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May 29, 1934

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SAN FRANCISCO MOB CHARGES ON POLICE; Striking Longshoremen Are Repulsed by Tear Gas and Shots in the Air. SCORES INJURED IN BATTLE San Diego Outbreak Curbed -- New Orleans Workers Assaulted. SAN FRANCISCO MOB CHARGES ON POLICE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

San Francisco mob charges police; deadlock in negotiations; rioting at San Diego; clashes in New Orleans; Galveston strike settled

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Theatres to Ask Licenses to Sell Liquor; Would Install Bars to Revive Business

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Representatives of League of N Y Theatres and other groups to ask permission to install bars to sell liquor, in effort to improve business

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ROOSEVELT BARS THE SALE OF ARMS TO FOES IN CHACO IN MOVE TO STOP WARFARE; TREATIES LIMIT ACTION

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Pres issues proclamation

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REICH IMPORTS CUT MORE DRASTICALLY IN BOYCOTT FIGHT; Berlin Restricts Amount of Ordinary Goods to 5 Per Cent of 1930 Total. TRADE WITH SOVIET DROPS Hitler's Attack May Affect It Further -- German Labor Organ Raises Outcry. REICH IMPORTS CUT IN BOYCOTT FIGHT

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

New trade regulations cut allotment of foreign exch to 5% of 1930; said to eliminate private importers; Jews blamed for boycott; Russian orders cut

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Notable Births

1934Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia^[†]

William Nicholas Vander Zalm is a Dutch-born Canadian businessman and politician who served as the 28th premier of British Columbia and leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party from 1986 to 1991. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the riding of Surrey from 1975 to 1983, and the riding of Richmond from 1986 to 1991.