League Delays Oil Embargo and Ethiopian Front News
The League postpones its oil embargo discussion for Italy after Paris talks between Laval and Clerk amid fears of widening conflict. Mussolini warned war if embargo imposed, while Haile Selassie boosts Ethiopian resistance with air trips and Adiss Ababa reports gains. Federal Reserve notes a strong U S recovery with durable goods upturn and rising profits. Pan American China Clipper begins air mail to Manila via Honolulu Midway Wake Guam, crew of six, 1709 mile leg from Guam to Manila plus Philippine Clipper preps for December 6 flight.
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League of Nations Sanctions Committee
Italy
Laval
George Russell Clerk
Paris
Benito Mussolini
Europe
France
Vittorio Cerrut
London
United States
Washington
Augusto Rosso
Hull
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Gorahal
Gabredarre
Makale
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Banks
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The
Reserve Board
Iere
Orient Dan-American Airways
Alameda
Calif
Manila
Tlenolulu
Midway Islands
Wake Island
Guam
Edwin C. Musick
Midway
Wake
China
Pan-American Airways
trans-Pacific Air Fleet
Athantic Coast
San Diego
Miami
Fla
Acapulco
Mexico
Communists Beset Natal and Pernambuco Revolt in Brazil
Rebels seized Natal as fighting raged for Pernambuco control. Believed led by Luis Carlos Prestes, the uprising drew in federal troops, army and navy aircraft, and two cruisers. Gen Manuel Krelo commanded operations to quell the revolt.
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Natal
Pernambuco
Luis Carlos Prestes
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Paraguay
Chile
Manuel Krahelo
American delegation named for naval conference in London
Seven American diplomats and naval officers selected by Secretary of State Tull will head the delegation to the London naval conference. Norman oH. Davis leads the group with Undersecretary William Phillips and Admiral Walla by Standley, plus advisers Ray Atherton J H Dooman Noel K Field and Samuel Eher. Technical experts include Royal de Inger and Roscoe B Schultmann with Arthur Ayrault Han Woltem and David M Key. RR Allen Haden acts as secretary. President Roosevelt will steer the course through Jay Jn and colleagues once talks progress.
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Tull
London
Norman Oh. Davis
Armbassador
J. WH. Dooman
Noel K. Field
Samuel Eher
Armerican
Jean. Hion
Bern
Switzerland
Navy
Royal de Inger
Roscoe B. Schultmann
Arthur 2
Ayrault
Han Woltem
David M. Key
Allen Haden
Roosevelt
Jay Jn
Split within the AFL over industrial vs craft unionism
The American Federation of Labor faces a major split as industrial unionism clashed with craft unionism following John L. Lewis’s resignation as AFL vice president. Lewis leads mass production advocates with Washington headquarters and a $10 million war fund, while William Green and craft unionists resist secession and vow a bitter internal struggle.
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Rok
William Green
Lewis
Hle
Washington
Fir
United Mine Workers
Green
Global War Notes Signal Tumult Across Asia and Beyond
Abridged survey notes chaos in northern China as Japan contemplates moves near the Great Wall and hints at Philippines involvement. It cites economic factors like oil and gold driving war efforts, reports on Brazil’s northern coast air power, and a failed coup in Ethiopia amid British and Italian tensions. Also mentions pirate treasure hunts in Jacksonville and Wall Street, and the cutting of the Jonker diamond for sale.
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Japan
China
Great Wall
Philippines
California
Mussolini
Italy
Jacksonville
Fla
Wall Street
Canada trade pact viewed through tariff debate and politics
Washington editor analyzes the Canada trade agreement under President Roosevelt, noting tariff concessions, likely effects on markets, and the political fight ahead. The piece recalls 1911 reciprocity debates and the potential for broader North American integration reactions.
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William Howard Taft
Champ Clark
Missouri
George Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Bull Moose Party
Clark
Mr. Norris
Mr. Clark
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Englishman with forty wives and seventy-nine children in Zululand
In the late 1800s John Dunn, a white Englishman, took forty native wives in Zululand. After the 1879 uprising he became one of 18 chiefs. His 70 living children recently appeared in a Cape Town native court over a disputed 10,000 acre land grant. A Dunn descendant missed a 100 acre share.
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John Dunn
Africa
Zululand
Cape Town
Union of South Africa
Baen
Dunn Fig
One Word Speech Draws Applause in Danish Parliament
In Copenhagen the Danish Lansting heard a brief clash over Faroe status. Burgomaster Goskesen spoke a single word Ligesaa meaning the same, then bowed and sat down. The moment drew the strongest applause for parliamentary brevity.
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Copenhagen
Faroe Islands
Goskesen
Trickiness Not Art Diplomacy
A fractured assessment argues that trickiness has eclipsed diplomacy in art relations, reducing clarity and trust. The piece contends that evasive tactics undermine negotiations, elevating ambiguity over direct dialogue and measurable outcomes.
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