Thirty people were injured during rioting between fascists and anti-fascists at the French towns ofNice,Chambéry andDijon when Italians came to the towns to pay their respects to Italian war dead.[1]
Six more nations, including Great Britain and France, joined the one-year moratorium on building armaments. Since the agreement was an informal one, however, theLeague of Nations was uncertain whether the holiday had really gone into effect on November 1 or not.[3]
In Germany, Prussia's Interior MinisterCarl Severing banned all parades and outdoor assemblies until further notice. Exceptions were made for gatherings of apolitical character such as weddings and funerals.[4]
David Lloyd George officially stepped down asLeader of the Liberal Party and was succeeded bySir Herbert Samuel. "As you are aware", Lloyd George wrote to Samuel, "I am completely at variance with the disastrous course into which the party recently has been guided. It may therefore ease matters, and at any rate save embarrassment to my friends, if I write to tell you that I am not a candidate for election to any office in the group." Several MPs joined Lloyd George's break from the Liberals to sit in Parliament as a small voting bloc known as theIndependent Liberals.[5][6]
The British drama filmMichael and Mary was released in the United Kingdom.
TheMahatma Gandhi attended a formal reception atBuckingham Palace and met with KingGeorge V for five minutes. Gandhi wore only his usual attire of loin cloth and shawl, which made for an extraordinary scene of contrast with the silken finery of other guests.[7][8]
Five sailors on the battleshipUSS Colorado were killed in the explosion of an anti-aircraft gun. 27 others were wounded.[9]
The blasphemy trial of German artistGeorge Grosz finally ended after three years. The court ordered the confiscation and destruction of the Grosz illustrationMaul Halten und Weiter Deinen (Shut Up and Soldier On), which depicted a crucified Christ wearing army boots and a gas mask.[10][11][12]
Born:Mike Nichols, German born-American director, producer, actor and comedian; as Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky, inBerlin (d. 2014)
Died:
Thaddeus H. Caraway, 60, U.S. Senator for Arkansas since March 4 and previously U.S. Representative from 1913 to 1921, died of a heart attack caused by a blood clot in his coronary artery
Jack Chesbro, 57, American baseball pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, from a heart attack
Puyi, the last Chinese emperor, left his exile inTianjin and went over to Japanese authorities, who were offering to restore him to the throne in Manchuria.[22]
A Spanish commission announced its findings that former kingAlfonso XIII was guilty oflèse-majesté under theConstitution of 1876 which the commission argued placed the people as co-sovereign with the king. The commission recommended that Alfonso be condemned to disgrace, his property confiscated and that he be executed if he ever set foot in the country again.[24]
U.S. President Hoover announced that he would recommend to congress the creation of a federal system of home loan banks to assist the credit facilities of building and loan associations, banks, and other institutions making loans on home property.[26]
Died: GeneralIvan Fichev, 71, Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army and later Minister of War
The Japanese army handed Chinese GeneralMa Zhanshan an ultimatum, demanding that he withdraw his troops fromQiqihar and Anganchi by November 25, or else Japan would "take effective measures."[27]
The British government introduced theAbnormal Importations Bill which gave the government power to impose a duty of up to 100% duty on imports.[13]
Italian Foreign Affairs MinisterDino Grandi arrived in Washington for talks with President Hoover. Anti-fascist protests were feared, but the crowd that stood at the train station to witness Grandi's arrival was friendly.[31]
The sale of the British airshipR100, to a London scrap metal firm, was announced.[32]
American Secretary of StateHenry L. Stimson informed Britain that the U.S. would not participate inLeague of Nations economic sanctions against Japan.[16]
TheDow Jones Industrial Average fell below 100 points for the first time since the beginning of theGreat Depression.[37][38] The Dow, which had peaked at 300 points in 1928, would close the year at 77.90 points and continue to fall.
Died:Julius Drewe, 75, English businessman, retailer and entrepreneur
Japan told the League of Nations that it would allow an investigative committee into Manchuria, but that it could not interfere with Japanese military operations there.[39]
In Germany, journalistsWalter Kreiser andCarl von Ossietzky were each sentenced to 18 months in prison for "betraying military secrets". They had exposed details of Germany's construction of a secret air force in violation of theTreaty of Versailles.[41]
The so-called "Boxheim Documents" were revealed in Germany by Prussian Interior MinisterCarl Severing, who said they had been passed on to police by a former Nazi. The papers, prepared byWerner Best over the summer, detailed the Nazi Party's contingency plans in the event of a communist coup in Germany. After crushing the communists, the documents read, theSA would take over the country and execute anyone who resisted without trial. A national labour service would also be enacted which would be mandatory in order to be guaranteedfood stamps, but "non-Aryans" would be excluded and left to starve.[42][43][44]
Hermann Göring made a statement about the Boxheim Documents, insisting that the Nazi leadership had no knowledge of them because they were written by theHessian Nazis alone.[43][45]
American theater chain operator and promoterAlexander Pantages was acquitted of rape charges in his second trial.[46] The negative publicity from the trial, however, ended his involvement in business and he would lose most of his wealth by the time of his death in 1936.
Died:Robert Ames, 42, American stage and film actor, was found dead in his room at New York's Hotel Delmonico, from delirium tremens associated with withdrawal from alcohol
Died:Saya San, 55, Burmese monk and revolutionary leader who had led a rebellion against British colonial authorities, was hanged at the prison inTharrawaddy
TheInternal Revenue Bureau issued its income statistics for 1930, showing that the United States had 19,688 millionaires – half the number from before theWall Street Crash.[48]
A group of 30 people attacked the Japanese embassy in London by smashing windows and trying to force an entry, but they fled as police arrived.[49]
The Chinese government accepted aLeague of Nations proposal to establish a neutral zone in Manchuria between Chinese and Japanese forces.[50]
TheBritish pound fell in value to a worth of $3.41 American dollars or 5 s. 10 d. to one dollar (five shillings and a ten pence per dollar), its lowest level since 1918.[51]
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^Steele, John (November 10, 1931). "Gandhi Admits Defeat; Decided He'll Go Home".Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 5.
^Holston, Kim R. (2013).Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 73.ISBN978-0-7864-6062-5.
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