Independence movement spreads to provinces in China
Dispatches from Peiping report growing unrest as autonomist banners appear in streets of Kaifeng and Peiping urging self-government. Fear of clashes with Japanese forces rises in North China, with reports of unrest in Shantung and Hopeh and calls for Chinese military actions while officials deny massed troops.
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Peiping
Autonomy
Henan
Kaifeng
China
Great Wall
Autonomy Movement
Honan
Hopeb
Shantung
Chefoo
North China Plain
North China
Hopeb Province
Shang Chen
Hopen
Paoting- Ges
Sung Cheb Yuan
Peiping-Tient- Ipsin
Sung
Nanking
Weather Across States Looks Fair Then Cooler
A fragmented weather note reports Tennessee expect fair skies Sunday and Monday with cold spells. Virginia shows mostly cloudy with snow in extreme west and risk of a sharp drop in temperature Sunday night into Monday. Kentucky implies Sunday fair with light rain possible in extreme east, turning colder Sunday afternoon and night, then fair Monday. North Carolina forecasts fair Sunday and Monday with warmer east and central portions, colder Sunday night. Past records note Friday temperatures a year ago and trace rain, with 6:00 p.m. readings for the prior 21 hours.
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Tennessee
Kentecky
East Portioon
North Carolina
Dead man resents it asks to be pronounced alive again
Jacksonville reports John Stevens declared dead after his disappearance 13 years ago in Miami. A county court judge reviewed a letter postmarked Miami saying Stevens wants his name removed from the death roll and to be declared alive by proceeding.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Apj
John Stevens
Stevens
Miami
J. Qoliie Edmunds
State Takes Over Direct Relief Job in Tennessee
Nashville November 39. The state will take over direct relief for destitute citizens. The federal WPA now employs over 45,000, while the state forms a welfare board with $1.5 million state and $500,000 federal funds. Judge Barton Brown named chairman. other appointees include H S Walters E L Cagbill John Ross and E Laurent. Brown calls a meeting.
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Nashville
WPA
McAlister
Barton Brown
H. S. Walters
Morristown
E. L. Cagbill
Dyers~ Burg
John Ross
Memphis
E. Laurent
Clarksville
Brown
Peek Resignation Expected From Trade Adviser
Washington November 30 Associated Press A predicted resignation looms for George N Peek administration foreign trade adviser after he submits a critical report on the Canada United States reciprocal trade agreement to President Roosevelt who requested it Peek declined to discuss the matter but said he would file the report in his own language before leaving the Roosevelt administration Peek a former Moline man and farm student has long clashed with the administration over various cultural and trade policy issues
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
George N. Peek
Narc
Peck
Roosevelt
Peek
Uwe
Moline
Derry
Father visits Livermore son in life threatening shooting case
Dorothea Wendt Livermore remained jailed on suspicion of assault to commit murder after a drunken argument ended with her 16 year old son Jesse Livermore Jr. gravely wounded. Jesse Livermore Sr. visited the hospital as authorities held the suspect for the boy’s life battle and the family faced a chilling case from Santa Barbara California.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Dorothea Wendt Livermore
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Jesse Livermore
Wall Street
James Ross
New Duplicate Bridge Rules Adopted by Major Bodies
New code of laws for duplicate contract bridge was promulgated by the American Bridge League, the American Whist League and the United States Bridge Association. It becomes effective Monday and debuts in Chicago on the league tournament. Changes remove honors count in match play and tighten bidding rules to curb races and overly complex conventions.
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New York
American Bridge League
American Whist League
United States Bridge Association
Chicago
AAA Potato Tax Plan Sparks Major Opposition Controversy
The AAA launches a controversial potato tax plan amid opposition. It imposes a tax on potato production sales and sets quotas by state with fines for noncompliance. Growers with sales above thresholds require county committee approval, and first effects projected for December in major states.
