Westbrook Pegler Attack on Congress Under Roosevelt Era
Westbrook Pegler condemns Congress as fearful, ineffectual under Roosevelt, arguing the legislative body abdicates its duty to restrain racketeers and dictators while deferring to White House authority. He compares U.S. lawmakers to a rotten French parliament and accuses them of seeking patronage and betraying the American people.
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Labor tensions rise as Roosevelt orders new rail wage review
Persistent labor unrest grips the nation with captive coal mine and railroad disputes. A Chicago freight handlers settlement contrasts with a St Louis machinists walkout seen as a major nationwide tie up. Roosevelt orders an emergency fact finding board to reconvene, review new facts, and report by Monday after a Friday hearing at the White House.
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White House
Nine Men to Plan Traffic Schools Across Louisiana
A nine member state committee will meet in New Orleans to outline plans for eight traffic schools in Louisiana. The effort supports an emergency traffic law enforcement program adopted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police at President Roosevelt's urging. The schools will operate in New Orleans Lake Charles Monroe Lafayette Franklin Alexandria Baton Rouge and Shreveport. The committee includes Steve Alford state police superintendent George Reyer New Orleans police, parish sheriffs E D Coleman Tensas J Howell Flournoy Caddo Gilbert Ozenne Iberia Joseph Green L A Newsom state police and Captains Charles Matherne Fred Williams of New Orleans police.
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Louisiana
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Roosevelt
Lake Charles
Monroe
Lafayette
Franklin
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Steve Alford
George Reyer
Parish
E. D. Coleman
Tensas
J. Howell Flournoy
Caddo
Gilbert Ozenne
Iberia
Joseph Green
L. A. Newsom
State Police
Charles Matherne
Fred Williams
Nazi official cites US as major enemy in war
Berlin reports Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop told anti Comintern pact signers that Germany already won the eastern campaign and now faces Britain with American aid as England’s key ally. He said US entry would not alter the outcome, mocked fears of a German strike on the United States, and warned England could be expelled from the continent.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Britain
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United States
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Hitler
England
Russia
Europe
Roosevelt
South America
Lee
Reich
Blocking Move to Stem New Taxes in Budget Fight
Washington reports influential lawmakers pressed to block treasury tax proposals until $1.5 billion in non-defense spending is trimmed from the upcoming budget. House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton leads the push with support from economy-minded senators. The Byrd economy committee will draft cuts targeting roughly $2.99 billion in unemployment public works and farm benefits.
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Treasury
Congress
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Joint Economy Committee
Byrd
Democrat
Virginia
Youth starves self so family may live in Missouri
In Money Missouri on November 26 1924 George Walker Gordon aged 19 starved himself to death so his parents and seven siblings could eat. The Barry County physician Dr Elburn A Smith said the youth died after a period of intentional starvation. The family lived in a single room cabin in the Ozarks, a remnant of a house partially destroyed by fire.
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George Walker Gordon
George
Elburn A. Smith
Barry County
Ozarks
Texas claims strip of land in Louisiana
Texas Land Commissioner Bascom Giles certified a claim to Senators O Daniel and Connally seeking title to at least 1 360 acres along the upper border of Texas and Louisiana. The dispute centers on a 76 mile long triangular strip and a 100 foot base, with Texas arguing a 14 foot wide strip at minimum and possibly a full mile wide.
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United States
W. Lee O'Daniel
Tom Connally
Texas
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Jones
Sabine River
Lake and
Pass
Giles
Juaquin
Logansport
Rodessa
Texas Land Commissioner
Pass and Lake
Gulf of Mex
Crop relief plea before committee
The House agriculture committee heard an emergency relief appeal from Southern cotton growers hit by drought boll weevil and heavy rainfall. H. E. Clary of Thomson Georgia and Joseph Le Seuer of Warrenton Georgia urged quick relief noting desperate finances and debt payments. R A Gibbons of the Louisiana Cotton Ginners Association reported gin output about half of last year.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
H. E. Clary
Thomson, Ga
Joseph le Seuer
Warrenton
South
R. A. Gibbons
Louisiana Cotton Ginners Association
Mussolini may visit Libya to boost Italian front
Premier Mussolini could travel from Rome to the Libyan front to encourage Italian soldiers, the Rome radio reported in a broadcast heard by NBC today.
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Reuben James Depth Blasts Kill Own Men
New York November 26 survivors say the destroyer Reuben James torpedoed off Iceland October 31 saw depth charges explode underwater killing many crew as they clung to life rafts. They blame inadequate lifeboats and unlocked safety catches.
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Reuben James
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Army Officer From Louisiana Killed In Accident
First Lieutenant Harry T. Van Fossen Jr of Lemoyen La motor officer with the 349th field artillery was killed near Fort Sill Oklahoma while directing a tractor convoy bound for field maneuvers. A F Phillips Lawton who witnessed the scene and helped move him to the post hospital said the lieutenant’s trouser leg was caught in a tractor hub and the vehicle passed over him.
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Okla
Harry T. van Fossen, Jr
Lemoyen
349Th Field Artillery
A. F. Phillips
Lawton
van Fossen
U S and Japan near final talks in war concerns
Washington reports say U S Japan discussions are near decisive stages. An urgent Tokyo consulate warning urged Americans to leave Japan while similar notices went out for China. Uncertainty remains as Saburo Kurusu's arrival prompts calls for quick action and possible decisive moves from Sec. Hall and Ambassador Nomura.
