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November 23, 1929

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Headlines from November 23, 1929

M'MANUS JUROR ILL, SEEKS TO QUIT TRIAL; WOMAN HEARD 'SHOT'; Judge Nott Directs Doctor to Examine Riker and Adjourns Case Till Monday. SUBSTITUTE MAY BE PICKED Guest at Hotel Says She Heard "Explosion" at Time That Rothstein Was Shot. "TITANIC" ON THE STAND He and Meyer Boston Swear Big Poker Game Was "on the Level."

By Unknown Author

E A Hiker, juror, ill: A C Thomas, M Solomon, known as M Boston, and M Hubbell testify

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BYRD FLIGHT FILM DELIGHTS THE CAMP; Anxiety for Rolls After Eighteen Months in Cold Ends in Joy Over Mountain Pictures. WATER CARRIED ALL NIGHT Men Devise Cooker end Melt Three Tons of Snow for 800 Gallons Used in Developing.

By Russell Owen. Copyright, 1929 By the New York Times Company and the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. All Rights For Publication Reserved Throughout the World. Wireless To the New York Times

Films of flight developed and printed (R Owen)

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HOOVER HEARS PLANS TO SPEND 2 BILLION FOR PUBLIC WORKS; Building Construction Interests Pledge Their Support at the White House Conference. RAIL HEADS PROMISE AID Report From Chicago They Will Join Trade and Industrial Organization. GREEN URGES LABOR'S HELP Chamber of Commerce Invites 100 Trade Bodies to Confer on the Creation of Council.

By Special to The New York Times

Repr Byrns commends Pres Hoover for plan for reorganization

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Deposits in City Banks Gained Over $1,000,000,000 in Month

By Unknown Author

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Hoover Gets 35-Pound Turkey, First of Season, From California

By Special to The New York Times

Receives 35-lb turkey from T A Bryant

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Notable Births

1929Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer (died 2024)^[†]

Harold Lee Lindsey was an American evangelical writer and television host. He wrote a series of popular apocalyptic books – beginning with The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) – asserting that the Apocalypse or end time was imminent because current events were fulfilling Bible prophecy. He was a Christian Zionist and dispensationalist.