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June 23, 1929

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Headlines from June 23, 1929

OBSERVATIONS FROM TIMES WATCH-TOWERS; HOOVER STAYS AT POST Feels "Condemned" to Remain in Capital All Summer as Congress Members Depart. WILL STUDY PROBLEMS President Keeps Physically Fit, Playing Medicine Ball Despite Copeland's Warningss.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Editorial Correspondence of the New York Times

Keeps fit playing medicine ball despite Copeland's warnings

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LEADERS IN TRADE OF WORLD TO MEET; Eleven Hundred Delegates of 45 Countries Expected at Amsterdam in July. BIG PROBLEMS ON AGENDA These Include Economic Restoration of China, Trade Barriers andGovernment Ownership.

By Henry Noble Hall. Special Correspondence of the New York Times

PARIS, June 11.--The economic restoration of China, unqualified condemnation of government ownership and public operation of economic enterprises and approval of the work of the League of Nations in connection with commercial policy ...

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SHOWS PORT HANDLES SHIPMENTS SPEEDILY; Survey Explodes Myth That Harbor Facilities Here Are Congested. TEN MILES OF DOCKS ADDED Wharfage Greatly Increased Since 1920--New Devices Installed Continuously. AUTOMOBILES MOVED FAST Are Being Put on Ships Four Days After Leaving Detroit, Port Authority Declares.

By Unknown Author

The Port of New York Authority, in a statement issued yesterday, asserted that an investigation of the facilities for handling foreign and intercoastal trade reveals that there is no important congestion or delay, as had been charged in certain quarters, but that on the contrary there ...

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WHAT THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE IS.

By Unknown Author

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GARVIN APPLAUDS FOREIGN SECRETARY; British Writer Warns That Mr. Henderson's Power Should Not Be Underestimated. SURE OF MACDONALD TRIP He Insists Meeting With Hoover Will Take Place in Fall, a Navy. Cut Plan Ready.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

J L Garvin praises Foreign Sec Henderson

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1929Mario Ghella, Italian racing cyclist (died 2020)^[†]

Mario Ghella was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.

Headlines from June 23, 1929

OBSERVATIONS FROM TIMES WATCH-TOWERS; HOOVER STAYS AT POST Feels "Condemned" to Remain in Capital All Summer as Congress Members Depart. WILL STUDY PROBLEMS President Keeps Physically Fit, Playing Medicine Ball Despite Copeland's Warningss.

LEADERS IN TRADE OF WORLD TO MEET; Eleven Hundred Delegates of 45 Countries Expected at Amsterdam in July. BIG PROBLEMS ON AGENDA These Include Economic Restoration of China, Trade Barriers andGovernment Ownership.

WHAT THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE IS.

GARVIN APPLAUDS FOREIGN SECRETARY; British Writer Warns That Mr. Henderson's Power Should Not Be Underestimated. SURE OF MACDONALD TRIP He Insists Meeting With Hoover Will Take Place in Fall, a Navy. Cut Plan Ready.

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