Senate Moves Fast On Debt Moratorium Action
Washington December 21 Hoovers push for swift ratification of the debt moratorium as Senate leaders plan to quit for Christmas. Republicans vow long sessions to avoid filibuster while committees hear testimony from bankers and industry leaders on foreign bonds and the $500 million reconstruction corps. The land bank bill adds capital and extends farmer payment postponements.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Acton
House
Senator Watson
Curtis
Senate Finance Group
United States
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Dillon, Read and Company
Chase National Bank
National City Bank
Morgan Banking House
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Walcott
Reconstruction Corporation
Federal Land Bank
Senator Carey
Wyoming
Land Bank
Veterans Plea on Moratorium Votes Faces Senate
Veterans of Foreign Wars posts urged the Senate to withhold moratorium votes until after new bills for cash compensation certificates are enacted. Senator Carey, Wyoming Republican, cited telegrams from posts urging delay but said most senators share the view that broader economic legislation takes precedence.
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Washington
Senate
Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
Carey
Wyoming
Ralph W. Noble
Thermopolis
Weed Warehouse Burns in Rocky Mount Fire
The Service Tobacco Warehouse in Rocky Mount North Carolina containing about 10 000 pounds of tobacco was destroyed by an undetermined origin fire. Damage was estimated at 30000 dollars.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Contested Japanese Move in Manchuria Sparks Protests
China lodges a protest with the League of Nations as Japan pushes south from Mukden into Manchuria amid claims the action targets bandits. observers estimate bandit strength at 30,000 while Japanese morale remains high in severe cold. Dr. Wellington Koo cites Roosevelt on Pacific politics and urges China’s territorial integrity against occupation.
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Japan
Manchuria
Mukden
Chinchow
China
League of Nations
Foreign Office
United States
Wellington Koo
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific
Chinese Foreign Minister Warns on Manchuria Crisis
Dr. Wellington Koo issued a new note to the League of Nations and a direct appeal to the United States under the Nine‑Power treaty and Kellogg Briand pact amid reports of a Japanese push into Manchuria. He warned Chinchow could be targeted and said Chinese forces would resist if attacked.
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Nanking
League of Nations
United States
Wellington Koo
Manchuria
Chinchow
Reconstruction Action Assured By Senate Leaders
Washington December 21 Senate leaders from both parties assured President Hoover of prompt action on the 500 million reconstruction corporation after the Christmas holidays to bolster the national financial structure and aid railroads. They urged action on the moratorium before recess and pledged to begin hearings and move the bill early in the new year.
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Senate
Hoover
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Watson
Indiana
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Norbeck
Banking Committee
Reed
Pennsylvania
Smoot
Glass
Virginia
Fletcher
Florida
King
Utah
Wilcott
Connecticut
Goldsborough
Maryland
George
Georgia
House
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Senate urges strict limits on political campaign costs
The Senate campaign funds investigating committee proposed caps on expenditures for presidential and congressional nominees. A bill would cap presidential nomination at 250000, presidential election at 5090000, senate nomination and election at 50000, and house at 10000, plus two cents per vote for Senate and four cents per vote for House, based on prior election totals.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Campaign Funds
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Special
House
Senate
Drowning Tragedy on Muskegon Lake Claims Seven
In Muskegon Michigan near Dalton seven people die after an ice break on a small lake. Orville Oman seven and his parents Mr and Mrs Oman and four Oman's relatives among the victims. The group attempted rescues as the two inch crust failed.
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Muskegon
Mich
Orville Oman
Orville
Dalton
Muskegon County
Albert Oman
Oliver Oman
Harry Ergang
Frederick and
Theodore Morgan
Ergang
Ergang Lake
Germany Faces Economic Ruin In 1931 Crisis
In June 1931 Germany briefly saw hope when President Hoover offered a debt payment holiday, but by July fear returned as the flight from the mark pushed unemployment higher, taxes rose, and private debts reached about 23.5 billion marks. Street violence grew and Bruening’s government drifted toward dictatorship amid ramping emergency measures and international diplomacy.
