Hoover opposition sinks war debt extension plan
Washington reports indicate President Hoover faces strong congressional opposition to creating an agency to review war debts. President-Elect Roosevelt signals faith in existing diplomatic channels and refuses to open a new U S review, while Stimson denies moratorium extensions to Britain France and Belgium.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Europe
Congress
Stimson
Warm Springs
Georgia
London
United States
France
Democrats Plan Beer and Farm Relief Ahead of December Session
Democratic leaders adopted a legislative program to boost beer revenue and farm relief to balance the budget and avoid a special session. Roosevelt favors revenue from legalized beer and lower government spending, with farm relief as a priority. The plan aims for quick action and hearings begin December 7 on the beer bill, targeting $300–$400 million yearly from beer and at least $250 million annually for farmers.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Hoover
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rainey
Illinois
Collier
O'Connor
N. Y
Garner
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Rain and Snow Forecast Across East For Turkey Day
A weather disturbance moving from Ontario threatened general precipitation across the Atlantic states and Ohio valley. Snow was forecast as flurries for New York West Virginia Ohio and western Pennsylvania with rain or snow in Maryland and Virginia's western areas.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Ontario
Atlantic States
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
New York
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Nation Picks Out Bright Spots And Gives Thanks On Thanksgiving
The nation paused from routine to celebrate Thanksgiving with President and Mrs. Hoover at a turkey dinner. Newton Baker urged aid for the needy as conditions now are milder than Pilgrim era hardship. Churches were crowded and many cheered football season’s end in stadia.
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Nation
America
Associated Press
Hoover
Washington
Newton Baker
Welfare and Relief Mobilization
Col Olds Dies Suddenly From Stroke In Paris
Paris dispatch reports Col Robert E Olds former assistant secretary of state died suddenly of apoplexy at 57 He was Harvard educated lawyer who served as European commissioner for the American Red Cross and held multiple posts in international service through the 1920s. The obituary notes his early life in Duluth Minn and wartime service in France.
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Paris
Robert E. Olds
United States
Col. Olds
Frank B. Kellogg
Rue de L’'Universite
Olds
Duluth
Minn
Harvard
St. Paul
France
American Red Cross Commission
American Red Cross
Washington
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
Europe
North America
Geneva
Red Cross
Board of
Auto Containing Baby Is Stolen
A car with an asleep baby inside was stolen from Mrs. F. B. Tanner of Irving Texas after she briefly left the vehicle at a Dallas location. Police launched a wide search as Mrs. Tanner attended her hospitalized 13 year old daughter Elizabeth who was injured at a local school.
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Dallas
Tex
F. B. Tanner
Irving
Tanner
J. E. Forbes
Elizabeth
Pretty Boy's Lieutenant Killed in Oklahoma Bank Robbery
George Birdwell, said to be the brains of Pretty Boy Floyd’s gang, was killed in a bank raid at Boley Oklahoma. A negro bookkeeper, C V Glass, and two others died in the ensuing gunfight as they tried to escape. D J Turner bank president was fatally wounded during the raid.
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Boley
Okla
George Birdwell
Charles “Pretty Boy
Floyd
Birdwell
Okemah
Farmers and Merchants Bank
C. A. Burns
State Bureau’ of Criminal Investigation
C. C. Patterson
Negro
Charles
Pete
Glass
Seminole Oil District
Turner
McCormick
War Debt Dominates London Talks Amid Hoover Note
Unofficial Whitehall and Parliament debate reviving Britain’s war debt suspension case after President Hoover's statement. Neville Chamberlain awaited in Commons as government avoids pessimism. Markets show slight weakness with December payment seen as likely despite cautious tone.
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London
Whitehall
Hoover
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
United States
France holds December war debt payment hinge on British talks
Paris reports France ready to pay December interest to the United States if Britain meets obligations in Washington on that date. Premier Herriot risks government fate in parliament over the issue as the foreign affairs committee delays debate, seen as a confidence signal.
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Paris
France
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Edouard Herriot
Four Arrested In Washington For Soliciting Funds
Four people, three women, were arrested in Washington on charges of soliciting without a permit as police foiled plans for a hunger march. The event aimed to protest child misery with participation by Young Pioneers of America and unemployed councils. About fifty children from Philadelphia and Baltimore gathered in Baltimore, with fifty Washington children expected to join.
