Catalonia Revolt Ends As Nationalist Forces Retake Barcelona
Current events report recounts the 24 hour socialist strike triggering clashes in Spain. Catalonia declares independence, is shelled, leaders captured, and the revolt suppressed. Manuel Azana reportedly escapes. Across the Atlantic, government manufacturing ventures face opposition and a planned large ship crew strike seeks higher wages and staffing.
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Spain
Alejandro Lerroux
Catalonia
Repebiic
Luis Companys
Companys
Barcelona
Catalan Republic
Manuel Azana
Azana
Pilgrims Pack Buenos Aires for International Eucharistic Congress
Ignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church from many lands and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered in Buenos Aires for the thirty second International Eucharistic congress. Ships entered the harbor with pious folk from Europe Africa and the Americas while the city opened its homes for lodging. Open air ceremonies were held in Palermo park and services at the cossteens cathedral.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Europe
Africa
Americas
Palermo Park
Cossteens Cathedral
Pinchot Breaks with Roosevelt to Back Reed Re Election
Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania splits from the Roosevelt program and endorses Senator David A. Reed for re election. Democratic National Committee chairman labels Reed as the main foe of the President’s New Deal, urging Roosevelt to campaign in Pennsylvania to unseat Reed and aid Pinchot’s political stance.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
David A. Reed
Democratic National Committee
Pinchot
Seneter Reed
Reed
Pat Pinchet
Andrew W. Mellon
Roosevelt vows CCC work to continue indefinitely
President Roosevelt states the Civilian Conservation Corps will be continued indefinitely after sending a letter to CCC director Robert Fechner. He praises recent camp visit reports and emphasizes ongoing work by the young men as essential, noting broad public support and feasibility of annual costs.
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Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Corpa
CCC
William Green champions six hour day and five day week
William Green of the American Federation of Labor endorses a six hour day and five day week for all workers. A committee will study shorter hours and a push to pass federal legislation is planned. Resolution accepts no wage reduction and calls for broader labor rights and inflation opposition. Roosevelt signals desire for stronger NRA enforcement and a new industrial recovery board. price fixing and production controls debated but likely gradual changes.
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American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
William Green
A. F. of
Congress
NRA
NRA Reorganization Aids Kilbourne Johnston in new board role
The industrial recovery board displaced General Johnson and named Kilbourne Johnston acting division administrator in charge of manufacturing codes while on leave from the army. Lloyd Garrison resigns from the National Labor Relations Board to return to the Wisconsin law school. Francis J. Gorman accepts the President's textile truce plan proposing a six month armistice with no work stoppages. Lindbergh testifies at a grand jury in Trenton linking Hauptmann to the ransom payment and murder case.
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NRA
Industrial Recovery Board
General Johnson
Kilbourne Johnston
Lloyd Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
Law School
University of Wisconsin
Francis J. Gorman
National Labor Relations Boards
Japan fears renewed Russo Japanese tensions amid aerial arms claim
A Japanese army pamphlet warns of Soviet, U S, and Chinese air power totaling 6 000 planes surrounding Japan and questions if Japanese defense is enough with 1 000 planes. It cites frontier tensions and warns Russo Japanese relations remain uncertain. The article also notes Wiley Post receiving the International Aeronautical Federation’s gold medal for a solo world flight in 1933, highlighting his 30 000 km journey at 3 700 km per day and eight days to complete the circumnavigation.
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NCE
Russia
Japan
Japanese Army Department
Soviet
United States
China
Washington
Wiley Post
International Aeronautical Federation
Post
Italo Balbo
Italy
Darius and
Girenas
J. V. Smirnoff
Harvard Rejects Gift From Hitler Aide Over German Policies
Harvard University declined an offer from Dr. Ernst F. Hanfstaengl, a Hitler confidant and Harvard graduate, to fund a German traveling scholarship. President James Bryant Conant stated the university would not accept gifts from one closely tied to a political party that harmed German education institutions and violated universal university principles.
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Arvard University
Hitler
Germany
Ernst F
Hanfstaengl
Harvard
University
James Bryant Conant
Hanfstaeng
Air Force Reorganization Sparks Old Guard Clash
General staff reshuffles place all air combat forces under General Douglas MacArthur as a GHQ air force, stripping Ben Foulois of combat units. Former air chief William Mitchell attacks the Baker plan as bunk, urging merged command of all air services and long range bombers. He calls for evacuation plans for New York and says 60 well-handled planes could destroy Japan in two days.
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General Staff
Brig
Ge. William Mitchell
Air Corps
Perpetual Storm Center
Mitchell
Army
Baker
Boy Scouts
War Department
Navy
New York City
Japan
Alaska
National crime conference to open in Washington
Attorney General Cummings announces a national conference to discuss crime, opening December 3 in Washington and continuing for three days. President Roosevelt will address the first session at Constitution Hall. The conference will explore causes and prevention, investigation and detection, criminal courts and prosecution, and parole, probation, and pardon.
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Cummings
Washington
Roosevelt
Constitution Hall
Insull and 16 associates face federal trial in Chicago
Genem Insull and sixteen former public utilities officials stand charged in Chicago federal court with defrauding investors through the sale of 143 million dollars in Corporation Securities company securities. Judge James Hi Wilkerson presides and Dwight H. Green heads the prosecutors. Jury selection was brief, but the trial will stretch for weeks as hundreds of witnesses are expected.
Roosevelt to Persist with NRA in New Setup
Washington reports emphasizes that President Roosevelt intends to continue the National Recovery Administration as a government unit. He plans reorganization, possible name change, and direct leadership, aiming to reassure the public and counter critics while Congress must decide on the extended recovery program.
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Washington
NRA
Cer
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Congress
Donald Richhberg
Chicago
NSA
Johnson
The Man Who Hit the Bull's Eye
A 19th or early 20th century tale recounts federal agent Tom Kennedy entering Moonshiner Wayne Gooch’s West Virginia hideout. Kennedy, posing as a forester, gains trust, hits the bull’s eye in a shooting match, then arrests Gooch and his men after gathering proof of large scale distilling.
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United States
West Virginia
Wayne Gooch
Kennedy
Litttle
Gooch
Walt
King of the
Counterfeit Wampum Story Traces Early American Trade
A narrative traces counterfeit wampum to early America with a family of European immigrants led by Pashack WM. J. using steel drills and lathes to craft wampum from Busycon conch shells. The fraud circulated widely from the Gulf coast toward the Mississippi Valley.
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America
Pashack
WM. J
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
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Western Newspaper Union
Fechner
National Association of Manufacturers
Arine Workers’ Industrial Union
North Atlantic
Gulf
International Seamen's Union
Gev
Pinchet
National Industrial Recovery Board
Clay Williams
Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindscoee
Johan F. Con
Apolies
Ceme Os
Lindbergh
Gen
Foulois
William Bruckart
Hugh S. Johnson
Rip van Winkiles
Mr. Richberg
Richberg
The
Treasury
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
White House
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Insurance Corporation
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department
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