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August 17, 1929

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ZEPPELIN OVER SIBERIA; HALF OF JOURNEY TO TOKIO IS COMPLETED IN 42 HOURS; AHEAD OF SCHEDULE TIME Airship Seen 300 Miles Northwest of Tomsk, 3,000 on Way. MAKING 80 MILES AN HOUR Far North of Railroad, Near Arctic Circle, Dirigile Heads for Lake Baikal. VAST FOREST FIRE IS SEEN Frightened Siberians Run From Sight of Monster--Eckener Radios All Is Well. Urals Crossed at Sunset. ZEPPELIN HAS FLOWN HALF WAY TO TOKIO In Touch With Irkutsh. Package Dropped for Moscow. Ship Getting Weather Reports. Reported in Tomsk Region.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Map; package dropped for Moscow; log; U S naval contact plan; Lakewood, N J, to offer landing site for proposed transatlantic route of German Zeppelin Co

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DRY CANDIDATE PUT IN MAYORALTY RACE TO FIGHT LAGUARDIA; W.M. Bennett Announces He Will Go Into Republican Primary on the Speakeasy Issue. SAYS THEY CAN BE CLOSED Criticizes Walker's Police Head for Arresting Waiters and Not Proprietors. DRY GROUP BACKING LIKELY Constitutional Committee Is Expected to Come Out for Him Next Tuesday. Committee Support Likely. BENNETT WILL RUN; TO FIGHT LAGUARDIA

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Bennett announces he will enter Repub primary on speakeasy issue

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Notable Births

Francis Gary Powers

1929Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (died 1977)[†]

Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a secret CIA spying mission over the Soviet Union. Powers survived, but was captured and sentenced to 10 years in a Soviet prison for espionage. He served 21 months of his sentence before being released in a prisoner swap in 1962.