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June 29, 1929

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FRENCH DEBT DELAY LIKELY TO BE DENIED; Washington Indicates Rejection as Claudel Sees Stimson on $400,000,000 Due Aug. 1. BORAH ANSWERS BOUILLON He Declares Attack on Us in French Chamber Unjustified-- Also Denies Shylock Charge. Conferred for Twenty Minutes. FRENCH DEBT DELAY LIKELY TO BE DENIED Borah Answers Bouillion. FRANCE EXPECTS REFUSAL. It Understands Administration Cannot Act Without Congress Approval. Several Courses Considered. Opposed by Emotion. Nationalists Approve. Briand and Cheron Argue.

By P.J. PHILIP Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. Special to The New York Times

Argues with A Briand on war debts owed to U S by France

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HAWKS SETS RECORD IN SPEEDY FLIGHTS TO COAST AND BACK; Makes Eastern Trip in 17 Hours 38 Minutes, Cutting Old Mark by 43 Minutes. HITS FENCE IN LANDING Is Unhurt, However, as He Ends Round Trip in Which He Clipped Times Both Ways. FOUGHT WIND, RAIN AND FOG Wet and Cold, He Steps From Plane at Roosevelt Field and Is Greeted by Wife. Reached Los Angeles Thursday. HAWKS SETS RECORD TO COAST AND BACK Sends Message to Wife. Set Westward Record.

By Special to The New York Times

ROOSEVELT FIELD, L.I., Saturday, June 29.--Captain Frank M. Hawks, twice a transcontinental nonstop record holder, added to his laurels this morning, when at 1:16:04

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Notable Births

Pat Crawford Brown

1929Pat Crawford Brown, American actress (died 2019)[†]

Pat Crawford Brown was an American actress.

Pete George

1929Pete George, American weightlifter (died 2021)[†]

Peter T. George was an American weightlifter and Olympic and World champion. He was later an assistant professor of stomatology. George was the first weightlifter of Bulgarian descent to win Olympic gold, which has since been achieved by other Bulgarian Olympians.

Oriana Fallaci

1929Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (died 2006)[†]

Oriana Fallaci was an Italian journalist and author. A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, she had a long and successful journalistic career. Fallaci became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution, and her "long, aggressive and revealing interviews" with many world leaders during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.