Boy Emperor Henry Pu Yi Chosen Leader in Manchuria
The Mukden correspondent reports the executive committee of the new Manchurian state unanimously chose Henry Pu Yi, the former boy emperor of China, as chief executive. The post may be titled Genshu, meaning sovereign or chief executive, with talks of restoring the Manchu throne. Pu Yi reportedly demands kingship or emperor status and a restoration of part of the dynasty’s glory before ruling.
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TOK
Asahi
Mukden
Manchuria
Henry Pu-Yi
China
Rengo
Genshu
Puyi
Federal Relief Bill Approved by House Labor Committee
The House Labor Committee approved a 706 million dollar federal relief bill by nine votes to three. The plan splits funds into direct state loans of 306.6 million with bonded state guarantees, 200 million in direct grants for states near borrowing limits, and 200 million for a public building program with existing allocations but awaiting budget estimates.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Budget Bureau
Gillespies Divorced in Tulsa After Forty-Year Marriage
Mrs Maude Gillespie and Frank A Gillespie were divorced in a Tulsa district court after a 40 year marriage. She testified briefly accusing cruelty. Gillespie, an oil multi millionaire, has been based in Beverly Hills California.
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Tulsa
Okla
Maude. Gillespie
Frank A. Gillespie
County, Santa Fe Strike Tax Settlement in Holbrook
Navajo county supervisors and bankers reached a deal with the Santa Fe railway to advance about 93 000 dollars of the second 1931 installment in March and April to relieve a situation where county and state registered warrants were not being paid in the county.
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Holbrook, Ariz
Navajo County
Bankers
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
Weather Outlook for Arizona
Arizona expected fair in extreme west and central to southeast areas tonight through Saturday with light snow in the northeast. Rain and unsettled conditions may linger in central regions while temperatures remain steady.
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Arizona
Weather brief for Winslow gives temps and precipitation
A Winslow weather note reports a Thursday high and Friday low around 22 degrees with precipitation details unclear due to damaged OCR. It notes temperatures and precipitation indicators without full metric clarity.
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Winslow
Dempsey Takes It On The Chin In Cook County Dinner
At a Chicago dinner before a fight with Levinsky, John Dempsey known as the bookish challenger responded to speakers with The better man win. The quip followed jests about education and boxing. Dempsey then entered the arena to face his test with resolve.
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Chicago
Tunney
John Harrison Dempsey
Mr. Levinsky
Maxwell Street Levinskys
Dempsey
Mr. Dempsey
Wisconsin as a Lab for Party Politics in 1932
Wisconsin nears the April 5 delegate election as internal strife splits Democrats and Republicans headed to Chicago. The La Follette faction backs its own slate for the national convention following battles over employment relief and wealth redistribution.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Chicago
Hoover
Philip F. la Follette
la Follette Organization
Missing fliers to be sought from air over Alaskabound search
A plan for an aerial search was announced in Vancouver for Mrs Edna Christopherson and William R Graham two Alaskabound fliers missing since Monday They were en route to Point Barrow Alaska to search Arctic ice fields for the lost fur ship Baychimo Deep snow in the region hinders dog team travel.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Edna Christofferson
William R
Graham
Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Baychimo
Mexico Seeks Gradual Arms Reductions Within Limits
Mexico will accept a reduction of armaments compatible with internal security and support a draft convention as the basis for disarmament talks. Francisco Castillo Najera said Mexico backs prohibiting exceptional weapons such as chemical and biological warfare and aerial bombardment.
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Geneva
Mexico
Francisco Castillo Najera
Drop Investigation Of Kidnaping Story
Cleveland reports that the inquiry into Harry Blagden's kidnapping tale is dropped. State Trooper H N McGann of New York stated he will return home, ending the investigation into Blagden's account of being kidnaped from Lake Placid.
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Cleveland
Harry Blagden
Sportsman
New York State
H. N. McGann
New York
Blagden
Lake Placid
N. Y
Wilbur Fights Reductions in Interior Fund
Secretary Wilbur attacks cuts to the Interior Department Appropriation Bill telling public lands senators the department cannot be disorganized and warning of responsibility when the cuts persist. He notes the department faces an $18.9 million reduction from 1982 levels after House committee trims.
