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January 15, 1930

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AMERICA WILL URGE CUT IN BATTLESHIPS BY US AND BRITAIN; We Are Prepared to Agree to Reduce Our Fleet From 18 to 15 by 1936. ENGLAND MUST ALSO ACT She Has 16 Battleships and 4 Battle Cruisers, of Which We Have None. ABOLITION NOT CONSIDERED Washington, London and Tokio Are Opposed to Giving Up Building Which Supports Yards.

By Special to The New York Times

U S ready to reduce no of battleships; Laborites urge end of battleship in manifesto; question of supporting navy yards is raised; MacDonald outlines Brit policy to Cabinet; Italy holds interest

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Eddie Graham

1930Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (died 1985)[โ€ ]

Edward F. Gossett, professionally known as Eddie Graham, and Rip Rogers was an American professional wrestler. He was also the promoter and booker for Championship Wrestling from Florida and President of the NWA in the 1970s.