Ratification Of War Debt Moratorium Likely This Week
Washington report says the Hoover moratorium will be presented to the house on Thursday with plans to act before the weekend. Senate expected to approve before Christmas recess. Snell assures quick ratification and notes focus on the emergency reconstruction finance corporation.
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Hoover
House
Snell
Senate
Washington
Collier
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Emergency Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Department
Congress
Congress Faces Crucial Test of Its Ability to Govern
Washington dispatch reports the new Congress grappling with organizing about 50 House committees and drafting a party program focused on a tax raise plan. Democrats seek harmony to avoid a party rift while tackling Ways and Means and government-appropriations panels. Senate Republicans push committee organization as clock ticks toward pro tempore decision, amid indecision and potential shifts.
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Ways and Means
Burns
Senate
House
George Moses
New Hampshire
Pittman
Nevada
GOP Takes Over Senate Amid Pro Tempore Deadlock
Republicans gained a slim Senate majority while four ballots failed to decide the president pro tempore race for Senator Moses of New Hampshire. Senate adjourned until tomorrow as Robinson of Arkansas warned against rushing elections while Moses remained in office and committee chairmanships were reaffirmed.
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Washington
Senate
Moses
New Hampshire
Robinson
Arkansas
Iosalipa
Warner Bros Denies Insolvency In Delaware Court
Warner Bros Pictures Inc denies insolvency in chancery court, responding to Jules Endler’s receivership suit. It asserts it has paid debts on time, discounts current bills, and holds over four million dollars in bank cash with ample established credit and no outstanding loans.
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Wilmington
Del
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Chancery Court
Jules Endler
Passaic
N. J
Notes Found With Deitz Reveal Debt Motive in KC Suicide
In Kansas City on December 14, Henry F. Deitz died by his own hand after stating he was overwhelmed by debt. Two notes to Santa Claus were found in his pockets, written by his children, offering no further details.
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Kansas City
Santa Claus
Henry F. Deitz
Rioting sailors clash with civilians in Honolulu
United States Navy shore patrols and marines fought street battles in eight sections of Honolulu after the mistrial of five men accused of attacking a naval officer’s wife. About 200 participants were arrested as Cape patrols and 100 marines arrived under Captain James D. Wilson.
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Honolulu
Navy
Horace Ada
Robert K. Wong
Ada
Oahu Island
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
James D. Wilson
Geo. T. Pettengill
Fourteenth Naval District
Richard H. Leigh
United States Fleet
Yates Stirling, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Stirling
Washington
Tornado Hits Arkansas Causing Fatalities and Damage
A deadly tornado swept southwestern Arkansas and northern Louisiana injuring about twenty and killing three, including five year old Helen Calvert in Camden. The storm damaged Waldo and scattered homes and railway structures while Red Cross relief teams aided the displaced.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
South
Helen Calvert
Camden
Minden
Waldo
J. T. King
King
Red Cross
Barber in Knoxville Killings Ends With Suicide Attempt
Albert B. White a Knoxville barber killed his wife in an automobile near Hartman then attempted suicide by poison, razor cuts and a gunshot, dying later in Rockwood hospital. He had sought a pistol the day before and told Roane County officers I loved her and this was the only way out. Mrs White operated a beauty stop in Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Albert B. White
Chamberlain Hospital
Rockwood
Hartman
White
Bennett Ward
East Firth Avenue
Roane
French Denial On Indochina Border Reports
Paris dispatch reports the French foreign office denying claims that French troops crossed into China or that a Franco Japanese accord exists. Washington notes include Sen Johnson’s push for all notes with foreign governments on the Manchurian dispute and Sen Bankhead’s cotton sale bill.
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Paris
French
Foreign Office
United States
China
Washington
Senate
Johnson
California
Senator Bankhead
Democrat
Alabama
Two Carolinas Report $5 Million in Christmas Club Deposits
Atlanta dispatch reports Christmas savings clubs in North Carolina and South Carolina totaling $5,000,000 in deposits. NC clubs hold $2,600,000 and SC clubs $2,400,000, as announced by Herbert F. Rawls, president of the national organization. Tennessee leads the region with $4,800,000.
