Grau Proclaims State Of War In Cuba Amid Uprising
Report from Havana says President Grau San Martin declared Cuba in a state of war after a rebellion killed about 52 people and wounded 183. Col. Batista led loyal forces against rebels near San Ambrosio and Dragones fortresses as gunboats Patria and Cuba shelled targets in Havana Bay.
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Grau
Cuba
Havana
Grau San Martin
Matanzas
ABC Secret Society
Bejucal
Santiago
Isle of Pines
Fulgencio Batista
de Cespedes
San Ambrosio
Dragones
Atares
Patria
Atares Castle
Azares
ABC
West Virginians push regulation of cattle shipments east
A dozen West Virginia cattle raisers from Hardy Grant and Pendleton counties asked the U S Department of Agriculture to regulate cattle shipments to Baltimore Jersey City and Lancaster markets They urged aid to establish a Baltimore beef cannery to give eastern producers an outlet for canning beef They said relief has not come from the AAA and prices in the south Potomac valley have fallen with cattle sold in Baltimore Jersey City and Lancaster
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Washington
West Virginia
Agriculture Department
Baltimore
Jersey City
Lancaster
Department
Hardy
Grant
Pendleton
Randolph
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
South Potomac Branch
Officer Elected Secretary-Treasurer of U S Gypsum
Chicago November 8 C H Shaver formerly assistant comptroller of U S Gypsum was elected secretary treasurer by the directors to succeed the late R G Bear Regular dividends of 25 cents on common and 1 75 on preferred were declared for the final quarter of 1933 payable January 2 to stockholders of record December 15
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Chicago
C. H. Shaver
U. S. Gypsum Company
R. G. Bear
Ambassador Reports On New Uprising In Cuba
Reports of new and growing troubles in Cuba reached Washington as Ambassador Sumner Welles told Assistant Secretary Jefferson Caffery that U.S. troop landings were not being contemplated. The cruiser Richmond four destroyers and Wyoming with other warships were positioned near Cuban waters tonight.
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Washington
State Department
Sumner Welles
Jefferson Caffery
Richmond
Havana
Wyoming
Tampa
Fla
Cuban
Caloon Ban Appeal Will Be Expected
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South says the nation has a right to expect President Roosevelt will not broadcast a strong appeal to the states against returning the saloon in any form. He notes the president’s prior appeals influenced southern voters and cautions about northern and southern reactions to liquor policies.
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Washington
James Cannon Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Roosevelt
Cannon
United States
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Farley
South
Congress
Litvinov Talks With Hull In White House Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinoff conferred with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull at the White House and State Department in Washington as officials move toward Russian recognition. The talks covered debt claims propaganda trade relations and related issues with a press briefing stressing preliminary discussions and a desire to end the impasse.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinoff
Hull
State Department
Litvinoff
White House
Secretary of State
United States
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Civil Works Administration to Create Jobs Across Nation
The White House announced a broad expansion of winter unemployment relief by creating a Civil Works Administration with $400 million from public works funds to employ 4 million people. Two million already on relief will shift to CWA on November 16 with 30 hour weeks at current wage rates, and 2 million more will follow. The plan, overseen by Harry L Hopkins, will fund $150 million monthly through February for fast started projects, including pest control and park work, with costs capped at 20 to 30 percent of total.
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Washington
White House
Civil Works Administration
Harry L Hopkins
Federal Relief Administration
Civil Works Division
Relief Administration
Federal officials map liquor control after repeal
Washington reports officials hurried plans for handling national liquor control after December 5. The Justice Department expands a dry enforcement focus while the Farm Administration creates a beverage section to negotiate with industry. Existing laws including the Webb Kenyon Reed package laws will frame interstate movement and advertising in dry states.
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Washington
Prohibition Unit
Justice Department
Farm Administration
Congress
World’s Fair to Open June 1 for Five Months
Official announcement by Rufus C. Dawes states the Chicago World’s Fair will start June 1 and run for five months. The exposition will close next Sunday for the winter season.
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Chicago
Rufus C. Dawes
Sheriff Rippey Faces Farm Strike Turmoil in Iowa
Sheriff Ralph E. Rippey of Plymouth County orders farm strike pickets to clear highways for livestock shipments into Sioux City after twenty truckloads dumped. Burning of two railroad bridges and gunfire at a freight train escalated farm trouble and prompted an urgent appeal for troops to be sent to affected areas.
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Heriff
Ralph E. Rippey
Plymouth County
Iowa
Sioux City
Cold forges lull Virginians hold on farm front
In a day of farm strike lull and relief news, the American Farm Bureau backed government aid as new loans target part time farming. Edward A. O’Neall urged patience after meeting Roosevelt, while Gen. Hugh S. Johnson urged giving the administration a chance.
