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March 26, 1930

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FAITHS HERE UNITE TO DECRY RED DRIVE; Mass Meeting Held at Opera House Under Heavy Guard Following Bomb Threats. CREDIT BOYCOTT PROPOSED Woll Wants All Nations to Act --Father E.A. Walsh Says Soviet Martyrs Clergy. 2,000 Attend Meeting. Cardinal and Bishop Absent. FAITHS HERE UNITE TO DECRY RED DRIVE Martyrdom of Celergy Cited. Woll Sees Creed of Hate. Walsh Tells of Methods. Says Radio Is Used in Drive.

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S on religious persecution in Russia, at Met Opera House mass meeting

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MID-WEST BLIZZARD PARALYZES CHICAGO; 12 Inches of Snow, Driven by Gale Into Drifts, Stall Rail, Auto and Air Traffic. FOUR DEAD, MANY INJURED Two Train Crashes Take Part of Toll--Rain and Fog Balk Shipping Here--Colder Today. Commuters in Great Difficulty. MID-WEST BLIZZARD PARALYZES CHICAGO Closing of Schools Authorized. Circus Animals in Panic. Funerals Blocked on Roads. Fog and Rain Hamper Liners Here

By Special to The New York Times

2 train collisions in storm; 5 injured

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Notable Births

Gregory Corso

1930Gregory Corso, American poet (died 2001)[†]

Gregory Nunzio Corso was an American poet. Along with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, he was part of the Beat Generation, as well as one of its youngest members.

Sandra Day O'Connor

1930Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist (died 2023)[†]

Sandra Day O'Connor was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. A moderate conservative, she was considered a swing vote. Before O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was an Arizona state judge and earlier an elected legislator in Arizona, serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate.