U S Rejects Poland Czechoslovakia Debt Relief Plea
The State Department told Poland and Czechoslovakia no extension of the December 15 debt payments is possible and urged Congress to consider creating an agency to study war debts. President Hoover backs reviving a World War debt commission, while Roosevelt favors handling through regular diplomacy.
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Washington
State Department
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Hoover
World War Foreign Debt Commission
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Castle
Communicati
Cold Wave Forecast Grips North Carolina Tonight
Weather experts predicted temperatures fall to 28 degrees in central and western North Carolina with a much colder night ahead and rain in the east while skies clear. The U S Weather Bureau warned of a first genuine freezing spell of the winter with a statewide cold front and gale winds rattling eastern lines near Jacksonville and New Bern.
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Charlotte
United States Weather Bureau
Raleigh
North Carolina
Jacksonville
Newern
Changes Proposed For Counties And Governor Veto Power
North Carolina constitutional commission recommends drastic reforms including local government by general assembly, new executive veto powers for the governor, and a rewritten taxation article. The plan shifts counties and cities from constitutional to statutory status, trims local offices, and strengthens central authority ahead of the 1933 general assembly.
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Constitutional Commission
Raleigh
North Carolina
Gardner
General Assembly
W. P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
Commission
Justice of Peace
Treasury
John J. Parker
George EB. Butler
J. O. Carr
Burton Craig
Clarence Poe
House
Senate
Henry Ford Undergoes Emergency Operation
Henry Ford 69 underwent emergency surgery at Henry Ford hospital for strangulated femoral hernia. Surgery by Dr Roy D McClure followed by stable vitals and resting well later in the evening. He left his office after complaining of pain and was accompanied by Mrs Ford and Edsel Ford.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Henry Ford Hospital
Ford
Roy D. McClure
French Pact With Russia Praised as European Stability Tool
Paris press hailed the Franco Russian conciliation pact as a stability instrument. The agreement commits both nations to mutual non aggression and neutrality against third powers, foresees aid only by consent, and bans mutual trade hampering accords. Moscow quits propaganda abroad.
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Paris
Europe
France
Russia
Germany
Moscow
French
Tunis
Morocco
Indo-China
Five Farm Organizations To Meet In Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt told farm leaders he hopes Congress enacts legislation for the 1933 crop at the short session. Louis J. Taber announced a joint meeting of five farm organizations in Washington to map a plan, aligning with Roosevelt's Topeka farm relief speech.
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Washington
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Roosevelt
Topeka
Taber
Convict Kills Prison Keeper in Brooklyn Prison Riot
In New York a confessed bank robber killed the Brooklyn City prison head keeper and wounded a priest before killing himself, apparently using a pistol smuggled in by his wife. Police mobilized 400 officers, searchlights and tear gas as inmates remained quiet.
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New York
Brooklyn City
Lucille McCormick
Andrew “Red” McCormick
Harry L. Honeck
Movement For Early Action Gains Ground
A push for swift senate action on repeal of the Volstead Act gains momentum after plans for the House to vote on December 5. Key figures include Senator McNary of Oregon and Speaker Garner, with Democratic support from Senator Harrison of Mississippi and Snell briefing reporters. Garner aims to present a repeal resolution on opening day, while Owell of New York questions first-day timing.
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Washington
Senate
Garner
House
McNary
Oregon
Congress
Harrison
Mississippi
Representative Owell
New York
Snell
Michigan Youth Is Given Five Years
Russell Mahoney a 17 year old Bay City Michigan high school student pleaded guilty to holding up a local grocery store and was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. Judge W F Harding noted the sentence was the minimum under state law for robbery with firearms.
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Leington
N. C
Russell Mahoney
Bay City
Mich
W. F. Harding
Negro Surrenders After Shooting of Two Charlotte Cops
Charlotte, Nov. 26. Policemen W. P. Campbell and C. H. Baker were wounded during an attempt to arrest Scott Young, a Negro, for shooting another man. Councilman John F. Boyd and A. P. White escaped injury as Young opened fire with a shotgun. Campbell was gravely hurt in the left arm, Baker in the abdomen and right hand. Young surrendered at police HQ after a city-wide search failed to find him. He said others had been annoying him and that officers were men imposing on him when he fired.
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Young
Average American thoughts in crisis era reveal new psychology
Chicago reporters interview workers, housewives, and business figures to reveal a social snapshot. They describe a shift toward valuing practical adaptability, concern over unemployment, and a tension between optimism and cynicism amid updated eight hour work expectations and industrial changes.
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Rh. Cogswell
Glencoe
Ill
Herriot Asked To Attend Meeting
Paris November 26 AP Norman H. Davis the American disarmament representative asked Premier Herriot to attend a five power disarmament talk in Geneva next week Germany was expected to participate a government spokesman said Herriot may be unable to go due to the American debt question Herriot expressed surprise that Germany now wished to participate after insisting on arms equality
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Paris
United States
Britain
Edouard Herriott
Louis Germain-Martin
Foreign Office
Finance Ministry
M. Herriot
France
England
Paul Claudel
Washington
Norman H. Davis
Herriot
Geneva
Germany
Carolina Power and Light to cut residential rates
The North Carolina State Corporation Commission ordered rate reductions for Carolina Power and Light effective December 1, aiming to save residential lighting customers about 120000 dollars annually. Two schedules were approved, with a 1 dollar monthly service charge and 5 cents per kWh under one plan, or 10 cents for the first 30 kWh and 6 cents thereafter under the other, both for one year.
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Raleigh
State Corporation Commission
Carolina Power and Light Company
Utilities Company
Commission
North Carolina
Asheville
Southern Public Utilities Company
Durham Public Service Company
Tidewater Company
Wilmington
North Carolina constitutional commission members listed
The North Carolina constitutional commission submitted a proposed revision. Members named include Chief Justice W. P. Stacy, George E. Butler, J. C. Carr, Burton Craig, A. J. Maxwell, Judge John J. Parker, Dr. Clarence Poe, Judge Michael Schenck, and Congressman Lindsay Warren. party affiliations noted for Stacy Carr Craig Maxwell Poe Schenck and Warren as Democrats, Butler and Parker as Republicans.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Constitutional Commission
W. P. Stacy
State Supreme Court
George E. Butler
Clinton
J. C. Carr
Wilmington
Atorney
Burton Craig
Winston- Salem
A. J. Maxwell
John J. Parker
Charlotte
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Clarence Poe
Progressive
Michael Schenck
Iendersonville
Superior Court
Lindsay Warren
Washington, N. C
Stacy
Carr
Craig
Maxwell
Poe
Schenck
Warren
Butler
Parker
Brown Freed From Charge In Hospital Death Case
Austin Leroy Brown was acquitted of federal charges he caused the death of Charles K. Dickinson at a federal hospital in Augusta. A one and a half hour jury verdict sparked gasps and applause as officials debated the outcome. The government claimed Dickinson died from pneumonia after a rib puncture during Brown’s attempt to subdue him.
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Augusta
Austin Leroy Brown
United States
Charles K. Dickinson
Brown
W. W. Sheppard
Dickinson
Brown Sinson
Dieya
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Priest
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Michigan
Negro
Chicago
Butcer
E. Ross Bartley
Carolina
N. C. Commission
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