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American Farm Bureau
Bureau
Edward A. O'Neall
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
North Dakota
William Langer
National Labor Board
German Flying Boat Lands in Brazil
A German flying boat piloted by Rudolph von Klausbruch landed in Natal Brazil at 2 55 p m after a non stop crossing of the South Atlantic Ocean Eight hours 50 minutes elapsed from catapulting from the German steamer Westphalen The craft carried four other men and tested a proposed regular mail service linking Europe and South America
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Natal
Brazil
Rudolph von Klausbruch
South Atlantic Ocean
Westphalen
Europe
South America
S. S. Westphalen
Local R F C Worker Killed In Leap From Speeding Truck
A Mercer county R F C crew on Bramwell road near Hale's culvert lost control of a motor truck. Oliver Dickerson died at Bluefield sanitarium from a skull fracture. Arthur Horton and Harvey Bailey were treated for head and body injuries. Dozen others suffered minor wounds. The driver’s identity was not confirmed. The driver ordered crew to jump before the crash and rode toward the culvert to check clearance.
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Corps
Bramwell Road
Hale
Oliver Dickerson
Altamont Street
Bluefield
Arthur Horton
Harvey Bailey
George Taylor
Jess Easley
Mercer County
Mr. Easley
Easley
Bluefield Avenue
Kump and Hiner map plans for West Virginia legislature
Ground-breaking session nears as Governor Kump and Speaker Hiner hold a two hour pre session conference in Charleston. They discuss setting up machinery to revise the tax system and the first task to consider a law allowing local bodies to levy and collect this year’s property taxes.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Hiner
House
Reed
Clay
T. C. Townsend
Earl Smith
Marion
Smith
Ohio
Indicted Kidnappers Named in Chicago Case
John Factor testified before the grand jury and seven Touhy gang members were indicted for kidnapping for ransom. Named are Roger Touhy and William Hamm Jr and others including Gus Shaefer Edward McFadden Albert Kator Charles Conors Hugh Banghart. Jury set no bond due to death penalty risk. Progress reported in Virginia relief talks with no conclusions reached yet.
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Chicago
John Factor
Grand Jury
Roger Touhy
Touhy
St. Paul
William Hamm Jr
William Sharkey
Gus Shaefer
Edward
Assassination of Afghan King Shocks Nation
A telegram from the Afghan consulate reports King Nadir Shah Gha zi was assassinated by a traitor. He died this afternoon at age five after taking the throne on October 16 1929, with Mohamed Zahir Shah named as the new monarch. Afghanistan declares mourning and allegiance to the new king.
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Bombay
India
Afghanistan
Nadir Shah Ghazi
Mohamed Zahir Shah
Amanullah
Kentucky Votes On Prohibition Repeal Amid Violent Election Day
Early returns show Kentucky voters leaning 58 007 to 41 079 in favor of the prohibition repeal amendment from 713 of 4 204 precincts with Jefferson county reporting strong support. Rural counties split. an accompanying tax real estate measure led 23 282 to 18 804 as results toward a constitutional change for state tax removal.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Jefferson County
LaGuardia to battle Tammany as reform drive begins
New York November 8 Fiorello H LaGuardia after election declares he will fight Tammany Hall patronage and plunder launching a reform administration to model city governance at the next four years He criticizes graft and vows quiet elections for children to play outside polling places He calls for a new city charter and removal of the board of aldermen Fusion gains in the board and board of estimate as Tammany clings to control Abandoning a personal reserve he asserts decisive reform plans
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Tammany Hall
LaGuardia
New York City
Vhciy
LaGuardie
Board of Aldermen
Fusion
Board of Estimate
Tammany
John O'Brien
Borough of
Manhattan
New York County
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
Bronx
Prohibition Repeal Drags On as Political Machines Fall
Election tallies show Utah Ohio Pennsylvania North and South Carolina vote for repeal while Kentucky leans toward ratification. LaGuardia defeats Tammany in New York mayoral race. Farley’s influence fades as Democratic strength shifts across Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Albany.
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Kentucky
Ware Organization
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Tammany
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
North
South Carolina
Albany
N. Y
Dan O'Connell
John Boyd Thacher
Rochester
Buffalo
Boston
William Foley
Curley Machine
Fred Mansfield
Malcolm Nichols
Foley
Nichols
Vare
William Vare
James Hazlett
Ware
Florida
Hoover
Pittsburgh
William McNair
John S. Herron
Mellons
McNair
Mellon
Pinchot
Both
Reed
Oak Hill Firm Awarded War Department Contract
The War Department announces contracts under the public works program. Fort Knox Kentucky awarded Hill Company Inc Oak Hill West Virginia for officers mess 42225. Fred M. Luth Saint Louis Missouri for sanitary sewer system 16492.41. Knight Engineering Company Louisville Kentucky for cast pipe distribution system 936.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Knox
Hill Company, Inc
Oak Hill
W. Va
Fred M. Luth
St. Louis
Missouri
Knight Engineering Company
Louisville
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House of Delegates
Harry Flood Byrd
United States Senate
Henry A. Wise
George C. Peery
Fred W. McWane
James H. Price
J. Powell Royall
Repulican
John R. Saunders
Byrd
Claude A. Swanson
Peery
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Price
Saunders
Joseph C. Hutcheson
Shenandoah County
H .B. Chapman
J. W. Morrison
Harrisonburg
Howard S. Zigler
Morrison
J. O. Beard
R. F.C
Echogis
Pollard
New York Assembly
Senate
North Carolina
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