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Sen Thomas proposes amendment to recommit bill to Sen Finance Com with instructions to cut out all rates other than agr; amendments to rates on other products to be made after elimination
radio carries welcome over world
On arrival in N Y C
ABOARD PRIME MINISTER MacDONALD'S TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.--Once aboard his special train for Washington, Prime Minister MacDonald abandoned himself to a course of merry chatting with Secretary of State Stimson and members of the ...
First attempt to use airplane made in search for W G Baker in connection with death of W Mehaffey
1929Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2017)[†]
Richard Francis "Dick" Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive. He was one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as command module pilot of the Apollo 12 mission, which orbited the Moon 45 times. Gordon had already flown in space as the pilot of the 1966 Gemini 11 mission.
1929Bill Wirtz, American businessman (died 2007)[†]
William Wadsworth Wirtz was the chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of the family-owned Wirtz Corporation. He was best known as the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, who are part of Wirtz Corp's holdings. Wirtz also served as the Blackhawks' team president for over four decades.
1929Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (born 1876)[†]
Varghese Payyappilly was an Indian Syro-Malabar priest from Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018.