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December 2, 1934

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PARLEY TO DRAFT WAR ON BLINDNESS; 500 Experts in Nation to Open Three-Day Conference Here on Thursday. CLASSES TO BE WIDENED 44,000 Children Are in Need of Sight-Saving Study, Society Director Says.

By Unknown Author

The annual three-day conference of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness will open Thursday at the organization's headquarters, 50 West Fiftieth Street, with an expected attendance of more than 500 workers among the blind from all parts of the country.

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Warns Britain May Beat Us In Recognizing Manchukuo; Japanese Ambassador Says Our Idealism Is A Luxury in Foreign Affairs-Holds Japan Is Misunderstood. WARNS OF BRITISH MOVE IN THE EAST

By Copyright. 1934, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc

Amb Saito denies construction of Japanese fortifications in Pacific Islands

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NAYY CONQUERS ARMY, 3-0, ON CUTTER'S FIELD GOAL BEFORE CROWD OF 79,000; BATTLE WAGED IN MUD Kick From Placement in the First Period Is Decisive Factor. THRILLS REPLETE IN GAME Clark's 75-Yard Punt Dims Last Army Threat in the Final Session. MIDDIES ACCLAIM TEAM 2,000 Celebrate the First Football Victory Over Cadets Since 1921. 79,000 See Navy Defeat Army on Cutter's Field Goal in Opening Period VIEW OF PRELIMINARIES AT PHILADELPHIA AND MEETING OF THE MASCOTS.

By Allison Danzig.special To the New York Times.by Allison Danzig

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1. -- The bobbing white caps of 2,000 deliriously overjoyed midshipmen gleamed in the dusk against the bleak background of muck that was Franklin Field today as Navy riotously celebrated its first football victory over Army since 1921.

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U.S. AND BRITAIN MAINTAIN JAPAN RULES MANCHUKUO IN NEW PROTESTS ON OIL; REJECT TOKYO'S THEORY

By the Associated Press

Amb H Saito warns Gt Britain may beat U S in recognition; says Japan favors open-door policy

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SALES TAX SURVEY SHOWS PUBLIC PAYS; Cost Is Almost Wholly Passed On, Study of Various State Laws Reveals. IT IS OFTEN CAMOUFLAGED But in Some Cases It Is Charged Individually to Remind Buyer of Burden.

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The insistence of New York merchants that the city tax of 2 per cent on retail sales of commodities and services, now awaiting Mayor La Guardia's signature, be amended to make it clear that the impost is to be passed directly to the purchaser is in line with the lessons in the working of retail sales taxes in various States.

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1934Tarcisio Bertone, Italian cardinal^[†]

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Vatican diplomat. A cardinal since 2003, he served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006, and as Cardinal Secretary of State from 2006 to 2013. On 10 May 2008, he was named Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati.

Headlines from December 2, 1934

PARLEY TO DRAFT WAR ON BLINDNESS; 500 Experts in Nation to Open Three-Day Conference Here on Thursday. CLASSES TO BE WIDENED 44,000 Children Are in Need of Sight-Saving Study, Society Director Says.

Warns Britain May Beat Us In Recognizing Manchukuo; Japanese Ambassador Says Our Idealism Is A Luxury in Foreign Affairs-Holds Japan Is Misunderstood. WARNS OF BRITISH MOVE IN THE EAST

U.S. AND BRITAIN MAINTAIN JAPAN RULES MANCHUKUO IN NEW PROTESTS ON OIL; REJECT TOKYO'S THEORY

SALES TAX SURVEY SHOWS PUBLIC PAYS; Cost Is Almost Wholly Passed On, Study of Various State Laws Reveals. IT IS OFTEN CAMOUFLAGED But in Some Cases It Is Charged Individually to Remind Buyer of Burden.

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