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May 4, 1929

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CLOSE VOTE FORECAST ON DEBENTURES PLAN; Hoover Leaders Are Anxious, Admitting That Two or Three Senators Will Decide Question. SHIPSTEAD, ILL, A FACTOR The Administration's Opponents Gain Right to Have Him Sworn In at His Bedside. Watson Admits Vote Will Be Close. Twelve Republicans for Plan. CLOSE VOTE FORECAST ON DEBENTURES PLAN

By Special to The New York Times

Sen lines on debenture provision closely drawn; administration's opponents gain right to have Sen Shipstead sworn in at his bedside; Sen Nye explains why he supports plan

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Hoover Has Lost 13 Pounds Since March 4 by Exercising

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Has lost 13 lbs since Mar 4

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WASHINGTON WON'T BARGAIN WITH EUROPE ON ARMY CUTS TO OBTAIN NAVY REDUCTIONS; OUR VIEW MISINTERPRETED Gibson's Words, Officials Feel, Were Being Used to Help Others' Aims. PRESIDENT MAY SPEAK OUT Capital Emphasizes That We Will Not Meddle in Powers' Debate on Peace Land Forces. RIFT IN GENEVA BODY GROWS Proposals for Methods of Limiting Army Stocks Are Practically Abandoned. Reason for Gibson Declaration. Our Real Attitude. Washington's View of Problem.

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

Lloyd George says Chamberlain delayed too long in replying to Hoover offer

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REDS FIGHT POLICE ALL DAY IN TWO SECTIONS OF BERLIN; 20 DEAD IN 3 DAYS' RIOTING; STATE OF SIEGE ORDERED Planes Spot Snipers on Rooftops for Attackers Volleying From Autos. 3 WOMEN KILLED AT HOMES Victims Filed to Obey Order to Remain Indoors With All Windows Closed: POLICE STORM BARRICADE House-to-House Search Brings Seizure of Arms in Wedding and Neukoelln. Planes Spot Strongholds. Neukoelin Is Centre of Battle. Strikes Start in Dozen Cities. GERMAN REDS FIGHT POLICE ALL DAY

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

BERLIN, May 3.--Today's casualty list in the Communist uprising numbers eight dead, including three women, who, while cleaning their rooms, stepped on the balconies of their apartments and were hit by bullets fired by policemen stationed along the fronts of houses around...

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5-CENT FARE VEXES TRANSIT CONFERENCE AS UNFICATION ITEM; Unless Deficits Could Be Met by City Taxes, Rate Would Be in Peril, Experts Point Out. BONDS ALSO A PROBLEM Declaratory Judgment May Be Sought in Suit to Clarify Powers Under 1921 Act. I. R. T. ABSENT FROM PARLEY Hedley in Letter to Walker Asserts Directors Are to Take Up Tuesday Question of Meeting the City. May Seek Declaratory Judgment. Hedley Reminded of Statement. 5-CENT FARE VEXES TRANSIT MEETING B. M. T. Negotations to Go On. No Action on Court Order.

By Unknown Author

5c fare vexes Transit conf; I R T not represented; B M T negotiations to continue

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1929Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (died 2015)^[†]

Juan Manuel "Mamo" Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda was a Chilean Army officer and the former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. In 1995, he was convicted of the murder of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC, and sentenced to seven years in prison, which he served until 2001. At the time of his death, Contreras was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison for kidnapping, forced disappearance, and assassination.

1929Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (died 1993)^[†]

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema, inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List, and is one of a few entertainers who have won competitive Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards.

Headlines from May 4, 1929

Hoover Has Lost 13 Pounds Since March 4 by Exercising

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