Copyright, 1932, by The Associated Press. SHANGHAI, Monday, Feb. 22. -- The dogged Chinese defenders of Kiangwan succeeded again today in resisting powerful attacks by Japanese forces on their stronghold and the Japanese were forced to direct the brunt of their drive on the right wing of the Chinese troops north of the town.

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1932Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2009)^[†]

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent Kennedy family, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

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1932Harriet Converse Moody, American businesswoman and arts patron (born 1857)^[†]

Harriet Converse Moody was an American businesswoman and arts patron. Moody began her career in Chicago in 1889, working as a schoolteacher and then forming a successful restaurant and catering business that operated for almost 40 years. After her brief marriage to the poet William Vaughn Moody, which ended upon his death of brain cancer, she became a patron to artists, particularly poets.

Headlines from February 22, 1932

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Orders Fruit Jars Destroyed After Seizure in a Dry Raid

SMITH TO MAKE FIGHT AGAINST ROOSEVELT; Will Consent to Active Battle in Massachusetts, Where He Will Oppose the Governor. CLASH IN ALL NEW ENGLAND Hard Contest for Delegates in Pennsylvania Also Likely as Smith Alters Tactics. SMITH ALTERS PLAN; TO FIGHT ROOSEVELT

TANKS FAIL TO BREAK KlANGWAN'S DEFENSE; Japanese Use Men, Machines and Pigeons in Drive to Cut Chinese Front. TRY TO ENCIRCLE CHAPEI Japanese Say They Aim to Press Foe Back Without Endangering Settlement. TANK ATTACKS FAIL TO TAKE KIANGWAN

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