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Wilbur
Washington
Interior Department
Public Lands
Department
Department of the Interior
House
McAdoo backs Garner in presidential race rally
In a political development McAdoo declares support for Garner as the presidential nominee while trains deliver food to destitute Indians and ranchers in northern New Mexico. Snowbound routes reopen on the Denver and Rio Grande Western lines linking Alamosa to Durango and Santa Fe for relief supplies.
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McAdoo
Durango
Colo
New Mexico
Alamosa
Cumbres Pass
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Navajo Parents Discuss Plans for Northern School Attendance
Navajo parents from seven districts of the Leupp reservation met with officials including Z E Balmer and James Arenson to plan sending children to Indian schools in northern Arizona and New Mexico. Representatives from Red Lake Tolchaco Castle Butte Canyon Daible Leupp Cedar Springs Indian Wells attended as flood fears from the Little Colorado prompted a decision to abandon the Leupp Indian school.
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Leupp Navajo Indian Agency
Arizona
New Mexico
Z. E. Balmer
James Arentson
Indian Bureau
John Montgomery
Ai. A. South
Wain. Toomi
H. Harvey
Red Lake
Tolchaco
Castle Butte
Canyon Daible
Leupp
Cedar Springs
Indian Wells
Redmen
Little Colorado
Garner Poised As Strong Democratic Presidential Contender
The article notes John Garner's rising stature within the Democratic field as William G. McAdoo publicly backs Garner in Los Angeles. McAdoo says Garner could unite party factions, while Garner concentrates on his House duties, shaping national leadership amid the Stop Roosevelt movement.
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William G. McAdoo
Los Angeles
Garner
House of Representatives
McAdoo
the Treasury
Hollywood Man Killed in Safford Accident
Otto Mattisen forty from Hollywood California died instantly when his car plunged off the highway near Pima ten miles west of Safford Arizona. Duncan Renaldo of New York was injured in the same accident reported today.
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Safford
Ariz
Otto Mattisen
Hollywood
Cal
Duncan Renaldo
New York
Pima
Cardozo Nomination Favored by Senate Subcommittee
A Senate judiciary sub-committee recommended a favorable report on Benjamin N. Cardozo's Supreme Court nomination. The panel, including Republicans Robinson and Schall and Democrat Ashurst, quickly endorsed after hearing William H. Anderson’s complaint about alleged bail denial in a forgery case. The vote came in under five minutes and a full committee decision was set for Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Supreme Court
William H. Anderson
New York
Cardozo
Robinson
Indiana
Schall
Minnesota
Ashurst
Ariz
Anderson
Albert Cardozo
Tweed Ring
Tammany
Japanese General Foresees No Chinese Retreat at Shanghai Front
General Kenkichi Uyeda, commander of Japan's Shanghai army, said China would not withdraw but Japan would hold its position. He noted possible misunderstandings in the ultimatum delivered to the Chinese command and stated the demands apply to the 19th Army, which he called the main support of the anti-Japanese boycott.
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Shanghai
Kenkichi Uyeda
Japan
Chapei
D A V Auxiliary Backs Vet Pension and Bonus
Mrs Frieda Mooney national commander of the disabled American veterans auxiliary supported a widows and orphans pension bill and full payment of the bonus during a Prescott visit She arrived to organize a new auxiliary unit and planned to depart the next night.
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Prescott, Ariz
Frieda Mooney
Los Angeles
Disabled American Veterans of the World War Auxiliary
Two Bodies Found Stuffed in Auto in New York Street
Police found two unidentified men shot to death inside the rumble seat of a parked car on West 114th Street in New York. The victims had been recently killed and the crime is under investigation.
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New York
West 114Th Street
Former King of Saxony Dies After Stroke at Sybylenort Castle
Former King Friedrich August of Saxony died last night at Sybylenort Castle near Breslau after a stroke of apoplexy. His two sons Crown Prince George and Prince Ernst Heinrich and his sister Princess Mathilde were at his bedside.
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Breslau
Germany
Friedrich August
Saxony
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Sybylenort Castle
Here
Prince George
Ernst Heinrich
Mathilde
League to convene extra session on Far East crisis
The League of Nations council decided to call an extraordinary session of the assembly to address the Far East situation. Meanwhile twelve neutral members ruled the Japanese objection to a Chinese demand for a meeting to discuss the dispute invalid.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
League Assembly
Far East
Switzerland
League of Nations Assembly
League Council
Beer hearing closes after six weeks in Washington
Six weeks of hearings on a bill to legalize four per cent beer closed in Washington with about 280000 words of direct testimony on both sides recorded. The extensive testimony reflects strong advocacy and public interest in the brewing policy change.
