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September 30, 1929

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FREE SEAS ISSUE STRESSED IN LONDON; British Hope That MacDonald and Hoover Will Discuss It Despite Reticence. PRESS URGES COOPERATION Mutual Danger Is Seen Should Either Nation Be at War With Any Other Country. Reciprocity Need Stressed. Free Atlantic Urged. FREE SEAS ISSUE STRESSED IN LONDON Sees Cooperation Difficult. Rivalry Held Absurd. Respect President's Wish.

By Edwin L. James. Special To the New York Times

Freedom of seas issue

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MAYOR SAYS HE CANNOT ACT IN MAGISTRATE VITALE CASE; M'MANUS TRIAL MOVE TODAY; WALKER POINTS TO LAW Says Appellate Division Alone Has the Power of Removal. BAR COMPLAINT REQUIRED Banton Goes to Court Today to Ask for 100 Talesmen to Try McManus Oct. 8. NO LIGHT ON NEW EVIDENCE Thomas Demands State Inquiry but Wants La Guardia and Enright to Give Evidence. Formal Bar Request Required. Gainsburg to Delay Move. Thomas Now Backs Inquiry. Critical of Banton.

By Unknown Author

Walker says he has not power to remove Magistrate Vitale; Thomas demands State inquiry in Rothstein case, but wants La Guardia and Enright to give evidence

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37-Day British Drought Ends; Worst Dry Spell in 71 Years

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

37-day drought ends

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HURRICANE MOVING TOWARD PENSACOLA; Leaving Devastation and Probably Death on Florida Keys, It Heads for Mississippi Mouth. 200-MILE STRIP MENACED But Speed Drops From 20 to 10Miles an Hour--Miami Centres Relief in Homestead Area. Appalachicola, Already Cut Off. HURRICANE MOVING TOWARD PENSACOLA Pensacola Homes Barricaded. Planes and Steamers Protected. Gale Drives Heavy Rain Westward Weather Clearing at Tampa. Losses Slight in Fort Myers Area. Storm Slows to 10 Miles an Hour. Large Territory Inundated. Seven Known Dead at Nassau.

By the Associated Press

Hurricane moves toward Pensacola leaving devastation on Fla Keys

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RISING OPPOSITION ENDANGERS PLAN TO CONTROL FLOODS; Battle in Mississippi Area on the Jadwin Project May Cause Indefinite Delay. BUSINESS MEN NERVOUS Fear $200,000,000 Will Be Added to the Control Bill if Program Is Not Changed. COMPENSATION CHIEF ISSUE Proposed Scheme, It Is Charged, Would Put 120,000 People at Mercy of Torrents. No Criticism of President. Levee Angle Satisfactory. RISING OPPOSITION HITS FLOOD CONTROL "Gougers" in the Minority. 120,000 Between Guide Levees.

By L.c. Speers. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times

Flood control

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Notable Births

1929Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (died 2002)^[†]

Carol Elizabeth Fenner was an American children's writer.

1929Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic (died 2022)^[†]

Vassilis Papazachos was a Greek seismologist and author of Earthquakes of Greece.

1929Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (died 2017)^[†]

Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani was a Filipino senator, diplomat, and writer.

1929Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (died 2003)^[†]

Dorothee Steffensky-Sölle, known as Dorothee Sölle, was a German Lutheran liberation theologian who coined the term "Christofascism".