Record of Jewish refugee relief drives surpasses two million
New York reports show American Christians and Jews raising over two million dollars in two weeks for German refugees. The Joint Distribution Committee leads with about 400,000 in greater New York, while other groups balance the total with substantial city drives nationwide.
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New York
American Joint Distribution Committee
Epe
National Coordinating Committee For
Germany
Joint Distribution Committee
Greater
Council of Jewish Women
Committee For
American Committee For German Christian Refugees
Catholic Refugees Aid Group
Phielphia
Cincinnati
Tulsa
Okland
Charleston
S. C
Otus
Bayonne
N. J
Schenectady
Snowbound Hunters Rescued as Relief Reaches Remote Camps
In Aroostook County Maine a weekend siege left about 100 hunters and their companions snowbound in a 50 square mile area. Rescue crews opened routes and dropped food by air as state police and volunteers pressed 36 hours of relief work. One woman stayed ill from exposure after a hand sled evacuation. authorities withheld her identity.
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Aurora
G. Colbyardwell
Bangor-Calais
Bangor
36 New College Buildings Planned in State Program
Baton Rouge announces start of construction before January 1 on 36 new college buildings under a 9000 dollar state board education program. Colleges involved include Southeastern Louisiana Hammond seven, Louisiana Tech Ruston seven, Louisiana Negro Normal Grambling five, Louisiana State Normal Natchitoches four, Southwestern Louisiana Institute Lafayette twelve, and State School for the Deaf Baton Rouge one.
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Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
State Board of Education
Public Works Administration
Southeastern Louisiana College
Hammond
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Louisiana Negro Normal
Grambling
Louisiana
Five-Point Plan Advanced by Cotton Mart
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange directors publish a five point rehabilitation plan for cotton. They warn that continuing crop control risks a severe economic crisis and urge compensation for farmers, continued crop control, world price payments, disaster year relief, and liquidation of government held cotton through trade.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Leni Riefenstahl Denies Hitler Romance In Hollywood stop
Hollywood November 29 Leni Riefenstahl denies being the girl friend of Hitler saying rumors are foreign and untrue. She says she is independent and uninterested in marriage and has focused on art outdoor sports and friends.
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Fuehrer
Hollywood
Leni Riefenstahl
Germany
Hitler
Hemler Home Razed by Fire in Alto Louisiana
The two story frame residence of Dr J H Hemier in Alto was destroyed by fire last night with all contents lost. Partial insurance coverage was reported. The home replaced another building of the same name that burned about five years earlier. Dr Hemler is a well known former Monroe dentist.
Santa to Return for Monroe North Pole Parade Mission
A repaired plane bound for the North Pole is set to depart Fairbanks after a forced landing. The Monroe parade plans feature 10 elaborate Mother Goose floats and bands from multiple cities, aiming to bring Santa Claus back to Monroe for the Saturday parade amid a predicted large turnout.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
North Pole
Selman Field Airport
Santa Claus
Monroe
Santa
Louisiana
West Monroe
Japan asserts Yangtze remains closed under plan to conquer China
Shanghai Nov 29 Japan said the Yangtze River would stay closed to foreign shipping until China is conquered and Japan’s plans for a new order in the Far East are achieved. The joint army navy communique said protests by the United States Britain and France would be unavailing and would endure until Chiang Kai-shek’s government is destroyed.
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Shanghai
Japan
Yangtze River
China
United States
Britain
France
Chiang Kai-Shek
Far East
Yangtze
Hankow
Koshiro Oikawa
Tokyo
German insurers seek reimbursement after Nazi violence
German insurers presented claims to foreign underwriters for damages to Jewish property from mid November unrest. The government has seized claims to fund a punitive levy tied to a Paris incident, and to force payment by foreign firms. Jews were barred from public appearances on December 3 during the national solidarity drive.
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Berlin
Ernst Vera Rath
Paris
Germany
Paris Sees Troops Deployed as General Strike Looms
Premier Da ladier moved troops into Paris vital centers and placed public services under military control to crush a General Confederation of Labor strike set to begin at 4 am. Army detachments increased to 25 900 in the capital as police and guards massed in labor centers.
