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January 29, 1929

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GOV. ROOSEVELT ASKS $256,418,774 BUDGET; Legislature Clashes Over Bill for $23,775,073 More Than Last Year. OPEN HEARINGS DEMANDED But Republicans Reject Proposal by Democrats--Smith Aided in Pruning Costs. Governor's Plans Outvoted. GOV. ROOSEVELT ASKS FOR $256,418,774 Appeals from Chair's Ruling. Cut by Both Smith and Roosevelt.

By W. A. Warn. Special To the New York Times

Presents budget to Legis; Gov Roosevelt's plan to have open hearings at sessions of both houses and not in com outvoted by Repubs

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SEA HEROES CHEERED BY STREET THRONGS; HAILED AT CITY HALL; Walker Presents Scrolls and Medals to Fried and Rescue Crew of the America. THEY ALSO RECEIVE $12,000 Master and Sailors of Florida, Who Were Snatched From Death, Attend Ceremonies. HARBOR JOINS IN FETE Thousands in Streets and Office Windows Acclaim Rescuers on Ride From Battery. Walker Presents Scrolls. SEA HEROES CHEERED IN CITY'S WELCOME Round of Honors Today. Crowd Cheers Rescuers. Walker Praises Rescuers. Byrne Presents Rewards. Reception Wonderful, Says Fried.

By Unknown Author

City pays tribute to rescue crew

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VAST HINTERLAND SIGHTED BY BYRD BEYOND ICE RANGE; Commander, Balchen and June in Plane Explored Region South of King Edward Land. SAW 10,000 SQUARE MILES Had Perfect conditions on FiveHour Flight to MountainsEast of Antarctic Base.RADIO TOLD THEIR PROGRESS Men Toiling on the Bay to Dockthe Bolling Cheered by Word From Their Chief on Flight. Wide Area Explored. Set Out on Flight "Casually." Chief Finds Motor Being Warmed Up. BYRD IN AIR SIGHTS VAST HINTERLAND Get Away in Thirty Seconds. Ice Begins to Move. Watch for the Bolling's Smoke. First Steel Ship Through the Pack. Message Comes From the Plane. Christmas Gifts in the Mail. Messages from Byrd. Balchen Dives Plane to Landing. Fliers Greeted Joyfully. Ship Docked at Barrier Pier. New Trail Marked Out. Unloading Goes at High Speed.

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

Byrd explores region in plane; landing flashed to N Y in 30 seconds; R A Depew sends radio message to Byrd

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HOOVER REPUDIATES STORY OF DIFFERING ON CRUISERS IN MESSAGE TO COOLIDGE; BRITTEN'S VERSION UPSET President-Elect Denies Making a Statement on Naval Program. COOLIDGE INFORMS SENATE Hale Reads Telegram From Miami Warmly Supporting White House Views. DISPUTE OVER TIME LIMIT Some Senators Contend Hoover's Opposition Is Not Specifically Set Forth. Hoover's Telegram to Coolidge. Senators Differ on Message. Hale Questioned on Telegram. Hale Retorts to Senator King. Likely Effects of the Message. Borah Proposal Amended. Walsh Opposes Cruiser Measure. Britain's War Time Acts Cited. Criticizes British at Geneva. Sees No Need for Present Fleets. Puts Hopes in Agreement. General O'Ryan Urges Passage.

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

Hoover repudiates rept on his views on cruiser bill

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Notable Births

Elio Petri

1929Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1982)[†]

Eraclio Petri, commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema". His film Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, and his subsequent film The Working Class Goes to Heaven received the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.

Notable Deaths

Jacques Bouhy

1929Jacques Bouhy, Belgian baritone (born 1848)[†]

Jacques-Joseph-André Bouhy was a Belgian baritone, most famous for being the first to sing the "Toreador Song" in the role of Escamillo in the opera Carmen.

Charles Fox Parham

1929Charles Fox Parham, American preacher and evangelist (born 1873)[†]

Charles Fox Parham was an American preacher and evangelist. Together with William J. Seymour, Parham was one of the two central figures in the development and initial spread of early Pentecostalism, known as Holiness Pentecostalism. It was Parham who associated glossolalia with the baptism in the Holy Spirit, a theological connection crucial to the emergence of Pentecostalism as a distinct movement. Parham was the first preacher to articulate Pentecostalism's distinctive doctrine of evidential tongues, and to expand the movement.