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August 25, 1929

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SCHNEIDER CUP RACE EXCITES ALL ITALY; Nine Pilots Specially Trained to Compete for Famous Seaplane Trophy. SEVERAL MACHINES TESTED Speed Secrets Are Closely Kept-- Rome Expects Great Exodus to England for Event. Pilots Chosen for Youth and Daring. Talk of Astounding Speed. Pilots Kept in Ignorance. SCHNEIDER CUP RACE EXCITES ALL ITALY

By Arnaldo Cortesi. Wireless To the New York Times

ROME, Aug. 22.--Every Italian will be present in spirit in England in a fortnight's time when Italian pilots battle with English rivals--and perhaps with an American one, too-- in the Schneider Cup race for the world's speed supremacy.

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TERRY FUND AT $10,000.; Response Called Slow in Appeal for $75,000 to Endow Actress's Home.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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MRS. WILSON IN SHANGHAI.; President's Widow Is Guest of Chiang Kai-shek at Luncheon.

By Unknown Author

In Shanghai

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Reformed Moonshiner Guides Raid on Son's Kentucky Still

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47 DEAD IN JERUSALEM RIOT; ATTACKS BY ARABS SPREAD; BRITISH TROOPS RUSH TO CITY; MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED Emergency Is Declared in Whole Country-- Censorship Set Up. POPULACE PANIC-STRICKEN Arabs Dash Through Suburbs, Assailing All They Meet When Driven From City. AMERICAN JEWS ASK HELP Call on Consul for Warship, but Britain Says She Can Control Situation.

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47 dead in riots; Arab attacks on Jewish villages spread; Amer Jews ask U S to send warship; emergency declared in Palestine

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