Demos Confident Of New Jersey Win In Special Election
Democrats here expect to capture New Jersey's fifth congressional district in a Tuesday special election by about 800 votes. Victory would widen their House majority and strengthen party control in the next congress. Percy Stewart led in Plainfield after party endorsements cleared opponents. Donald McLean faced factional rifts among Republicans. The result would tilt the House toward Democrats and wets, continuing a string of recent special-election gains.
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New Jersey
Thia
Congress
Ernest KR. Ackerman
A. Harcy Moore
Percy Stewart
Plainfield
Ackerman
Donald McLean
Elizabeth
Teih
Ad Ackerman
House
Richard M. Kleberg
Texas
Michigan
Paris Meeting Closes In Riot Over Disarmament Talk
Paris on November 22 hosted a chaotic protest as a meeting of the International Disarmament Organization ended in riot. Police intervened after fists and boos disrupted remarks by former Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton and former Premier Edouard Herriot, forcing the suspension of the gathering.
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Paris
International Dis
Alanson B. Houghton
United States
Fista
Edouard Herriot
William E. Burah
Agen
Houghton
Herriot
Pacific Area
Survey of Missouri River Deep Navigation Continued
Army engineer Spaulding has amended to the War Department the continuance of surveying the Missouri River from Sioux City to the Yellowstone. He notes the survey lacks value without a full navigable test of lower river work and says the matter will not be arbitrarily closed. Stakeholders may present views before the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in Washington.
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R. Spaulding
War Department
Missouri
Sioux City
Yellowstone
North Dakota
Spaulding
Misy
Wawal
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Washington
S. C. Boy Dies In Coasting Accident
Sioux City reports the season’s first coasting fatality as Forest Snyder 11 dies from injuries after a sled collision with a bob sled. William Ross 25 was involved. Snyder was a sophomore at East High School, son of Mr and Mrs F J Snyder, born in Yankton.
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Sioux City
Forest Snyder
Snyder
William Ross
East High School
Birs
F. J. Snyder
Yankton
S. B
Coed Patronage Sought By Stores In Washington
Reports from the department of commerce reveal stores seek college girl patronage as a debutante and bridge scene emerges. A Midwest store runs a college board advising girls on wardrobes and equipment, contacting students from high school through outstanding campus activities. No Chicago conventions occurred in the first eight months of 191L.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Stora
Penter Fm High School
Chicago
Olympic broadcasts from Lake Placid to air on NBC
Radio plans for the upcoming Olympic winter games at Lake Placid include a possible on air transmission from a portable transmitter mounted on a bobsled. If feasible, NBC would carry broadcasts featuring education, cultural programs, opera, and Olympic committee discussions alongside other scheduled segments from WEAF WABC and WIZ.
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New York
UPA
Hillside
Lake Placid
NBC
WEAF
Clyde Doerr
Benjamino Gigi
Eddie Cantor
George Jesell
WABC
CBS
London
Hugh Walpole
Mys
WIZ
Bi5
Carvell Wells
Explorer
Hits Appointments To Custer Board
RAPID CITY, Nov BP) The appointment of two inexperienced men to the Custer State Park board by Governor Green exposes political expediency over experience. George Wagner, former field secretary of the Snak Walton League of South Dakota, denounces the moves as sacrificing park harmony and efficiency. New appointees replace John A. Stanley and Tom Berry with L. C. Morrison and Henry Loobey Martin, while Charles W. Robertson faces a temporary injunction over duties as park superintendent.
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Custer State Park Board
Green
George ©. Wagner
Snaak Walton League of
South Dakota
Governoe Green
Task Walton League
John A. Stanley
Tom Berry
Midland
Frock Plus Jewels Guides Debutante Wardrobe Choices
Paris fashion notes outline a debutante wardrobe base of a dark foundation frock with a black or brown coat or fur trim. Frocks vary from marocain to velvet to cross barred satins with accents of coral jade or crystal jewelry. The article urges flexible daytime coats and detachable fur collars to adapt outfits for luncheon, tea, or fashionably timed events.
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Diana Merwin
Associated Press
Paris
Peris
Swiss Girls Seek Work Beyond Home Traditions
In Zurich Swiss girls imitate American women and seek employment outside the home. The shift challenges a long held Swiss tradition that well born young women do not work, as they argue that in the United States a young woman may take jobs such as teaching nursing or typing without losing caste.
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Zurich
Switzerland
United States
Names Give Prefi Plenty Of Trouble
USCALOOSA Alabama professors face name confusion in a freshman class with John James Buffalo and James John among neighbors. Jacob Jacobs and Roger Rogers sit nearby, and three Bernard Cohens forced separate schedules to avoid clashes. The Cathedral throne tale shifts to Poznan Poland where Wilhelm I’s throne in Gniezo cathedral marks historic tie to the former German capital of Posen.
