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November 9, 1931

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PERSHING APPEALS WITH COL. LINDBERGH FOR IDLE IN 'CRISIS'; War Leader Says Nation Will Answer Call to Save Lives Now as It Gave Them in 1917. BOTH URGE 'TEST' BE MET Flier Declares Some Safeguard Against Recurrence Must Come From Depression. CITY DRIVE PLANS WIDENED Registration of Volunteers for Canvass Begins Today--SmithWants 15,000 Workers. Local Drive Is Pressed. General Pershing's Appeal. PERSHING APPEALS FOR IDLE IN 'CRISIS' Appeals to Local Pride Lindbergh Analyzes Conditions. Mrs. Norris and Miss Pickford Speak Registration of Jobless.

By Unknown Author

Radio appeal for unemployment relief

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TIENTSIN IS SHELLED BY JAPANESE GUNS; OUR TROOPS STAND BY; Chinese Riot All Night Near Nipponese Concession, Attacking Police. IGNORE WARNINGS TO LEAVE Machine Guns and Finally the Artillery Are Used to Compel Withdrawal. 15TH INFANTRY CALLED OUT American and Other Foreign Troops Get Ready to Defend Their Nationals if Necessary. Manchurian Developments. FOUR KILLED IN SHELLING. Mob Attacks Chinese Police. Our Troops Sanding By. TIENTSIN IS SHELLED BY JAPANESE GUNS Many Reported Killed. Fifteenth Long in China.

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severe rioting in Tientsin follows attempt to assassinate Hsuan Tung, former Chinese emperor

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REICH READY TO ACT UNDER YOUNG PLAN; SEEKS WIDE INQUIRY; Paris Expects Berlin's Assent This Week to Examination of Her Economic Plight. FRANCE HAS BIG PLANS Would Build Sahara Railroad and Dig a Ship Canal Out of Reparations Deliveries. BERLIN SENDS PROPOSALS Reported to Ask That Bank Inquiry Shall Go Beyond Limits of the Young Plan. Meeting of Advisory Committee. REICH READY TO ACT UNDER YOUNG PLAN Play for Trans-Sahara Line. Would Employ Germans. Tardieu Opposes Sacrifices.

By P.j. Philip. Special Cable To the New York Times

Construction of canal to connect Mediterranean and Atlantic proposed; reparations funds would be used and German workmen employed

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Notable Births

Whitey Herzog

1931Whitey Herzog, American baseball player and manager (died 2024)[†]

Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager, most notable for his Major League Baseball (MLB) managerial career.

Valery Shumakov

1931Valery Shumakov, Russian surgeon and transplantologist (died 2008)[†]

Valery Ivanovich Shumakov was a Russian surgeon and transplantologist, famous for being the founding father of organ transplants in Russia and was a pioneer of artificial organ surgery.

George Witt (baseball)

1931George Witt, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)[†]

George Adrian "Red" Witt, was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball (1957–62) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels and Houston Colt .45s. The native of Long Beach, California, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) during his playing career. He graduated from California State University, Long Beach.