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August 2, 1929

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ZEPPELIN SPEEDS TOWARD GIBRALTAR ON HER WAY HERE; Dirigible Delayed in the Rhone Valley by Head Winds Which Shook Ship Violently. YOUNG STOWAWAY IS FOUND Eckener, Angered by Unwelcome Passenger, Plans Prosecution for Endangering Craft. SEA WEATHER FAVORABLE After Leaving Spain, Contrary Winds Will Be Passed, Hamburg Experts Predict. Winds Become Favorable. Course Changed By Storms. ZEPPELIN SPEEDS TOWARD GIBRALTAR Stowaway Angers Eckener. Sighted Over Mediterranean. Mountains Are Avoided. Eckener Sends Message.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Stopped 1 hr in mid-Atlantic while ship's surgeon operates on Mrs F A Britten

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CITY REPUBLICANS NAME LAGUARDIA TO HEAD TICKET AS MRS. PRATT QUITS; WALKER REGIME OF 'GAYETY' ASSAILED; REST OF SLATE DEFERRED Mrs. Pratt Withdraws Just Before Opening of Convention. LAST-MINUTE PARLEYS VAIN Chiefs Find No Independent Democrat Willing to Run-- Somers Flatly Refuses. HARBORD STIRS DELEGATES Condemns Mayor as "Glorified Clown"--Buckner in Keynote Denounces Corruption. Real Fight Promised. Pledges Constructive Fight. LAGUARDIA TO HEAD REPUBLICAN TICKET Applause Greets Identification. Calder Seconds Nomination. Committee to Complete Slate. Pratt Backers Conferred. Approval of LaGuardia. Harbord Ridicules Walker. Buckner Cites Sewer Inquiry. 16 Pledges in Platform. Charges Transit Bungling.

By Harris & Ewing

Denounced by Repubs at unofficial city convention

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1929Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer (died 2014)[†]

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Vidya Charan Shukla

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David Waddington

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K. M. Peyton

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