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Ala
University of Alabama
John James
Buffalo
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John John
West Chester
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Jacobs
Mobile
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Morris
Bernard Cohens
Poznan
Poland
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Gniezo
Posen
Rural loans aid drought areas across several counties
Drought pushed farmers to seek federal help with loans. Miner county led with 226 loans totaling 9146 dollars while Hutchinson and McCook counties received 43315 and 42006 dollars respectively. Several counties exceeded ten thousand, yet Armstrong Faulk Spink remain unaided. In Oklahoma, Mrs. Edward Lee turned three acres of nearly ruined tomatoes into juice concentrate for city restaurants.
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Hutchinson County
McCook
Brule County
Hanson
Beadle
Aurora
Jerauld
Kingsbury
Charles Mix
Fall River
Sanborn
Edmond
Okla
Edward Lee
Oklahoma City
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South Dakota
Ant Armstrong
Bennatt
Bon Homme
Bruleil
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Butte
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Custer
Aald Davison
Dewey
Douglas
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Eens
Haakon Gregomoo Eon Hand
Harding
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Hutchinson
Hyde
Jackson
Defauld
Pennington
Perkins
Potter Beween Sanborn
Shannon
Stanley
Tripp
Wash
Washington
Yankton
Ziebach
Vatican to Shuffle Diplomats of Pope in December
Vatican officials plan a major reshuffle of papal diplomats likely after a December consistory. Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi and Tedeschini are among those discussed for new roles or elevation. Others earmarked for changes include Pellegrinetti Micara Sibilia Cento and Cortesi, long-serving nuncios and ambassadors.
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Pius
Rome
Tedeschini
Spain
Viceroy Takes Air Travel To Cut Security Costs
In New Delhi India the viceroy Lord Willingdon now travels by airplane to reduce guard costs and risk. The government bought a plane for his exclusive use at 5001 dollars, about one fifth of the expense of his former railway entourage. A separate note from Rockville Indiana reports a clock on a memorial building stopping when a clockwork mouse wedged the mechanism.
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India
Lord Willingdon
Canada
Vickroy
Rockville, E. Con. Se
Memoral
Explorer to probe Mayan ruins by dirigible flight
Los Angeles architect Robert Stacy-Judd plans air surveys of Yucatan Mayan sites from Quintana Roo to Campeche. He aims to establish camps via a slow dirigible run, shipping craft to New Orleans or Vera Cruz, with a base at Uxmal for operations. He cites Toltec influence on stone capitals and claims a rare photo of Loltun caves.
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Los Angeles
Robert Stacy-Judd
Tackless
A. Lindbergh
Central America
Stacy Judd
Yucatan
Lindbergh
Quintena Roo
Campechs
Stacy-Jull
Bracy-Judd
Chichen-Itza
Lolltun
Explorer
French Citizenship Shifts in Tunis Census Reveals
French efforts to resolve nationality tensions in Tunis by promoting French citizenship show up in the latest census. The count lists 91,427 French citizens vs 91,178 Italians, with 1926 figures at 70,000 French and 38,000 Italians, reflecting long standing European influence in the protectorate.
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Tunis
North Africa
Protectorate of
Tunnis
Italy
Farmers cure sweet potatoes in Toombs barns Lyons Ga
Toombs county farmers use tobacco barns in winter to cure sweet potatoes. County Agent C L Vaughan reports that yams cured in barns sell faster than those stored in traditional banks.
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Lyons
Toombs County
C. L. Vaughan
Josee Laval Seeks Law Degree After U S Visit
Parisian actress Josee Laval returns from Washington to Paris and resumes law studies at the University of Paris. She plans a long stay in the West and aims to visit Chicago and California. She values a souvenir blotter signed by President Hoover and recalls her United States trip as a vivid memory while continuing to pursue sports and a professional life.
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Princeton Navy
Tiberty
New York
Chicago
California
Paris
Josca Laval
Washington
Josee
Josea
Corsica
France
University of Paris
United States
China
Hoover
Ing
Edison School in Havana Named Institute Edison
A new Edison School in Havana will perpetuate Thomas Alva Edison's name through the Institute Edison. The school will require English from kindergarten through secondary grades and employ every possible electrical contrivance.
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Edison School
Havana
Thomas Alva Edison
Institute
Edison
Roman site dump heap at Alchester Oxford England
Abandoned Roman site at Alchester near Oxford has become a dump heap after funding ceased two years ago. Archaeologists stopped work due to lack of money and no law prevented the site's current use.
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Oxford
Eng
Alchester
Spain trims national holidays to four major fiestas
Spain scales down its 110 legal holidays under the monarchy to four official observances. Christmas remains, with the anniversary of the republic on April 14, May Day, and Columbus Day on October. The measure streamlines public holidays and aligns with constitutional reforms.
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Madrid
Republi
Holidar
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