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Washington
Roach Heads Back to Los Angeles From South America
Hal Roach the American movie director who has been touring Central and South America by airplane started for Los Angeles by plane this morning leaving Mexico City after a Caribbean flight sequence and before his return.
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Mexico City
Hal ‘Roach
Central
South America
Los Angeles
Pine lumber production curbed by Western Pine Association
Portland in February the Western Pine Association said pine lumber production in the western states will be sharply curtailed until prices rise enough to keep mills running. The decision came at the association's first annual convention here yesterday.
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Portland
Ore
Western Pine Association
Foshay Trial Postponed In Minneapolis
The trial of W B Foshay and H H Henley on mail fraud charges was postponed until Monday due to illness of defense attorney Josiah Brill.
Pueblo Lands Award Payment Urged by Indian Official
Charles J. Rhoades of the Indian Bureau urged prompt payment of Pueblo lands board awards to white settlers in the New Mexico land cases before the House Indian committee. The Feb. 19 testimony highlighted urgency in settling disputed land awards.
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Pueblo Lands
Washington
Pueblo Lands Board
New Mexico
House Indian Committee
Charles J. Rhoades
The
Indian Bureau
Mexico City recognizing 11 priests under new clergy law
The federal district government of Mexico City renewed church services and recognized the credentials of 11 priests under the new clergy restriction law.
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Mexico City
Federal District Government of
Premier Diamond Mine to Close in March
CAPETOWN Feb 19 Official announcement states the Premier Diamond Mine where the Cullinan diamond was found in 1905 will be closed March 31.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Rights group delivers Volstead petitions to three House members
The Constitutional Rights Association of America submitted petitions signed by 55,432 constituents in a push to modify the Volstead act. The action targeted three House members in Washington on February 19.
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The
Constitutional Rights Association of America Today
House
Cannon libel suit trial set for Blanton clash at House
Representative Blanton of Texas said a court trial of Bishop James Cannon Jr.’s $500,000 libel suit against Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts is assured, with Cannon listening in the gallery as the House meets in Washington.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Blanton
Texas
House
Tinkham
Mass
Hotel group pushes repeal of eighteenth amendment
The American Hotel Association executive council adopted a resolution urging repeal of the eighteenth amendment and granting states control over liquor traffic. The action was announced in Chicago on February 19.
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Chicago
The
American Hotel Association
Irish election counts show Fianna Fail inching ahead
Revisions and returns from Tuesday's Irish Free State election place Fianna Fail at 45 seats with Labor 5 and Government 36, Independents 16. Fianna Fail and allies hold 40 seats while government supporters total 16.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
William T. Cosgrave
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Labor
Government
Fianna Failane
Premier Wang outlines five point peace proposal
Wang Ching Wei, premier of the Chinese government, rejected Japan's demand to retire the Shanghai army by 12 1/2 miles unless Japan retreated equally. He proposed five points: mutual withdrawal acceptable, but Chinese only withdrawal rejected. anti-Japanese acts to be legal and free speech protected. Japanese activity within law limits. no Chinese troops in Shanghai, with police patrolling post‑normal. Japanese planes should not monitor Chinese withdrawal.
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Nanking
China
Wang
Ching-Wei
Shanghai
Wang Ching-Wei
Paoshang
Woosung
NYSE tightens margin lending with written customer consent
The New York Stock Exchange ruled that members may not lend margin securities without the customer's written consent. The policy, effective April 1, bans lending by brokers to themselves or others unless explicit authorization is secured. The move targets short selling practices previously allowed under general customer agreements.
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New
York
Caine
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Oil Proration By Military Order Declared Illegal
A federal three judge panel ruled yesterday that oil proration by military order in the east Texas field is illegal. The decision permanentizes a temporary injunction stopping Governor Ross Sterling Brig. Gen Jacob Wolters and Adjutant General W. W. Sterling from interfering with production of wells owned by Eugene Constantin J E Wrather and other independent operators.
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Tyler
Tex
East Texas
Texas
Ross
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