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April 13, 1926

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NORGE IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE ENGLAND TONIGHT FOR NORWAY; Amundsen Airship Needs Only Gas and Fuel After Flight From Italy. NOBILE ANXIOUS TO GO ON He Wants to Get to Oslo and Then Press On to Hangar at Leningrad. AIRSHIP FACES HARD TEST Pulham to Spitzbergen Is Believed to Be the Worst Part of the Journey to the Pole. NORGE MAY LEAVE TONIGHT FOR NORWAY

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Norge ready to leave Eng for Norway; Ellsworth sees new exploration era, s at luncheon in Oslo at presentation of Coolidge flag

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RESENT CROSS QUESTIONS; Women Assert Senator Reed Consumed Their Time Needlessly. SAY MOTHERS OPPOSE BEER Witnesses Insist That Children Are Better Cared For Under Prohibition. JERSEY OFFICIALS ASSAILED Mrs. Lippincott Denounces Wet Governor and Wet Senators -- Many Lively Exchanges. Women Tell Senators Prohibition Has Benefited Nation, Morally and Economically Declare That They Will Never Give Up The Fight for Rigid Enforcement of Law

By Special to The New York Times

Submits statement assailing prohibition to Sen Com investigating dry law

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FOUR TRUSTEES QUIT CALVARY CHURCH, ATTACKING STRATON; Say Board Borrowed to Pay His Salary Here While He Had Job in Florida. PROTEST BILL FOR PRINTING Majority Members Used Church Funds in Defending Personal Suits, They Assert. SEE SPIRITUAL SIDE LOSING Want Less Time Given to "Futile Debate Challenges and Other Hippodrome Stunts." FOUR TRUSTEES QUIT CALVARY CHURCH

By Unknown Author

B J and A B Miller, W A M Martin and R B Buzbee resign from Bd of Trustees; object to policies of Dr Straton

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Notable Births

Ellie Lambeti

1926Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (died 1983)[†]

Ellie Loukou, known professionally as Ellie Lambeti, was a Greek actress.

John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough

1926John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (died 2014)[†]

John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, was a British peer. He was the elder son of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and his wife, the Hon. Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan. He was known as "Sunny" after his courtesy title of Earl of Sunderland.