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Atlanta
Two
Carolinas
Herbert F. Rawils
National Organization of Clubs
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennesee
South
Siberia Matches Oklahoma in Far East War Refuge Town
A Malnourished traveler from Mukden declares he stopped the war if the League of Nations delays. He plans to head to Harbin and describes the area as a Soviet rail headquarters, a refuge for old czar Russians, and compares Siberia to Oklahoma with struggling farmers.
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Mukden
Manchuria
League of Nations
Harbin
Far East
Siberia
Oklahoma
Bridge Match To Be Resumed Amid System Debate
Big 150 rubber contract bridge match to resume in New York as Oswald Jacoby and Sidney Lenz challenge Culbertson system bids. Tokyo and Japanese markets react to gold standard suspension and embargo with shares jumping up to 60 yen.
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New York
Oswald Jacoby
Sidney S. Lenz
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Culbertsons
Tokyo
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Japan
United States
Yokohama Specie Bank
Korekiyo Takahashi
Rengo
Mukden
Manchuria
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chinchow
Chang
Asahi
Tientsin
China
Great Wall
Methodist Church
Tennessee Still Short In Erasing The Deficit
Nashville Tennessee December 14 The legislature enters the last week of its extraordinary session still many millions short of wiping out a 12 million deficit Extra sessions are limited to 20 days More than 40 house members press for funds from the highway department as revenue laws and cuts offer partial relief
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
House
Highway Department
Chiang Kai-Shek Resignation Rumors Roil China
Rumors circulated that Chiang Kai-Shek would resign as president of the Nanking government, but an official denial said no decision had been made. Meanwhile reports from Shanghai claimed Chiang resigned and was replaced, with cabinet changes anticipated amid pressure from a Cantonese faction and anger over the Manchurian settlement.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Harler
Shanghai
China
Dee
Chiang-Shek
T. V. Soong
League of Nations Council
Man Chiang Kai-Shek
Tokyo Military College
Sun Yat-Sen
Revolutionary Executive Party
Cantonites
Tot Pair Killed In Truck Auto Crash
Washington North Carolina December 14 two small children of Dan Smith died in a collision between the truck they rode in and an automobile Dorothy Mae Smith four and her two year old brother D T were killed almost instantly police said the accident was unavoidable
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Washington, N. C
Dan Smith
Dorothy Mae Smith
D. T
Hoover asks Congress for 136 million in extra appropriations
President Hoover sent a special message requesting 136 million in additional federal appropriations for the current fiscal year. Key items include 60 million for state road advances 20 million for the public building program and 46 872 000 for military and naval compensation along with smaller sums for various departments and commissions.
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Washington
Hoover T
Congress
House
House of Representatives
George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission
Veterans Administration
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Agricultural Department
Commercement
Interior Department
Justice Department
Labor Department
Postal Service
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
District of Columbia
European storms claim many lives and drag sea off coast
Storms across the Mediterranean and North seas cause at least 59 deaths and many injuries. The Italian naval tug Tescol sank off Sardinia with 30 drowned, rescued by the cruiser Trieste. A coast guard cutter ashore at Bone Algeria cost 12 lives. Algiers suffered extensive damage.
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London
Mediterranean
North Seas
Africa
Tescol
Sardinia
Trieste
Italy
Coast Guard
Bone
Algeria
Algiers
Blizzard Traps 300 at Ganada Arizona Mission
In Ganada Arizona a blizzard traps 300 people including 81 hospital patients at the Presbyterian Mission. Coal supplies are exhausted and only eight hours of fuel remain despite three tons arriving and nine trucks blocked on the snowbound road. Temperatures plummet toward 20 below zero.
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Gallup
N.M
Little Mission
Ganada
Ariz
Presbyterian Mission Hospital
Mission
Here
Steamboat Canyon
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Motion Picture Studio
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Tom Underwood
Fort Leavenworth
Berta
San Francisco
Underwood
Duluth
Minn
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