Brussels Parley Seeks Aid to End Sino-Japanese War
The Brussels conference of 19 nations sets up a subcommittee to offer good offices to Japan and China to restore peace. USA Britain Belgium likely on committee with Italy and France represented. The nine power treaty framework underpins efforts to respect China’s territorial integrity and invite Japan to join talks.
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Japan
China
United States
Britain
Belgium
Italy
France
Bankhead urges compulsory cotton control with price stability plan
Alabama Senator John H Bankhead argues for mandatory federal control of cotton production to stabilize prices. He plans to introduce a bill at the start of the November special session proposing acreage limits based on consumption estimates and a 35 percent ever normal warehouse stock to cover shortages.
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Ala
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Former Rayville Resident Named White House Liaison
George T. Summerlin, formerly of Rayville and now a state department attache, will arrange the White House visit of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and provide protection in the capital. A West Point graduate and former second secretary in Tokyo, he has served in Italy, China, and five South American nations.
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Rayville
State Department
White House
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Mr. Summerlin
John Summerlin
Tensas Basin
Monroe
Virginia
Tokyo
Italy
China
West Point
United States Army
Advisory council to study multiple taxation under social security act
Washington Nov 4 The council appointed by the senate finance committee and the social security board will study the problem of multiple taxation for old age benefits. If changes are needed the six employer representatives six from employes and 12 from the public will study possible reforms. The issue arises when an employee with several employers is taxed on the first 3000 of each salary while all employers are taxed, unlike a single high salary taxed only on 3000.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Social Security Board
Suspect Held After Mail Truck Robbery in Los Angeles
In southside Los Angeles a gunman robbed a mail truck of registered letters and parcels valued by postal inspectors at $2,000 to $7,000. Driver Earl Irwin, 33, identified one suspect who refused to disclose his name or location when the holdup occurred.
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Los Angeles
Earl Irwin
RooseveltLaGuardia talk unsettles NYC Democratic machine
President Roosevelt meets with mayor-elect LaGuardia amid fears of party rifts in New York. The American Labor party pledges support, while Tammany sustains losses across multiple offices, signaling a shaken political balance.
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New York
Roosevelt
F. H
Tammany
Labor Party
LaGuardia
Alex Rose
Republican Party
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Harold W Hastings
New York County
Thomas E. Dewey
Charles A. Schneider
New York State
Schneider
Italy Takes Slap At Britain France On Armistice Day
Rome reports show Italy marking the World War armistice anniversary with jibes at Britain and France. Il Popolo di Roma notes Vittorio Veneto’s victory as the war’s end, while the National War Veterans' Association uses the day for Italian solidarity with Franco’s legion and to admit Italian veterans of the Spanish Civil War.
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D. W. Hancock
London
Britain
Spain
Italy
Germany
Francisco Franco
Clement R. Attlee
Labor
Chamberlain
Anthony Edent
Attlee
Rome
France
Vittorio Veneto
Il Popolo di Roma
Sedan
National War Veterans’ Association
Minikumo Class Destroyer Minikumo Launched in Osaka
Osaka Japan November 4 14 The first class 1500 ton destroyer Minikumo was launched today The 34 knot ship mounts eight torpedo tubes and six 12 7 centimeter guns
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Osaka
Japan
Minikumo
Gellette’s succession row in Louisiana UCV upheld
Major-General Gellette’s claim that no legal election of a successor as division commander of the United Confederate Veterans in Louisiana has been held was sustained by Lieutenant-General J. A. Glenn. Glenn ruled Gellette remains commander until a proper vote by camp representatives in good standing is held. The Louisiana division meeting in Baton Rouge October 20 22 saw efforts to oust Gellette.
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R. Gellette
United Confederate Veterans In
Louisiana
J. A. Glenn
Army of Tennessee
Gellette
Glenn
Starkville
Miss
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Louisiana Division of the
Baton Rouge
Mussolini Accused by French of Inciting Mohammedans
French authorities in the near east allege Mussolini urged Mohammedans to rise against European rulers amid unrest in French North Africa and strikes in Palestine and Syria. The claim follows his recent Libyan tour where he proclaimed himself protector of Islam.
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Associated Prose
New York
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Near East
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Palestine
Syria
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Lybia
France
Britain
Mediterranean
Ethiopia
Sealm
Madame Lovine Trial in Monroe Fraud Case
The trial of Mrs Charles Borum known as Madame Lovine began in district court for allegedly defrauding Miss Cecile Weil of Monroe of 1322.22 by a confidence scheme. Five jurors were slated. three named as seated. judge David I. Garrett ruled on a pretrial motion.
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Madame Lovine
Charles Borum
Cecile J. Weil
Monroe
District Criminal Court
C. C Boardman
F M Elder, Jr
John Baldwin
Miss Weil
David I. Garrett
Louisiana library group seeks state appropriation
Baton Rouge Nov 4 J O Modisette chair of the Louisiana Library Commission says the Cozens Library Movement will ask the next legislature for an appropriation to fund library work. He notes 1.4 million Louisianians lack library service and urges state aid as a way to equalize access. Forty nine parishes have requests for aid. the amount is not yet decided.
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Baton Rouge
J. O. Modisette
Louisiade Library Commission
Cozens’ Library Movement
Modisette
New Orleans
American Library Association
Morrisette
Louisiana Library Commission
Fireman fatally hurt as stray cows derail Panama Limited near Batesville
The Panama Limited crashed into a herd of stray cattle three miles north of Batesville Mississippi killing fireman James Thomas White 40 and badly injuring engineer Charles J Barnett. The Incomnotive and three cars including a horse car overturned. two cows and one horse were injured.
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Miss
Panama Limited
Here
James Thomas White
Memenhis
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Barnett
Memephis
Tenn
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Flint
New Orleans
Chicago
C. E. Davieson
Maryville
Ray Seabury
Bruce Davis
Lloyd Sisler
Henry Mauer
A. Casins
Gerald Kotech
David Hines
Dee
Labor groups resume deadlocked Washington peace talks
Labor leaders from the A F L and C I O returned to negotiations after Senator Berry urged reconciliation. Berry, a former Print ing Pressmen's union head, wrote to John L. Lewis and William Green seeking a common labor settlement with no indication of White House involvement.
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Berry
Tennessee
Printing Pressmen's Union
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
American Federation of Law
Pere
Camipon
NBA
Labor
Partizan League
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Louisiana road bids set for two projects in parishes
L. P. Abernathy of the Louisiana Highway Commission announced N Cardinal End Company of Plaquemine bid the low amount of 14967 dollars for grading and surfacing 1989 miles of road between Serena and Magna in Catahoula Parish. Bids for 1657 miles of route 102 between Corinth and the intersection with route 115 in Lincoln Parish were returned to bidders.
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L. P. Abernathy
Louisiana Highway Commission
N. Cardinal End Company
Plaquemine
Serena
Magna
Catahoula Parish
Corinth
Lincoln Parish
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