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Washington
White House
Young Pioneers of America
National Committee of Unemployed Councils
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Judge Relents and Releases The Men
In Washington North Carolina on November 24 a judge ordered the arrest of three men Solicitor Herbert Leary Deputy Clerk Clifford Smith and attorney Clay Carter amid a courtroom discussion. After a pause the judge dismissed them for lack of evidence and released them.
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Washington, N. C
Herbert Leary
Clifford Smith
Clay Carter
Walter Small
Smith
Insurgent Labor Leaders Fail to Enter AFL Convention
A 26 member group led by Louis Weinstock tried to invade the AFL convention hall in Cincinnati but was turned back by locked doors and police. They demanded immediate unemployment insurance hunger march to Washington Soviet recognition and salary cuts for officials. Weinstock vowed to return next year as William Green called the group irresponsible.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Louis Weinstock
Painters’ Union of New York
Weinstock
Federation
Washington
William Green
Youth Objects To Defeats of Indians In Play
In Miami Florida Lilly Mae Anderson 14 in serious condition after Richard Cofield 15 a self described vanquished Indian fired a pistol at school rehearsals for a Thanksgiving pageant. The shot struck Lilly Mae in the rib and glanced upward requiring hospital care. Richard explained his action as tied to his role.
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Miami
Fla
Lilly Mae Anderson
Richard Cofield
Richard
New England
Lilly Mae
Robins and Family Quietly Quit State
Col Raymond Robins a North Carolina resident since September left Asheville with his wife sister secretary and a nephew in a rented automobile. He had been treated for a partial mental lapse at Appalachian hall and had appeared under the name Reynolds Rogers in Whittier. He was believed en route to Brooksville Florida with his party.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Col
Raymond Robins
Brooksville
Fila
Colonel Robins
Whittier
Robins
Mary Dreier
Liza von Borowsky
John Dreier
Mark A. Griffin
Appalachian Hall
Hendersonville
Here
Florida
Reynolds Rogers
Hoover
North Carolina Observes Thanksgiving Across State
Charlotte reports Thanksgiving Day observed as a state holiday with services in most churches. Many Americans hunted in woods and football drew crowds as Wake Forest faced Davidson in Davidson and N C State met South Carolina in Raleigh. Governor Gardner and South Carolina's Blackwood planned to attend the Raleigh game.
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Charlotte
Wake Forest
Davidson
N. C. State
South Carolina
Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Ibra CG. Blackwood
Governors Plan Thanksgiving Visit and Football Game
Raleigh reports Thanksgiving plans bring together North Carolina and South Carolina leaders. Governor Ibra C. Blackwood and Mrs. Blackwood joined Governor and Mrs. C. Max Gardner in Raleigh to attend the NC State University of South Carolina football game, with return to Columbia expected later today.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
North Carolina State University of South Carolina
Ibra C. Blackwood
Markets Closed Across U.S. for Thanksgiving Holiday
Financial markets and banks were closed nationwide for Thanksgiving. Stock and commodity trading, as well as business in major centers, were suspended. Markets will reopen tomorrow.
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New York
Needle Hunted From Ash Heap After Radium Loss
In Philadelphia, a $7500 radium needle disappeared from the American Oncologic hospital. A new cleaning woman swept radium wrapped in gauze into the incinerator, four needles were discarded, three recovered overnight by Frank Hartman using an electroscope, leaving one missing. The needles held twelve and a half milligrams each and were used in cancer treatment.
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Philadelphia
American Oncologice Hospital
Frank Hartman
Hospital
Methodists Observe Board Anniversary At Annual Session
About 500 delegates gathered in Rocky Mount for the 96th annual gathering of the North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Bishop Edwin D. Mouton urged renewed attention to the Lord's Supper as T. Me. Grant was elected conference secretary and W H Brown and E H Hillman named assistants.
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Rocky Mount
Board of Church Extension
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Edwin D. Mouton
T. Me. Grant
Wilson
WH. Brown
Goldsboro
E. H. Hillman
Greenville
Rufus Bradley
Lillington
R. M. Price
New Bern
Hobbs, Jr
Board of Christianniversary
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