Session Opens as 71st Congress Convenes in Washington
Final session of the seventy first congress begins with cordial handclasp scenes inside the capitol and fist fights outside as police clash with communists. Six demonstrators arrested. tear gas used to disperse crowds. Senator elect Davis considered for seating, while Nye plans to urge his stepping aside after Pennsylvania expenditures review.
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Washington
Seventy First
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Davis
Nye
Pennsylvania
Withhold Loans to Reduce Cotton Acreage Plan
New Orleans December 1 conference of the Southern Cotton Reduction Association votes virtually unanimous approval for withholding bank loans to force a reduction in cotton acreage across the south.
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Southern Cotton Reduction Association Inctorses
New Orleans
South
Conference of the
Southern Cotton Reduction Association
Communists Protest Beside Capitol and Are Dispersed
A few hundred demonstrators identified as communists gathered near the Capitol prompting police to remove placards and clash briefly. Tear gas and tear bombs sparked scattered fights as reserves were deployed and crowds dispersed around Garfield monument and surrounding streets.
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Washington
Capitol
House
Capitol Plaza
Capitol Grounds
Garfield Monument
Burma to be separated from India by agreement
London December 1 The round table conference agreed in principle to separate Burma from India and formed a special committee to discuss details. Burma would become a separate governed entity, presumably as some form of dominion within the British commonwealth.
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London
Round Table
Burma
India
Georgia Waterways Funding Planned for 1982 Projects
Government estimates propose 1 336 500 dollars for Georgia waterway work in the next fiscal year starting July 1. Savannah harbor would receive 501 000 for completion and 610 000 for maintenance, with Brunswick harbor at 20 000 for improvement and 100 000 for related needs.
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Washington
Brown
Engineers Corps
Georgia
Savannah Harbor
Brunswick Harbor
Savannah River
Augusta
Altamaha
Oconte
Ocmulgee
Chattahoochee River
Flint River
General Brown
Oconee
New York
Savannah
Wilmington
Drakies
Seaboard Airline Railway
King’s Island
Five youths held after girl dies following attack
Five men, including David Thompson and Virgil Kirkland, were held to the grand jury on murder charges in Gary Indiana after a coroner's inquest found Arlene Draves died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by the shock of an attack at a house party. Clarence Johnson was arrested as accessory.
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Gary
Ind
Arlene Draves
David Thompson
Virgil Kirkland
Leon Stanford
Paul Barton
Harry A. Shirk
Clarence Johnson
Indianapolis
Thompson
Johnson
R. O. Wharton
Kirkland
War on racketeers urged in new federal bill
Representative Woodruff of Michigan introduced a bill to mobilize federal power against interstate gangsters. He says federal action would enable direct cooperation with city and state authorities to end the racket, replacing current methods based on income tax return enforcement.
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Washington
Woodruff
Republican
Michigan
United States
Denial of Pardon Recommended for Billings in Bombing Case
San Francisco December 1 five Supreme Court justices recommended denial of Warren K. Billings pardon. The panel, in six to one vote, found insufficient grounds for clemency in the 1916 preparedness parade bombing conviction tied to Thomas J. Mooney. Justice W H Langdon favored clemency.
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San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
C. C. Young
Supreme Court
Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
W. H. Langdon
Allen Westberry to be tried next in Lowndes
Allen Westberry the uncle of Austin Westberry who was given a life term in Browning death will be the next defendant in the case. Five men were charged in the slaying of W H Browning a Valdosta filling station operator and his wife. Trial date will be set later by Judge William F E Thomas.
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Valdosta
Allen Westberry
Austin Westberry
W. H. Browning
G. C. Spurlin
Browning
Pennsylvanias Davis declines Senate swearing in today
James J. Davis fails to present himself for swearing in as senator from Pennsylvania. He states he will not take the seat at the opening of Congress and awaits further investigation into election expenditures at Chairman Nye's request. Davis conferred with Senate Republican leader Watson at the capitol.
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Edward W. Goss
Connecticut
Burnett M. Chiperfield
Illinois
Robert F. Rich
Edmund F. Erk
Pennsylvania
Frederick C. Loofbourow
Utah
Robert L. Hogg
West Virginia
Claude C. Parsons
Frank W. Hancock
Hinton James
North Carolina
Michael K. Reilly
Wisconsin
Francis B. Condon
Rhode Island
John F. Dorsey, Jr
Kentucky
Wingo
Florian Lampert
Edgar R. Kiess
Charles F. Curry
California
Charles M. Stedman
William C. Hammer
John F. Quayle
New York
Senate
James J. Davis
Secretary of
Labor
Morrow
New Jersey
Carey
Wyoming
Bulkley
Ohio
McGill
Kansas
Williamson
Hastings
Delaware
Brock
Tennessee
Hull
Washington
Davis
Congress
Nye
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Capitol
Watson
Pennsylvania election drama flares over Davis seat
Washington reports renewed effort to bar James J. Davis from the Senate after new Davis-Brown campaign spending figures surface. Senator Nye's committee probes possible excess of about 150000 additional dollars, with total costs nearing 370000. Francis Shunk Brown, erstwhile gubernatorial hopeful, remains an ally in the dispute.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
James J. Davis
William S. Ware
Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Labor Department
Davis-Brown
Francis Shunk Brown
Nye Committee
Davis
Harrisburg
Samuel Vauclain
Muscle Shoals Conferees to Meet Soon in Washington
Senate agriculture committee Chairman McNary announced a meeting of house and senate conferees on Muscle Shoals legislation for Wednesday. The compromise proposal from Representative Reece was advanced but deemed unacceptable by senate advocates of government operation of the $150 million plan in Alabama, who aim to force a house vote on the senate bill.
