Japanese Drive Across Chahar Province Sparks North China Tension
Chinese dispatches from Kalgan report 2,000 Japanese and Manchoukuan troops attacking three border cities in Chahar with airplanes and armored cars. They struck Tuhsikou Kuyuan and Tungchetze, then withdrew as eight Japanese planes bombed the targets and outlying villages. The border alarm intensified with reports of Kuyuan possibly falling and renewed attacks later in the day.
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Harold Timperley
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Associated Press
Peiping
Manchoukuan
Chahar
China
Kalgan
Manchoukuo
Tuhsikou, Kuyuan
Tungchetze
Kuyuan
Chahar Province
En Yuan
Manchuokuan
Jehol
Outlaws Loot Mail Truck in Bold Robbery
Four bandits held up a Fall River United States mail truck and escaped with about 129000 dollars in banknotes and silver. Herbert Reid, the driver, was tied and blindfolded before the bandits fled in a car after crossing the Taunton river. Policewide dragnet ensued with a possible fifth participant.
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Fall River
Mass
United States
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank
Herbert B. Reid
Taunton
Swansea
Reid
Karpis and Campbell Slip From Police Net
Alvin Karpis and Larry Campbell evaded a southeast Michigan manhunt as roadblocks at Monroe Port Huron and Detroit continued. Authorities feared cross border escape to Canada while federal jurors considered indictments.
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Detroit
Alvin Karpis
Public Enemy No. 1
Larry Campbell
Michigan
Monroe
Allentown
Port Huron
Il Walter
Ontario Re Tial
Windsor
Ont
Canada
Michigan State Police
Karpis
Campbell
St. Paul
Austin journalist recalls Roosevelt endorsement and Jack Garner link
A Texas correspondent from Austin writes of a snowy Cincinnati to St. Louis journey with American Airways for a benefit event. He calls Austin historic and romantic and notes Roosevelt's Monday endorsement of Jack Garner, sharing a personal ovation tied to the moment.
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Austin
Texas
Cincinnati
American Airways
St. Louis
Jack Garner
Roosevelt
Townsend Bill Debate Demanded by Sen Borah
Senator Borah urged full and open debate on the Townsend old age pension plan as congressional committees push hearings on the Roosevelt administration social security program. He argued the Townsend proposal, paying 200 a month to those over 60, deserves open consideration rather than pigeonholing.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Borah
Idaho
Labor
Perkins
Senate
Roosevelt
Hastings
Delaware
Wagner
New York
Patrolman Tackles Lost Deer In Waterbury Street
Waterbury police praised Patrolman Vincent Bose after he used a flying tackle to stop a wandering deer on a busy city street. Lieutenant James Mullville lauded the officer as the department's finest fleetfoot after the incident. A caller had reported the tame deer as lost earlier.
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Fleet Waterbury
Conn
Vincent Bose
James Mulville
Gag Rule Adopted in House Over Public Works Bill
The House approved a liberal gag rule on the 4.88 billion dollar public works resolution, allowing amendments to limit the president but not his lump sum fund. The vote, 256 to 142, drew charges from critics that the measure gives Roosevelt dictatorial powers. meanwhile a political clash over Ickes’ control of the fund surfaced as dissenters pressed for concessions.
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Washington
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
Representative Lehrbach
Isabella Greenway
Arizona
Harold I. Ickes
Capitol Hill
Public Works Fund
Dole
Ickes
Eleven Miners Drowned in Indian Coal Mine Flood
Calcutta reports eleven miners drowned when a coal mine flooded at Loyalbad near Patna. Rescue crews searched the shaft as alarm spread through the mining district.
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Calcutta
India
Loyalbad
Patna
Weather turns deadly as man loses eye to cold snap
In Wichita Falls Texas on January 23 L H Holder drove home despite near zero winds. A crackling sound and a strange sensation in his left eye socket followed a sudden temperature drop and his eye shattered likely from the cold.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
L. H. Holder
Idaho Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy and Mild
The Idaho weather forecast calls for generally cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with normal temperatures. A light breeze and unchanged air masses are expected to keep conditions mild and dry overall. Localized drizzle is possible in the evening hours near forested or higher terrain.
President Roosevelt opposes Norris world court vote plan
President Roosevelt at a Washington press conference voiced flat opposition to Senator Norris’s proposal requiring a two thirds Senate vote on any measure sent to the world court. He called it a constitutional limitation and said foreign affairs are led by the chief executive within two constitutional checks. He noted no comment on other senate reservations and signaled tentative NRA legislation and a transportation unification message ahead.
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Washington
Norris
Neb
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
NRA
Special Aviation Commission
Idaho Senate rejects probe on pardons and votes on irrigation bill
The Idaho Senate voted 35 to 8 against house bill No. 7, an irrigation tax delinquency extension, after a heated debate between Clark and Brookman. The session included passage of rules for the 22nd house and a demand for a pardons and paroles report per the state constitution.
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Boise
Goverenor C. Ben Ross
State
Idaho Senate
Clark
Bonneville
Brookeman
Minidoka
Barry
Twin Falls
Ise
Senate
Newport
D-Caneyon
Glaunder
D-Gooding
Irrigation District Administration
Brookman
Idaho Falls
Senate Irrigation Committee
Conner
R. E. Whitten
Utah May Hold Booze Session
Salt Lake City January 23 a push for a special Utah legislature session after the current session to consider liquor legislation gained clarity. A caucus of about a score of lawmakers from the farm labor education coalition discussed sidetracking liquor control to permit more time for social welfare and taxation bills while some urged confirming revenue from liquor before taxes.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Farm-Labor-Education Coalition
Utah Weather Outlook Sparse and unsettled
The Utah forecast shows mostly unsettled conditions in the north with light rain and cooler air. In the south expect mainly dry skies with limited temperature changes and a slight dip in readings tonight into Thursday.
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Utah
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William A. Kinney
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Arthur J. Koehler
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Koehler
Gang
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
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Public Enemy
Companion
Rap
Flemington, N. J
Townsend
Sen
Idaho Solon
Chicago
PWA
Chicago American
Byron Bolton
Bolton
Fred
North Side
Maddox
Humphreys
Winkler
Burke
Goetz
Clark Street
Russell Gibson
Edward G. Bremer
United States Navy
Peter Gusenberg
Frank Gusenberg
Adam Heyer
Arthur Hayes
James Park
George
Bugs) Moran
John May
Albert Weinshank
Reinhardt H Schwimmer
May
Rhursday
Gunner
U. S. Navy
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Solons
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