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December 1, 1934

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HOUDE PLANT SUED IN MOVE TO FORCE COMPLIANCE ON 7A; Employe Majority's Power to Set Terms for All Is Issue at Stake. FIVE ORDERS ARE SOUGHT Court in Buffalo Is Asked to Bar Concern From Dealing With Company Union. CALLED 'STRONGEST CASE' Action Is Regarded in Capital as One Most Likely to Go Before Supreme Tribunal. HOUDE SUIT BEGUN ON 7A COMPLIANCE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Dept of Justice begins injunction proceedings against co for violation of NIRA collective bargaining act; ordered to recognize United Auto Workers Fed Union

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Notable Births

Billy Paul

1934Billy Paul, American soul singer (died 2016)[†]

Paul Williams, known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single "Me and Mrs. Jones". His 1973 album and single War of the Gods blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences.

Notable Deaths

Sergei Kirov

1934Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (born 1886)[†]

Sergei Mironovich Kirov was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Kirov became an Old Bolshevik and personal friend to Joseph Stalin, rising through the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ranks to become head of the party in Leningrad and a member of the Politburo.

Historical Events

Sergei Kirov

1934Sergei Kirov is assassinated, paving way for the repressive Great Purge, and Vinnytsia massacre by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin.[†]

Sergei Mironovich Kirov was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Kirov became an Old Bolshevik and personal friend to Joseph Stalin, rising through the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ranks to become head of the party in Leningrad and a member of the Politburo.