New Battle Opens In Shanghai On Thursday
Intense fighting resumes in Shanghai with machine guns and field guns along a wide front. Japanese air power concentrates on carriers off Hangchow Bay as Chinese forts at Woosung report sinking a Japanese destroyer and downing an aircraft. Refugees surge toward the International Settlement while foreign troops mass in the city.
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Shanghai
Chapei
Shanghai-Woosung
Saddle Islands
Hangchow
Woosung
Whangpo River
Woosung Forts
Teng Chen-Chuan
Teng
Shanghai International Settlement
Grayson County Officials Face One Third Pay Cut
A county-wide taxpaying committee in Sherman approves resolutions for Grayson County officials to earn one third less than current compensation. Candidates would be asked to accept two thirds pay. if refused, the committee will draft its own. Farm taxes to drop by one third. Edwin Kidd elected chairman. H A Ivy secretary. Whitewright merchants advertise lower prices.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Kidd
Taxpayers
H. A. Ivy
Quake in Santiago Cuba Causes Heavy Casualties
Earth shocks of increasing intensity terrorized Santiago as many fine buildings collapsed. Government reports list twelve dead and about 300 injured with relief on the way. unofficial counts suggest higher casualties while officials warn residents from danger zones.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Santiago
Mills to Succeed Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon accepted the ambassadorship to Great Britain on a Wednesday night. President Hoover announced the decision, noting Mellon has served under three presidents since the Harding era. Ogden L. Mills will then be appointed head of the Treasury Department, following Mellon's departure.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Great Britain
Mellon
Harding
Hoover
Ogden L. Mills
Treasury Department
Mills
Texan Garner Dined by President in Washington
In Washington Jack Garner of Texas dined Tuesday night with President Hoover. Guests included Henry Ford Walter Chrysler W A Atterbury Melvin Traylor Breckenridge Long James Gerard and their wives. The social event marked a rare White House entertainment honoring an opposing party speaker.
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Washington
Jack Garner
Texas
United States
Hoover
Garner
Capitol
White House
Henry Ford
Walter P. Chysler
W. W. Atterbury
Melvin A. Traylor
Breckenridge Long
James W. Gerard
Blanton warns of war danger to the U S
Rep Blanton says shooting Marines in Shanghai could drag the United States into war and criticizes administration for sending warships to China to protect Chinese merchants. He urges evacuation of U S personnel rather than military intervention while others debate.
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Blanton
U. S
Washington
Shanghai
Orient
Texas Democrat
China
Parnell
Indiana
McKeown
Oklahoma
Burns Fatal for 79 Year Old James Burke in Sherman Home
James A. Burke, 79, an invalid, died when his frame residence burned Sunday night. Fire officials say an oil lamp near his bed likely overturned starting the blaze. Burke lived alone in a two room house. investigators work to locate his relatives.
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Sherman
James A. Burke
Burke
Houston Post Emerges From Merger Name Change
The Houston Post drops the Dispatch from its name to become the Houston Post. The paper, about fifty years old, merged with the Dispatch seven years ago under Governor Sterling and Capen ownership. Josey, an insurance man, now serves as publisher.
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Houston
Houston Post- Dispatch
Houston Post
Post
Dispatch
Sterling
The
Capen
E. Josey
Post-Dispatch
Poll tax payments fall short of last year in Whitewright
City tax collector Jesse Wallace reports poll tax payments this year total 94, down from 108 a year ago. Seventy three percent? Wait.
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Jesse Wallace
Whitewright
Smith to Nominate Roosevelt in Mass primary clash
Albany reports Governor Roose velt may enter Massachusetts April 28 primary. If Smith contests the nomination he would face Roosevelt for Massachusetts votes. Curley says Smith likely to name Roosevelt at the Democratic national convention in Chicago in June.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Alfred F. Smith
Smith
Ayor James Curley
Boston
New York
North Dakota
Curley
Massachusets
Chicago
Vestal Takes Charge at Gulf Service Station
The Gulf Service Station on East Main Street shifts to R A Vestal who ran the Burnham and Vestal garage until last week. George Burnham now partners with R E Burnham in the Vaughn building garage operation.
