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HEAT WAVE KILLS 3; MERCURY REACHES 87; Hottest October Day on Record Sends Crowds to Beaches -Relief Coming Tonight. ALL FOOD EATEN AT CONEY Restaurants Are Unprepared for Rush -- Rockaway Bathing Places Are Reopened. HEAT WAVE KILLS 3; MERCURY REACHES 87

On golden wedding celebration of J S Williams and wife

SENATOR WILLIAMS 50 YEARS MARRIED; Mississippi Sage and His Wife Celebrate Quietly at Their Plantation Home. RICH, BUT NOT IN MERE GOLD He Serenely Smokes Pipe on the East Porch as His Grandfather Did a Century Ago. SENATOR WILLIAMS 50 YEARS MARRIED

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N Y Post-Office officials send lr to business houses warning against purchase from brokers at cut-rate prices, stamps believed to have been stolen

Theft of $700,000 Stamps in 18 Months Starts Hunt for Cut-Rate Brokers Here

H Emerson and W Laidlaw, for Cities Census Com, in rept to Gov Smith, charge Mrs F E S Knapp with nonfeasance and malfeasance in office while Sec of State; charge she signed travel vouchers of Mrs L Ninde improperly; assails sums paid to L B Gleason and Civil Service Comm's appt of his son, G Gleason; Mrs Knapp's career

ILLEGAL WASTE IN CENSUS IS CHARGED TO MRS. KNAPP; RECORDS SAID TO BE BURNED; REPORT IS SENT TO SMITH Malfeasance in Use of $1,200,000 Fund Alleged by Investigators. PAYROLL PADDING CHARGED Her Relatives Got $25,540, but Did Little Work, Cities Census Committee Declares. REPORTS DOCUMENTS GONE Signature on Another's Travel Voucher Said to Be in Ex-Secretary of State's Handwriting. Mrs. Knapp Is Accused of Malfeasance in Census Work

Investigation yields story of discovery and acquisition by France of Venus de Milo

Venus de Milo Was Bought for France for $50, After Threat to Seize Island, Historian Says

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600,000 BERLINERS DELIRIOUSLY CHEER HINDENBURG AS IDOL; On 80th Birthday He Rides in Triumph Through City to Win Frenzied Acclaim in Stadium. 40,000 CHILDREN MOB HIM Germans' Tribute to the Man, Not the Warrior, Outstrips Anything Since Days of Kaisers. HE MAKES PLEA FOR UNITY 300 Reds Arrested for Clash With Steel Helmets -- 75,000 Viennese for Union With Reich. 600,000 BERLINERS CHEER HINDENBURG

Slain; C Matteo and G Yarrow arrested; Yarrow confesses

GIRL, 18, FOUND SLAIN NEAR WOODBURY, N.J.; MAN, 27, CONFESSES; Teacher in Sunday School Had Been Beaten, Shot, Choked and Thrown From Bridge. SLAYER TRACED BY HIS AUTO Burned Car and License Number Lead to Man, Who Breaks Down After Three Hours. VICTIM HAD BEEN ABDUCTED A Schoolmate Tells of Seeing the Girl Pushed Into Auto After Leaving Movie. GIRL FOUND SLAIN; MAN, 27, CONFESSESS

Sen-elect Wagner to commute by air from N Y C to Wash

Senator Wagner to 'Commute' By Air to Capital This Winter

Friends charge that he was spied upon by private detectives while abroad; see political motive

WALKER SPIED UPON ABROAD, FRIENDS SAY; Declare All Mayor's Actions Were Watched and May Ask Washington to Explain. POLITICAL MOTIVE IS SEEN Believed to Have Been Hope of Finding Something to Charge to Tammany and Hurt Smith.