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AAA
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Californi
New NRA Bill Could Reach Congress Soon
Washington November 30 A new NRA bill is reported ready for swift submission to Congress. President Roosevelt has been advised and expressed no objections. The measure would restate Congresses power to regulate interstate commerce and permit voluntary codes for businesses engaged in such commerce. It would ban price fixing in codes except for natural resources and restrain monopolies possibly altering the Guffey bill. If business sentiment supports it after a December 9 meeting, the bill may be pushed at the January session. otherwise it will remain in pigeon hole.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Congress
Roosevelt
Bome New Denlerd
Supreme Court
George L. Berry
Berry
Versailles Kentucky Receives Gift From Versailles France
The Kentucky city of Versailles received a spontaneous gift from Versailles France a silver vase containing earth from an American soldier s grave in France. Mayor J McCauley Mrs S A Blackburn and U S Consul J L Pinkerton accepted the vase at a Versailles high school ceremony accompanying a letter from Henry Haye mayor of Versailles France. The message said the gift honors the memory of free America and the cradle of the US independence city namesake Versailles.
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Frederick Plnnder
Associated Press
Versailles
Kentucky
France
United States
J. ©. McCauley
A Blackburn
J. L. Pinkerton
Rio de Janiero
Versailles High School
Pinkerton
Versaille
Henry Haye
United States of America
Free America
Kentucky relief funds aid 1934 unemployed count
Kentucky began direct relief distribution from a $250,000 start funded from the 1934 relief appropriation. Governor Ruby Laffoon plans to extend aid through December while the federal relief ends, with George Goodman administering allocations to counties based on unemployables.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Ruby Waf
General Assembly
George Hoadman
Kentucky Emergencs
Progress Administration
Coodman
Skeleton
Loulaville
Wansfer
Bubwono
Goodman
Plan Development Albanian Oil Fields Plan Development Albanian Oil Fields
Italy's cabinet under Mussolini approved 88 decrees to strengthen the war machine. An oil refinery funding of 70,000,000 Hire was set for Albania oil production. New defense council members were named including justice, education, and public works ministers. Women in Italy organized anti sanctions efforts.
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John Evans
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Supreme Council of Defense
Albania
Azinda Italiani Petroti
Shooting Society
National Shooting Society
Britree
Defense Council
Misitia
HW Duce
Venente
Omerrow
Pius
Empreme Counril
Alban
Slan
London
Britain
Daid
Laval
Biya
Teenie Hruiet
Mediterranea
Darin
Theater Strike Stuns Paramount Theaters Across Illinois
A short lived strike by motion picture operators and stage hands briefly darkened Paramount theaters in Illinois towns. Telegrams signed by George E Browne forced closures about an hour and a half. Browne leads the union in Chicago amid a larger national walkout tied to Hollywood studio discord. In Evanston the Varsity theater went dark briefly while other Chicago venues were largely unaffected.
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Chicago
Paramount
Ilinois
Washington
George E. Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical, Stage and Moving Picture Machine
United States
Canada
Hollywood
Moving Picture Operators Union
John Balaban
Balaban and
Kats
Varsity
Evanston
Browne
Thomas Maloy
Browns
Louisville low rent housing bids opened in Washington
Henry Bickel Company of Louisville bid 1.2 million for foundations of 30 Algonquin project buildings. FNRC bid for 30 groups, with two more Louisville projects awaiting award as Supreme Court ruling on land condemnation heats up. Algonquin project plans include 218 units in 35 houses across four courts with landscaping and individual gardens.
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Louisville
Ays
Henry Bickel Company
Loville
Algonqunist
I Washington
Harald le Tekes
FNRC
I Washington Woveribergs
United States Supreme Court
Wang
FWA
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Jane
Butteriss Kirstein
Elizabeth Kirstein
Investige
Butterworth
Worth
Miss Kirstein
Kentucky Relief
Chandler
Mississippi River
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Cardiff Hill
Cave
Samuel Clemens
Clemens
White House
Cardilf Hill
Warm Springs
Marl Twain
International Union
Wheat
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Rufus
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