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December 15, 1928

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SENATE CRITICS SEEK AN 'UNDERSTANDING' ON KELLOGG PACT; Moses Offers Resolution to Accompany Ratification on Our 'Traditional Rights.' RATIFICATION IS EXPECTED Coolidge Contends Senate Has No Right to Interpret the Treaty in Advance. BORAH OPPOSED TO MOSES He Says Pact Commits Us Only to Settling Our Controversies Through Pacific Means. The Moses Resolution. Coolidge Takes Up Challenge. ASK UNDERSTANDING ON KELLOGG PACT Borah Opposes Reed Move. Moses Suggests Three Courses. Borah Against Qualification. Discusses Foreign Notes. Urges Freedom of Action. Borah Disputes Contention. Borah Explains His Views. Not Committed to Coercion. Senator Reed States His Position. Refers to League Compact.

By Richard V. Oulahan.special To the New York Times

Offers resolution on interpretation of Kellogg peace pact, in Sen com meeting

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RADIO CORPORATION TO ABSORB VICTOR IN $116,000,000 DEAL; Long-Sought Merger Agreed On as Step to Dominate in Entertainment Field. STOCKS SOAR ON THE NEWS Share Exchange Looked For in Consolidation--Market Prices Total $566,117,027. MOVE TO AID TALKING FILM Phonograph Concern's Facilities to Be of Use in Theatre Music Reproduction. Merger Widens R.C.A. Field. Securities Valued at $566,117,027. R.C.A. AND VICTOR AGREE ON MERGER

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To absorb Victor Talking Machine Co; other plans

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Notable Births

Ernest Ashworth

1928Ernest Ashworth, American singer-songwriter (died 2009)[†]

Ernest Bert Ashworth was an American country music singer, broadcaster, and longtime Grand Ole Opry star. Signed to the Hickory label, he recorded two studio albums in his career and charted several singles on Billboard Hot Country Songs, including the number one "Talk Back Trembling Lips" and seven other top ten hits.

Ida Haendel

1928Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator (died 2020)[†]

Ida Haendel, was a world renowned Polish-British-Canadian violinist. Haendel was a child prodigy, her career spanning over seven decades. She also became an influential teacher.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

1928Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect (died 2000)[†]

Friedrich Stowasser, better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser, was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection. He emigrated to the Far North of New Zealand in the 1970s, where he lived and worked for most of the rest of his life.