Farm Board Abolition Debated by Senate Panel
Washington November 26 The bill to abolish the Federal Farm Board moves forward with Senate Agriculture Committee hearings. Grain exchanges defend short selling as beneficial to farmers, while critics call it gambling harming supply and fair market. Witnesses cite government safeguards and a $500 million stabilization effort as insufficient to curb price swings. The committee plans a broader inquiry into the farm board amid ongoing investigations.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Grain Exchanges
Siebel C. Harris
Committee On National Affairs
The
Grain Exchange
Agriculture Department
Frazier
North Dakota
Harris
Grain Stabilization Corporation
George S. Milner
Farm Board
Hoover
Japanese Reports of Evacuation and Battles Across Manchuria
Reports from Peiping and Tientsin describe Japanese air and naval actions around Tahushan and Chinchow, with troop advances and martial law in Tientsin. Fighting resumes near Tsitsihar in Heilungkiang as China plans a counterattack, while anti Japanese protests grow in Nanking.
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Peiping
China
Tahushan
Mukden
Chinchow
Tientsin
Yakumo
Sasebo
Akagi
Izumo
Shanghai
Harbin
Heilungkiang Province
Tsitsihar
Tsits
Japan
Manchuria
Yangkuantaizie
North Carolina considers veto power and term limits
North Carolina’s constitutional commission discussed granting the governor a veto with legislative override by two thirds. Proposals also include repealing re-election bans, creating a sport ballot, and allowing the legislature to form departments headed by governor-appointed officials.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
State Constitutional Commission
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Paris Peace Conference Ends In Riot And Collapse
In Paris the international disarmament talks collapsed as rioting broke out disrupting speeches by Viscount Cecil and Senator Borah. Guards were deployed as chairs were smashed and a banner torn. a separate anti disarmament rally continued peacefully. Forty nations attended this large peace conference.
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Paris
Viscount Cecil
Council
William HB. Boreh
Europe
Salle Wegram
Trocadero
Alanson B. Houghton
Great Britain
Borah
League of Nations Council
Kellogg
Japan
China
Manchuria
Houghton
Means Pays Feiture to Answer Maryland Assault Case
Gaston B. Means former justice department agent forfeited $180 collateral to answer charges of assault and disorderly conduct in Montgomery county Maryland. He substituted collateral for a $600 bond after a dispute with his wife led police to arrest him. The breakdown totals $25 for disorderly conduct $150 for assault and costs. He allegedly struck an officer and spent the night in jail.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Justice Department
Frank L. Davis
Montgomery County
Rockville
Maryland
Means
Pilot Jumps Safely As Plane Falls In Pittsburgh
In downtown Pittsburgh a United States airmail plane crashed today. The pilot Melvin Garlow 27 of Homestead Park Pa jumped with a parachute and landed on the old exposition building. He received only an ankle injury while the plane struck two parked but unoccupied cars.
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Pittsburgh
Exposition
Melvin Garlow
Homestead Park
Garlow
Allegheny River
Tennessee Moves to Slash Expenses and Seek New Taxes
Tennessee's 10th Assembly convenes Monday in a second extraordinary session to balance the budget. Gov Henry Horton grants full authority to cut costs and raise revenues, proposing income tax extensions, broader taxes on stock income, bus and truck taxes, stronger tax collection, gasoline tax tightening, and Smoky Mountain National Park funding.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Henry H. Horton
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Lindbergh Forced Down by Fog on Florida Shoreline
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was forced to land at Flagler Beach north of Daytona Beach due to dense fog while en route from Miami to New York aboard the American Clipper. He expected to resume flight as weather improved, with visibility near zero and officials awaiting clearer conditions to proceed.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
New York
Flagler Beach
Daytona Beach
Lindbergh
Eastern Air Transport
Caribbean
Florida
Thief Steals Two Cents in Goldsboro Break‑In
A thief broke into Mrs. B. H. Fisher's home in Goldsboro North Carolina during early morning hours and secured only two cents and a woman's compact before escaping.
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Goldsboro
N. C
B. H. Fisher
Parade of Witnesses In Kentucky Mine Case
In Mt Sterling Kentucky prosecutors continue presenting evidence in the W B Jones trial for conspiracy to murder over the Harlan county deputy slayings during spring labor unrest. State witnesses testified Jones urged miners to shoot at deputies and he was seen with guns at his Evarts home on May 5.
