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May 20, 1925

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COOLIDGE TO PRESS DRY LAW TO LIMIT, WATSON DECLARES; Senator Tells Couzens Committee That Every Agency of Government Will Be Used. SAYS PUBLIC CAN THEN ACT If Modification Is Wanted, the President, He Asserts, Believes the People Then Will Say So. GERMANS SENDING 'SCOTCH' Big Camouflaged Shipment Said to Be on the Way Here -- The Beginning of a Flood. COOLIDGE TO PRESS DRY LAW TO LIMIT

By Special to The New York Times

Tells Couzens Com investigating Prohibition Unit Pres Coolidge will press dry law to limit, then public may act if not satisfied

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Notable Births

Aleksey Tupolev

1925Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (died 2001)[†]

Aleksey Andreevich Tupolev was a Soviet and Russian aircraft designer who led the development of the first supersonic passenger jet, the Tupolev Tu-144. He also helped design the Buran space shuttle and the long-range heavy bomber Tu-2000, both of which were suspended for lack of funding.

Notable Deaths

Joseph Howard (Prime Minister)

1925Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (born 1862)[†]

Joseph Howard, OBE was the first Prime Minister of Malta, holding this office from 1921 to 1923.