Congress Set to Decide On Legislative Slate Today
Democratic leaders in Congress planned a policy group meeting led by Senator Robinson and Speaker Garner to shape the party program, focusing on tax revision and deficit borrowing. Senate Ways and Means began hearings on the foreign debt moratorium as Republicans top committees tackle agenda.
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Washington
Congress
Robinson
Arkansas
Garner
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Hale
Naval Committee
George Moses
New Hampshire
Democrats
Dems and GOP Complete House Committee Plans
The House organization completed when Democratic and Republican committee rosters were approved. The approvals set the stage for bills on the committee tables, with appropriations and ways and means already at work. Northern states secured 20 of 47 chair positions, with New York and Texas receiving six chairs each. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey became the first woman to chair a House legislative committee.
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Washington
House
Appropriations and
Ways and Means
Government Department
Northern State
New York
Texas
Massachusetts
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Illinois
New Jersey
Maryland
Kentucky
West Virginiia
Montana
Mary T. Norton
Culbertsons Fight Hard And Even Score Of Match
The Culbertsons and the Lenzs duel in a 150 rubber contract bridge contest ending the night with a 15 point Lenz Jacoby edge. Ely and Josephine Culbertson battled to close a large deficit as Josephine bid boldly while crowds evacuated the room to avoid distraction.
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New York
Culbertsons
Lenzs
East Lynne
Ely
Josephine Culbertson
Sidney Leng
Oswald Jacoby
Lenz-Jacoby
Culbertson
Lenz
Mrs. Culbertson
Tobacco Markets In Kentucky Operating Without Trouble Now
Kentucky tobacco markets moved smoothly at week start after earlier disorder at warehouses. Lexington reported an average of 13.33 dollars per hundred pounds on nearly two million pounds of Burley, the season’s high, while dark leaf averages rose significantly from last week’s lows in Henderson and Owensboro.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Lexington
Henderson
Owensboro
Savannah seeks history text revision over Georgia founders label
Savannah board of education calls for revision of an American history passage in high school books designating Georgia's original settlers as convicts and criminals. President Charles Bilis noted professor M G Swayne added the note this is untrue beside the cited passage in Muzzey's 280 volume work.
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Savannah
Savannah Board of Education
Georgia
Charles Bilis
M. G. Swayne
David Saille Muzzey
Barnard College
Columbia University
Race War Imminent in Honolulu After Assaults on White Woman
Honolulu teems with racial tension as white sailors fear retaliation after six native attacks on white women. Security tightens under Pearl Harbor with 30,000 American troops and the battle fleet nearby.
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Honolulu
Yates Stirling, Jr
Pearl Harbor Naval District
Hawaii
Siberia
China
Pacific
New England
Pearl Harbor
Boston Banking Chain Forced to Close Doors Amid Grooming Collapse
The Federal National Bank of Boston and five local branches were ordered closed after the board sought agency control. Six of eight subsidiaries were shuttered including Middlesex Trust in Lowell and Bancroft Trust in Worcester, with deposits and assets tallied as of September 29. The Cambridge Inman Trust also closed, with Massachusetts and Boston governments among major depositors.
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Federal National Bank
Boston
Federal National Bank of Boston
Board of
Comptroller of Currency
Federal National
Middlesex Trust Company
Lowell
Bancroft Trust Company
Worcester
Salem Trust Company
Salem
Lawrence Trust Company
Lawrence
Brockton Trust Company
Brockton
State National Bank of Lynn
Gloucester
Massachusetts
Inman Trust Company
Cambridge
Arrestee Files Self Warrant Over Gambling in Fayetteville
In Fayetteville on December 15 George Rogers swore out a warrant against himself for gambling not securing his claim to H J Parker who was named in the warrant. Rogers claimed Parker stole $26 from his pockets during a car ride. Judge H C Blackwell heard both soldiers and bound Rogers over to superior court on the larceny charge while accepting the gambling warrant.
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Fayetteville
George Rogers
H. J. Parker
Rogers
H. C. Blackwell
Harbin Letter Cheerfully Describes Warless City
A traveler dashes through Harbin Manchuria noting extreme cold 32 below and quirky local details. He claims Russians and Chinese share a theater event Abie's Irish Rose and quips about the American consul general as emperor of Manchuria.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Dee
Kolensky
Daniel Boone
Abie
Fire destroys Falconwood asylum in blizzard death toll
A blaze at Falconwood hospital in Charlottetown during a fierce blizzard killed three patients and injured many others. Fire swept through the men west wing, with property damage estimated between 250000 and 500000 dollars as attendants fought to control panicked inmates.