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Gulf Service Station
East Main Street
George Burnham
R. A. Vestal
Mr. Vestal
R. EF. Burnham
Burnham & Vestal
R. E. Burnham
Vaughn Building
Grayson County Ginning Totals Since January 16
Government cotton matlatician Ralph K. Johnson reports Grayson County ginned 63 639 bales by January 16, up from 40 307 bales to that date in 1931. The rise amounts to 23 332 more bales this year than last.
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Grayson County
Ralph K. Johnson
Japan rejects peace proposals on Shanghai settlement
Foreign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa said Japan will not accept the powers plan to settle the Shanghai issue and will present counter proposals. Tokyo opposes third party intervention and aims to handle Sino Japanese negotiations without outside mediation. He will invite U S, British and French ambassadors to review a modified Japanese proposal.
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Rio
Japan
Shanghai
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
China
League of Nations
Dun's Weekly Review Signals Slow Trade Recovery
The Dun and Co weekly review notes slow improvement in employment and wage readjustments across industries. Oversupply is less threatening than in 1931, manufacturers let orders regulate production, retailers boost volumes with sales, and expectations point to a reasonable spring trade.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Oklahoma Moves to Relieve Needy Through State Fund
Oklahoma distributes its 400000 relief fund with at least 1000 aid to every county and 2000 for both Oklahoma and Tulsa counties in the first disbursement. Counties Muskogee Okmulgee Pittsburg Ottawa Kay Bryan Carter Pottawatomie and Seminole receive 1500 each. District relief commissions will meet in eight districts to assess needs and plan work programs alongside direct aid where required. An extra one cent gasoline tax last year funded the relief.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Murray
Tulsa
Muskogee
Okmulgee
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Kay, Bryan
Carter
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Pair fined $500 for red literature in Kansas City
Owen Penney, 32, a salesman, and Marie Harrison, 26, a stenographer, were fined $500 each in North Side Court for distributing Communist literature. Jack Lewers and Lemuel Hurst were held for investigation after appearing at police headquarters to secure Penney and Miss Harrison.
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Kansas City
Owen Penney
Marie Harrison
North Side Court
Jack Lewers
Lemuel Hurst
Penney
Cyr Sues to Oust King as Louisiana Governor
Paul N. Cyr filed a suit in Lake Charles District Court through counsel Charles T. Wortham to remove Alvin O. King from the Louisiana governor's chair.
Battleship game gains popularity among college students
The armchair naval strategy game battleship spreads nationwide from Norman Oklahoma to SMU and beyond. Players use simple paper grids to place a five ship fleet and fire four square shots per turn, revealing hits without exposing exact positions, until all ships are sunk.
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China
Southern Methodist University
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Navy League
Dallas Journal
Submarine M-2 Hulk Found at Bay Floor Near Portland
The steel hulk of the British submarine M-2 with 60 sailors aboard was recovered Wednesday night in 100 feet of water in Dead Man's Bay off Portland Bill after a seven day search. Warships conducted a funeral procession as divers located the vessel sank stern first during Channel exercises.
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Portland
England
Dead Man’s Bay
Portland Bill
English Channel
Whitewright Sees 50 Degree Plunge In One Night
Local thermometers read about 72 degrees Wednesday in Whitewright while Thursday morning fell to 22 degrees as a northerly blizzard struck. Cars drained radiators, pipes froze indoors and outdoors, marking the season’s sharpest cold snap in years.
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Whitewright
England believes France and Russia allied with Japan
J M Kenworthy former Labour MP and retired British lieutenant commander said England suspects Japan is in league with France and Russia in Manchuria and China. He outlined a five phase plan ending with India and urged a boycott rather than war to halt Japan.
