
Peshawar December 26 reports eight killed and fifty injured as soldiers fire on five hundred red shirts followers of Abdul Ghaffir Khan outside Kohat cantonment. Police retreated and military opened fire amid clashes across the Peshawar frontier district.
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Peshawar
India
U.P
Red Shirts
Abdul Ghaffir
Khan
Kohat
Baffa
Ghafnir Khan
Six Planes Seek Missing Officer
Six army airplanes searched the mountains south of Uniontown Pennsylvania for Lieut. E P Bobbitt Jr who is missing on a flight from Selfridge Field Michigan to Hot Springs Arkansas The officer left Selfridge Christmas eve for a visit with his parents at Hot Springs and was last seen over Elkins West Virginia yesterday afternoon
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Uniontown
Here
E. P. Bobbitt Jr
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Hot Springs
Bobbitt
Army Air Corps
Elkins
W. Va
Death toll for holiday passes 280 in violence
The United Press reports the national death toll from violence over the Christmas holiday rose to more than 280 as mild weather drew motorists to highways. The toll accumulates as authorities tally incidents through Saturday.
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United Press
California Downs Georgia Tech 19 to 6 in charity game
California Bears avenge 1929 Rose Bowl loss by defeating Georgia Tech 19 to 6 in Atlanta. Schalldach and Rusty Gill starred as the Bears overwhelmed Tech with strong line drives and late touchdowns after a first-quarter block by Stone. Galloway scored Tech’s lone TD on a Flowers pass.
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Atlanta
California
Golden Bears
Georgia Tech
Southerners
Tech
Schaldach
Rusty Gill
Stone
Flowers
McGill
Galloway
Foshay Juror Found Guilty of Contempt
Minneapolis December 26 A woman juror Genevieve A Clark was found guilty of contempt for perjury in the Foshay mail fraud trial. She was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 1000 dollars. Her defense seeks sentence mitigation while an appeal is considered during a 42 day stay.
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Minneapolis
Genevieve A. Clark
W. B. Foshay
John B. Lan
All Records Fall as Rain Drenches Washington State
Rain records for southwest Washington fell as 1931 totals broke prior highs. Grays Harbor reached 100.24 inches for the year, surpassing 1902's 99.96 inch mark, while Longview on the lower Columbia logged 46.36 inches, edging the previous record by ten hundredths.
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Washington State
Aberdeen
Wash
Washington
Grays Harbor
Longview
Lower
Columbia
Chinese hold U. S. missionary captive near Foochow
Harriet Halverstadt of the Methodist Episcopal church was captured by peasants disguised as sailors 20 miles south of Foochow while traveling from Futing to Foochow. The militants threaten to detain her until authorities abandon an irrigation project that would raise taxes. No ransom, no harm reported. officials seek release without halting the project.
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Shanghai
Changlhsien
Harriet Halverstadt
Methodist Episcopal Church
Haitang
Miss Halverstadt
Futing
Foochow
Pope Pius XI issues encyclical Lux Veritatis for Ephesus centennial
In Vatican City Pope Pius XI releases Lux Veritatis, commemorating the fifteenth centennial of the Council of Ephesus. The encyclical reaffirms Christ’s divine and human nature, the Virgin Mary’s divine maternity, and Rome's primacy, urging Catholic unity and appealing to separated brethren to consider Rome as guardian of Jesus Christ’s doctrine.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Rome
Missionary Harriet Halverstadt Held by Chinese Bandits
Wellington Kansas relatives said Miss Harriet Halverstadt missionary teacher, captured by Chinese bandits, planned to return to the United States on furlough when seized. She has served in China nearly 12 years, including seven as superintendent of the Foochow missionary school, and has two married sisters.
