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February 24, 1929

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CULKIN FIRM'S BOOKS SEIZED TO HUNT CLUE TO BIG LIQUOR DEALS; Tuttle Takes Over Monroe Lamp Records to Seek Light on the Activities of McCunn. SUSPECT RETURNS TODAY Grand Jury to Get List Taken in Raids of Park Avenue and Financial District Customers. SHERIFF NOT IMPLICATED Inquiry to Centre on How the Group Operated Without Detection Behind Bona-Fide Concerns. Powerful Ring Suspected. Method of Operating Sought. SEIZE CULKIN BOOKS TO HUNT RUM CLUE Raids Caused a Stir. Conspiracy Is Charged.

By Unknown Author

Firm's books seized in effort to trace liquor activities of McCunn; C W Culkin not implicated; Grand Jury to get list of patrons

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JUDGE MOSCOWITZ NOW IS ACCUSED; Following Winslow Case, He Is Also Charged With Misconduct in Bankruptcy Suits. AFFIDAVIT FILED IN HOUSE He Invites Full Inquiry--Somers Presents Case on Testimony of Brooklyn Man. Somers's Letter of Transmittal. Charges Threat of Court Action. Charges Filed in Affidavit. JUDGE MOSCOWITZ NOW IS ACCUSED Punishment Is Requested. Censured by Moscowitz. Contempt Motions Adjourned. Released Pending Appeal. Agreed to a Composition. Another Charge Made in Letter. Jurist Denies Charges. Palmer Tells of Mortgage Suit. WINSLOW INQUIRY IS VOTED. Senate Also Acts to Provide Four More Federal Judges Here.

By Special to The New York Times

Montague, C E, Action

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REBELS SEIZE HUNAN, DEFYING NANKING; Revolt Against Nationalists Spreads as Hangkow Group Wins Command of Changsha. AMERICANS ASK GUNBOAT Chiang Kai-shek's Nominee in Flight--Canton's Support of Coup Hinted. Changsha Troops Disarmed. Nationalist Brigade Revolts. Unrest In Central China. REBELS SEIZE HUNAN DEFYING NANKING Hold New Row Is Local. 1,000 Rebels Captured.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Military coup under leadership of Li Tsung-yen overturns Govt of Hunan Province; Gen Yen Chi enters Changsha and Gen Lu Ti-ping, chmn of provincial govt there, flees

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Notable Births

Kintarƍ ƌki

1929Kintarƍ ƌki, South Korean wrestler (died 2006)[†]

Kim Tae-sik was a South Korean professional wrestler and ssireum player, better known by the ring names Kintarƍ ƌki and Kim Il. His professional wrestling career spanned from the late-1950s to the early-1980s.

Notable Deaths

André Messager

1929AndrĂ© Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1853)[†]

André Charles Prosper Messager was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet Les Deux Pigeons (1886) and opéra comique Véronique (1898) have had lasting success; Les p'tites Michu (1897) and Monsieur Beaucaire (1919) were also popular internationally.