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September 30, 1926

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43 MINERS SAVED FROM LIVING DEATH; 120 HOURS IN TRAP; Rescuers Find Ironwood (Mich.) Workers Safe and Sound 727 Feet Underground. REACHED BY PERILOUS WAY Entombed Men Had Plenty of Water and Brewed Birchbark Tea for Warmth. TOWN IS WILD WITH JOY Food Is Sent Down to Hungry Band, Who Later Are Brought Up to the Surface.

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43 miners rescued from 727 ft underground after 120 hrs in trap, which is laid to earthquake; Oliver Iron Mining Co will welcome investigation into disaster

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CITIZENS UNION CALLS ON WALKER FOR TRANSIT POLICY; Declares Delay on a Program Is Hampering Solution of Other Problems. FOR UNIFIED OPERATION Advocates Revision of the Dual Contracts and Refinancing of Companies. FAVORS EXPRESS FARE RISE Says This Would Be Justified if the Reorganization Proposal Proves Inadequate. CALLS ON WALKER FOR TRANSIT POLICY

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Citizens Union calls on Mayor Walker for early statement on definite transit policy; says delay hampers other problems

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'SOCIETY' RUM LISTS SEIZED IN ART SHOP; Dry Agents Call Fifth Av. Dealer Most "Exclusive and Highest Toned Bootlegger." CUSTOMERS MUST TESTIFY Many Prominent Persons Said to Be Included -- Papers Show Chemists Tested Wares.

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Arrested as dry agents find lists of liquor customers and prices and result of liquor tests in his art print shop at 225 Fifth Av, N Y C

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Notable Births

1926Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2012)^[†]

Heino Kruus was an Estonian basketball player (186 cm) who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn

1926Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2010)^[†]

Robin Evan Roberts was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1961). He spent the latter part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles (1962–1965), Houston Astros (1965–66), and Chicago Cubs (1966). Roberts was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.