Plan to create 4 million jobs in four months faces rollout
Washington officials outlined a $400 million federal civil works program to shift 2,000,000 relief workers into full time, 30 hour jobs. Projects include street and highway construction and health programs, with allocations managed by local officials and standard wages. Roosevelt urged nonpartisan administration, stressing protection of recipients regardless of political affiliation.
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Bill Would Bar Exiled Mexican Rebels From Army
President Rodriguez sent a bill to the chamber of deputies barring exiled Mexican military officers who joined revolutionary movements after 1826 from returning to the army. The measure targets Serrano-Gomez 1927 and Escobar 1929 participants who fled the country. A furnished 4 room house at 222 Gillespie for rent at $2750 a month appears in the classifieds.
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France Debates Cash Crunch and Budget Cuts in Cabinet
Paris reports the French cabinet presenting a austerity plan seen as a political test. Finance Minister Georges Bonnet outlined a budget 3.008 billion franc reduction and a 400 million franc pension levy on civil servants. A second bill for 3 billion francs in further cuts and added income is planned to balance a 6 billion franc deficit.
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Britain Moves to Reopen Arms Conference
London reports Britain instructs Sir John Simon to proceed to Geneva with Hugh Wilson to restart disarmament talks. The aim is a fresh start on the basis of an actual draft for a disarmament convention. The move targets reengaging Germany in the conference process.
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Slaying Probe Links Alexandria Man to Van Horn Death
Alexander Ross of Alexandria and formerly Los Angeles, held for investigation in the death of Ramona Warren near Van Horn Texas. Warren, tentatively identified as from Walnut Creek California, was found nude on November 8 while en route to Fort Worth to visit her mother. Police in El Paso coordinated with Sheriff Cris Fos after telegraphic request following a car license number tied to a Los Angeles area car.
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Rail Line Suit In Mexico Targets American Clerk
A labor board suit filed by the Railroad Workers union targets the Orient railway in Mexico City over alleged labor law violations. They seek removal of Lili Labrada Ardito, a Chi hushua division clerk, and replacement by a Mexican citizen. Margarita Robles de Mendoza defends women’s suffrage and carries the issue to Montevideo.
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Weather data and lunar tides for week and month
The report lists precipitation totals for 24 hours ending Thursday and monthly deficits. It notes monthly and year-to-date rainfall shortfalls, sun and moon rise and set times, and tides at Aransas Pass for Thursday and Friday with low and high estimates.
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Passenger car registrations rise in Texas counties
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports a 17 percent increase in passenger car registrations in the 17 most populous Texas counties in October over September 1938, and a 186 percent rise over October 1932. Registrations for the first ten months of 1938 total 23,901, up from 19,397 in 1932.
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Farmers Urged to Abandon Crops in Price Campaign
Farmers in the province face unrest as a campaign urges them to forego planting and not replant to lift prices. Governor Miar- Unex De Hoy issues an agricultural manifesto opposing the movement. Recember edition of the Mehits Pree Rental Directory lists Piraly Wignly registers.
Conference rumors loom as Welles may meet Roosevelt
Havana reports keen interest as word spreads that United States Ambassador Sumner Welles may confer with President Roosevelt. Amid debate over his actions in Cuba, two aviators face life or death as a Cuban cabinet decision looms. A military court recommended death for them for leading a revolution, while loyal troops pressed rebel bands in Oriente Matanzas and Santa Clara as dispatches face censorship. In Granada Spain, 23 sympathizers died in a bus crash on a bridge. Expert radio repairers offer services via Classified ads.
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United States
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Ilomobono Rodriguez
Basilica Gonzalez
Acteon
Grau
Oriente
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Airship Macon destroyed at sea during naval exercises
Nov 11 report from the Pacific coast states the U S 8 Macon was lost in maneuvers off California. Heavy seas and a northwester hampered aerial operations as four observation planes from Langley ditched with all eight crew saved by Cincinnati Colorado and Wright crews. The attacking fleet achieved its objective of a theoretical landing on San Nicolas island north of Catalina.
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Wright
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Escape by two inmates from Springfield federal prison hospital
Springfield police reported that two inmates Edward J. Nichols and Ed Joe McNamara climbed ropes dropped over the wall and escaped shortly after 4 a.m. assistance was alleged from six men in two motor cars. The incident was linked to outside conspirators. Nearby Gibraltar also notes precautionary British and tourist crowds amid Spanish election tensions.
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Federal Prison Hospital
Edward J. Nichols
Ed Joe McNamara
Treasury Receipts Reported From Washington DC
Treasury figures as of November 14 show receipts totaling 15,000,000 plus and expenditures around 2,043,422.78 with a balance of about 1,900,64. Customs receipts for the month reach 13,196,631.09. For the fiscal year from June 1, expenditures total 1,650,895,908.15 with emergency spending 542,085,168.54, producing an excess of 588,006,288.79.
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