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Asks to be relieved from duties "for time being"; Bunner indicted
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All churches in Chita closed; Godless League advises closing of all Moscow chs
Rept that U S may consider strengthening practical application
Tells Pres Hoover work of House is held up by Sen delay on tariff bill
1930While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.[†]
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt. At the time, Pluto was referred to as the ninth planet in the Solar System, a classification that stood for over seven decades.
1930Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.[†]
Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane on February 18, 1930, as part of the International Aircraft Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.