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September 11, 1929

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SHIPPING PLOT LAID TO 13 BRITISH LINES; American Company Sues to Enjoin Concerns, Including the Cunard and White Star. TRADE RESTRAINT CHARGED Line Here Alleges Coercion and Rebates in Attempt to Bar It From European Commerce. Wants an Injunction. Coercion Is Alleged. SHIPPING PLOT LAID TO 13 BRITISH LINES Says Rebates Were Given. Agreements Filed, Says Franklin.

By Unknown Author

Files suit under Sherman anti-trust law against 13 Brit lines, including Cunard and White Star, charging conspiracy to restrain trade, and evict competitors from United Kingdom ports

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REDS PRESS FIGHT ON CHINESE BORDER; Air Bombings Spread Terror in Towns--Gunboats Try to Force Sungari River. MANCHURIA SEIZURE FEARED Foreigners See Move to Split Province Between Russia and Japan--Nanking Silent. Sixty Killed at Pogranichnaya. Soviet Planes Bomb Coal Mines. REDS PRESS FIGHT ON CHINESE BORDER Moscow Hears of Attacks. Anarchy Prevails at Border. Friction With Berlin Increases.

By Hallett Abend. Special Cable To the New York Times

Sino-Russian dispute

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Judge Rules Bok Must Pay Income Tax on Prize Fund

By Special to The New York Times

E W Bok ordered to pay tax on Phila Civic Award fund

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FLOGGING CHARGED TO GASTONIA MOB; STATE INVOKES LAW; County and Mill Officials Are Accused as Leaders by Three Victims in Story of Torture. SAID TO PLAN JAIL HANGING British Red Asserts Captors Aimed to Lynch Beal After Mistrial in Aderholt Case. GOVERNOR ORDERS ARRESTS Prosecutor, Himself Named, Promises Grand Jury Inquiry to Bring Raiders to Justice. Victims Tell of Thirty-Mile Ride. Plan to Enter Jail and Lynch Beal FLOGGING CHARGED TO GASTONIA MOB Flogged After Hanging Threats. Prosecutor Deplores Mob Action. Neal Accuses Gastonia Officials. Prosecutors Named as Leading Mob.

By Joseph Shaplen. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times

Gastonia strikers' trial

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BRITISH PILOT FLIES 355 MILES AN HOUR; A.H. Orlebar, Schneider Captain, Sets World Record in Plane That Won Trophy. 368 REACHED IN SPURT Lieut. Stainforth, in Gloster-Napier Golden Arrow, Also Exceeds the Old Mark. Speed of Plane Meteor-Like. Not Satisfied With Record. BRITISH PILOT FLIES 355 MILES AN HOUR Stainforth Also Set Record. Records Show Wind's Effect.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

sets record at 355 miles per hr, por

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1929Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)^[†]

Luis García Beltrán was a Venezuelan professional baseball player and manager. Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 189 lb (86 kg), he batted and threw right handed.

1929Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (died 1981)^[†]

Primož Kozak was a Slovenian playwright and essayist. Together with Dominik Smole, Dane Zajc and Taras Kermauner, he was the most visible representative of the so-called Critical generation, a group of Slovenian authors and intellectuals that reflected on the paradoxes of the communist regime, and the relation between power and individual existence in general.

1929Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)^[†]

Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, was a British barrister and politician.

Headlines from September 11, 1929

Judge Rules Bok Must Pay Income Tax on Prize Fund

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