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Meanwhile officials of Mukden's Chinese Provincial Government had fled in headlong fear. (No. 1 Committeeman: Mr. Quan Shinkai, once chief secretary to the late, barbaric War Lord Chang Tso-lin.) They were replaced by an un savory group of Chinese calling themselves the Peoples Preservation Committee who seemed disposed to declare the secession of Manchuria from the rest of China. Other secessionist movements were reported (by the Japanese press) in such leading Manchurian cities as Harbin and Kirin. Finally in Tokyo suave General Jiro Minami, Japanese War Minister credited with secretly ordering the whirl wind Japanese occupation of Manchuria...
...Collings collapsed. To protect her, her father-in-law hired Lawyer Homer Stille Cummings, onetime Democratic National Committeeman, adviser of President Wilson, counsel for James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney. District Attorney...
Last week Committeeman Mack, 73, announced that he would soon retire. Long had his square, bushy-browed face, his well-groomed figure, his cane been familiar at Democratic councils. His newspaper had thrived, been sold in 1929 to Scripps-Howard for a reported $6,000,000. He wanted to retire to his home on Buffalo's fashionable Delaware Avenue. He announced his support of Oliver Cabana Jr. as his successor in the Democratic leadership of Erie County. He ex plained...
...every desire has been gratified for political honors, and in 1928 I would have retired from the political field if that great leader of men, the Hon. Alfred E. Smith, had not requested that I again would accept the position of national committeeman from the State of New York. ... I will not accept under any circumstances the membership of the national committee again and I will continue to do, as a private citizen, my very best to bring success to the party...
...Committeeman: And of considerable importance to Senator McDougald...