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January 5, 1932

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STIMSON DEMANDS AMENDS BY JAPANESE, FOR BEATING CONSUL; Washington Protest Indicates Apology by Mukden Officials Is Not Sufficient. HONJO MINIMIZES ISSUE Soldiers Face Slight Penalty and Interpreter Only Loses Job for Attack. FOREIGNERS GET THREATS Tokyo Force Leaves Chinchow to Drive Last of Chinese Soldiers Below Great Wall.

By Unknown Author

Stimson protests to Amb Debuchi against beating of Chamberlain; apology by Japanese Consul Gen not enough; Japanese mil authorities at Mukden minimize incident; slight punishment for soldiers and dismissal for interpreter; anti-foreign agitation, especially toward Brit and Amers for protests against Chinchow occupation, grows among Japanese in Manchuria; Brit Consul at Dairen receives lr warning him to leave

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DRASTIC REPRESSION ORDERED IN ALL INDIA; TWO KILLED IN CLASH; Civil Resistance Banned in All Forms as Wide Emergency Powers Are Extended. 20 INJURED IN ALLAHABAD Mounted Police Rout Parade of Protest at Gandhi's Arrest -- Strikes in Several Cities. NEHRU GETS 2-YEAR TERM Idol of Youth Is the First Sentenced Under New Decrees -- Nationalist Issue Splits Moslem League.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

2 killed, 20 injured, Allahabad; Govt enforces new ordinances; Nehru gets 2-yr term; V J Patel sent to prison

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Notable Births

Umberto Eco

1932Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (died 2016)[†]

Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.

Chuck Noll

1932Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (died 2014)[†]

Charles Henry Noll was an American professional football player and head coach. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, his sole head coaching position was for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1991. When Noll retired after 23 years, only three other head coaches in NFL history had longer tenures with one team.