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December 21, 1929

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I. L. Patterson

1929I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (born 1859)[†]

Isaac Lee Patterson, was the 18th Governor of Oregon from 1927 to 1929. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1918 to 1922, and was a farmer in the Willamette Valley. He was the first governor of Oregon born in the state after it was admitted to the Union.

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700 PASSENGERS RESCUED AS FLOAT RAMS FERRYBOAT IN HUDSON RIVER AT NIGHT; RIVER CRAFT RUSH TO AID The West Point Struck Amidships Off 42d St. on Way to Weehawken. BOILER ROOM FLOODED Searchlights Play on Stricken Ship as Her Passengers Are Safely Transferred. THREE ARE SLIGHTLY HURT Hundreds of Immigrants From Ellis Island and Christmas Shoppers Are Aboard. Crowd of Immigrants Aboard. Get Off Through Windows. All Calm at First. Says Water Rushed In.

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Rammed by car float in Hudson River; 700 passengers transferred to other boats safely; 3 slight injuries

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140 LEADERS ADDED TO BUSINESS COUNCIL TO HELP SPUR TRADE; Barnes Names an Advisory Committee of Executives to Report Dec. 28. TREND OF TRADE SOUGHT If Weak Spots Appear They Will Be Charted, Says Chairman, for Corrective Action. SALES MOMENTUM HOLDS Barnes Declares That the Volume Should Continue Well Into the New Year. Reliable Information Sought. Members of the Committee. 140 LEADERS ADDED TO BUSINESS COUNCIL

By Special to The New York Times

J H Barnes calls on advisory com of 140 to rept by Dec 28 on developments from Dec 5 through Christmas

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89 INJURED IN PANIC IN TRAIN UNDER RIVER; Women Trampled in Stampede of 1,500 as Smoke From Short Circuit Fills Cars. POLICEMAN LEADS 800 OUT Only Boys Aided, a Woman Says --Traffic Blocked 3 Hours in B.M.T. Tunnel to Queens. Eighty-nine on Casualty List. 89 INJURED IN PANIC IN EAST RIVER TUBE Panic Seizes Passengers. Boys Behaved Like Men. Some Get Out, Then Collapse. Smash Cover to Exit. Power Short-Circuited. LIST OF INJURED IN PANIC. Only Two Remain in Hospital-- --Many Treated Near the Scene.

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PONTIFF SURPRISES ROME BY A VISIT, FIRST SINCE 1870; In an Unannounced Pilgrimage to the Lateran Basilica He Celebrates Jubilee Mass. MARKS 50 YEARS AS PRIEST Early Morning Ride in Closed Cars While Rome Sleeps--Escort Unaware of Destination. POPE SHOWS ENTHUSIASM Lingers After Service to Look Over Missionary Exhibit in theLateran Palace. Not Ceremonially Garbed. PONTIFF SURPRISES ROME BY A VISIT Greeted by Archpriest.

By Arnaldo Cortesi. Wireless To the New York Times

Pope surprises world by pilgrimage to basilica of St John Lateran in Ital territory, Rome

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