Bruening grants power to raise tariffs without Reichstag approval
In a brief decree, President Von Hindenburg empowers the Bruening government to raise customs duties to a prohibitory point and enter bilateral trade talks during the Reichstag recess through February 23. The measure, seen as enabling negotiators with England to set tariff schedules without ratification, may provoke protests from nations granting Germany MFN treatment.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Bruening
Reichstag
England
Germany
Wedell Cuts Hour From Old Mark in Mine War Trial
W B Jones, Harlan County miners union leader, testified in the Daniels case at Mount Sterling denying all charges of conspiracy and murder. He claimed no violence, no ammunition, and that weapons found were pawned by striking miners while he aided families facing starvation after the Evarts strike.
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Mount Sterling
W. B. Jones
Harlan County
Commonwealth
Jones
Daniels
Evarts
Harlan
E. B. Childers
Black Mountain Coal Company
League of Nations backs Manchuria peace plan
The League of Nations council adopted a resolution to resolve the Manchurian dispute in line with Dawes plan, seeking to remove the last obstacle to peace. China agreed to accept the plan if Japan’s evacuation of Chinchow is confirmed by neutral observers, while Japan contests the right to police bandits across Manchuria. Troop movements and reinforcements were reported near Tientsin and Tsitsihar amid cautious council deliberations.
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Paris
League of Nations Council
United States
Dawes
Japan
China
Chinchow
Manchuria
Tientsin
Tsitsihar
League
Poll Indicates Dry Law Support Remains Strong
A national prohibition board of strategy cites a half finished poll on a referendum of the eighteenth amendment as proof that dry laws endure. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of the Women’s Organization for Prohibition Reform reports 47.3 percent of Congress replied 59.3 percent favored 19.5 opposed 21.2 percent non committal on a referendum.
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Washington
Congress
National Prohibition Board of Strategy
Charles H. Sabin
Women’s Organization For Prohibition Reform
Philanthropist Edward Hines Dies in Chicago
Edward Hines wealthy lumber merchant and philanthropist dies at 68 in Chicago after months of heart disease and a bout of pneumonia. He had been unconscious since Saturday. Local reactions recall his charitable work and business leadership in the lumber industry.
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Chicago
Edward Hines
Hines
Arizona Weather Outlook Frost Tonight
Generally fair conditions persist into night and Wednesday with little temperature change. Frost is forecast tonight in south central and southeast portions. Winds low in Winslow with mild temperatures during Monday.
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Arizona
Tax Officials Meet At Yuma In Property Valuation Session
Yuma Arizona December meeting brings state tax commission and highway department officials with 13 of 14 counties. Personal property minimum values for poultry turkeys and bees are cut with three exceptions. Afternoon talks include motor vehicle valuations with M V Whitworth and Rug gles presiding at Kingman.
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Yuma
Ariz
State Tax Commission
State Highway Department
W. O. Ruggles
Kingman
The
Tax Commission
E. M. Whitworth
Motor Vehicle Division
No Trade Preference Delayed Until Imperial Conference
Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, told the House of Commons that Britain will grant no trade preference to any foreign country until after the Imperial conference, tentatively set for next summer at Ottawa.
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London
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Great Britain
Ottawa
Parole decision near for Albert B. Fall
The parole board nears a ruling on Albert B. Fall’s parole after he earned eligibility November 20 while serving a year and a day in New Mexico state prison for a $100,000 bribe from Edward L. Doheny. Chairman Wood said the case is under consideration and not yet completed.
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Washington
Parole Board
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
New Mexico
Edward L. Doheny
Wood
Walsh elected vice president of Union Pacific Stages
Russell J. Walsh of Omaha was chosen vice president of Union Pacific Stages Inc. under Carl R. Gray president. Walsh also serves as president of Interstate Transit lines. The move advances the unification of management across Interstate and Union Pacific stages motor bus subsidiaries of the Union Pacific railroad.
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Omaha
Russell J. Walsh
Union Pacific Stages, Inc
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Walsh
Interstate Transit Lines
Interstate
Union Pacific Stages Motor Bus
Early Christmas Shopping Under Way in Winslow
Federal experts estimate shoppers will spend over a billion dollars this Christmas and Winslow will capture a large share as merchants display greeting cards toys furnishings radios and instruments. Local payrolls have held steady with little unemployment, suggesting Winslow residents are financially prepared for heavy holiday buying.
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Winslow
Income Tax Raise Urged For Relief
Washington speakers before the joint committee on unemployment urged higher federal income and estate taxes to fund employment relief programs. Dr. Abraham Epstein and Benjamin C. Marsh argued that a high income tax would stabilize business, lower costs, and boost production and purchasing power.
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Washington
Joint Committee
Abraham Epstein
American Association For
Rate Complaint of Arizona Dismissed
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed a joint complaint by the Corporation Commissions of Arizona and New Mexico against class freight rates from Arizona and New Mexico to Atlantic seaboard destinations. The agency found the rates unjustified and rejected allegations of undue preference for El Paso and California points, ending the dispute.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Corporation Commissions of
Arizona
New Mexico
el Paso
Texas
California
Copper Production Pact Reached In Brussels
The newspaper L Informateur says an agreement with Union Miniere would cut copper output to 82 000 tons yearly with 30 000 stored in Africa and could raise copper prices. Union officials deny a definite solution yet and expect talks to continue another week.
