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November 11, 1931

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5 KILLED, 10 INJURED IN A BROOKLYN FIRE; Mother and Baby Killed in Leap and Many Tenants Are Trapped in Williamsburg Tenement. LINCOLN ARCADE SWEPT Hundreds Flee as Second Blaze in Building in Year Imperils Children in Theatre. Incendiarism Is Suspected. Boy Dies of Injuries. 5 DEAD, 10 INJURED IN BROOKLYN FIRE HUNDREDS FLEE FROM FIRE. Marshal Starts Inquiry Into Blaze at Lincoln Square Arcade. Theatre Emptied Quietly. Smoke Darkens Neighborhood. Dancers Are Led to Safety. Higgins Pays Chauffeurs' Fines

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With daughter and son dies in fire

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M'DONALD SEEKS NEW DEAL ON DEBTS AND REPARATIONS; HE SCORES 'CRAZY ECONOMY'; CITES STEPS ALREADY TAKEN Premier Hopes Visit of Laval Here May Lead to Franco-German Accord. TARIFF MOVE POSTPONED Parliament Is Warned of Disaster if Germany Loses Markets Due to Barriers. WILL BAR PROFITEERINGPremier Says There Is NoPledge to Tax Food--KingOpens Sessions. Contacts Already Begun. Insists Study Precede Tariff. Baldwin Counsels Patience. Cabinet May Discuss Question. Tory Plans Call for a Tariff. Prices to Be Watched.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Situation discussed in House of Commons

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JOBLESS FUND QUOTA RISES TO $18,000,000; WOMEN DOUBLE GOAL; Gibson Says Need Is So Great That $12,000,000 Would Leave Many Without Relief. GIFTS NOW TOTAL $9,716,094 1,000,000 Families Are Now Affected by Unemployment, Welfare Council Finds. FRAYNE ASKS 5-DAY WEEK Mrs. Belmont's Division, Which First Sought $750,000, Now Offers to Get $3,000,000. Situation Called Grave. Wants Stores Open 12 Hours. JOB FUND QUOTA RISES TO $18,000,000 Mary Pickford Recalls Poverty. 3,692 at Lodging House. State Fund Offers Help. Senator Wagner on Radio.

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Appeals for N Y C unemployed

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Notable Deaths

Shibusawa Eiichi

1931Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese businessman (born 1840)[†]

Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism", having introduced Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many economic reforms including use of double-entry accounting, joint-stock corporations and modern note-issuing banks.