Congress to Trim Appropriations Dominates Opening session
Roosevelt meets with Charles West as a short coming year session aims to cut spending. Officials anticipate neutrality law reform and a focus on the budget as domestic legislation centers on a leaner fiscal path.
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Warm Springs
Congress
Roosevelt
Charles West
Interior
White House
Capitol Hill
Roper
Pine Mountain
State Department
President Roopg Addresses Atlanta Crowd On Debt
The 1936 campaign season opens with President Roog speaking in Atlanta about national debt and prosperity. He cites a current debt of 158 billion and asserts the country is richer now than in the past, arguing the nation can bear larger deficits if needed.
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Roosevelt
Atlanta
Georgia School of Technology
White House
Roog
Air Force moves forces to Florida for test maneuvers
Under H Q Air Force planning includes about 500 war planes and 60 Army planes along with ground crews. Forces will base at Miami and Fort Vero Beach for ten days of maneuvers beginning Monday and running through December 11. Major participants include General Arnold and Brigadier General Brynmanding in command roles at Miami Municipal Airport and Fort.
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Miami
Fla
General Headquarters Air Force
Lang Va
Hlh. Arnold
Reach
H. C. Pratt
Miami Municipal Airport
Theng
Gerald E. Biynmanding
Fort
Levee Construction Near West Monroe Advances
A Kans. firm builds a dirt levee extending from La Pointe area toward the traffic bridge in West Monroe and prepares piling for a section toward Pine Street, with work to continue along the Monroe side. Local contractors Jones and Bland report progress on the inland levee thrust and southern extension.
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Lapoint
Mource
Y Jones and Bland
Fred Luttjehan
Pine Street
Monroe
Ec Bridge
East S Condition Reported Grave After Night Attack
Prentice East of West Monroe a 28 year old farm and home radio program singer lies in serious condition with a fractured frontal bone after being slugged by a tall light skinned man while leaving a Wiggins dance hall. An operation was performed but his future status remains uncertain.
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Prentice East
West Monroe
East
Sheriff's Department
Wiggins Dance Hall
New Sterlington Road
J. D. Collier
Van Vlack admits slaying ex wife in Idaho
Douglas Van Vlack confessed to killing Mildred Hook after abducting her in Tacoma and blaming her father Joseph Hook for their troubles. He said he warned Hook to leave them alone and claimed he killed a state trooper who stopped him. He expressed remorse but refused a sworn confession to the prosecutor.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Douglas van Vlack
Joseph Hook
G-men
Oris Cryder
A. C. Parker
Buh
University of Washington
Mildred Hook
van Vinck
Edward F. Babcock
Walter V. Beesley
Associated Press
van Viack
Beesley
Tacoma
Fontaine Cooper
van Vlack
Woman Says Her Plumpness Led To Slaying Of Husband
San Francisco diary of the murder case reports Amy Dumbrell a plump 50 year old wife arraigned on murder charges after shooting broker husband John H Dumbrell 59 during a quarrel over another woman She weeps I don t believe in divorce claiming weight was the cause and says she shot for her son s sake citing Mrs Gladys Jones as the rival and detailing a showdown at her rival s apartment she was married 27 years with a 19 year old son and faced Municipal Judge George Schonfeld
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San Francisco
Amy Dumbrell
John H. Dumbrell
Dumbrell
Gladys Jones
William Stanton
Dumbrells
John, Jr
George Schonfeld
Changes In Markham Plan To Be Discussed In Memphis
Flood control steering committee of the national rivers and harbors congress meets in Memphis to discuss possible changes to the Markham plan for the lower Mississippi and its tributaries. They aim to unite Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana members for a January push to pass the measure authorizing 313 million dollars over six years for flood defenses. The group plans to confer with Maj Gen E M Markham and with Senator Overton as a Senate bill is prepared.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mississippi River
Washington
E. M. Markham
Army Engineers
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Congress
Markham
John H. Overton
Senate
1000 Pound Steer Wins Grand Champion at Exposition
In Chicago on November 30 Vincent Baker, a 14 year old from Dodgeville Wisconsin, fed the thousand pound short horn that won grand champion in the junior feeding contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Lawrence Morgan of Aledo Illinois raised the reserve grand champion Aberdeen Angus calf Barnum. Judge Walter Biggar selected the winners after evaluating the competing youngsters and their steers.
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Chicago
Vincent Baker
Vincent
Dodgeville
Wis
Gilbert
Illinois
Lawrence Morgan
Aledo
Walter Biggar
Dalebeattie
Lawrence
Barnum
Hercules Marshall
Wisconsin
Safety Pin Removed From Girl's Intestine
In New York on November 30 a 15 year old Ramsey New Jersey girl Lillian Lennehan had a safety pin removed from her small intestine by surgery. The operation followed X rays showing the pin had shifted and pressed against a wall. Dr Arthur Wright led the surgical team and reported the patient was in good condition after the operation.
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New York
Lillian Lennehan
Ramsey
N. J
Arthur Wright
Nationwide Strike Shuts Some Paramount Theaters
A reportedly nationwide strike of motion picture operators in Paramount theaters caused several Illinois venues to close temporarily. Balaban and Katz said their 40 Chicago theaters reopened after brief shutdowns. Union leaders and workers offered little detail, citing orders from Washington.
