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September 16, 1929

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ROOSEVELT DECLARES DEAL BY MORGAN FORCES STATE TO ACT TO DEVELOP POWER; INSISTS ON PUBLIC CONTROL Morgan Foothold on the St. Lawrence Makes Step Imperative, He Says. TO PRESS PROPOSAL AGAIN Will Ask Legislature to Create State Agency, Holding Voters Have Approved It. CORRECTS "FALSE" PICTURE He Asserts Power Is Not Owned Privately--Lease, Not Merely a Permit, Is Needed. Sees Situation Unchanged. Sees False Conception The Governor's Statement. Plan Urged by Governor. Same Plan May Be Offered.

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Roosevelt declares Morgan deal forces State to act to develop power

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LUMBER BLOC LEADS NEW TARIFF REVOLT; Senators McNary, Steiwer and Jones Oppose Bill With Shingles on Free List. HOUSE GROUP JOINING THEM Concessions Are Predicted-- Robinson for Expert Board Reporting to Congress. Leaders Admit View Is Ominous. LUMBER BLOC LEADS NEW TARIFF REVOLT "Flexible in One Direction." Plan for a Commission. Issue Up for Debate This Week. FULLER ASSAILS TARIFF BILL. Ex-Governor Predicts Hoover Will Return Measure if Passed. FINDS FLAW IN TARIFF BILL. Merchants' Association Says Clause Affecting Losses Nullifies Itself.

By Special to The New York Times

Bill assarted by A T Fuller

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SEVEN MEN ACCUSED IN GASTONIA KILLING OF WOMAN STRIKER; Murder Charges Name Six Mill Employes and Driver of Truck Attacked by Anti-Red Mob. INQUEST UNFOLDS TERROR Little Mountaineer Tells How Victim Fell Dying in His Arms as Others Fled Under Fire. ANOTHER PICKS PURSUERS Mill Manager Corroborates Story of Shooting--Prisoners Held in Bail for Grand Jury. The Accused. Mountaineer Gives Graphic Account SEVEN MEN ACCUSED IN GASTONIA KILLING Tells of Pursuit, Attack and Killing. Mill Official Backs Strikers' Story. Witness Names Three As in Mob. Charge Manoeuvre for Crash. Scene Shifts Today to Charlotte. PICTURES A STRIKE "TERROR." Engdahl Sees Endeavor to Intimidate Gastonia Trial's Witnesses. Mob Victim Had Been in New York.

By Special to The New York Times

6 employes of Loray Mill and truck driver charged with killing

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Notable Births

Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar

1929Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, last sultan of Zanzibar (died 2024)[†]

Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Busaidi, was a Zanzibari royal who was the last reigning Sultan of Zanzibar. He was deposed in the Zanzibar Revolution, after the United Kingdom gave up its British protectorate.

Stan Stephens

1929Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (died 2021)[†]

Stanley Graham Stephens was a Canadian-American politician, journalist, and broadcaster who served as the 20th governor of Montana from 1989 until 1993 as a member of the Republican Party.