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January 8, 1929

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BOOTH'S MIND SOUND, 2 DOCTORS DECLARE; Never Any Question of Mental Fitness, Says Bulletin on Eve of Salvationist Council. GENERAL NOT TO ATTEND Commander Evangeline States Americans Will Maintain Spirit of International Unity. Statement by Miss E. Booth. Bulletin on General's Health. BOOTH'S MIND SOUND, 2 DOCTORS DECLARE Meetings to Be Secret. General to Send Message. Opposed to High Council.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

E Booth's message to N Y Times; physician's bulletin on Gen Booth

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POLICE AXES WRECK RAIDED SPEAKEASIES WHEN THEY REOPEN; Several Resorts Demolished as Whalen Starts Drive on Persistent Offenders. NUISANCE LAW IS INVOKED Commissioner Checking Up on All Places After Forays--He Is Host to Tuttle for Day. THEY VIEW 176 IN LINE-UP Federal Attorney Then Advises 500 Detectives on Procedure in Volstead Violations. Justice Denounces Speakeasies. Will Check Up on Raided Places. POLICE AXES WRECK RAIDED SPEAKEASIES POLICE WRECK SPEAKEASIES.

By Unknown Author

Confers with C H Tuttle as war against speakeasies starts anew

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ALLIES WILL NAME EXPERTS THURSDAY; Reparation Commission to Meet in Paris in Special Session for Purpose. AMERICAN CHOICE AWAITED Efforts to Ascertain German Attitude Are Met Warily in Berlin. List of Probable Delegates. French Explain Their Troubles. ALLIES WILL NAME EXPERTS THURSDAY Treat Rhine as Separate Issue.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Allies to name experts for Reparations Comm; list of probable delegates from France, Gt Britain, Italy, Japan, Belgium and Germany; Germans treat Rhine occupation by the Allies as separate issue

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Notable Births

Saeed Jaffrey

1929Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (died 2015)[†]

Saeed Jaffrey was a British-Indian actor. His career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies. During the 1980s and '90s, he was considered to be Britain's highest-profile Asian actor, thanks to his leading roles in the film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and television series The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He played an instrumental part in bringing together filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, and acted in several of their Merchant Ivory Productions films such as The Guru (1969), Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978), The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) and The Deceivers (1988).