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October 3, 1928

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HOOVER REVISES SPEAKING DATES; COMES HERE OCT. 22; Will Make New England Speech in Boston on Oct. 15, He Announces. IN TENNESSEE SATURDAY From Then On He Will Make One Address Each Week Until Campaign Ends. ONE ON HIS WAY WEST B.F. Yoakum, Long a Democrat, Swings Support to the Republican Nominee. Yoakum Emphasizes Farm Issue. Calls Deflation National Crime. HOOVER REVISES SPEAKING DATES Condemns McNary-Haugen Plan.

By Special to The New York Times

Hoover revises speaking dates; will s in N Y C Oct 22

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CONTRACTOR SAYS PHILLIPS SOUGHT BRIBE FOR SEELY; Testifies the Engineer Himself Asked $1,000 for 'Dolling Up' Sewer Specifications. CHARGES COLLUSIVE BIDS P.W. Paulsen Links Connolly to Rejection of Proposals Not Wanted by Phillips. D'OLIER BRIBE ALLEGED Seely Complained He Failed to Keep Agreement to Pay $5,000, Witness Declares. Says D'Oller Bribe Was Mentioned. Collusive Bids Charged. PHILLIPS SOUGHT BRIBE FOR SEELY Says Phillips Boasted of Power. Swears Seely Suggested Bribe. Told to "Lay Off," He Testifies. Told to Boost Bid, He Says.

By Unknown Author

P W Paulsen tells of relations with J M Phillips and testifies Phillips sought bribe for Seely

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Notable Births

Erik Bruhn

1928Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1986)[†]

Erik Belton Evers Bruhn was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author.

Shridath Ramphal

1928Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General (died 2024)[†]

Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal OM, often known as Sir Sonny Ramphal, was a Guyanese politician who was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General, holding the position from 1975 to 1990. He was also the foreign minister of Guyana from 1972 to 1975, and assistant attorney general of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962.