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Washington
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Reece
Tennessee
Alabama
Captain Lancaster to search Keyes for missing flier
Captain W N Lancaster flying companion of Mrs J M Keith Miller departs from Jacksonville after refueling to search for the missing aviatrix lost between Havana and Florida. He will fly to Miami to inspect all the keys and pursue the case. The British war era plane from Admiral Moffett lifts off as he begins the hunt.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
J. M. Keith-Miller
England
Australia
Miami
Havana
Florida
South Carolina
Admiral Moffett
Navy Bureau For Aeronautics
Weather forecast for Southeast states turns chilly
The forecast shows South Carolina partly cloudy and colder tonight with Tuesday colder in most areas except extreme northwest. Georgia fair and colder with possible frost in the north. Florida partly cloudy tonight with rain in the southeast and colder inland, winds variable. Alabama and northwest Florida fair and colder with freezing near the coast tonight and Tuesday.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Soviet five year plan shows strong progress and wage gains
Valerian Kuibyshev, head of the state planning commission, reports two years of Piati letka progress exceed plan forecasts with output over estimates in oil steel and agricultural machinery. Grain yields rise 20.6 percent. collectives expand to over five million peasant households. wages up 12.1 percent.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Valerian V. Kuibyshev
State Planning Commission
M. Kuibyshev
Piatiletka
Drought Relief Bill Prepared by Senator Robinson
Senator Robinson of Arkansas prepared a drought relief bill authorizing 60 million dollars for farm loans to drought struck farmers. The measure aims to provide timely aid and program details were outlined for Senate introduction.
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Robinson
Washington
Senate
Arkansas
Crisp Proposes Tariff Revision Including Agriculture Safeguard
Representative Crisp of Georgia introduces a bill to reinstate Smoot-Hawley duties on non agricultural goods to 1928 levels while preserving 1930 agricultural rates. The plan keeps the tariff commission intact and mirrors an export debenture idea debated in earlier sessions.
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Washington
Deer
Crisp
Democrat
Georgia
Senate
House
Tariff Commission
Mother Jones dies after long, brilliant labor career
Washington reports the death of Mary Mother Jones at age 100, a staunch labor defender who lived to 100 and celebrated that birthday May 1. She aided striking workers, survived jail and the 1871 Chicago fire, and will be buried in Mt. Olive Union Miners cemetery near Virden, Illinois, with Martyrs of the union buried nearby.
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Washington
Mary
Jones
John D. Rockefeller
Mary Jones
Cork
Ireland
United
Chicago
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Mt. Olive
Mother Jones
Mt. Olive Union
Virden
Macoupin County
Green Hills
County Cork
Mary Harris
Alexander Bradley
Ile
Union
Virden Tint
Mt. Olive Memorial
Referendum Push Aims At 18th Amendment Change
Representative McLeod of Michigan introduced a bill seeking a national referendum on the 18th amendment and a separate resolution to authorize a constitutional convention. The move comes as proponents press for a public vote on Prohibition policies.
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Washington
McLeod
Republican
Michigan
Georgia 105 agencies to be merged into 17 departments report says
A New York accountant firm urged Governor Hardman to consolidate 105 Georgia state agencies into 17 departments. The plan targets centralized budgeting and purchases, a unified revenue system, and a trimmed, more efficient state government. The report notes current fragmentation wastes funds and weakens financial control. It outlines 17 proposed departments and their scopes, including finance treasury revenues agriculture industrial relations and more.
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Atlanta
Georgia
L. G. Hardman
Searle, Miller and Company
State and Municipal Accountants
New York
Hardman
Finance
Treasury
Revenue
Agriculture
Industrial Relations
Corporations
Public Service Commission
Highways and Public Works
Conservation
Public Welfare
Education
Board of Regents
Secretary of State
Law and State Library
Department of Finance
Budget Commission
Department of the Treasury
Department of Revenues
Comptroller General
Department of Agriculture
Department of Industrial Relations
Labor and Labor Statistics
Commissioner of Commerce and Labor
State Industrial Board
Department of Highways and Public Works
Highway Department
Highway Board
Department of Conservation
Forestry, Fish and Game
Boards and Commissioners
Department of Health
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Lowndes
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Hingele
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Keyes
Russia
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Wiggins
Colo
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Walter Burgess
Searle and Miller
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