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New York
J. M. Kenworthy
House of Commons
England
Japan
France
Russia
Manchuria
China
Shanghai
Nanking
Yangtze Valley
Canton
Indo- China
India
Indo-China
United States
Promoters of Worthless Stocks Fleeced Public in 1931
New York report shows investors lost 48.58 million dollars to worthless stocks in 1931. Of this amount, 21.12 million was recovered by the Bureau of Securities. Excluding recovered funds, the bureau’s activities saved the public about 22.64 million.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Bureau of Securities
Bureau
Giles Variety stock sold at auction to Texas Stores Company
The Giles Variety store stock and fixtures were auctioned by bankruptcy trustees to the Texas Stores Company of Bonham. Invoiced at 1279.82 dollars, the sale brought 450 dollars. The Texas Stores manager later sold the fixtures to J L Devenport & Company. Stock moved to Bonham. fixtures to be used opening a new East Texas store.
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Giles
Texas Stores Company of
Bonham
Texas Stores Company
J. L. Devenport & Company
East Texas
Bonham votes against Sunday picture shows
An election in Bonham Tuesday bans Sunday picture shows with 585 voting no and 265 voting yes. The result ends Sunday screenings in the town.
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Bonham
Plainview Opened Its First Bank In Months
Plainview State Bank opened Monday with a thronged lobby as residents congratulated officers and deposited funds. R Q Silverthorne of Plainview was the first depositor, marking the end of four and one half months without a banking institution.
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Plainview
Bank
Plainview State Bank
R. Q. Silverthorne
Court Holds Texas Cotton Law Invalid and Refused Injunction
Judge W C Davis ruled the Texas cotton acreage reduction law unconstitutional in the Tyson v Smith case and refused the injunction. The decision will be appealed to the Tenth Court of Civil Appeals in Waco. Attorneys argued contracts and due process concerns amid claims the law was enacted in hysteria. Agricultural experts testified diversification guards soil health and reduces farm losses.
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W. C. Davis
Eighty- First District Court
Texas
T. L. Tyson
Fred L. Smith
Robertson County
Davis
Tenth Court of Civil Appeals
Waco
J. N. Gallagher
No W. Barcus
James P. Alexaner
Tyson
Smith
Texas A. & M. College
Garland Couple Shot and Robbed by Negro
Mrs. W. S. Gray, 60, was killed and her husband, W. S. Gray, 66, seriously wounded at their farm near Garland by a masked robber. The assailant took $2 and a watch and fled toward Dallas in a car. Gray identified the suspect as a former employee and officers led a countywide search with about 250 residents assisting.
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Dallas
W. S. Gray
Garland
Gray
Roosevelt Opposes Joining League of Nations
New York Governor Franklin D Roosevelt, seeking the Democratic nomination, declared the League of Nations as currently formed falls short of Wilson’s vision. He argued the United States should avoid involvement, citing European politics and limited global peace aims.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
of Nations
League of Nations
Roosevelt
United States
Washington Birthday Proclaimed by President Hoover
President Hoover issued an official proclamation calling on citizens to celebrate the 200th anniversary of George Washingtons birth. He praised Washingtons courage patience and genius and urged all people to organize in reflection.
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Washington
Hoover
George Washington
Escaped Louisiana Leper Is Retaken
A leper who fled Carville Louisiana five months ago was captured in Kansas City. He was placed in an isolation ward at General Hospital awaiting Federal Health Department attendants to return him to Carville leper hospital.
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Kansas City
Carville
General Hospital
Federal Health Department
Automobile license totals in Grayson County rise to 91728
S L Ricketts reports Grayson County collected about 91728 dollars in motor vehicle registrations from December 1 to February 1. Sherman and Denison offices posted 34233.55 for last week with Sherman adding 5897.80 on Monday and Denison about 2500. Remittances by mail total near 4000 previously and about 2000 more may be posted.
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Sherman
Grayson County
S. L. Ricketts
Ricketts
Denison
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Parrott
Texaco Oil Company
Texaco Company
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Cuba
Dun’s
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