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January 5, 1930

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BLAZE IN CAPITOL REMAINS UNSOLVED; Architect Reports Cigarette or Spontaneous Combustion as the Probable Cause. ARTIST TELLS HIS STORY Denies Smoking as Does Friend Who Found Him Asleep and Tried to Put Out Fire. BLAZE IN CAPITOL REMAINS UNSOLVED

By Special to The New York Times

Investigation fails to find cause of fire

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PEOPLE ENRICHED BY AUTOMOBILES; Motor Vehicles Extend Horizons and Develop New Business--China and America Opposite Examples--Future Assured Impetus to New Business. In Other Lands. PEOPLE ENRICHED BY AUTOMOBILES How Many Will Wear Out?

By Alvan MacAuley, President, National Automobile Chamber of Commerce

A Macauley on examples of people enriched by autos

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Realty Man Predicts Success For Hippodrome Skyscraper

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Sees a Possible Reduction Its Mortgage Interest Rate

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OBSERVATIONS FROM TIMES WATCH-TOWERS; HOPING FOR REDUCTION Delegation to London Parley Will Hold to President's Original Principle. MINDS ARE OPEN, HOWEVER Administration Has in Mind the Formulation of Real Plans for World Peace. A Distinction of Terms. Yardstick" Still Available. TO SEEK REDUCTION AT LONDON PARLEY France Causes Doubt.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Editorial Correspondence of the New York Times

Feature article on setting of conf; illus

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Notable Births

1930Kevin Considine, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)^[†]

Kevin William Considine was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s.