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MT. Sterling
W. B. Jones
Evarts
United Mine Workers of America
Harlan County
Jones
Witesses
H. R. Prewitt
James Price
General Defense Committee of Chicago
John Turner
Carl Williams
Jack Vanetti
J. B. Snyder
E. B. Childress
Black Mountain
Earl Brock
Turner
Price
Williams
Cecil Dozier
Harlan
Sol Smith
Jim Daniels
Tom Mix Shows Slight Improvement in Critical Condition
Hollywood report says Tom Mix remains in dangerous condition after Monday appendix operation. Dr. R N Smith notes slight improvement in the last 24 hours though optimism is premature. Serum from Stanford labs given to fight infection. Mix's strong constitution cited as help.
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Hollywood
Tom Mix
Weather Moderates After Sudden Cold Snap
The weather eased after a coast to coast cold snap. Snow lingered east of the Mississippi while blizzards and heavy rains in the west abated. Clouds and sun mix in the east with little precipitation ahead. temps fell to 16 in Greenville Missouri and kept chill through New England and upstate New York.
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Kansas City
Mississippi Valley
Greenville
New England
Upstate
New York
South
Robert Ames Dies in Mysterious Circumstances at 42
New York film and stage star Robert Ames 42 died under puzzling conditions in a Delmonico Hotel room. Police found whiskey bottles and a bladder hemorrhage cited as the cause. Ina Claire, his frequent co star and former John Gilbert wife, was in Hollywood grieving as investigators probed the death.
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New York
Robert Ames
Ina Claire
Ames
Miss Claire
Hollywood
John Gilbert
Tom van Dyke
Delmonico
Eugene Marcovici
Hartford
Conn
Helen Oakes Ames
Robert, Jr
Jane
Famine Looms as Indian Rescue Efforts Pressed
Famine grips western New Mexico as nine Indians die and 300 to 400 pinon hut hunters remain missing after last Saturday's blizzard. A Navajo and a baby were recovered dead, two others found alive but exposed. Superintendent John H. Hunter says he will seek federal relief and has sent three snow plows from Fort Defiance to free trapped sheep and reach forage.
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Gallup
N. M
New Mexico
John H. Hunter
Fort Defiance
Arizona
Washington
Hunter
O'Connor Announces Campaign Against Rainey for Democratic Leader
Representative O'Connor of New York launches a vigorous bid against Representative Rainey of Illinois for the Democratic floor leadership. He claims backing from New York and New England and bases his campaign on anti prohibition sentiment. Other Democrats McDuffie Rankin have withdrawn in favor of a northern leader.
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Rainey
Representative O'Connor
New York
Washington
O'Connor
Illinois
Tammenyite
New England
Crisp
Georgia
McDuffie
Alabama
Rankin
Mississippi
Patrolman Sechrest Expected Now To Recover From Crash
ASHEBORO N C Nov 28 State Highway Patrolman J H Sechrest was injured when his motorcycle collided with an automobile driven by Clyde Patterson who was held on $500 bond Sechrest sustained a broken ankle and back injuries In a separate crash near Liberty Dr Dr John Swain his wife and daughter Louise were hurt Mrs Swain broke an arm while the others sustained minor injuries
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Asheboro
N. C
J. H. Sechrest
Liberty Street
Clyde Patterson
Sechrest
Liberty
John Swain
Louise
Deficit In Federal Budget Mounts Over Five Millions Daily
Treasury deficit has averaged more than 5.5 million dollars daily in 147 days of the current fiscal year. Since June 30 the shortfall reached 813,377,098 dollars. last fiscal year ended with a 903 million dollar deficit. If trend continues, the deficit could reach about 2 billion this year. Treasury officials are finalizing a tax program to propose to Congress to raise revenue.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Senators Demand Open Notes on Manchuria Policy
Senator Johnson of California urged the state department to publish all notes on the Manchurian situation. He criticized secret diplomacy and said the American people deserve to know what policy is being pursued and what notes have been exchanged. He indicated he will press the issue in Congress.
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Manchuria
Jary
Stimson
United Press
Japan
United States
Hoover
Foreign Office
Rengo
Associated Press
Byron Price
Washington
Chinchow
Chang Hsueh-Liang
State Department
Johnson
California
Congress
LaGuardia accuses Shipping Board of dishonest methods
Representative LaGuardia charges the Shipping Board with dishonesty and vows impeachment indictment or removal. He says the Seatrain loan of 2.4 million dollars for two car ferries between New Orleans and Havana involves a British owned company sailing under the British flag, conflicting with laws limiting loans to American built owned and registered vessels.
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Washington
LaGuardia
Shipping Board
Seatrain Transporting Company
New Orleans
Havana
New York
Seatrain Comany
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Noses
Horah
Gaston
Mount Sterling
James Reynolds
W. M. Hightower
Asa Cusick
A. L. Benson
William Turpin
Otto Mills
Floyd Murphy
F. N. Bratcher
W. M. Hudson
Lindy
Kentucky
U. S
America
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