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June 3, 1929

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BORAH RAISES BAR TO CONGRESS RECESS; TARIFF RIFT WIDENS; Idahoan Will Refuse Consent to Voting Agreement in the Senate. WHEAT DROP ADDED ISSUE Plan to Use Farm Aid Fund Offered as Conferees Seek to Report Bill This Week. WEST DEMANDING "PARITY" Minneapolis Paper Rounds Up the Agricultural Groups to Protest on House Duties. Borah Prepared to Object. Robinson's Name to Fore. Projects for Use of Fund Now.

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

Enactment of legislation seems certain; H M Robinson and J H Barnes mentioned for chmn of Farm Bd; plan offered to use part of farm aid fund for relief of wheat growers

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SEA SAFETY CODE SIGNED IN LONDON SHOWS BIG ADVANCE; Delegates of 18 Nations, After Six Weeks, Agree on Much Greater Precautions. ORDER LIFEBOATS FOR ALL Ships Down to 1,600 Tons Must Carry Efficient Radio Unless on Exempted Near-Shore Duty. WEATHER DATA EXTENDED Reports on Sea Dangers Imperative. --Maritime Powers Must Ratify the Document. Every Ship Potential Lifesaver. Ferry and Coastal Advantages. SEA SAFETY CODE SIGNED IN LONDON Collision Rules Changed. Classifications Little Changed. Even Rules for Piping.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Delegates of 18 nations sign code, summary

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Notable Births

Werner Arber

1929Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate[†]

Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.

Chuck Barris

1929Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (died 2017)[†]

Charles Hirsch Barris was an American game show creator, producer, and host, author, and songwriter. A key crew member of several hugely successful game shows, he was the creator of The Dating Game (1965–2021), the original producer of The Newlywed Game (1966–2013) both for the ABC network and syndication, and the host and producer of The Gong Show from 1976 to 1980, for the NBC network and syndication.