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March 11, 1929

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4,000 FASCISTI CHEER MUSSOLINI'S PRAISE OF VATICAN ACCORD; Premier Tells Party Chiefs Settlement Will Make Regime Live in History. REVIEWS SIX-YEAR RECORD Calls Social Legislation Finest in World, Lauds Army and Says Italy Seeks Peace. DAY OF THANKSGIVING HERE All Catholic Churches Celebrate Peace--Pope Is Urged for Role of World Arbiter. Audience a Young One. Speaks Only 35 Minutes. 4,000 CHEER PRAISE OF VATICAN ACCORD Reviews Achievements. Mussolini Stresses Conciliation. Says Neither Won or Lost.

By Arnaldo Cortesi. Wireless To the New York Times

At first Quinquennial Council of Fascism

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SOUTH DISTRESSED BY PATRONAGE BAN; Pain Is Even Keener Than Among Other Officeseekers Jolted by Hoover. NEW RULE ON RESIGNATIONS Presidential Appointees, Though in Civil Service, Learn They Are Included. Cold Shower for Office Seekers. Southern Hopes Blasted. SOUTH DISTRESSED BY PATRONAGE BAN Status of "Lily Whites." Mann Still a Mystery.

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

Pres Hoover says most officials will be retained; South distressed by statement

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REPUBLICANS LEAN TO 25% CUT IN TAX ON EARNED INCOMES; Leaders at Albany Now Consider This as Well as Elimination of Realty Tax.WOULD COUNTER ROOSEVELTPlan Affecting Returns Up to$10,000 or $15,000 WouldAid 85 Per Cent. of Payers.$3,500,000 REVENUE SLASHThis Would Be Borne Equally byState and Localities, but LatterWould Get Other Compensation. Widely Spread Tax Cut Benefit. Two Tax Programs Compared. REPUBLICANS LEAN TO 25% TAX CUT

By Special to The New York Times

Repubs lean to 25% tax cut on incomes up to $10,000 or $15,000

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Notable Births

Timothy Carey

1929Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)[†]

Timothy Agoglia Carey was an American film and television character actor who was typically cast as manic or violent characters who are driven to extremes. He is particularly known for his collaborations with Stanley Kubrick in the films The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957), and for appearing in the two John Cassavetes directed films Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). Other notable film credits include Crime Wave (1954), East of Eden (1955), One-Eyed Jacks (1961), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), Head (1968) and The Outfit (1973).

Jackie McGlew

1929Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (died 1998)[†]

Derrick John "Jackie" McGlew was a cricketer who played for Natal and South Africa. He was educated at Merchiston Preparatory School and Maritzburg College, where he was Head Dayboy Prefect and captain of both cricket and rugby in 1948.