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December 17, 1934

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1934Irving Petlin, American painter and academic (died 2018)^[†]

Irving Petlin was an American artist and painter renowned for his mastery of the pastel medium and collaborations with other artists and for his work in the "series form" in which he employed the raw materials of pastel, oil paint and unprimed linen, and found inspiration in the work of writers and poets including Primo Levi, Bruno Schulz, Paul Celan, Michael Palmer and Edmond Jabès.

1934Ray Wilson, English footballer and manager (died 2018)^[†]

Ramon Wilson was an English professional footballer who played as a left-back. He was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup.

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Headlines from December 17, 1934

BANK INTEREST CUT TO SPUR RECOVERY; Reserve Board and FDIC Lower Maximum From 3% to 2 1/2 for Time and Savings Deposits. AIM TO BRING OUT MONEY Order, Effective Feb. 1, Is Expected to Draw Capital Into the Investing Field. BANK INTEREST CUT TO SPUR RRCOVERY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

FDIC and Fed Reserve Bd hope to stimulate investment by cutting interest rate on time and savings deposits

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MUSSOLINI REJECTS LEAGUE MEDIATION IN AFRICAN CLASH; In a Note to the League Italy Insists Upon Apology From Abyssinia. ATTACK CHARGED TO HER ' Aggression' at Ualual Was 'Without Provocation,' Rome Asserts. LEAGUE MEDIATION IS BARRED BY ITALY

By the Associated Press

League receives Ital reply

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90 BUSINESS CHIEFS MAP POLICIES TODAY; Conference at White Sulphur Springs Will Seek a 'Cooperative Recovery Program.' JOB PROVISION IS BIG AIM Leaders Hope Roosevelt Will Accept Plan to Revise NRA and Ban 30-Hour Week. 90 BUSINESS CHIEFS MAP POLICIES TODAY

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REVISED SALES TAX READY FOR ADOPTION AT CITY HALL TODAY; With Minor Changes, Measure Is Expected to Be Effective About First of Year.

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amended sales tax bill ready for Munic Assembly; McGoldrick's schedules not included; purchases of semi-pub institutions exempted; refrigeration service taxed; amount of State gasoline tax may be exempted; absorption provision clarified; penalties listed; 3 points unclarified

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Mayor Bans Parties on Ships at City Piers As Harmful to Tax-Paying Restaurants

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LaGuardia bans pub dinners and entertainments on ships at city piers as unfair competition for tax-paying local businesses

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LAY $427,000 THEFT TO DILLINGER AIDE; Escaped Convict Is Seized in Chicago With Paper Which Indicates Split of Loot. LINKED TO HOLD-UP HERE But Local Police Say Prisoner Was Not Suspected in the Brooklyn Truck Robbery. LAY $427,000 THEFT TO DILLINGER AIDE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

J Kinstler, N Y salesman; J Burns held

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CITY TO SEEK LOAN FOR CENTRAL COURT; Speeds Plan for $17,000,000 Skyscraper to House All Units of Criminal Bench. VIEWED AS AN ECONOMY Justice Finch Says It Would Save $1,250,000 Annually in Office Rentals.

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An application to the Federal Government for a $17,000,000 loan to enable the razing of the Criminal Courts Building and the Tombs prison, and the erection on their combined site of a monumental structure housing practically all the criminal courts and associated departments of New York County will be made early in the new year, it was disclosed yesterday.

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PLAN OF NRA LABOR BODY; Minimum Pay Scales to Protect the Skilled Are Asked. CODES WOULD BE IMPOSED Special Agency, Under Program, Could Apply 7a to Any Industry or Group. EQUAL LABOR VOICE URGED Advisory Board Would Have This Extend to NIRB and to All Code Authorities. ASKS NATIONAL PLAN FOR ALL RESOURCES

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Suggests amendments to achieve labor objectives of Act

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Will Increase Rail Wages $30,000,000 a Year Jan. 1

By the Associated Press

50% of cuts to be restored to union workers on Jan 1

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British Saar Policeman Mobbed After His Auto Injures a Woman; Member of International Volunteer Force Is Beaten Unconscious When He Draws Pistol to Cow Crowd and a Man Is Wounded -- Companion, Earl of Aylesford, Is Also Roughly Handled.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Beaten by crowd following auto accident in Saarbruecken; Earl of Aylesford and women, K Braun, companions; inquiry ordered; Capt A G Hemsley, head of Internatl Police Force, of which Justice is member, involved in cafe incident preceding accident; press comment; repercussions

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SAVING RESOURCES URGED; Roosevelt Board Looks to Economic Use by National Plan. SCORES FARMING METHODS Oil and Coal Production and 'Spoliation' of Lands Called 'Tragic' Drain. RIVER WORK IS STRESSED This Includes Flood Control and Power Development -- St. Lawrence Project Named. CHANGES IN NIRA SOUGHT FOR LABOR

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Natl Resources Bd urges permanent policy

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