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January 22, 1929

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Notable Births

1929Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster (died 2007)^[†]

Petr Eben was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music, and an organist and choirmaster.

Notable Deaths

1929R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (born 1856)^[†]

Rudolph Chambers Lehmann was an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. As a writer he was best known for three decades in which he was a major contributor to Punch as well as founding editor of Granta magazine.

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Headlines from January 22, 1929

TRIUMVIRATE PLANS FIGHT TO HOLD STATE IN LINE FOR HOOVER; Proposes to Keep Gains Among Independent Voters Won in Last Election. TO MEET ROOSEVELT MOVE Selection of "Big Three" Meets With Wide Approval Among Republican Leaders. HILL DENIES HE WILL QUIT Says Representatives Will Be Consulted on Jobs--Hilles andMachold Pledge Harmony. Denies Intention to Quit. Gives Credit to Hill. TRIUMVIRATE PLANS FIGHT TO HOLD STATE Leaders Favor Move. To Consult Representatives..

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Triumvirate plans fight to hold State in line for Hoover; proposes to keep gains among independent voters; leaders approve selection of com

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DRY 'PLOT' CHARGES DROPPED AS USELESS; Government, Defeated in All Conspiracy Cases Here, to Press Only Nuisance Count. BLOW TO NIGHT CLUB DRIVE Not Guilty Pleas to Misdemeanor Expected as Defense Counsel and Morrison Confer. Morrison Recounts Defeats. DRY 'PLOT' CHARGES DROPPED AS USELESS

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Govt admits failure of judicial move and will resort only to nuisance charges against establishments

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HOOVER IS SPEEDING TO FLORIDA FOR REST; Tired in Appearance, He Will Drop Politics There for Few Days to Go Fishing. SOUTHERNERS ACCLAIM HIM At Virginia and Carolina Stops Crowds Meet Train, Due in Miami at 2 P.M. Today. His Special Train of Finest. HOOVER IS SPEEDING TO FLORIDA FOR REST Takes New Fishing Rod Along.

By L.c. Speers. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times

Hoover's Fla vacation

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BYRD IS MENACED BY KILLER WHALES; FORCED OUT OF BOAT; Commander and Party of Four Retreat to the Ice From Small Open Craft. CAUGHT IN MIDST OF FLOES Stalling Motor on Trip to Find Landing for the Bolling Gives Advantage to Monsters. SPOUT WARNS OF ADVANCE Byrd Manoeuvres, Revolver in Hand, as Three Killers Dive About the Boat. Pushing Through Treacherous Ice Picturesque Group in Boat. BYRD IS MENACED BY KILLER WHALES Face Wall of Solidified Snow. Attacked One of Scott's Men. Byrd Masters the Situation. Killers Head For the Boat. Wait for Move Under the Ice. Men Stick With Commander. The Bolling Enters Ice Pack.

By Russell Owen. Copyright, 1929, By the New York Times Company and the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. All Rights For Publication Reserved Throughout the World. Wireless To the New York Times.by Russell Owen

Boat menaced by killer whales; Eleanor Boiling enters ice pack; message from Lindbergh

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