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Wellington
Kan
U.P
Harriet Halverstadt
United States
China
Foochow
Boy Found Dead After Accident in Utah
In Ogden Utah on December 26 16 year old Er nest Bolander was found dead in his bed hours after telling his parents he had been struck by a car but was unhurt An examination showed a fractured skull indicating fatal injuries from the incident
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Ogden
Utah
Ernest Bolander
Third Car Theft Drives Butte Owner to Quit
After Rene Poitras had his automobile stolen for the third time, he declares he quits and calls it a day. The car was first stolen last August from in front of his home and recovered the next day in Brown's Gulch, costing him 180 to repair. Two weeks later it was stolen again on Shieks avenue with only a door handle missing this time, costing little to fix.
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Rene Poitras
Brown's Gulch
Reparations Conference Likely After Tentative France Britain Pact
Paris dispatch reports France and Great Britain near agreement on a Young plan framework. Governments signatory to the plan discuss an international reparations conference at The Hague on January 18 with Basel report reviews and a cabinet meeting postponed to next week.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Hague
Butte Recovers From Record Christmas Snowfall
Butte digged out after nearly two days of Christmas snow as a white mist cleared from Summit valley. The storm marked a record Christmas snowfall with subdued celebrations. Stores and offices were quiet while households observed holiday customs and discussed post holiday exchanges.
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Butte
Summit Valley
Police Probe in Coll Case Opens in New York
An NYPD inquiry began to see if any officer knew of George Brecht's criminal record before he testified against Vincent Coll and Frank Giordano in the Harlem baby massacre case. Brecht had identified the pair as in a car of gangsters. questions focus on concealed information and Brecht's prior history.
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New York
U.2
New York Police Department
George Brecht
Vincent Coll
Frank Giordano
Michael Veneghalli
Brecht
Coll
Giordano
Samuel Leibowitz
St. Louis
Mulrooney
Coll-Giordano
Bandits Escape With $7000 Loot in Poteau Bank Heist
Three bandits held up the Central National Bank in Poteau Oklahoma this afternoon and escaped with about seven thousand dollars in currency. The incident was reported by United Press. No arrests were immediately announced. Local investigators and banking officials awaited further details.
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Poteau, Okla
Central National Bank
Rescues Continue as Mississippi Town Is Flooded
In Glendora Mississippi residents face isolation as Bayou Cassidy waters threaten a six to ten foot levee wall. Motorboats help evacuate Negro residents from Summers and Webb while 300 convicts join flood defense. Christmas on a barge brings a rare cheer amid widespread flooding and fears of disease.
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Glendora
Miss
Webb
Here
Bayou Cassidy
Tallahatchie
Parchman
Convicts Shot While Fleeing Oklahoma Prison
Two inmates at the McAlester state penitentiary were shot and captured after climbing from their cell through a ceiling passage and spending the night on the prison roof. J L Haynes 30 serving life for murder and W E Collingsworth 31 serving 10 years for robbery were wounded by guard Ed Owens as they reached the ground while attempting to slide down a rope in front of the administration building.
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Mcalester
Okla
J. L. Haynes
Jackson County
W. E. Collingsworth
Ed Owens
Tower Guard
Haynes
Legs
Collingsworth
O Henry Twist Highlights Christmas Spirit in Old Timer Tale
In Butte at the Elk’s Club on Christmas Eve, Judge Frank L Riley endorses a story about reconciliation. An old timer asks to borrow 27 dollars from a fraternal brother with a tense friendship, testing trust as the night unfolds at Galena and Main Street.
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Frank L. Riley
Butte Elk’s Club
Galena
Main Street
Hearings on Rum Law Begin After Christmas Break
A Senate judiciary subcommittee of five will open hearings on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment soon after Christmas recess. The group includes Blaine of Wisconsin leading, Borah of Idaho opposing repeal, Hebert of Rhode Island favoring resubmission, Ashurst of Arizona supporting prohibition, and Walsh of Montana likely to vote for resubmission if state demand exists. The hearings hinge on a Republican resolution from Connecticut.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary
Blaine
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
Hebert
Rhode Island
Ashurst
Arizona
Walsh
Montana
Connecticut
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