SMITH SEEN AS DOMINANT IN THE 1928 CONVENTION; OPPOSITION IS SCATTERED; EARLY STRENGTH CIRTAIN Apparently Assured of 510 Delegates, 40 Less Than a Majority. REED HIS CHIEF OPPONENT Supporters Count on Senator as Smith's Heir, Should the Governor Withdraw. ELECTORAL VOTE ANALYZED With New York and Solid South as Basis, Smith Partisans Figure a Majority. SMITH DOMINANT IN THE CONVENTION

Unique school planned for mothers and children

Mothers and Children to Sit Side by Side in Chicago School

Christian Chinese organize non-denominational Church of Christ in China at conf in Shanghai of reprs of 16 denominations

Christian Chinese Organize New Church; Represent a Third of Native Protestants

French suggestion for costs investigation under flexible clause of Fordney act will be accepted

FRENCH TARIFF NOTE MAKES SUGGESTIONS; One, for Costs Investigation Under Flexible Clause of the Fordney Act, Is Accepted. SHOWS A NEW ATTITUDE Communication on the Whole Is Held Conciliatory and Accord Seems Nearer. FRENCH TARIFF NOTE MAKES SUGGESTIONS

Two Die in Locomotive Explosion.

REYNOLDS ABSENT; FRIENDS UNWORRIED; Youth, Supposed to Be on Way Here From St. Louis, Fails to Inform Relatives.

Plans for Grand Jury hearing; Natl Assn for the Advancement of Colored People reported to have offered $2,000 for capture of negroes accused by widow

TWO TO BE ACCUSED OF DOCTOR'S MURDER; Case Will Be Presented to the Grand Jury on Thursday, Says Prosecutor. NO CLUE TO BEACH YET Negro Organization Offers $2,000 Reward for Capture of the Lilliendahl Slayers.

Lr to D J Hauer on salary increases for engineers and associated N Y C employes

GOLDMAN URGES RISE FOR CITY'S ENGINEERS; Commissioner Tells the Technical Men's Union He Has Requested Increase in 1928 Budget.

Warning against formation, in annual rept of Executive Council, A F of L

LABOR CHIEFS WARN AGAINST MORE BANKS; Federation Executive Council's Report Says Financial Policies Must Be Studied Further. LESS EMPHASIS ON STRIKES Changed Attitude of Public Toward Unions Listed Among Year's Achievements. FIVE-DAY WEEK A GOAL Convention Opening Today at Los Angeles Is Told of Defeats of Reds' Efforts Here.

Hold-Up Store Across Street From Fire; Pair Vanish in Crowd Watching the Blaze

On Atlantic City as meeting place for Natl Dem and Repub conventions

SEEKS 1928 CONVENTIONS.; Atlantic City Hopes to Get Democrats, at Least, to Use New Hail.

M V Nittoly admits endorsing J A Livingston as Bklyn Repub leader despite his backing Eilperin, who opposes Livingston

NITTOLY ADMITS BACKING LIVINGSTON; Republican Committeeman Confirms Endorsement of Brooklyn Leader. MOVE COMES AS A SURPRISE Considered as a Blow to the Faction That Is Opposing Livingston.

Nominated for re-election as N Y S Supreme Court Justice by Dems, although Repub

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HEAT WAVE KILLS 3; MERCURY REACHES 87; Hottest October Day on Record Sends Crowds to Beaches -Relief Coming Tonight. ALL FOOD EATEN AT CONEY Restaurants Are Unprepared for Rush -- Rockaway Bathing Places Are Reopened. HEAT WAVE KILLS 3; MERCURY REACHES 87

SENATOR WILLIAMS 50 YEARS MARRIED; Mississippi Sage and His Wife Celebrate Quietly at Their Plantation Home. RICH, BUT NOT IN MERE GOLD He Serenely Smokes Pipe on the East Porch as His Grandfather Did a Century Ago. SENATOR WILLIAMS 50 YEARS MARRIED

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Theft of $700,000 Stamps in 18 Months Starts Hunt for Cut-Rate Brokers Here