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March 22, 1930

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WON'T RESIGN, SAYS WHALEN AFTER A TALK WITH MAYOR; RUMOR HAD HIM OUT MAY 2; REPORT BY HIGH OFFICIAL But Mayor, After 2-Hour Session, Denies Getting Resignation. RED CRITICISM RECALLED Latest Version of Story Is That Commissioner Will Stay Only for May Day Rally. MANY MENTIONED FOR POST Deegan, Patterson and O'Brien Are Among Those Discussed as Successor. Denial in Mayor's Presence. Many Candidates for Post. Does Not Expect It, Says Mayor. Faced Rothstein Problem. Got 4,000 New Men. More Pay for Force.

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Police Comr Whalen's treatment of Reds recalled in discussion of possible request for his resignation

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'RED' ARMY IN CHINA TRAPS 11 AMERICANS; Catholic Missionaries in Grave Plight in Kanchow, Remote Town in Kiangsi Province. ONLY A SMALL GUARD LEFT Detachment of Loyal Nanking Troops Stays at Our Request --Escape Entirely Cut Off. Twelve Listed As in Kanchow. The Washington Statement. 'RED' ARMY IN CHINA TRAPS 11 AMERICANS Advises Party to Evacuate. Missionaries Pay No Ransoms.

By Special to The New York Times

11 Amer Catholic missionaries trapped by "red" armies at Kanchow, Kiangsi Province

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PARTY CHIEFS PLAN AN EARLY MEETING; MAY ACT ON HUSTON; Washington Forecasts Some Move Against Chairman Unless He Should Resign.HOOVER TALKS WITH NUTTUnion Carbide's $22,000 CheckSquared Huston at Broker's,Lobby Inquiry Is Told. HAGGERSON GOT APPEALS Witness Explains Status of theCompany In Contributions toTennessee River Group. Tells of Huston's Account. PARTY CHIEFS PLAN ACTION ON HUSTON Had No Interest in the Stocks. Spent $100,0000 on the Shoals. Says Huston Phoned to Him. Explains Company's Stand.

By Special to The New York Times

Party chiefs expected to act on Huston case

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Notable Births

1930Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic[†]

Derek Curtis Bok is an American lawyer and educator, and former president of Harvard University.

Pat Robertson

1930Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (died 2023)[†]

Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson was an American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, presidential candidate, and charismatic minister. Robertson advocated a conservative Christian ideology and was known for his involvement in Republican Party politics. He was associated with the Charismatic movement within Protestant evangelicalism. He served as head of Regent University and of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN).

Stephen Sondheim

1930Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (died 2021)[†]

Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received numerous accolades, including eight Tony Awards, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1982, and awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.