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October 30, 1928

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MELLON OVER RADIO MAKES LAST APPEAL TO ELECT HOOVER; Declares Victory for Republican Means Government Will Be in Safe Hands. PICTURES TARIFF UPSET Democrats Favor Tinkering Policy, He Says in Washington Speech Contrasting Parties. HITS SMITH FARM STAND Secretary Calls McNary Bill a Cure-All Like Bryan's FreeSilver Slogan.

By Special to The New York Times

Makes final appeal for Hoover's election, radio s; text

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Rescuer Refuses Hero Medal Unless Helper Also Gets One

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Carpenter, J D, refuses Carnegie Hero Fund bronze medal unless helper gets one

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$538,928,697 BUDGET IS ADOPTED FOR CITY; TAX RATE TO BE CUT; Controller Berry Forecasts at Least a 4-Point Drop to $2.62 for Next Year. GAIN IN REALTY ALLOWS IT He Finds Reduction Possible Despite $26,399,865 Rise in Authorized Expenses. $8,000,000 ITEMS DISPUTED McKee Objects to "Miscellaneous" Group In Finance Program, but Votes for Approval.

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Controller Berry announces tax rate is to be cut owing to increased assessed valuations

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Christopher, Widower of Former Mrs. Leeds, To Wed Daughter of French Pretender

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Engaged to Princess Francoise of France

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ZEPPELIN FAR OUT TO SEA, RACING 100 MILES AN HOUR WITH A GALE AT HER HEELS; FLYING GREAT CIRCLE ROUTE Soars Past Newfoundland, Third of Way Home,Dodging Squalls.AT TIMES 1 MILES UPEckener Orders Great Altitudeon Striking Fog--All ReportedWell on Board.SIGHTED BY SHIPS AT SEA Newfoundland Towns Also SeeGiant Craft Passing Amidthe Clouds.

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Notable Births

1928Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)^[†]

Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. He shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping.