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October 3, 1929

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SAYS SHEARER TRIED TO BUY HIS HELP; Crozier, British General, Asserts American Made Offer Under Name of Sherman. TELLS DAWES OF DISCOVERY Shearer Denies Story, Saying He Was Not in London at Time Named. General Crozier's Letter. Tells of "Sherman's" Offer. SAYS SHEARER TRIED TO BUY HIS HELP "Sherman" Avoided Trap. Crozier Recognized Photograph. Sure of Identity. Shearer Denies Charge.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Lr to Dawes tells of offers made by man resembling W B Shearer

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FALL ASKS QUASHING OF BRIBE CHARGES; Plea on Double-Jeopardy Basis Taken Under Advisement in District of Columbia Court. DECISION TO AFFECT DOHENY Oil Man Appears in Court With Ex-Secretary, Who Shows Signs of Broken Health. FALL ASKS QUASHING OF BRIBE CHARGES Cases Going on Eight Years. Base Plea on Former Verdict. Government Attacks Motion. Two Witnesses Dead. Day, Sinclair Aide, Leaves Jail.

By Special to The New York Times

Fall's plea that bribery indictment against him be quashed taken under advisement; he and E L Doheay appear in ct; H M Day finishes 4-mo sentence for jury shadowing in Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial

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3 DIE IN STRIKE RIOT IN NORPH CAROLINA; TROOPS GO TO MARION; Wounded Total 24 as Sheriff's Force and Mill Workers Battle --Six More May Die. EACH SIDE BLAMES OTHER Textile Union Charges Unprovoked Attack on Pickets--TheSheriff Plans Many Arrests.GOVERNOR STARTS INQUIRYStrikers Say They Walked Out Because Owners Started to RidMills of Union Men. Dead. Probably Fatally Wounded. Sheriff Hurt in Scuffle. 3 DIE IN STRIKE RIOT IN NORTH CAROLINA Union Charges Discrimination. Officers Face Pickets. Striker Tells of Struggle. Crowd Scatters. Says Strikers Were Shot in Back. Sheriff Describes Clash. CALL ON GARDNER TO ACT. Organizations Here Urge Inquiry on Marion Killings. SENATE INQUIRY PROPOSED. Wheeler Suggests Sending a Committee to North Carolina.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

3 die, 24 wounded in battle with Sheriff's force as new strike begins

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Notable Deaths

Jeanne Eagels

1929Jeanne Eagels, American actress (born 1894)[†]

Jeanne Eagels was an American stage and film actress. Eagels appeared in many Broadway productions, and in the emerging medium of sound films. She was posthumously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her 1929 role in The Letter after dying suddenly that year at the age of 39.

Gustav Stresemann

1929Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)[†]

Gustav Ernst Stresemann was a German statesman during the Weimar Republic who served as chancellor of Germany from August to November 1923 and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929. His most notable achievement was the reconciliation between Germany and France, for which he and French Prime Minister Aristide Briand received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. During a period of political instability and fragile, short-lived governments, Stresemann was seen at his death as "the person who maintained the precarious balance of the political system."

Historical Events

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

1929The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.[†]

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 to 1929, it was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" has been its colloquial name as early as 1922 due to its origins. The official name of the state was changed to "Kingdom of Yugoslavia" by King Alexander I on 3 October 1929.