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February 3, 1929

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SENATORS REJECT REPORT BY WALSH ON SALT CREEK OIL; Public Lands Committee, by 7 to 6 Party Vote, Refuses to Submit It. HE PLANS FIGHT ON FLOOR Will Press His Criticism of Work and Donovan of Justice Department on Leasing. SINCLAIR RENEWAL IN ISSUE Former Interior Secretary Failed to Show Due Care for Government Millions, Report Said. Defends Justice Department. SENATORS REJECT REPORT BY WALSH Walsh Sums Up History of Case. Walsh Explains Own Letter. Counsel Not Asked to Investigate.

By Special to The New York Times

Collectors ask end of tariff on canceled U S stamps

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TRANSIT UNITY BILLS TO KEEP 5-CENT FARE UP AGAIN THIS WEEK; Walker to Press Action on the Untermyer Measures for City Operation of Lines. WIDER DEBT LIMIT SOUGHT Amendment Asked to Exempt Public Corporation's Bonds as Self-Supporting. FIRST MOVE IN RECAPTURE Majority Leaders Said to Back the Proposals--Opposition Expected From the I. R. T. I. R. T. Declines Part in Parleys. Public Company to Operate Lines. TRANSIT UNITY BILLS TO KEEP 5-CENT FARE Board Might Draft Unity Plan.

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Bills for unification and 5c fare operation to come up in Legis

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Notable Deaths

Agner Krarup Erlang

1929Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (born 1878)[†]

Agner Krarup Erlang was a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering and queueing theory.