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September 28, 1929

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Headlines from September 28, 1929

VITALE SAYS FRIEND ARRANGED FOR LOAN; Explains Man of High Standing, Now Dead, Got Money for Him Through Rothstein Concern. NOT A PERSONAL DEAL Challenges La Guardia to Say It Was and Insists He Then Will Sue for Libel. Friend Is Now Dead. Shows the Check. VITALE SAYS FRIEND ARRANGED FOR LOAN

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Vitale says man of high standing, now dead, got money for him through Rothstein concern; contends it was not personal deal

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WILL GO TO COURT MONDAY; A Verdict Is Promised Before Election on Murder Charge. DEFIES PAPERS ARE LOST District Attorney Says Action Is Due to Political Clamor, but Predicts Conviction. ROTHSTEIN BOOKS SHOWN His Loan Accounts in Custody of Estate Lawyer--Walker's Friends Criticize Banton. BANTON TO SPEED TRIAL OF M'MANUS Coudert Charges Speed Action. Banton Defends His Record. Still Hopes to Try Biller Also. Tells of Rothstein Papers. Denies Single Paper Is Missing. Four Books Listed Loans. Tuttle Declines to Comment. Enright Answers Banton.

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Ed on Enright's failure to make charges specific

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MACDONALD DEPARTS FOR VISIT TO HOOVER; HAILED BY THRONGS; King's Farewell Says Voyage Is Contribution to Happy Rela- tions of Two Great Peoples. WOULD 'NARROW ATLANTIC' Premier Seeks Personal Con- tacts in Solving Disarmament and Many Other Problems. ON LINER AT SOUTHAMPTON Berengaria Will Sail Today With Prime Minister, Daughter and Small Official Party. Stirring Farewell in London. Will Represent Entire Nation. Doubts Spectacular Outcome. M'DONALD DEPARTS FOR VISIT TO HOOVER Favors Personal Contacts.

By Carlisle MacDonald. Special Cable To the New York Times

Throngs see Premier off; Berengaria will sail soon; statement by MacDonald; messages exchanged with King George; 90 asked to White House dinner; Premier will s at English-Speaking Union luncheon, N Y C

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HURRICANE KILLS TWENTY IN NASSAU; GALE REACHES MIAMI; The Bahaman Capital Suffers Severe Damage in Storm-- 'Not One Building' Escaped. CITY NOW IN DARKNESS Small Vessels in the Harbor Reported Wrecked--Sea Wall Broken. 58-MILE WIND AT MIAMI Isles Off the Florida Coast Are Reported to Be Feeling Brunt of the Storm. Boats Wrecked as Wall Breaks. Miami Darkened as Gale Arrives. HURRICANE KILLS TWENTY IN NASSAU 180-Mile Wind Swept Nassau. Isles Off Coast Warned Miami. Barometer Falls at Palm Beach. Washington Warns Southeast Coast. Lanza Relocates Storm Centre. Havana Still Fears Storm Path. Severe Storms at Santiago.

By the Associated Press

Nassau, Bahama, suffers damage; 20 deaths reptd

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PEACOX CONVICTED, BUT ESCAPES CHAIR; Jury, Out Six Hours, Brings in Second Degree Murder Verdict for Wife Slayer.HE GETS 20 YEARS TO LIFEJudge in His Charge to JurorsHad Advised Them to RuleOut Sentiment. No Appeal to Be Taken. Court Gives Alternatives. PEACOX CONVICTED, BUT ESCAPES CHAIR Prosecutor Asks Chair. Court Gives Charge. Rules Out Sentiment. Syme Attacks Evidence. Coyne Replies on "Frame-Up."

By Special to The New York Times

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1929Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (died 2022)^[†]

Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

Headlines from September 28, 1929

VITALE SAYS FRIEND ARRANGED FOR LOAN; Explains Man of High Standing, Now Dead, Got Money for Him Through Rothstein Concern. NOT A PERSONAL DEAL Challenges La Guardia to Say It Was and Insists He Then Will Sue for Libel. Friend Is Now Dead. Shows the Check. VITALE SAYS FRIEND ARRANGED FOR LOAN

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