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United States
Japan
Tokyo
China
Saburo Kurusu
Hall
Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Good Fellows Need More Help This Christmas
The Good Fellows report no contributions today despite many letters asking for aid for hungry families. A reader highlights a family where a father cannot work after an August accident and requests groceries clothing and school items. The appeal urges donors to provide at least a dollar to ease the coming winter.
Belgrade to be razed by German invasion plan
The White House said intelligence reports indicate Germany plans to raze Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, using intensified bombardment by air and artillery after surrounding the city. Officials cited a high German memorandum claiming the attack would surpass past bombardments.
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White House
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Early
Shabatz
Sleepless Man 90 Years Old At His Unusual Birthday
Malcolm L. Stephenson reports from Trenton New Jersey on Albert Edmelore Herpin born in 1851 who claims he never sleeps. He spends his days tending ash barrels for customers and reading in a shack near the railroad. Local residents and doctors are puzzled by his condition and his lifelong insomnia.
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Malcolm L. Stephenson
Trenton
N. J
Albert Edmelore Herpin
Old al
Rip van Winkle
Baptists Urged To Take Over Dodd College In Shreveport
At the 94th annual Louisiana Baptist convention in Shreveport the M. E. Dodd Foundation proposal to turn Dodd college and its properties to the Louisiana Baptist convention was considered. The executive board report preceded the education committee’s final report. W. H. Managan Sr. was remembered as a gavel was given to Dr. K. Norris Palmer. Rev. E. S. Stubblefield was unable to attend, so Rev. W. M. Averitt was named convention treasurer. Rev. C. F. Almand addressed about prayer for the day to about 2,000 Baptists.
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Shreveport
M. E. Dodd Foundation
Dodd College
Louisiana Baptist Convention
W. H. Managan
Lake Charles
K. Norris Palmer
First Baptist Church
Baton Rouge
T. V. Herndon
E. S. Stubblefield
Slaughter
W. M. Averitt
Farmerville Baptist Church
C. F. Almand
Delhi
Axis claims victory south of Tobruk and siege at Tobruk
The World Today reports Axis forces say British troops were annihilated south of Tobruk with 5000 captured and Germany and Rome deny British capture of Bardia while Tobruk remains under siege. Soviet spokesman notes German drives threaten Moscow with heavy losses exceeding 330,000. Red Army moves six miles in Ukraine near Rostov. German torpedo claims target a British cruiser Dragon denied by Britain.
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Associated Press
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Tobruk
North Africa
Rome
Berlin
Bardia
Moscow
Ukraine
Rostov
Dragon
Japan
Roosevelt slams Time Magazine over Chilean president piece
President Roosevelt charged Time Magazine with printing a disgusting piece about late Chilean President Pedro Aguirre Cerda and said the article fueled axis propaganda in South America. He noted the U.S. apologized to Chile and demanded a full Time report while editor Henry Luce defended press independence.
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Roosevelt
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Chile
Axis
South America
Time
Claude Bowers
United States
Aguirre Cerda
el Imparcial
Georgia Floggers Seek Clemency Amid Flogging Pleas
In Atlanta on November 26 Governor Eugene Talmadge weighed clemency pleas for six men convicted of night time floggings amid pressure from Atlanta ministers and a prosecutor for mercy. Assistant Solicitor General Dan Duke described the lashes as deadly and tied the six to Ku Klux Klan night rides. The six named were Dan Edison Walter Forster W T Walton Raymond Bryan George Cameron and Henry Cawthon. Governor Talmadge delayed ruling for further study while urging reform in clemency decisions.
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Eugene Talmadge
Freedom
Dan Duke
Senate
Duke
Ku Klux Klan
Talmadge
Dan Edison
Walter Forster
W. T. Walton
Raymond Bryan
George Cameron
Henry Cawthon
Soviet envoy Litvinoff arrives in Calcutta en route
Maxim Litvinoff new Soviet ambassador to the United States his wife and secretary arrived in Calcutta today en route to Singapore and Washington via the Pacific.
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India
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Singapore
Washington
Pacific
Nazis Assert Enemy Forces Annihilated in North Africa
Axis dispatches claim British troops south of Rezegh were encircled and annihilated with over 50 prisoners as Libyan desert combat continues. Cairo reports say Tobruk garrison pushes deeper into siege lines while reinforcements move to bolster ongoing battles near Rezegh. Russian fronts note gains near Rostov and continued pressure toward Moscow shares.
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Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Adolf Hitler
Temperatures Fall Across the South and Northeast
Cold air pushed into the Atlantic states with freezing in Tallahassee and frost from the Gulf Coast to Louisiana. Temperatures varied from 21 in Richmond to 68 in Miami as warm air spread along the eastern slopes from the Rockies to the New England coast.
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Complaints Rise Over High Living Costs in U S
Washington officials report 1300 individual protests to the Office of Price Administration between September 1 and November 15 asking that something be done about high living costs. Food prices especially meat eggs and dairy draw most complaints, with California and New York leading in volume.
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