Attempts Made To End Fight
Shanghai reports easing bombardment as both sides seek peace efforts in Chapei and Woosung. Japanese command pledges warning before any strike while Chinese leaders, including Wellington Koo and T. V. Soong, confer but offer no public statements. Western ministers delay return to Nanking until weekend. Wu Teh-chen says China seeks honorable peace though Japanese militarists push expansion.
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Chapei
Woosung
Wellington Koo
T. V. Soong
Nanking
Wu Tech-chen
China
Soong
Chiang Kai-shek
Senate Refuses House Change on Lame Duck Amendment
The Senate objects to House changes on a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the lame duck session. A conference is demanded with Vice President Curtis naming a three member panel led by Senator Norris to resolve the differences. Norris favors a seven year ratification window along with Senate support from Ashurst for the deadline.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Curtis
Norris
Neb
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Mont
House
Ashurst
Ariz
Billie Adkins Granted Liberty In Tucson Kidnapping Case
Billie Adkins, 20, was freed from Pima county jail after justice of the peace C V Bun Rong ruled insufficient evidence to charge her as an accessory after the fact in the abduction of Gordon Sawyer, a Tucson bank official. Her brother Clifford Adkins, 29, remained jailed on $25,000 bail as authorities sought their father.
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Tucson
Ariz
Billie Adkins
Gordon Sawyer
Miss Adkins
Pima County
C. V. Bun‘ong
Justice of the Peace
Sawyer
Clifford Adkins
Lawmakers Back $10 Million Revolving Farm Credit Fund
In Washington on February 17 both House and Senate approved a $10,000,000 revolving fund to improve the agriculture credit situation. Also on February 17 the Senate adjourned without completing action on the Glass Steagall banking bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Arizona Weather Fair Tonight Then Colder East Central
Fair skies prevail in Arizona tonight with a drop in temperature. North and west regions stay milder while eastern and central areas become cooler and frost is possible in the south central and southeast portions.
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Arizona
Famine Threatens New Mexico Tribe
Rio Arriba county faces famine as a severe mountain blizzard blocks passes and food runs low. Jicarilla Apache Indians await relief while trains from Durango and Antonito are halted, and Santa Fe seeks railroad action to open routes before hunger spreads. Highways into the reservation have been closed since November.
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Santa FE
N. M
Rio Arriba
Jicarilla
J. S. Pyeatt
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Jicarilla Reservation
Canjilon
Debts Conference May Invite U S Rep Uncertain
Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon told the House of Commons he could not say if the United States would be invited to attend the debts conference scheduled for June likely at Lausanne.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
United States
Lausanne
Supais Are Driven To High Land
Flood waters of the Supai river in Havasupai canyon forced Supai tribesmen to move families to higher ground as storms swollen the river. Waters receded slightly with expected return to canyon habita tions. Snow fell in Prescott with no heavy precipitation since Monday night. a snow threat loomed at Winslow. Citigroup? No. Roadways affected: Rice-McNary road urged unused due to weather. Six inches of snow between Black River and ranger station. washes in the district remained high posing autoerosion risk.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Havasupai Canyon
Arizona
Supai
Prescott
Winslow
State Highway Department
Rice-McNary Road
Black River
Ranger Station
Russians Criticize Geneva Conference Comedy of Hypocrisy
In Moscow Izvestia denounces the Geneva discussions as a capitalist farce. The Soviet paper says great powers pretend to seek peace while each pursues maximum armament for future war, asserting only Russia truly wants peace.
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Moscow
U.S.S.R
Izvestia
Geneva
Russia
Yachtsman Sighted On Ocean Crossing
The Italian ship Monte Piana reported hailing Argentine yachtsman Victor Dumas 800 miles off Gran Canaria. Dumas began his solitary trans Atlantic voyage from Arcachon on December 12, his small yacht damaged in a storm, reaching Las Palmas January 13 for repairs before resuming January 27.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Monte Piana
Victor Dumas
Gran Canaria
Canaries
Arcachon
France
South America
Cleveland Elects Democrat Ray Miller as Mayor
Cleveland voters chose Ray T. Miller, 39, former Notre Dame football player and county prosecutor, over Republican Daniel E. Morgan by 102 632 to 92 929. The landslide reflected a shift after 17 years of Republican rule despite a GOP council majority. The mayor's wide powers and local machine divisions sparked clashes and one shooting amid security efforts.
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Cleveland
Ray T. Miller
Notre Dame
Daniel E. Morgan
Miller
Cuyahoga
Morgan
Maurice Maschke
Authori Tiss
Oak Creek Highway Damage Estimate Set At Ten Thousand
Phoenix report states the state highway department estimated Oak Creek highway flood damage at about ten thousand dollars after investigations of storms in northern Arizona.
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Oak Creek
Phoenix
State Highway Department
Arizona
Garner boom under way in Washington
In Washington on February 17 the Garner boom grows as a national drive but the Texan Speaker of the House refuses any bid for the presidency. Senators Sheppard and Connally offer Garner as a Democratic candidate not as a favorite son and pledge Texas votes. Garner says he knows nothing of the statement and will not discuss presidential prospects, focusing on his House duties.
