Big Ten weighs Iowa case at annual meeting
The Big Ten faculty committee on athletics meets in Chicago to decide Iowa's status after a January 1930 ban. Iowa sought reinstatement after reforms, with mixed sentiment among conference members. Northwestern Purdue Indiana Wisconsin favorable while Michigan Illinois Chicago opposed and Ohio State Minnesota unsure.
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Big Yale Organ In Service Today
NEW HAVEN December 6 One of the world’s great organs is to be played publicly today as Yale organist Professor Harry B Jepson sits at the Newberry organ in Woolsey hall The instrument built in 1903 doubled in size in 1916 and rebuilt over the past two years now has 13000 pipes The Newberry family provided the original organ funds from Mrs Helen Newberry Joy Truman Handy Newberry and John Stoughton Newberry and the most recent work was funded by Sees and John S Newberry The Newberry family will attend the concert.
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Christmas Lighting Contest Offered in Amarfillo
A Globe coupon invites residents of Amarfillo to enter Christmas decorations and lighting contest with $200 in prizes for the best lighted homes. Participants are urged to fill out the coupon and mail it to the Chamber of Commerce promptly.
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Rail Legislation Urged to Aid Orderly Mergers
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged Congress to consider new rail consolidation measures amid warnings that control by noncarrier groups could stifle competition. The report cites Alleghany and Pennroad structures as examples of cross-ownership schemes threatening unified trunk-line systems. It also notes fallout from the O'Fallon decision and outlines pending financial arrearages and regulatory timelines.
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Morocco Slave Ring Exposed in Marrakech
United Press reports in Marrakech that child labor in Morocco includes boys and girls held against will and sold as slaves for housework. Hafid ben Boujma, who freed his son after four years in southern Morocco, paid two camels and money as ransom. Police arrested Boujmah ben Bouazza, alleged leader of the ring.
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Fifty-One From San Quentin Home for Xmas
San Quentin inmates will have parole dates advanced to December 25 for Christmas release, excluding those not with jobs waiting. Board of Prison Directors announces. Some prisoners will be discharged between December 22 and January 4, with one inmate gaining freedom on Christmas morning.
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Egypt and Italy Exchange Gifts City Sourced Cultural Exchange
Cairo reports a reciprocal gift plan between Egypt and Italy. Each government will donate land for new cultural buildings. Italians first chose Nero palace ruins near the Coliseum for the Egyptian school but moved to a larger site under search for a suitable location in Egypt.
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Retired Naval Officer Testifies in Elk Hills Leases Case
Lieut. Commander R. F. Landis, retired naval officer, testified as a witness in the Elk Hills naval oillands cancellation trial in Kern County. He provided figures on profits of the Pan American Petroleum Company since 1921, tied to leases executed by Albert B. Fall. The hearing also covered government claims of missing open bidding and Fall's disposal of California oil reserves against geologists' advice.
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Historic Chateau Burns in Rouen Fire
A drunken worker started a blaze that gutted the historic chateau of Countess Sienkiewicz in Rouen, causing 2 million francs in damage. The incident underscores peril to cultural landmarks amid labor unrest reports.
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Soviet Sack Shortage Spurs Patriot Sacks Drive
Moscow dispatch reports that patriotic Soviet citizens are urged to collect ordinary sacks and turn them over to the government to aid grain collection, which has been hampered by a shortage of sacks. The United Press notes the nationwide call to action as winter work begins.
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College Rules Now Relaxed By United Press
Fort Worth dispatch notes a shift in policy at the University of Texas in Fort Worth where older stringent rules from 1874 75 are no longer published or enforced. The historic catalogue once forbidding possession of firearms knives or deadly weapons is cited as an example of earlier strict governance now softened.
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Flashes of Life Sparks in Royal Romance Rumors
London gossip notes that army officers must resign when marrying actresses, sparked by Francis Francis of the Royal Horse Guards engagement to Sunny Jarmann American comedian. Dare jokes that a prime minister would not resign for marriage to an actress. New York reports 200 debutante heartaches at the season’s first junior assembly, with only 100 debutantes admitted. Lindbergh’s associate plans a Pan American honeymoon, and aviator Harry Bruno to wed actress Nydia D Arnell.
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Ortiz Rubio Due in Hot Springs Amid U S Visit
President-Elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio of Mexico was due to arrive in Hot Springs Arkansas early today as part of a leisurely tour of the United States following his recent campaign. He departed Houston Thursday night after a day of receptions.
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U S Science Now Adopted by Sweden
Swedish state railways will gradually replace wooden coaches with all steel carriages and equip engines with powerful searchlights and chime whistles. American methods are being adopted in repair shops, boosting output using belt systems and labor-saving processes at Gothenburg and planned at Tomteboda and Malmo plants.
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Japan Plans for National Culture Campaign in Tokyo
Tokyo authorities announce a vigorous national culture drive featuring lectures, films, civic rules, and school measures. Theaters must display the Japanese flag and play the national anthem Kimi ga yo. Public schools are instructed to train pupils to show proper respect to Shinto shrines and the flag.
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Tokyo
Spain Expo Dates Delayed for Seville and Barcelona
United Press reports Madrid officials announce new closing dates for Spain's expositions. Seville will stay open until June 21, 1930, while Barcelona will close on January 18, 1990, then reopen for several months as a national exposition attracting tourists next spring.
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