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April 4, 1930

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GAS EXPLOSIONS ROUT 5,000 IN BROADWAY AND CUT OFF PHONES; Six Hurt as Manhole Lids Go Up and Fire Starts Between 29th and 30th Streets. TRAFFIC LIGHTS SNARLED Affected Up to 135th Street-- Wide Area Silent, With 10,000 Phone Trunk Lines Cut. ONE BLAST LIFTS A TRUCK Hurls Driver to Ground and Cuts Crater 15 Feet Across--Office Workers Are Ordered Out. Six Persons Injured. Wide Traffic Confusion. GAS EXPLOSIONS ROUT 5,000 IN BROADWAY Emergency Crew Speeds to Scene. Office Workers Walk Out. Operate Traffic Lights by Hand. Phone Repairs Delayed.

By Times Wide World Photo

4 manhole explosions, caused by leaky gas main, in Bway between W 29th and W 30th Sts, cut off telephone, traffic light and fire alarm systems; illus

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JURY FAILS TO AGREE AT MAE WEST TRIAL; Discharged After Deliberating 10 Hours--Reported 7 to 5 for Conviction. COURT CRITICIZES LAW Urges Stage Censorship as the Solution--New Trial Unlikely, Prosecutor Indicates. Reported 7 to 5 for Conviction. Retrial Undesirable Wallace Says JURY FAILS TO AGREE AT MAE WEST TRIAL Judge's Charge to Jury. Court Calls Case Important.

By Unknown Author

Jury fails to agree after deliberating 10 hours; ct criticizes law, urges State censorship

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Notable Births

Netty Herawaty

1930Netty Herawaty, Indonesian actress (died 1989)[†]

Netty Herawaty was an Indonesian actress who made more than fifty films between 1949 and 1986. She was the part of Classical Indonesian Cinema.