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Paris
Daladier
General Confederation of Labor
la Republique
Lordre
Locuvre
Winter Blast Eases Force
Winter storms eased across the nation as midwestern cities rose above freezing. Rescue workers freed over 190 hikers trapped by a Maine blizzard while snow plows cleared New York streets at an estimated cost of 1 million dollars. Temperature drops threatened citrus crops in northern Florida, with frost danger limited to exposed areas.
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Associated Press
Maine
New York City
Boston Weather Bureau
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnnati
Detroit
Kansas City
Memphis
Oklahoma City
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Florida
Foul Play Theory Dropped at Ruston
Sheriff Bryan Thigpen and Coroner J. D. Bennett concluded Beery E. Hobbs died after being struck by a train near his stalled Ruston automobile. Initial wounds prompted a full inquiry. a Sanders Daniel suspect faced pending drunken driving charges and a Black woman was released after arrest.
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Ruston
Bryan Thigpen
J. 2 Bennett
Choudrant
Beery
Sanders Daniel
War Dept to double US military attaches in South America
Washington reports the War Department will ask Congress to double the number of United States military attaches in South America. The move aims to spread officers across no more than two countries each and offset German and Italian missions. A mission to Colombia will advise on defense, while others serve in Argentina Brazil Chile Peru Haiti and Guatemala.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
United States
South America
Rio Grande
Argentina
Mexico
Brazil
Chile
Costa Oa
Colombia
Breil
Peru
Haiti
Guatemala
Funda
Latin American
Slum Clearance Approval Marks Washington Housing Move
President Roosevelt approved a 7 354 000 contract for low cost housing in Washington to clear slums. The US Housing Authority will lend 16.6 million of the total, with the Washington dwelling authority covering most of the rest. About 1 257 families will get decent homes, rents not exceeding 4 per room monthly, targeting incomes under 1100 yearly. This first large scale effort aims to revive blighted areas and pave new housing access.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
National Capital
United States Housing Authority
Alley
White House
Washington
Washington Dwelling Authority
Bona
USHA
Shoes and Clothes Needed by Good Fellows Parade Call
A plea from Good Fellows urged Monroe and West Monroe residents to donate shoes clothing and toys for needy children. Judge Charles Schulze backs the drive noting many families suffer from cold missing school days and hardship. A parade and festive window displays are planned for Saturday with funds and gifts collected for the relief effort.
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Riepublic
Monroe
West Monroe
Arul
Plane crashes on rocky San Francisco coast leaves seven feared dead
Seven aboard United Airlines Skylounge on a Seattle to Oakland flight were feared dead after the twin engine craft crashed on a rough Point Reyes Coast beach. Two survivors were sighted by a lighthouse keeper as coast guards rigged lines to reach the wreckage wedged in rocks near a cliff. Pilot Charles Stead reported only nine gallons of fuel left and contemplated bailing into the ocean with wheels up.
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San Francisco
Seattla
United Air Lines
Guarteren
Point Reyes
Charles Stead
Seattle
Oakland
H. L. Shonts
San Jose
Calif
J.B Hefelbower
Philip Hart
Portlant
Ore
Isadore FR. Ereletein
Los Angeles
Lioyd Jones
Beatetle
Frong
Bobtie” Clay
Alameda
M. J. Tileghoar
Lewaper
Water project advances a vast Mississippi river improvement effort
Army engineers report major navigation upgrades in the Upper Mississippi Valley to open vast western trade routes. Secretary Woodring cites a nine foot channel from Missouri to Minneapolis and a doubled tonnage on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
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Washington
Army
Missasippi Valley
Middle West
Woodring
Bey
Mississippi
Misscouri
Minnespolia
Missouri
Woods
Clincle
Great Lakes
Mississppi River
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Army Engineers
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Hugh R. Wilson
William Phillips
Italy
Marvin McIntyre
Cotton Mart
New Orleans Exchange
Miss Riefenstahl
Hemler
Blaze
Capi
Midwest
Pope Pius
Vatican
Papal
Charles Schulze
Etnen
News-Star—World Office
Coast Guard
Upper Mississippi
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