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February 17, 1927

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Actuated by Italy's Situation.; ITALY WILL REJECT NAVAL CONFERENCE

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TEXAS GUINAN JAILED IN DRY RAID ON CLUB; Hostess and Three Employes Are Locked Up Charged With Prohibition Law Violation. HAD BEEN RAIDED BEFORE And She Is Also Charged With Contempt of Court -- No Bail Without Federal Court Order. TEXAS GUINAN JAILED IN DRY RAID ON CLUB

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Raided by dry agents; Texas Guinan and 3 employes arrested on charge of breaking dry law; she is also charged with contempt of court because of personal injunction issued after previous raid

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CANTONESE FORCES DEFEAT DEFENDERS OF SHANGHAI; HANGCHOW REPORTED TAKEN; WIN IN SUDDEN THRUST Reinforced Nationalists Drive to Within 113 Miles of Shanghai. PROPAGANDA A WEAPON Southern Agents Undermine the Morale of Sun Chuan-fang's Troops Before Battle. HE REJECTS KELLOGG PLAN Insists He Will Win and Wants No Interference -- Says That Washington Misunderstands. CANTONESE DEFEAT NORTHERN FORCES

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Northerners retreating toward Shanghai, Soochow and Anhwei Province

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24 DIE IN CALIFORNIA STORM, WORST IN STATE'S HISTORY; TOWNS ISOLATED BY FLOODS; THOUSANDS FLEE HOMES

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Snow avalanche in Sierras

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' THE CAPTIVE' QUITS, BUT NEW PRODUCER WILL DEFY POLICE; Liveright Persuades Cast to Play After Four Promise Court They Won't.

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"Captive" withdrawn by G Miller and Frohman Co; court charges dropped; H B Liveright plans to produce it; Banton commends latest Ames com plan; "Sex" and "Virgin Man" refuse to close

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