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Brussels
L'Informateur Today
Union Miniere
Africa
Union
Barbour Named U S Senator From New Jersey
W Warren Barbour of Rumson was appointed by Governor Morgan F Larson to fill the late Dwight W Morrows seat as United States Senator from New Jersey. Barbour, 43, a Republican and former amateur heavyweight boxing champion, earlier served as Rumson mayor and council member and chaired the Republican State Committee finance committee.
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Trenton
N. J
W. Warren Barbour
Rumson
Morgan F. Larson
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
New Jersey
Barbour
KE. Dontald ‘Sterner
Belmar
Monmouth County
Sterner
Einstein Sails for U S from Antwerp to California
Professor Albert Einstein and Frau Einstein depart Antwerp for San Francisco aboard the Steamer Portland. They travel via the Panama Canal and plan to spend about two months at Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California.
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Brussels
Albert Einstein
Frau Einstein
Antwerp
San Francisco
Portland
Panama Canal
Einstein
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Cali
Arkansas Senatorial Race Is Complicated
In Little Rock on December 1 the Democratic state central committee prepared to name a successor to late Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway. Caraway's widow Hat tie W. Caraway, named by Governor Harvey Parnell to serve until a January 12 special election, faced opposition from Frank Pace's supporters. Rex Floyd of Yellowville filed a petition to place his name as the regular Democratic nominee.
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Little Rock
Ark
Democratic State Central Committee
United States
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Hattie W. Caraway
Harvey Parnell
Frank Pace
Rex Floyd
Yellowville
Fire sweeps Seattle waterfront destroys plants
A waterfront fire in Seattle today destroyed the Draper Engine Works plant and damaged the Commercial Boiler Works plant next door. Total loss is placed at $100,000. The blaze swept through the industrial section causing extensive damage to the two facilities.
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Seattle
Draper Engine Works
Ohio Man Suffers From Hiccoughing
MT VERNON Ohio December 1 Persistent hiccoughing saps strength of Carl Horlacher who entered his 12th day of hiccups today his condition worsened yesterday he cannot sleep eat or talk undisturbed
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MT Vernon
Ohio
Carl Horlacher
Horlacher
Administration Policy Is Hit By Gov Pinchot
Washington dispatch notes Vice President Curtis backs the national ticket while Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania launches a fresh anti administration attack. Hoovers supporters view Curtis ruling as supporting the president and a signal on factional strategy.
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Gov. Pinchot
Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Curtis
Hoover
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress Branded A Business Menace
CHIC4.GO December 1 P B Snow director of the Federation of American business told the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers annual convention that the coming Congressional session poses a menace to all citizens from industry leaders to workers. He said Congress has long been a growing menace to business and will attempt legislation that adds to government burdens. He argued progressive socialist oriented expansion of government reduces individual control and increases government competition with citizens.
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B. W. Snow
Federation of American Business
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Demonstrators Fined for Unauthorized White House Parade
Fourteen demonstrators arrested at the White House Friday for parading without a permit were each fined 100 dollars or sentenced to up to six months in jail.
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Washington
White House
Chinese Student Demonstrations Halted in Amoy Harbor
In Amoy China on December 1 the Japanese gunboat commander warned of landing marines if Chinese students marched in an anti Japanese parade tied to the boycott movement. Chinese officials set up military patrols and canceled the event.
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Amoy
China
Amoy Harbor
Pope Pius XI to issue fifth encyclical of year
Vatican announces Pope Pius XI will publish an encyclical just before Christmas marking the 1500th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus. The document will be his fifth in the year.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Man breaks leg in bed in Pittsburgh
Albert S Snail aged 59 broke his left leg while in bed in Pittsburgh today. After three weeks of rheumatism he snapped a bone between the knee and ankle when turning over.
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Pittsburgh
Albert S. Snail
Hawks and Wedell Chase West Coast Flight Records
Captain Frank Hawks and J. R. Wedell fly along the coast between Agua Caliente and Vancouver seeking time records. Wedell aims to complete the round trip within ten hours, stopping in Reno for fuel before continuing to Vancouver. Hawks starts in Vancouver and travels to Portland then toward Oakland, pursuing further record runs.
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San Francisco
West Coast
Frank Hawks
J. R. Wedell
Agua Caliente
Lower California
Vancouver
B. C
Wedell
Reno
Vancouver air flyer shatters speed record to Agua Caliente
Vancouver witnesses Ir. Ween New Orleans flier lands in the city at 1 p m after a 6 hours 42 minutes flight from Vancouver to Agua Caliente. He will stay overnight and says storms forced him to abandon a round trip. The previous speed record was 7 hours 48 minutes set by James Goodwin Hall in June.
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James R. Wedell
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Vancouver
B. C
Wedell
Ween
New Orients Flier
James Goodwin Hall
New York
Pound Sterling Hits A New Low In Foreign Markets
The pound sterling fell sharply to 3.30 dollars in New York trading, its lowest in ten years and 12 cents above the prewar record. Selling came from England France Holland and other countries as the currency slid from recent highs around 3.72 and 3.52 dollars.
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New York
England
France
Holland
Kansas City Launches $40 Million Relief Program
A $40,000,000 unemployment relief program was inaugurated in Kansas City with 1,000 men called to work on municipal projects financed under a 10-year bond plan. About 3,000 more are to be given jobs later.
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Kansas City
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