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December 15, 1931

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EX-DETECTIVE VAGUE ON $99,240 DEPOSITS; DENIES LIQUOR GRAFT; Policemen 'Are Only Crumbs' in Possible Speakeasy Tribute, He Tells Seabury.WRIGHT 'BORROWED' $50,000Got Money From Brother and a'Seafaring Man' to BuyHouse, He Testifies.IS LINKED TO ROADHOUSEAdmits Sister Owns Property, but Denies Being Partner--OfficialDefends Liberty League. Admits Sister Owns Inn. FORMER DETECTIVE VAGUE ON DEPOSITS Liberty League Official Queried. Wright Ill at Ease on Stand. Queried on Liberty League. Tells of Borrowing Cash. Brother Gave Him $25.00. Paid Back "Seafaring Man." Denies Being Partner in Inn.

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C A Schultz says it is social organization

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COLLEGE GIRLS SLAY MAGISTRATE IN INDIA; Crime Seen as First Reprisal by Bengal Terrorists Against Repressive Ordinance. WOMEN ENLIST IN "ARMY" Training Camp for Them Near Bombay to Open Today, Under All-India Congress Chiefs. Was Listed for Promotion. COLLEGE GIRLS SLAY MAGISTRATE IN INDIA Slayers University Girls. Military Camp for Women. Rebel Chief Killed. Repressive Policy Extended. Gandhi Sails for India.

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2 women murder Magistrate C G B Stevens

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GEN. CHIANG QUITS CHINA'S PRESIDENCY; LIN SEN TAKES POST; New Acting Chief Executive Was Chairman of the Legislative Yuan. LEADER LONG UNDER FIRE Criticism Centred Over Failure to Get League to Drive the Japanese From Manchuria. CANTON TO COMBAT FRENCH Paris Says Troops Have Not Invaded China and Denies Pact WithJapan to Seize Territory.Sino-Japanese Developments. Chiang Quits After Parley. Feeling Strong Against Chiang. French Invasion Worries Canton. GEN. CHIANG QUITS CHINA'S PRESIDENCY France Denies Charges.

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Chiang Kai-shek resigns as Chinese Pres, due to inability to remove Japanese troops from Manchuria; French troops from Indo-China reptd entering China; hint of Franco-Japanese agreement denied by French Govt

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MILLS ASKS NATION TO SUPPORT TAX RISE AS VITAL TO CREDIT; Treasury Official in Address Here Calls on All Classes to 'Meet Real Emergency.' URGES FEAR BE FORGOTTEN Fiscal Program Put at the Minimum So as Not to Hold Back Recovery, He Says. CITES BURDENS IN EUROPE Hoover Plan Aims at a Balanced Budget in 1934, Under-Secretary Tells the Economic Club. Deficit Due to Depression. Balanced Budget by 1934. MILLS SAYS TAX RISE IS VITAL TO CREDIT Denounces Rumor Mongers Opposes Debt Cancellation.

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O L Mills s at meeting

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Notable Births

Klaus Rifbjerg

1931Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (died 2015)[†]

Klaus Rifbjerg was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays. In 1965 he co-produced the film 4x4 which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.