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January 2, 1931

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Headlines from January 2, 1931

8 AMERICAN MARINES SLAIN IN NICARAGUAN AMBUSCADE LED BY AIDE OF SANDINO; ELEVEN ATTACKERS KILLED Bandits Make Surprise Assault on Party of 10 on 'Phone Patrol. OUR MEN FIGHT TO THE END Planes Bring Two Wounded and Bodies of Dead Back to Corps Headquarters. TWO FROM NEW YORK STATE One of Dead Is From Brooklyn and Another From Buffalo-- No Reinforcements Planned. Surrounded by Foe. Seen as Sandino Offensive. Casualties Reported to Washington. Airplanes Used as Ambulances. Buffalo Boy Only 19 Years Old. Aron Unknown at Brooklyn Address.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Toshiki Kaifu

1931Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)[†]

Toshiki Kaifu was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991.