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May 2, 1929

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HOOVER REMOVES DE GROOT ON INCOMPETENCE CHARGE; OTHER PROSECUTORS MAY GO; DRY LAW LAXITY IS CITED Mitchell Tells Hoover Record Is Generally Unsatisfactory. QUOTES REPORTS OF AIDES Tells of Repeated Requests to De Groot to Quit, Which Were Ignored. PART OF A WIDE CLEAN-UP More Face Same Fate in Nation-Wide Inquiry--Statementby Ousted Official Today. Order Effective at Once. Finds Condition Unsatisfactory. Tells of Long Struggle. De Groot Won't Comment.

By Special to The New York Times

Removed by Hoover on incompetency charge; Mitchell lr to Hoover tells of unsatisfactory record

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FATE OF DEBT PARLEY UP TO GERMAN TODAY; NEW OFFER RUMORED; Paris Experts Anxiously Await Schacht's Return From Talks With Cabinet and Bankers. DETAILS OF REPORTED OFFER Germany Would Cover Allied Debts to Us and Pay Besides $216,000,000 a Year. PART COULD BE BOND ISSUE But Schacht Intimates the Present Parley Will Not Solve Problem-- Experts Work on Report. New Reich Offer Hinted. Commercialization Is Crux. FATE OF DEBT PARLEY UP TO SCHACHT TODAY Hold Onus Is on Schacht. Germans Drafting Report. Berlin Sees Termination. Schacht Hints at Failure.

By P.j. Philip. Special Cable To the New York Times

Reparations negotiations

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GUESTS TOAST PAST AS WALDORF CLOSES; Members of 40 Organizations Voice Regrets at Final Dinner in Ballroom. DRY LAW ATTACK CHEERED Loving Cup Presented to Oscar --Note of Sadness Dominates the Many Closing Events. Oscar Prepares Elaborate Menu. 40 Organizations Gather at Dinner. GUESTS TOAST PAST AS WALDORF CLOSES Le Matin Gives Medal to Oscar. Speaker Assails Prohibition. Copeland Recalls Famous Ball. Says Great Institution Is Honored. Oscar Recalls Early Days. Prominent Men Attend.

By Unknown Author

Toasts to a gaslight past were drunk in mineral waters and prohibition was roundly scored last night in a room where once champagne bubbled.

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Notable Births

Édouard Balladur

1929Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France[†]

Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1995 French presidential election, coming in third place.

Link Wray

1929Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)[†]

Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble" reached the top 20 in the United States, and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to utilize distortion and tremolo.

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

1929Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan (died 1972)[†]

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck was King of Bhutan from 30 March 1952 until his death in 1972.

Notable Deaths

1929Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (born 1879)[†]

Charalambos Tseroulis was a distinguished infantry officer of the Hellenic Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.