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October 4, 1929

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Headlines from October 4, 1929

GERMANY MOURNS STRESEMANN DEATH; WORLD PAYS TRIBUTE; Sudden End of Foreign Minister Welds All Classes in Paean of Praise for His Work. CALLED WISEST STATESMAN Presidents and Crowned Heads Send Flood of Messages From Every Country. Always in Political Turmoil. Death Called Irreparable Loss. GERMANY MOURNS STRESEMANN DEATH Schurman Pays Tribute.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Germany mourns; leading men of all countries pay tribute; press comments; successor a problem; work for peace recalled; funeral plans

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MILLIONS WERE LOST IN DISPOSING OF SHIPS, M'CARL REPORT SAYS; Controller General in Audit Arraigns Merchant Fleet Corporation. BIG LOSSES WRITTEN OFF Sixty Per Cent of Accounts Receivable Listed as Uncollectable. Government Inadequately Protected. REPORTS MILLIONS LOST IN SHIP SALE Not All Books Audited. Items Paid on Contractor's Word. Favors Closer Scrutiny.

By Special to The New York Times

Repts to Cong on affairs of Merchant Fleet Corp

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YEAR'S WORST BREAK HITS STOCK MARKET; Trading of 1,500,000 Shares in Final Hour Swamps the Whole List. STEEL DROPS 10 POINTS Fear of Huge Rise in Brokers' Loans and Weakness of Accounts Are Big Factors. Three Big Factors in Decline. YEAR'S WORST BREAK HITS STOCK MARKET Paper Losses in Billions.

By Unknown Author

Starting as a mild reaction, that grew in intensity with each succeed ing hour, a drastic break in stock prices shook the New York Stock Exchange yesterday afternoon.

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MARION SHERIFF HELD ON MURDER CHARGE; Fourteen Aides in Killing of North Carolina Strikers Are Arrested on Same Count. GOVERNOR STARTS INQUIRY Sends New Judge and Personal Representative to Relieve Local Authorities. Those Held on Murder Warrants. SHERIFF IS HELD ON MURDER CHARGE Says Firing Was Unprovoked. To Investigate Separately. Like State of Civil War.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Sheriff O Adkins and 14 aides arrested on murder charge

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MACDONALD TO BE GREETED BY CITY TODAY; HOOVER SENDS WELCOME BY WIRELESS; PLANS TO TAKE PREMIER TO HIS CAMP; CRUISERS ESCORTING LINER Mayor to Meet Visitor After He Is Taken Off Berengaria in Bay. ONLY TWO-HOUR STAY HERE At Capital the President Will Invite Him to Rapidan for 'Campfire Talks.' PREMIER TELLS OF HOPES Says He Is Coming Not Only to Take Up Cruiser Question but to Aid Good-Will. Last Day at Sea Uneventful. City's Plans Completed. CITY WILL GREET MACDONALD TODAY Societies to Parade.

By Unknown Author

Plans completed; cruisers escort liner

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1929Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (died 1968)^[†]

Scott Hastings Beckett was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor in the Our Gang shorts and later costarred on Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.

1929John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)^[†]

John Edward Mack was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor of psychiatry. He served as the head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School from 1977 to 2004. In 1977, Mack won the Pulitzer Prize for his book A Prince of Our Disorder on T. E. Lawrence.

1929Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

Leroy Frank Van Dyke is an American country music and honky-tonk singer and guitarist, best known for his hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk on By" (1961).

Headlines from October 4, 1929

YEAR'S WORST BREAK HITS STOCK MARKET; Trading of 1,500,000 Shares in Final Hour Swamps the Whole List. STEEL DROPS 10 POINTS Fear of Huge Rise in Brokers' Loans and Weakness of Accounts Are Big Factors. Three Big Factors in Decline. YEAR'S WORST BREAK HITS STOCK MARKET Paper Losses in Billions.

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