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Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Falconwood Hospital For
Chiang Kai-Shek resigns as China leader to seek peace
Chiang Kai-Shek resigns today as president of the Nanking government and is replaced by Sen, amid internal strife and protests. Chen Ming-Shu becomes chairman of the executive Yuan as Canton split tensions grow. Peiping students protest Japanese actions in Manchuria, storming foreign ministry and KMT headquarters before police intervention.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sen
Nationalist Party
Chen Ming-Shu
Yuan Chiang
Chiang
Canton
Peiping
Kuomintang
Manchuria
Fighting intensifies as Japanese clash with Chinese in Manchuria
In Mukden reports say Japanese troops fought Chinese irregulars at two points in Southern Manchuria with a separate clash near Tsitsihar. A major engagement east of Tishling saw 600 to 700 Chinese irregulars facing Japanese forces for six hours. Japanese losses eight? three killed and Chinese sixteen killed reported. Japanese dispatched a unit to disperse about 200 looters northwest of Mukden. Chinese forces reportedly fled after looting bursts. casualties noted on both sides.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Tsutshar
Tishling
Japan
Tsitsihar
Seabury Uncovers Graft Evidence In New York City
Samuel Seabury before the Hofstadter committee presented testimony through Albert Hanes showing Murray Birnbaum, once tied to Manny Kessler the bootlegger, deposited 1 270 791.11 into personal and business bank accounts since 1925. From 1926 to last month 953 361.18 went to nine personal accounts and 317 340.93 to four business accounts.
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New York
Murray Birnbaum
Manny Kessler
Atlanta
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter
Albert Hanes
Seabury
Bandits Loot Highland Bank and Flee Across State Line
Three bandits looted the Highland State bank of 3000 dollars today then faced a vigilante group armed with shotguns. They exchanged fire and fled toward the Illinois line a mile away, pursued by citizens.
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Highland, Ind
Highland State Bank
Illinois Line
Records Return Ordered in Duncan Case at Greensboro
Judge Hays ruled that E L Gavin illegally seized the state republican committee records and ordered their return to James S Duncan chair and W H Foster secretary. The district attorney must also surrender photographic copies and may pursue further action.
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Greensboro
Johnson J. Hays
United States
E. L. Gavin
State
Republican Executive Committee
James S. Duncan
W. H Foster
Gavin
Duncan
Foster
Judge Hays
Hays
Winston Churchill Passes Night After Automobile Injury
British statesman Winston Churchill, hospitalized at Lenox Hill after an automobile incident in New York, slept well with a strong pulse. Doctors reported no serious internal injuries apart from a slight pleurisy caused by chest impact, as X rays showed no major damage.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Lenox Hill Hospital
Gandhi Leaves Europe After Brief, Disappointing Mission
Gandhi, weary and disappointed, departs Brindisi on the Pisina for Bombay after a 90 day European stay. He laments a failed conference at London while noting Italy’s courtesy and promising Scotland Yard detectives autographed photos and gold watches. Patel, related to the Indian Nationalist congress, warns of a tougher fight ahead as England is accused of hoodwink.
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Pilsna
Mahatma Gandhi
Mediterranean
India
Lot
Brindisi
Italy
Associated Press
Europe
Turkey
Palestine
Egypt
Gandhi
Round Table
London
Musslini
Bombay
Scotland Yard
William Evans
William Rogers
Patel
Congress
England
Supporters Withdraw Nomination for Hoover In Detroit
On December 15 1932 the Detroit backers withdrew their bid to nominate Hoover’s renomination in Detroit as Chicago was widely expected to host the convention. Senator Fess national committee chair blamed World War I for economic gloom and praised Hoover’s leadership while warning political leaders not to panic the public for agenda gains.
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Bog
Hoover
Chicago
Detroit
Illinois
Fess
National Committee
Gales and Floods Sweep Across United States
The Associated Press reports widespread weather turmoil with floods in southern Ohio causing motorists to abandon vehicles, six deaths from tornadoes in Arkansas and Louisiana, Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley blanketed by snow, and gale force winds along the Atlantic coast. Martin's Ferry Ohio sees rising river levels while Jackson Lake freezes over.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Arkansas
Louisiana
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Atlantic Coast
Martin's Ferry
Big Pines
Jackson Lake
Atlantic
Fiies
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Insane Hospital
Lin Sen
N. Y. City
Hayes
G. O. P. Head
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Mississippi Valley
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