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May 18, 1929

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DR. ECKENER TELLS OF FOUR MISHAPS; First Crankshaft Broke Over Spain and 3 Snapped Later From Added Strain. NEW MOTORS ON THE WAY Airship Commander Praises Way French Soldiers Brought Down His Disabled Craft. Forced to Drift in Gale. Thanks French Commander. DR. ECKENER TELLS OF FOUR MISHAPS Extra Motors Going to Cuers.

By Unknown Author

CUERS, France, Saturday, May 18.--Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, in the early morning hours today told to eager listeners the epic of his long fight against high winds with his crippled ship.

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HOUSE VOTES IN TEST 249 TO 119 AGAINST THE DEBENTURE PLAN; Administration Leaders Declare Roll-Call Spells Doom of the Senate Farm Amendment. BILL GOES TO CONFERENCE Only Two Agricultural Republicans Oppose Strategy of Killing Measure by Deadlock. OTHERS FEAR HOOVER VETO Democrats Fight Move, LaGuardia Joining Them in Demanding House Uphold Its Rights. Hoover Leaders Confident. Conferees Will Meet Monday. HOUSE VOTES DOWN DEBENTURE PLAN Lively Debate Precedes Vote Cannon Challenges Senate. Vote in Detail.

By Special to The New York Times

Ed on Sen Borah's lack of party regularity in voting for debenture plan

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CHILE AND PERU END 46-YEAR TACNA FEUD WITH HOOVER'S HELP; Accepting President's Proposal, Chile Retains Arica and Peru Receives Tacna. PORT OF ARICA TO FORMER But $6,000,000 Will Be Paid to Peru and Latter Will Have Harbor Rights. BOLIVIA HITS SETTLEMENT Land-Locked Nation Demands the Outlet to Sea Which It Has Long Desired. Some Home Opposition Likely. Hoover Makes His Part Clear. Kellogg's Part Is Praised. CHILE AND PERU END 46-YEAR TACNA FEUD Port of Arica Goes to Chile. Peace Monument to Be Erected. Ambassadors Praise Settlement. Bolivia's Displeasure Stated.

By Special to The New York Times

Pres Hoover announces settlement of dispute; text of documents, map

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Notable Births

Jack Sanford

1929Jack Sanford, American baseball player and coach (died 2000)[†]

John Stanley Sanford was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Sanford was notable for the meteoric start to his career when, he led the National League with 188 strikeouts as a 28-year-old rookie for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1957. He later became a 20-game-winner and made his only World Series appearance as a member of the San Francisco Giants. He also played for the California Angels and the Kansas City Athletics.

Norman St John-Stevas

1929Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 2012)[†]

Norman Antony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, was a British Conservative politician, author and barrister. He served as Leader of the House of Commons in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1981. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford from 1964 to 1987 and was made a life peer in 1987. His surname was created by compounding those of his father (Stevas) and mother.