Detective, Demoted in Vitale Dinner Hold-Up, Hunts Seven Robbers to Redeem Himself
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Johnson seeks robbers
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December 16, 1929
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BYRD BASE SOUNDING PLUMBS 1,600 FEET; Camp on Barrier Is Proved to Be Afloat on Waters of Bay With a Floor of Clay. SIPLE DRILLS THROUGH ICE Boy Scout Bores 18 Feet With Aid of Two Others--Geologists Push 17 Miles Eastward.
By Russell Owen
First sounding proves that camp on Barrier is floating; Geological Camp finds cache of food; repts cloudiness interferes with work
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VITAL NAVAL TALKS START WITH THE JAPANESE TODAY IN MOVE TO END SUSPICION; TWO DELEGATIONS TO MEET Visitors Will Be Assured No Hard and Fast Deal Has Been Effected. 4-DAY MEETINGS LIKELY Whole Situation of Cruisers and Call for End of Submarines Will Be Canvassed. CRUISER RATIO A PROBLEM Wakatsuki Says He Will Insist on 70 Per Cent of Tonnage of Largest Powers.
By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times
Armament limitation negotiations
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U.S. Steel to Acquire Atlas Portland Cement For Common Stock Valued at $31,320,000
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Offers to acquire Atlas Portland Cement Co; acquisition will make U S Steel chief cement maker
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Maurice Falk Sets Up $10,000,000 Fund For Philanthropic Uses as Memorial to Wife
By Special to The New York Times
Organizes $10,000,000 gift as Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation to aid projects for public welfare in memory of his wife
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Notable Births
1929Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (died 2011)[†]
William Nicholas Stone Courtney was an Egyptian-born British actor. He was best known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.