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January 19, 1931

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RUSSIA CONSCRIPTS ALL RAIL WORKERS ON A WARTIME BASIS; All Must Go Wherever Sent and to Whatever Tasks, Under Threat of Dire Punishment. EMPLOYERS TO LIST THEM At the Same Time the Izvestia Denies Forced Labor for Profit and Assails Foreign 'Ballyhoo.' LIKENED TO WAR SITUATION Whole Nation Is Under Mobilization Regime, and Life Is Not Overly Pleasant fer Masses. Punishments Are Provided. Exiles May Choose Work. RUSSIA CONSCRIPTS ALL RAIL WORKERS Army Parallel Drawn.

By Walter Duranty. Wireless To the New York Times.by Walter Duranty

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57 SELECTED FOR THE BOARD; President Calls for Voluntary Effort to Raise $10,000,000 Relief.AMERICAN WAY, HE SAYSHe Warns Against Underminingthe Red Cross Spirit in theDrought Emergency.PLEAS FOR HELP DOUBLEDDistress in Communities NewlySurveyed Is Reported--Manyon Verge of Starving. Suffering on the Increase. Plantations Are Destitute. On the Verge of Starvation. D.A.R. Is Asked to Help. Seed Loan Machinery Ready Today.

By Special to The New York Times

Apptd vice chmn of drive for drought relief fund

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Notable Births

Robert MacNeil

1931Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2024)[†]

Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, often known as Robin MacNeil, was a Canadian-American journalist, writer and television news anchor. He partnered with Jim Lehrer to create the landmark public television news program The Robert MacNeil Report in 1975. MacNeil co-anchored the program until 1995. The show eventually became the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and is today PBS News Hour.