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May 31, 1929

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G.A.R. PARADE RANKS THINNED TO 300 HERE; Manhattan Veterans Refuse to Ride, but Half Drop Out in Six-Block March. THOUSANDS JOIN IN TRIBUTE War Dead Honored in Services on Drive and in Ceremonies Throughout City. Flowers Sent to Hospitals. G.A.R. PARADE RANKS THINNED TO 300 HERE Legion Pledges Remembrance. Post Transfers Charge to Sons. 15,000 Young Soldiers March. 150,000 See Manhattan Parade. Division Fails to Halt. 10,000 PARADE IN BRONX. 150 G.A.R.Veterans Ride in Cars in Brooklyn Procession

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G.A.R. Holds Last Service at Grant's Tomb; Yields to Veterans' Sons After 45 Years

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Fifteen veterans of the Union army who fought during the Civil War held their final Memorial Day services yesterday afternoon at Grant's Tomb on Riverside Drive, during which they turned over to Lafayette Camp, Sons of Union Veterans, the task of carrying on further memorial ...

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HOOVER CALLS ON NATIONS TO LIVE UP TO KELLOGG PACT BY 'ACTUAL ARMS REDUCTION'; PLEADS IN NAME OF HEROES President, in Address at Arlington, Asks 'Action' for 'Faith and Idealism.' DEPLORES NAVAL RIVALRY He Demands Loyalty to Treaty by Arming Only for Defense and Not for Aggression. 'YARDSTICK' TO BE APPLIED, Declaring the Quest of It a 'Challenge' to the World, He Pledges America's Aid. "Challenge" In Arms Reduction. Pauses to Honor the Unknown HOOVER CALLS FOR ARMS REDUCTION ITALY HAILS HOOVER SPEECH. It Is Declared to Parallel the Views of King and Mussolini.

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Hoover urges application of Kellogg Peace Treaty, in Memorial Day s; text

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Powder Magazines Blow Up at Bridgeport; Remington Plant Blast Rocks Wide Area

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Powder magazines in Remington Arms Co's munition plant explode

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BIG BRITISH LABOR GAINS; THIRD OF VOTE COUNTED; TORY CONTROL SEEMS LOST; 118 LABOR SEATS, 78 TORY MacDonald Wins 56 New Divisions, 45 of Them From Baldwin. LIBERALS TRAIL WITH 14 Nine in Cabinet Re-Elected, Sir Austen Chamberlain by 43-- 4 in Ministry Lose. LADY ASTOR WINS BY 211 Mounting Labor Gains Indicate Stalemate, With New Election Soon--Voting Is Heavy. Results in 215 Divisions. Altered Cabinet Certain. Lady Astor Has Close Call. Labor Vote in Record Rise. Street Crowds Cheer Labor. Lancashire a Barometer. Clynes and Turner Victors. Scottish Dry Wins. ELECTION RESULTS LISTED. Returns Show Many Additions to Labor Ranks.

By Charles A. Selden. Special Cable To the New York Times

Returns show big Labor gains; MacDonald wins 56 new divs, 45 of them from Baldwin; Liberals get 14 seats; pors of Baldwin, MacDonald and Lady Astor; 9 in old Cabinet re-elected; statistics on divs; women brighten election; J R Clynes and B Turner win; Scottish dry wins; statistics on divs; Lady Astor wins Sutton Div by small majority

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1929Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (died 2014)^[†]

Menahem Golan was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid-budget American films, primarily genre films, during the 1980s after Golan and Globus had achieved significant filmmaking success in Israel during the 1970s.

Headlines from May 31, 1929

G.A.R. Holds Last Service at Grant's Tomb; Yields to Veterans' Sons After 45 Years

Powder Magazines Blow Up at Bridgeport; Remington Plant Blast Rocks Wide Area

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