Farm measure advances as Senate moves to speed action
Debates wrap up on farm legislation with amendments adopted in the Senate while the House plans wage and curtailment actions. The 1931 option payments and a three cent per pound price support provision are highlighted, with Maryland tobacco and domestic market concerns discussed amid roundtable negotiation. The anti lynching bill remains next in line after farm measures, as sessions edge toward closure.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Kansas
Heneler Tidings
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Barkley
Weather Forecast Fragment From City Regions
Fragmentary weather notes indicate increasing cloudiness and rain possible in the west on Monday night. Virginia shows continuing colder temperatures with some warmer periods and a chance of light snow in the region. Kentucky sees increasing cloudiness with warmer Sunday and Monday, with possible precipitation.
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Virginia
Enetem
Soulnwenl pHorriion
Kentucky
Warner
Weidmann Murder Ring Sways Toward Ten Victims
Police pursue leads in the Wiex murder syndicate case as four women and an American tourist are feared missing from the La Youssie villa at St Cloud. Bodies of Jean De Koven and Fritz Frommer unearthed. ground searched for more victims amid a snow covered yard near the villa. Weidmann and Milhoy, linked to Paris hotels, sought in connection with killings and a dancing girl from Brooklyn, NY.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Paris
George Weidmann
Miss de Koven
Weidmann
Bluebeard
Ida Sackheim
Pares
Eugene Weidmann
St Cloud
Fritz Frommer
A. St. Cloud
Germany
Frances
Scheinderteker
Roger Milhoy
Dugu
Brook- Iva
Rail Rates May Be Boosted Say Shippers
A spokesman for shippers told the Interstate Commerce Commission that railroads are adding about a dollar a day in charges they could raise without commission action. Fulbright, chairman of the shippers committee, noted the commission plans a quick ruling on a proposed fifteen percent rate hike. He added evidence shows thousands of reduced rates kept well below commission levels to meet highway and water competition.
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Shippers
Interstate Commerce Commision
R. ©. Fulbright
Shippers Committee
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Interstate Commerce Comission
Seldons
Japanese siege tightens on Nanking as force closes in
Heavy Japanese columns and air raids pounded Nanking today as encirclement threatening the abandoned Chinese capital intensified. A thrust along the Yangtze imperiled Nanking's last escape route at Pukow while 16 Americans remained inside the walls. Fire and destruction spread as fires and shelling hit the waterfront and nearby areas.
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China
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Panay
Wuhu
Amoy
Formosa
SWOC Objects to NLRB Rulings at Steel Congress
Pittsburgh December Lt. Pier Philip Murray, chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, warned that recent National Labor Board decisions threaten industrial unionism. Leaders of the CIO gathered for the steel union’s primary convention to set wage and hour terms as 445 steel companies’ one year contracts near expiration in March. Murray prepared a 7000 word report to be delivered on the convention opening day as officials review 1700 resolutions, about half on wage and hour policies, for a vote. Lewis To Speak Guha TL Lewis, national LC chairman, and Lieutenant Governor Thomas S Kennedy will address proceedings.
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Pier Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
National Labor Board
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Congress
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Union
Murray
Borden Union Seeks Hearing In Labor Case
The Borden Mill Employees association filed a motion with the National Labor Relations Board to deny charges by the Textile Workers Organizing Committee. It seeks admission as a party, an opportunity to respond, and an election to determine employee representation if needed. The hearing tomorrow at City Hall will probe alleged company interference and creation of a company union.
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Borden Mill Employes’ Association
National Labor Relations Board
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Borden Mil, Inc
Borden Mill
Borden Mills, Inc
NLRB
Kingsport
Winter storms leave 77 dead and 400 homeless across regions
Across the northern hemisphere a winter blast causes dozens of fatalities and mass displacement. In northern California floods devastate the Sacramento Valley, eroding crops and homes. Scotland endures Britain's worst railway wreck in 22 years with 35 bodies recovered. A Belfast Steamer sinks off Ireland, five deaths reported. Upstate New York reports ten dead as federal troops assist in relief.
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Pennsylvania
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Calif
Patrolmen Bear Down On Licenses
State highway patrol reports more than 175 motor vehicle operators were arrested and fined during the first week of a license enforcement drive. Officers Buckies and Williamson, patrolling between Bean Station and Bristol, said many fined had licenses but forgot to carry them. The drive will continue with court notices issued. applicants for lost licenses may swear affidavits and surrender one to patrol headquarters with a new application and 25 cents. Kingsport and Sullivan county accounted for most arrests.
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Frank Williamson
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Sullivan County
New Deal Riddled by Gridiron Club Dinner Skit
President Roosevelt faces a mocking Grid Iron Club skit at a semiannual dinner with about 40 guests. The satire critiques the New Deal as a broken merry go round while business falters and taxes are debated. Guests included Garner Hughes Landon Reynolds Stones and other high officials. Continued on Page Eight.
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Charles Evane Hughes
Alfred M. Landon
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Stones
House
Congress
Poker Shootout Ends in Wounding of Two Officers
Deputies report a poker game at a Highland Park hotel ended with a gunfire incident. Clint Dieen, a suspect wanted on a warrant, fled after allegedly shooting Harry Churchwell and wounding Lige Dodson. Churchwell survived, Dodson was treated and released. Witnesses described Dieen pulling a pistol during the confrontation. Police continue to identify the assailant and locate Dieen as a suspect.
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Clint Dieen
Highland Park
Harry Churchwell
Lige Dodson
Dewey McConnell
Communi Hospital
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Isbeus
Churchwell
McConnell
Dion
Dadson
Dicen
Dip
Meeting Election Board Blocked by Court Order in Nashville
Two new members of the State Board of Elections sought an organizational meeting to name administration supporters but a chancery court stayed all board actions. Abe Waldauer and Reed Sharp, opposing the administration, obtained a temporary injunction pending a Thursday hearing. The six member board expansion, approved in a recent session, gave Governor Browning control.
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State Board of Elections
Chancery
Abe Waldauer
Reed Sharp
R. B. C. Howell
Jay G. Stephenson
Waldauer
Sharp
Newe
Browning
Former Prof Dies Near Port Washington
Harmilton J. Smith aged 47 a former Princeton professor and Oxford Press executive was found dead in his Port Washington home. Nassau County medical examiner Dr Abraham Freitich ordered an autopsy to determine cause of death.
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N. Y
Harmilton J. Smith
Princeton
Oxford Press
Abraham Freitich
Nassau Cowly
Aviator Killed When Plane Catches Fire At Langley Field
Major A. R. Waller piloted a pursuit plane that burst into flames during an aerial show at Langley Field Virginia. Staff sergeant John Jobson survived after being ejected from the burning craft though injured. About 1,000 spectators witnessed the crash as five congressmen watched from the field during a charity event.
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Langley Field
Army Air Corps
A. &. Waller
John Jobson
Washington
Army Air Field
Waller
Italy Withdraws From League of Nations in Rome Riots
Mussolini announced Italy’s exit from the League amid a rain-soaked mass gathering in Rome outside Palazzo Venezia. He pledged open collaboration for peace while denouncing the League as preparing for war. The crowd, estimated at 50,000, cheered as blackshirt militia stood in the square.
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Palazzo Venezia
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Palazza Venezia
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Japan
Il Duce
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Joseph “Avenol
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