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August 12, 1928

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Woman Jumper Clings To Balloon for Two Hours

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Mrs R Johnson makes hazardous descent

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WILKINS DESERVED HIS SUCCESS; "Flying the Arctic" Is a Stirring Tale of Pluck and Perseverance Flying the Arctic"

By Russell Owen

NO men see so much of the terrible beauty with which this earth is cloaked in storm and cloud as aviators, none of them so much as the pilot who flies in the Arctic.

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CAPITAL COMMENT ON HOOVER DIVIDED; Pittman Lauds Tolerance Plea in 'Able Message' but Says Liquor Stand Lacks Courage. SEES NO NEW FARM HOPE Smoot Calls Address Master's Work and Mrs. Hert Says It Should Go to Hearts of All. Admits Evils, Pittman Notes. CAPITAL COMMENT ON HOOVER DIVIDED Sees Lack of Courage on Liquor. Holds Farm Stand No Advance. Holds Problem Not Understood. Power Stand Criticized. No Equivocation, Says Smoot. Human Factors Stressed. Challenge to the Women." Lauded by Senator Jones.

By Special to The New York Times

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THE WOMAN VOTER GAINS POWER; This Year Her Ballot Is Expected to Play Its Greatest Part in a Presidential Contest and Her Political Education Leads Her to a New Importance--Radio Brings Issues to Hearthstone THE WOMAN VOTER IS GAINING IN POWER

By Eunice Fuller Bernardphotographs By Times Wide World.photograph By Underwood & Underwood

WOMAN today as never before is the sphinx of the political riddle. Apathetic, almost mute, she has endured the sound and fury of two Presidential campaigns. This year, politicians shrewdly suspect, she is going to speak out, and hers may be the deciding voice.

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MANHATTAN SALES; Deals in Business and Other Parcels Reported

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Notable Births

1928Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator (died 2018)^[†]

Charles Raymond Blackman was an Australian painter, noted for the Schoolgirl, Avonsleigh and Alice in Wonderland series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval, and Clifton Pugh. He was married for 27 years to author, essayist, poet, librettist and patron of the arts Barbara Blackman.

1928Bob Buhl, American baseball player (died 2001)^[†]

Robert Ray Buhl was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies.

1928Dan Curtis, American director and producer (died 2006)^[†]

Daniel Mayer Cherkoss, known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71), and for directing the epic World War II miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988).

Notable Deaths

1928Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (born 1854)^[†]

Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, music theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic music, including Eastern European folk music, to create an original, modern musical style.