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July 29, 1929

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LONDON SEEN AS SITE OF NAVY CONFERENCE; Hoover Said to Expect Call After MacDonald Visit Here in October. LONDON SEEN AS SITE OF NAVY CONFERENCE Army Cuts Considered. Work on Cruiser Guns Goes On. DOUBTS HOOVER'S AUTHORITY. Chairman Britten Agrees With Senator Hale.

By Special to The New York Times

Hoover confers with Sec Good and other officials, at Rapidan Camp

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STOCKHOLDERS GET $67,000,000 RIGHTS IN INSULL UTILITY; Middle West Company Will Reorganize With a Ten-toOne Split of Shares.WIDER OWNERSHIP SOUGHTAim Is to Place the StockWithin Reach of Persons of Moderate Means. STOCK ADVANCES RAPIDLYClosed Saturday at 355 AfterRecent Upward Swing--Big Expansions in Prospect. Funded Debt to Be Paid. STOCKHOLDERS GET $67,000,000 RIGHTS

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To reorganize with 10-to-1 split of shares; stockholders get $67,000,000 rights

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CHINESE ROUT REDS, BUT IT'S IN MOTT ST.; Crowd Disagrees That Nanking Government Is Evil and Says It With Vegetables. Chinese Is Arrested. CHINESE ROUT REDS, BUT IT'S IN MOTT ST. Student Howled Down.

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Demonstration in N Y C Chinatown against Chinese Govt

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ROME FLIERS HOME; EPIC VENTURE HAILED; Welcomed in Harbor by Sirens and Lauded at St. Patrick's for Courage in Flight. THEY RECOUNT STRUGGLE Flying Blind, They Saw Light and Followed for Hours, Only to Find It Was Morning Star. Tell of Blind Flying. ROME FLIERS HOME; HAIL EPIC VENTURE Thrilled by Rome Reception. Met by Wives at Quarrantine.

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N Y C welcome; pors

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Seven Break Jail in Randall's Island Fire; Guard Confesses He Set 5 Blazes in 10 Days

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7 inmates break jail during fire; guard confesses he set 5 blazes in 10 days

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