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Washington
House
White House
Texas
Sheppard
Connally
Lone Star
Chicago
Garner
Farmer Murders Four and Himself in Iowa Farmhouse
Nanno Andreesen a stock buyer and farmer shot and killed four family members then killed himself near Stout Iowa. He left a note warning five would be found dead at his place. Victims include Mrs Andreesen son Elmer 14 daughter Verna 9 and sister in law Maggie Hessenius. Authorities blame financial worries.
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Stout
Iowa
Nanno Andreesen
Andreesen
Elmer
Verna
Maggie Hessenius
Norma Talmage To Become A Nomad
Norma Talmadge plans to depart for Paris in about ten days to obtain a divorce from film magnate Joseph Schenck. She states there is no new partner and that they remain good friends, a situation she says is not fitting for a married couple. She envisions a life as a nomad after the divorce.
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New York
Norma Talmadge
Paris
Joseph Schenck
Considine, Broadway Figure, Dies at 62 in New Rochelle
William Considine aged 62, last of the Considine brothers once known on Broadway with Lillian Russell and Bob Fitzsimmons, died at his New Rochelle home yesterday.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
William Considine
Lillian Russell
Bob Fitzsimmons
Lions Withdraw Rail Crossing Petitions in Winslow
The Winslow Lions Club will withdraw petitions to the Arizona Corporation Commission to reopen the Williamson Street railroad crossing. Officers were instructed to contact the Commission to cancel the hearing request and cease sponsorship after a lengthy discussion amid strong opposition and Santa Fe pressure.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Winslow
Lions Club
Santa Fe
Ramsay MacDonald Attends Cabinet Session Despite Eye Surgery
London February 17 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald arrived at No 10 Downing Street wearing an eye shade and bandage over his left eye to preside over a key cabinet meeting after an operation for glaucoma. He planned to visit Chequers later for rest prescribed by his doctors.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
MacDonald
Chequers
France Seeks New Premier After Laval Resigns
President Paul Doumer moved to form a new French government after Premier Pierre Laval quit following a Senate confidence defeat. Interim Laval cabinet remains in place as Doumer consults political leaders. Joseph Paul Boncour emerged as a principal possible successor.
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Paris
Paul Doumer
France
Pierre Laval
Senate
Flood Delays San Diego Tia Juana Bridge Traffic
Flood level on the Tia Juana river threatened to wash away the wooden bridge linking the San Diego area and Agua Caliente Mexico. Soldiers blocked traffic at both ends of the bridge to prevent crossings.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
Tia Juana
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Roosevelt Demands Sheriff Explain Large Bank Deposits
Governor Roosevelt orders Sheriff Thomas Farley of New York County to provide a full public accounting of his large 1925 1931 bank deposits. He says an elected official owes a credible explanation even on mere suspicions and notes about 250000 still unexplained after deductions.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas M. Farley
New York County
Senate panel backs Grew as Japan envoy
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported favorably the nomination of Joseph C. Grew of New Hampshire, then ambassador to Turkey, to become ambassador to Japan.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
New Hampshire
Turkey
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Indiana Sheriff Admits He Helped To Rob Two Banks
Ira Barton, former Blackford county sheriff, confessed to aiding in three bank robberies last year as his trial for conspiracy to rob Dunkirk's First State Bank on Christmas Eve continued. He denied involvement in the Dunkirk holdup. He later attacked Deputy Sheriff Tandy Ferguson. a state officer fired twice and captured him nearby.
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Portland
Ind
Ira Barton
Blackford
First State Bank
Dunkirk
Barton
Tandy Ferguson
Ed Storms
Germany Lithuania clash to move to Permanent Court
The dispute over the arrest of Otto Boetcher, president of the council of the International City of Memel, shifts from the League of Nations council to the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague, as announced in Geneva.
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Geneva
Germany
Lithuania
Otto Boetcher
Council
International
Memel
League of Nations Council
Permanent Court of International Justice
The
Hague
League Appeals to Japan Sense of Honor over China Hostilities
The League of Nations council issued an appeal to Japan via Naotake Sato urging admission of obligations and to justify global confidence. It declared it cannot recognize Japan's occupation of China under Article X and cited the Shanghai incident's impact on public opinion and the disarmament conference.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Japan
China
Naotake Sato
Council
Tokyo
Committee of Twelve
League
Shanghai
Hoover proposes major government reorganization for economy
President Hoover sent a special message asking authority to reorganize the executive branch to cut expenditures. He seeks four new federal offices and title changes to consolidate activities, with executive orders subject to 60 day congressional review. Cited need for drastic economy dominates efforts as Glass-Et Deal advances.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Army
Navy
Ireland Awaits Election Results
Ireland waits for the ballot count that will decide the government of President Cosgrave versus Eamonn de Valera. Early returns suggest a small margin either way as delays may push results for days amid a quiet election but with two deaths from Monday violence.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Free State
Cosgrave
Eamonn de Valera
Fianna Fair
Manchukuo State Tasked With Proclaiming New Mongolian State
Mukden Manchuria Feb 17 P Chao Hsin-Po mayor of Mukden and a key Japanese ally in Manchuria was charged with drafting a proclamation for a new Manchurian Mongolian state expected to be announced tomorrow. Chinese leaders including General Mah Chan-Shan and provincial governors and chiefs will appear as founders.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Chao Hsin-Po
Mudken
Japan
Mah Chan-Shan
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