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November 2, 1934

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Headlines from November 2, 1934

12,000 PUT IN EXILE AS SOVIET ENEMIES; Inhabitants Along the Finnish Border Sent to Siberia -- Distress Reported. MANY SAID TO BE BEGGING Moscow Ousted Them Rather Than Permit Emigration, Refugee Asserts.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

12,000 persons of Finnish extraction exiled to Siberia from Russian dists adjoining Finland as result of desire to emigrate to Finland; refugee, in Helsingfors, describes distress in Siberian settlements

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PRESIDENT ORDERS 5% INTEREST RATE ON HOUSING LOANS; Moffett Is Directed to Fix Uniform Charges Applying to Insured Mortgages. 5 1/2% ON REFINANCING Law Should Not Foster Continuation of High Rates, Administrator Is Told. TO SPUR HOME OWNERSHIP No Intention to Stimulate Construction Artificially, Official Declares. 5% INTEREST RATE ON HOUSING LOANS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

FHA, at direction of Roosevelt, fixes interest rate on home mortgages at 5%, refinancing at 5 1/2%

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Whole Issue of Lampoon 'Stolen'; Harvard Editors Suspect Yale; 8,000 Copies of Humor Magazine, Published as Joint Venture With Princeton to Mark Football Reunion, Disappear -- New Haven Denies All, but Hints of 'Revenge.' ISSUE OF LAMPOON REPORTED 'STOLEN'

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Joint issue of Lampoon and Yale Tiger reptd stolen

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LEHMAN ANSWERS COVERT CRITICISM OF HIS AID TO CITY; Declares He Fought Almost Single-Handed for Passage of Economy Bill. A 'CIVIL SERVICE GOVERNOR' Holds Because of His Help to Workers He Has Earned the Right to That Label. PRIAL ASKS HIS DEFEAT Comes Out for Moses in Radio Talk -- Hylan Wins Right to Have Name Stamped In. Lehman Invades the Bronx. LEHMAN DEFENDS ACTS TO AID CITY

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At Hunts Point Palace, Bronx; other campaign ss

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INSULL AS WITNESS TELLS LIFE'S STORY; Utilities Founder Assumes Full Responsibility for Acts but Admits Errors. DEFENDS OTHERS ON TRIAL He Puts Family Holdings at $14,000,000 Which Paid 16 to 20 Per Cent Dividends. INSULL AS WITNESS TELLS LIFE'S STORY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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1934Joseph E. Brennan, American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (died 2024)^[†]

Joseph Edward Brennan was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987 and in the United States House of Representatives for Maine's 1st congressional district from 1987 to 1991. Brennan was a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission during the Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama administrations.

1934Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player^[†]

Kenneth Robert Rosewall is an Australian former world No. 1 professional tennis player. Rosewall won 147 singles titles, including 23 majors: a record 15 Pro Majors and eight Grand Slam tournaments. He also won 15 Pro Majors in doubles and nine Grand Slam doubles titles. Rosewall achieved a Pro Slam in singles in 1963 by winning the three Pro Majors in one year, and completed the career Grand Slam in doubles.

Headlines from November 2, 1934

12,000 PUT IN EXILE AS SOVIET ENEMIES; Inhabitants Along the Finnish Border Sent to Siberia -- Distress Reported. MANY SAID TO BE BEGGING Moscow Ousted Them Rather Than Permit Emigration, Refugee Asserts.

Whole Issue of Lampoon 'Stolen'; Harvard Editors Suspect Yale; 8,000 Copies of Humor Magazine, Published as Joint Venture With Princeton to Mark Football Reunion, Disappear -- New Haven Denies All, but Hints of 'Revenge.' ISSUE OF LAMPOON REPORTED 'STOLEN'

INSULL AS WITNESS TELLS LIFE'S STORY; Utilities Founder Assumes Full Responsibility for Acts but Admits Errors. DEFENDS OTHERS ON TRIAL He Puts Family Holdings at $14,000,000 Which Paid 16 to 20 Per Cent Dividends. INSULL AS WITNESS TELLS LIFE'S STORY

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