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Chicago
Paramount Theaters
Hollywood Studios
Illinois
Balaban and Katz
Moving Pictures Operators Union
George E. Brown
Washington
Stage Hands Union
Aurora
Springfield
Evanston
Ill
John Balaban
Balaban and
Katz
Man challenges death ruling in Florida case
Jacksonville dispatch says John Stevens, declared legally dead after 13 years of presumed absence, contests the death finding. A letter from Miami postmark asserts he is alive with the help of God, prompting upcoming proceedings to remove his name from the death roll.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John Stevens
Stevens
Miami
J. Ollie Edmunds
Livermore Woman Held After Son Shooting in California
Santa Barbara report says Dorothea Wendt Livermore, jailed on suspicion of assault to commit murder, claimed she remembered nothing about shooting her 15 year old son Jesse Livermore Jr. in a drunken argument at the Livermore home. The boy lay between life and death as father Jesse Livermore visited.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Dorothea Wendt Livermore
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Jesse Livermore
Wall Street
Livermore
Ross
Increases In Retail Sales Reported In Holiday Rush
Substantial gains in retail sales this week and unusual industrial activity in November are noted in the Commerce Department surveys. Holiday buying began with a rush in 32 cities with favorable weather. New York stores show 13 percent higher sales than last year while Chicago streets are crowded by buyers amid cold weather and effective publicity. Boston stores report turnover up 10 to 25 percent over 1934. Pittsburgh department stores sales also noted.
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Washington
Commerce Department
New York
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
New Chinese Autonomy Move Said to Span Hopeh and Chahar
A Tientsin dispatch reports Gen. Sung Cheh-Yan announced an autonomous state would soon be proclaimed in Hopeh and Chahar, including Peiping and Tientsin. The Nanking government protested Japan’s post office seizure in the northern demilitarized zone and denounced the eastern Hopeh autonomous setup by Yin Ju-Keng.
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Shanghai
Tientsin
Hopeh
Chahar
Sung Cheh-Yan
Peiping-Tientsin
Rengo
Nanking
Peiping
Yin Ju-Keng
Demilitarized Zone
College Student Dies in Fayetteville Fraternity Room
Fayetville Arkansas November 30 193? Dean Holmes Corlette Jr a 21 year old Chicago native and University of Arkansas junior in the business college was found shot to death in his fraternity house room. Coroner Glenn Riggs ruled death by own action citing despondency over a love affair. Dean G E Ripley said a note to his brother Stephen Horace Corlette was left but not released. Stephen a freshman in arts and sciences found his brother about 4 pm.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Dean Holmes Corlette, Jr
Chicago
University of Arkansas Business College
Glenn Riggs
Springdale
Riggs
G. E. Ripley
University
Corlette
Stephen Horace Corlette
Stephen Corlette
College of Arts and Sciences
Good Fellows Receive Many Letters Appealing For Aid
The Good Fellows fund has received a flood of appeals since Thanksgiving for Twin Cities children in need. Letters come from across the two cities, from children, mothers, and neighbors writing for those unable to write themselves. One plea asks help for a sick neighbor’s three year old boy, needing toys, clothing, and shoes for Christmas while his mother seeks work.
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Good Fellows Fund
Twin Cities
Mulberry Street
Breard Street
Britain Italy clash dominates European crisis as Mussolini shifts
In Rome and London, Italy expands defense decrees and aims at oil, while Britain weighs new league action. Ethiopia reports heavy fighting near Mount Mussaa Ali with 183 tribesmen killed and 20 Ethiopians slain as Haile Selassie vows to join the trenches if needed.
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Supreme Council of Defense
Albania
National Shooting Society
London
Europe
Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Laval
France
Rome
Mediterranean
Paris
League
Africa
Mount Mussa Ali
Haile Selassie
Dessye
Italy Pushes War Measures Through Cabinet Fast
Italy's cabinet under Premier Mussolini approved a rapid package to strengthen the war machine. An 8 defense appropriation expanded to new officials, and 70,000,000 lire were set for a crude oil refinery to be run by Azinda Italiani Petroli in Albania. A draft measure compels all men under 32 to enroll in the National Shooting society.
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Mussolini
Supreme Council of Defense
Albania
Azinda Italiani Petroli
National Shooting Society
Administration claims success in giving work
Washington reports the end of direct relief as the federal emergency relief administration expires. Officials say the dole era is over and 3,500,000 unemployed have been placed in jobs, aiming to meet the target by tonight with last supplemental grants distributed to 22 relief programs.
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Washington
Dole
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
FERA
Works Progress Administration
New Deal
Schacht Warns Against Attacks on Capitalism in Germany
Berlin November 30 Dr Hjalmar Schacht Germanys economic dictator warned against abolishing capitalism. He cited traditional practices and argued capital goods including grain silos harvesting machines and motor plows are essential for feeding 65 000 000 people. He praised the leadership principle as applied by Adolf Hitler.
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Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Dr. Schacht
Pronautas
Adolf Hitler
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