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November 24, 1929

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PHILLIPS' MOVE LAID TO HOUSING TROUBLE; Canada Sees Failure to Provide Residence as Factor in Our Minister's Resignation. FORCED TO LIVE IN HOTEL The Dominion's Half-Million-Dollar Legation in Washington Furnishes Contrast. Had to Vacate Two Houses. PHILLIPS' MOVE LAID TO HOUSING TROUBLE Phillips's Going Regretted.

By V.m. Kipp. Editorial Correspondence of the New York Times

OTTAWA, Nov. 20.--William Phillips, the first representative of the United States Government to be sent to Canada with the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, in his diplomatic caution will not go further than to say he has been "disappointed" at Washington's...

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M'MANUS TO OFFER ALIBI AS DEFENSE; TO PICK NEW JUROR; Several Witnesses to Testify He Was Not in Room When Rothstein Was Shot. JUROR, ILL, TO BE EXCUSED Both Sides Agree to Release Riker and to Replace Him From Special Panel of 50. Agree to Excuse Ailing Juror. M'MANUS TO OFFER ALIBI AS DEFENSE Both Sides Anxious to Proceed. Murray Silent on His Plans. Pistol Damaged In Fall. Says Pistol Was Tossed From Room. Fingerprint Evidence Promised. State Witnesses Numerous. Woman's Testimony Guarded.

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Notable Births

1929Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist (died 2021)[†]

Franciszek Kokot was a Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist. He was known as a pioneer of nephrology in Eastern Europe. Kokot was a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, having previously served as its rector.

George Moscone

1929George Moscone, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (died 1978)[†]

George Richard Moscone was an American attorney and politician who served as the 37th mayor of San Francisco from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978.

Notable Deaths

Georges Clemenceau

1929Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (born 1841)[†]

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who was prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic, particularly amid the end of the First World War. He was a key figure of the Independent Radicals, advocating for the separation of church and state, as well as the amnesty of the Communards exiled to New Caledonia.

Historical Events

Lapua Movement

1929The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement officially begins when a group of mainly the former White Guard members, led by Vihtori Kosola, interrupted communism occasion at the Workers' House in Lapua, Finland.[†]

The Lapua Movement was a radical Finnish nationalist, fascist, pro-German and anti-communist political movement founded in and named after the town of Lapua. Led by Vihtori Kosola, it turned towards far-right politics after its founding and was banned after a failed coup d'etat attempt in 1932. The movement's anti-communist activities continued in the parliamentarian Patriotic People's Movement.