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March 23, 1929

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Notable Births

1929Roger Bannister, English middle-distance runner, neurologist and academic (died 2018)^[†]

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.

1929Michael Manser, English architect and engineer (died 2016)^[†]

Michael Manser was a British architect. He was a president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and established his own successful architecture practice in 1961.

1929Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer^[†]

Mark Rydell is an American film director, producer and actor. He has directed several Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox (1967), The Reivers (1969), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979) and The River (1984). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for On Golden Pond (1981).

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Headlines from March 23, 1929

Titta Ruffo Quits the Metropolitan Opera For $350,000 Contracts With the 'Talkies'

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Quits Met Opera Co for talking movies

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DEBT EXPERTS DOUBT OUR FULL APPROVAL; Some Think Us Opposed to the Earmarking of Part of Reich Payments for America. FIXING MINIMUM IS DENIED Higher Figure Than What Schacht Named Is Demanded --Berlin Divided on "Offer." America in Weak Position. American Aid Unnecessary. DEBT EXPERTS DOUBT OUR FULL APPROVAL Await Return of Schacht. Berlin Divided Over Debts.

By Edwin L. James. Special Cable To the New York Times

War Debts and Reparations

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HOOVER PROCLAIMS NEW 'ORIGINS' ACT, THOUGH OPPOSING IT; His Action Limits Immigration Quotas After July 1 Unless Congress Repeals Law. WILL REQUEST AMENDMENT President Declares He Has No Option and Must "Obey the Law." RADICAL CHANGES MADE Representative Tilson Predicts Effort at Special Session to Modify the Measure. Text of the Proclamation. HOOVER PROCLAIMS NEW 'ORIGINS' ACT Act Defines Inhabitants. Annual Quotas Determined. Believes Congress Will Repeal.

By Special to The New York Times

Proclaims natl origins act in operation July 1; will recommend repeal by Cong at special session

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Dickens's Servant Celebrates 82d Birthday With His Tea Set

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Mrs E Eastdown, former maid, celebrates 82d birthday

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WARMEST MARCH 22 LURES CITY INTO OPEN; Throngs at Battery Gaze Out to Sea, Parks Are Crowded and Poets Take Up Pens. MERCURY AT 75 IS CAUSE Cooler Breezes Forecast for Tomorrow, but Turtles at Zoo Insist Spring Is Here. Thermometer Goes to 75. City Hall Park Crowded. WARMEST MARCH 22 LURES CITY INTO OPEN Turtles on Old Log.

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Warmest Mar 22 lures city into open; mercury at 75

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BYRD BRINGS MEN FROM MOUNTAINS; Flies Back to Base With Gould and Hanson in Plane Taken Out by Smith and June. ROUND TRIP IN THREE HOURS Party From Scene of 150-Mile Gale All Well Despite Nights of 25 Below Zero.

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

Byrd returns from mts with men

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