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February 14, 1933

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JAPAN TO MAINTAIN MANCHUKUO POLICY, SHE TELLS LEAGUE; Rejects Demand to Withdraw Her Armies and Restore Sovereignty to China. NEGOTIATION IS REFUSED Plan for Committee Including United States and Russia Is Declared Illegal. WITHDRAWAL IS FORECAST Tokyo Expresses Belief We Have Reached an Understanding With China and Soviet. JAPAN TO MAINTAIN MANCHUKUO POLICY

By Clarence K. Streit.wireless To the New York Times.by Clarence K. Streit

Japan replies to League that she will not accept sovereignty of China over Manchuria; Y Matsuoka, Japanese delegate, recommends withdrawal of Chinese forces from Jehol; Com of 19 adopts 1st 3 parts of rept of drafting com; Japanese spokesman at Tokyo says a secret understanding has been reached by U S, Russia and China

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Notable Births

1933Nell Hall Williams, American quilter (died 2021)[โ€ ]

Nell Hall Williams was an American artist associated with the Gee's Bend group of quilters. Her work is included in the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Notable Deaths

Carl Correns

1933Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (born 1864)[โ€ ]

Carl Erich Correns was a German botanist and geneticist notable primarily for his independent discovery of the principles of heredity, which he achieved simultaneously but independently of the botanist Hugo de Vries, and for his acknowledgment of Gregor Mendel's earlier paper on that subject.