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July 25, 1929

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PREMIER ACTS ON NAVIES; Halts British Building to Press Negotiations With America. TO COME HERE IN OCTOBER MacDonald Will Discuss Moot Points on Limitation and Parity With Hoover. WORLD PARLEY TO FOLLOW Declaration in Commons on Anti-War Treaty--Looks to General Disarmament. Announces Halt in Building. He Pays Tribute to Dawes. PREMIER ANNOUNCES HALT IN NAVY WORK Open to Labor Attack. Lady Astor Aids in a Reply. London Press Hails Action. Dawes Listens From Gallery. He Praises Admiralty.

By Edwin L. James. Special Cable To the New York Times.by Edwin L. James

MacDonald tells House of Commons he will visit U S in Oct

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SINO-RUSS PARLEY ON RAILWAY SEIZURE HELD IN MANCHURIA; Red Consul General Believed to Have Discussed Plans With Kirin Governor. DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS NEXT Vice Chairman of Seized Road Says He and Soviet Official Leave for Moscow Today. TENSION EASES ON BORDER But Paris Still Fears Conflict-- Berlin Expects Invitation to Be Mediator.

By the Associated Press

Tension eases; Japan repts to Wash on independent peace move; U S repr of So Manchurian R R on Japanese interests

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Notable Births

1929Judd Buchanan, Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works[†]

Julian Judd Buchanan is a Canadian former politician and businessman.

Somnath Chatterjee

1929Somnath Chatterjee, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2018)[†]

Somnath Chatterjee was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009.

1929Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1995)[†]

Edward Joseph "Spider" Mazur was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks between 1951 and 1956. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1948 to 1966, was spent in the minor leagues.