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April 3, 1929

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DISPUTE AT CAPITAL OVER CREDIT GROWS; MARKET STEADIES; Fish Commends Mitchell as Haying Averted Crisis and Attacks Glass's Stand. SENATOR RETORTS WARMLY In Reply to New Yorker and to Owen He Cites Law to Show Aid to Market Was Illegal. OILS LEA RECOVERY HERE Fear of Reserve Action at Meetings In Washington Dwindles--Loans to Brokers Up $25,911,491 In March. Won't Talk About Bank Rate. Fish Attacks Senator Glass. Makes Warm Retort. DISPUTE AT CAPITAL OVER CREDIT GROWS Asks Why Fish is Spokesman. Did Not Rush Into Print. His Reply to Owen Criticism.

By Special to The New York Times

Attacks Sen Glass for criticism of C E Mitchell

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TRIBUTES TO HERRICK POUR INTO EMBASSY; Towns and Villages All Over France Regret Death--Paris to Name Street for Him. FUNERAL PLANS COMPLETE Spanish Ambassador Will Voice World's Sorrow and Pershing Will Speak for America. Towns and Villages Send Messages TRIBUTES TO HERRICK POUR INTO EMBASSY Embassy Staff Views Body. DOUMERGUE CABLES HOOVER Expresses France's Regret at Loss of Ambassador Herrick. GERARD ANSWERS CRITIC. Replies to New York Staats-Zitung Comment on Him and Herrick.

By Carlistle MacDonald. Special Cable To the New York Times

funeral plans; tribute

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HOOVER TURNS DOWN OIL LIMITING ACCORD AS FIXING OF PRICES; Opposes Petroleum Institute's Plan for Keeping Output at 1928 Level. WAY OPEN IN STATE ACTION But Administration Rejects Idea of Modifying Sherman Act For Federal Regulation. MITCHELL RENDERS RULING Institute Body Wiil Receive This Today as Basis of Refusal of Government Sanction. Agreements Legal Within a State. HOOVER TURNS DOWN OIL LIMITING ACCORD SEND PROTEST TO HOOVER. Rocky Mountain Area Governors Write Against Anti-Lease Policy.

By Special to The New York Times

Rept that Atty Gen Mitchell will oppose restricting 1929 production to that of 1928 for U S on ground that it would be contrary to Sherman anti-trust law; says restriction would be legal for separate States but not for U S as whole

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Notable Births

Fazlur Rahman Khan

1929Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (died 1982)[†]

Fazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers. Considered the "father of tubular designs" for high-rises, Khan was also a pioneer in computer-aided design (CAD). He was the designer of the Sears Tower, since renamed Willis Tower, the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1998, and the 100-story John Hancock Center.

Poul Schlüter

1929Poul Schlüter, Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2021)[†]

Poul Holmskov Schlüter was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first conservative to hold the office since 1901. Schlüter was a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party from 1964 to 1994. He was also Chairman of the Conservative People's Party from 1974 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1993.