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Berlin
Germany
Hoover
Bruening
Star
England
Ramsay MacDonall
Stock Exchange
Levee at Asa Holds Amid Flood Threat Near Batesville
The Asa levee eight miles southwest of Batesville Mississippi, smashed by Tallahatchie floodwaters, remains intact though strained. Waters lie within inches of the levee tops. sandbags reinforce Crowder. Refugees from Mimms Curtis and Carrier are being housed in plantations as Panola county planters assist towns.
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Batesville
Miss
Asa
Here
Tallahatchie River
Tallahatchie
Crowder
Panola County
Quitman-Panola County
Sardis
Mimms
Curtis Station
Carrier
Copas and Lane Face Murder Charge Hearing
Arthur Copas and Ray Lane, aged 33 and 28, are charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of J. A. Bagley, 30, in Tranbarger Hollow Kingsport. The Thursday afternoon hearing before Magistrate A. N. Hawk included circumstantial evidence and statements from Mrs. Bagley, widow of the victim.
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Arthur Copas
Ray Lane
J. A. Bagley
Tranbarger Hollow
Lynn Garden
Kingsport
A. N. Hawk
Lane
Copas
Bagley
Thompson
Japanese butler admits killing millionaire employer
Poughkeepsie New York December 21 AP without a chance in inflection Gantero Akiyama an 88 year old Japanese butler told authorities that he killed his employer J William Schwartz after being discharged He said he planned to kill Mrs Florence Quick Carozza 26 a house guest to end the Sunday morning onslaught and believed she influenced the release The district attorney John Schwartz provided the account
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Gantero Akiyama
John Schwartz
J. William Schwartz
Schwartz
Akiyama
Florence Quick Carozza
Mrs. Carozzo
Culbertson Moves to New Partner in 150-Rubber Match
Bridge legend Ely Culbertson will team with Waldemar von Zedtwitz against Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby as the 150-rubber match resumes tonight. Harold S. Van is slated to partner later, with Mrs. Culbertson returning to play after holidays and Lightner subbing tonight.
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New York
Teddie
Ely Culbertson
Waldy
Sidney S. Lenz
Oswald Jacoby
Harold
Baron Waldemar von Zedtwitz
Theodore H. Lightner
Culbertson
Europe Enveloped in Snow as Christmas Landscape Sets In
A Europe wide cold snap and heavy snowblanketed from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. France reports eight dead from the cold while Germany and Italy endure deep freezes and ruined infrastructure. Stockholm notes 3,000 unemployed clearing streets as trains stall and telegraph lines fail.
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Europe
Santa Claus
Scandinavia
Mediterranean
France
Lorient
Paris
Senlis
Mulhouse
Saintes
Baltic Sea
Sweden
Daily Mail
Stockholm
Germany
Berlin
Balkans
Italy
Romagna
Spain
Barcelona
Tunis
Weather Rain and Temperature Outlook for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee remains cloudy with probable occasional rain tonight and Tuesday and little temperature change. Virginia expects occasional rain tonight and Tuesday with slowly rising temperature and moderate to fresh east and southeast winds. Readings note yesterday high of 65 and low of -55 with 0.12 inches of rain. data from 6:00 p.m. daily by T. C. Harris, U.S.W.O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
T. C. Harris
U.S.W.O
Southern Winter Brings Heat Rain Across the South
Winter brings heavy rains and floods across the southern states with foggy, sultry conditions. Mississippi valley streams overflow as December rainfall soaks crops and topsoil, while Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama see mixed effects. Louisiana reports 42.37 inches through November.
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Atlanta
Mississippi Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Seaboard States
Louisiana
Dean J. G. Lee, Jr
College of Agriculture
Louisiana State University
Arkansas
Little Rock
Judge authorized to borrow to pay interest on bonds
In a special session Sullivan county court authorized Judge J A Caldwell to borrow 40000 to meet the January 1 1932 interest on bonded indebtedness and to convert school warrants into negotiable notes so teachers can be paid before Christmas.
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Sullivan County Court
J. A. Caldwell
Caldwell
Jos A. Caldwell
New York
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