European tensions rise as Italy attacks Western powers
Italian editorials condemn Britain and the United States over trade talks while Mussolini signals warlike rhetoric. Britain and France move toward stronger defense as Europe braces for shifts in security policy amid ongoing negotiations and tensions in the region.
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Associated Press
Britain
France
United States
Il Popolo D'Italia
Mussolini
Milan
Italy
Germany
Japan
Il Popelo D'Italia
Yvon Delbos
Pay and Hour Bill Faces New Fight in Congress
Washington December 3. Supporters of the wage hour bill push to preserve it amid calls to modify or defeat changes. AFL Executive Council drafts new labor standards recommendations as the House Labor Committee backs a single administrator under the labor department. The Senate must approve all House alterations before Roosevelt signs during the holiday session.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
House Labor Committee
Labor Department
Senate
House
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Cotton Hedgers Find Little Trade At Cotton Mart
New Orleans December 3. Despite a record crop over 18 million bales hedging for Christmas money is weak. Government loans low prices private holdings reduce hedging activity with small orders and few spot sales. The week saw the smallest turnover of the season after a peak period last fall. Continued on fifth page.
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New Orleans
New Form Of Malaria Aids Treatment Of Paralysis
A malaria form obtained from monkeys in India was announced as a successful treatment for general paralysis of late syphilis by Rockefeller Foundation physicians. The "Knowless" germ is not mosquito transmitted to North America and may burn out syphilis symptoms in two to three weeks. Initial reports cover 59 patients with 25 percent cured and 60 percent improved.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Orleans
Dec
India
Southern Medical Association
Rockefeller Foundation
Lowell T. Coggeshall
Foundation
International Health Division
North America
Coggeshall
Daniel F. Milam
Ernest Kusch
H. W. Kumm
Mississippi industrial act ruled constitutional in Winona
Chancellor L A Smith ruled Mississippi's act allowing municipalities to issue public funds for factories is constitutional in a friendly suit brought by L W Albritton. An appeal was granted and the case likely heads to the Mississippi Supreme Court for early decision, with efforts to move the docket forward.
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Winona
Miss
L. A. Smith
Mississippi
Walker Wood
Supreme Court
Jackson
L. W. Albritton
Smith
Hugh White
Reclamation Aid for South Sought in Hearing
Mississippi official L J Folse will testify before the house rivers and harbors committee in Washington on Norris and Mansfield regional planning bills. He argues the 1902 reclamation act has funded western dams and irrigation for decades and south lands near major markets can be reclaimed cost effectively.
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Jackson
Miss
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Washington
L. J. Folse
State Planning Commission
Norris
Mansfield
Five men rob Lockport post office payroll in deadly haul
Five gunmen with sawed-off shotguns and machine guns ambushed postal workers in Lockport Illinois seizing $24,800 destined for a Texas refinery payroll. Police Chief Fred Lindner was forced from a truck, threatened, and shot at as he tried to flee. Acting Postmaster Sylvester Wierschem and Clerk John West were wounded slightly as officials sought the money at the scene.
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Lockport, Il
Lockport, Hl
Cabbiness Annueea Curteida Tag
le Gvuutryy Veluulesuu Veo
Lockport
First National Bank of
Texas Company
Fred Lindner
Sylvester Wierschem
John West
Kennedy Seeks Better Eats at White House Lunches
Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the maritime commission visited the White House on November 1 and after meetings with the president’s son and secretary James, was invited to lunch. Kennedy later said the meal was “all right” but claimed he could do better at home.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
White House
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
James
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Execu
Compromise on Farm Bill Seen By House Panel
Washington December 3 4 The chair man of the house agriculture committee Democrat Jones Texas forecast a compromise on a farm bill amendment to spare dairy men from greater competition The amendment sponsored by Boileau Wisconsin would withhold federal benefits from farmers who plant dairy seeds on acreage withdrawn from cultivation It passed tentatively 114 to 95 despite administration objections Jones said no plan to upset the dairy industry by turning cotton fields into cow pastures and Boileau said a workable solution will be found
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Washington
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Boileau
Progressive
Wisconsin
House
Congress
Orleans labor council plans credit union
P Harvey regional director of the American Federation of Labor announced that the New Orleans Central Trades and Labor Council would establish a credit union. Harvey said the union would form an association to buy food, gasoline, oil and auto accessories for members who subscribe to shares.
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New Orleans
P Harvey
American Federation of Labor
LaGuardia’s national bid floated at Survey dinner
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia used a Survey Associates dinner to hint at national ambitions possibly aimed at the presidency. He urged bold national action on farm relief and population balance while noting his shift to the American Labor party and leaving the Republicans. He faced a national audience including Secretary of Labor Perkins and Governor Murphy.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Tammany
Survey Associates
New York City
Perkins
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Frank Murphy
Michigan
la Follettes
Wisconsin
American Labor Party
Washington
Third Defendants Testify as Crowd Packs Monroe Christmas Parade
In Shreveport Louisiana on December 3 the trial of Milton McDowell and three relatives resumed with the third defendant on the stand. The story describes a record crowd of about 20 000 gathering on DeSiard street for Monroe and West Monroe Christmas festivities and the city wide turnout from multiple towns.
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Shreveport
Milton McDowell
Louis McDowell
Alton McDowell
Earl Campbell
Dayline
Webster Parish
Caddo
T. C. Davis
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Broadway
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce of
West Monroe
Rayville
Mangham
Delhi
Ruston
Columbia
Bastrop
South Grand Street
North Fifth Street
Dual Unionism Blocks Labor Peace Talks
Washington December 3. William Green and John L. Lewis face a major hurdle as they seek to reunite the AFL and the CIO. After four hours of talks they failed to reach a pact, weighing a merger of some 7 million workers with CIO leadership led by Lewis and strategist Phillip Murray, Green backed by George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
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Washington
Organized
William Green
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
C. S O
Lewis
Phillip Murray
Green
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Stamp Club to Dedicate In Memoriam Plaque in New Orleans
Crescent City Stamp club officers announced plans to place an in memoriam plaque in the Charles A. Wicks hall of their clubroom. The room dedication was planned for last night as Charles A. Wicks, who was 63, died on Wednesday.
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Stamp Club
New Orleans
Crescent City Stamp Club
Charles A. Wicks
Wicks
Five Hurt As Bomb Fault Quiet March Sparks Tense Clash
Japanese troops backed by barbed wire barricades moved into the Shanghai international settlement after a bomb exploded during a victory parade. Colonel Charles F. B. Price of the U S Fourth Marines pressed the intruding force to withdraw. Five people were wounded including three Japanese, a Chinese constable, and a British police sub inspector. A second parade was cancelled as tensions eased.
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Shanghai
Charles F. B. Price
United States
Fourth Marines
International Settlement
Price
Nanking Road
Tormorron
E. T. Maitland
New World
Banking Road
Chill Wind Highlights Good Fellows Humanitarian Work
A cold Friday exposes hardship of underprivileged children in Monroe and West Monroe. The Good Fellows Fund, aiding Christmas relief, emphasizes giving a warmer, brighter holiday to needy youngsters through organized charity and community support.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Good Fellows Fund
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