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April 24, 1930

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WET ACCUSED OF LOBBYING WITH THE SUPREME COURT; LETTERS TO JUSTICES READ; SENT TO STONE AND SANFORD Phillips, Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, Hit Dry Laws.CURRAN SAYS HE APPROVESRobinson, at Senate Hearing,Terms "Effort to Influencethe Court" Amazing.P.S. DU PONT ASSAILS DRYSHe Leads in Wet Rebuttal at House Hearing-Edwardsand Tinkham Testify. Appeals Made to Rich Men. Wets Contest Assertions That Dry Law Is Prosperity Basis Feared Courts Were Lax. Definition of Offenses Urged. Laws Held Unconstitutional. Increase in "Crime" Cited. Economic Appeal Admitted. Offers No Substitute for Dry Law. Curran for Local Option. "Not a National Affair." Robinson and Klan Linked. Blaine Supports Curran. Phillips Defends Letters. WETS ATTACK DRY CLAIMS. P.S. du Pont, at Rebuttal Session, Says Government Breaks Law. Edwards Tells Experiences. Du Pont Cites Light Votes. Five "Violations" Cited. Discusses English System. Student Polls Discussed. Says Many Employes Drink. Edwards Advocates Temperance. Says Work Was Broken Up. Miss Harris Denies Women Are Dry.

By Special to The New York Times

Assn against Prohibition Amendment charged by Sen A R Robinson with "lobbying directly with ct"; he reads lrs by T W Phillips Jr to Justices Sanford and Stone

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CANADIANS DISCOVER 'PLANET'ON OLD PLATE; Mysterious Object Unearthed on Six-Year Ottawa Photos Linked to Flagstaff Find. BUT SHAPLEY HAS DOUBTS Data Not Adequate for Proof --Thinks It May Be Another Trans-Neptune Wanderer. CANADIANS FIND ANOTHER 'PLANET' Shapley Doubts It Is Planet X. Likened to Discovery of Asteroids. Several More Planets "Possible." INSISTS ON LOWELL PLANET.

By Unknown Author

E C Slipher insists body is Lowell planet

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30 KILLED IN INDIAN FIGHTS, SPREAD OVER WIDE AREAS; MOB BURNS SOLDIERS IN CAR; TROOPS USE MACHINE GUNS Mow Down Twenty After Savage Slaying of Three Comrades. 7 DIE IN BATTLE IN JUNGLE Chittagong Raiders Caught in Retreat--Five of Their Number Wounded. FIVE OFFICIALS ARE SHOT Insurgent Suspects Turn On Men Searching Them for Guns and Escape. Sergeant Hacked to Death Raid Suspects Shoot Five Captors. THIRTY ARE KILLED IN RIOTS IN INDIA Gandhi Begins Felling Palms. Calcutta Paper Raided.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

30 killed in fights; Gandhi fells trees in anti-liquor move

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WHALEN LIFTS BAN ON LOW-RATE TAXIS AFTER SEEING MAYOR; Following Two-Hour Parley He Says He Will Consider 15Cent Rate Applications.REPORTS OF RIFT DENIEDCommissioner Will Press Suitto Determine Police Power toRegulate Operation.PROMISES AID IN SURVEYDisclaims Any Concern in RateQuestion--Danella to Seek License for Car Today. Both Deny Friction. Whalen Gives His Attitude. WHALEN LIFTS BAN ON LOW-RATE TAXIS

By Unknown Author

Whalen lifts ban on low-rate cabs and says he will consider applications, following conf with Walker; to press suit to determine police power, gives attitude

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Our Delegates Speed Homeward With Treaty; Leviathan Near Record, Making Up for Delay

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ABOARD THE S.S. LEVIATHAN, At Sea, April 23.--Running at top speed, the steamship Leviathan was speeding westward tonight through a slightly rolling sea. She is bringing back to the United States Secretaries Stimson and Adams, Ambassador Morrow and Senator Robinson, with members of the staff of the American delegation to the London naval conference.

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Notable Births

1930Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author (died 2019)^[†]

Jerome Callet was a brass embouchure clinician, and designer of brass instruments and mouthpieces.

1930Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)^[†]

Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His 50-year career crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world.

1930José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 31st President of Brazil^[†]

José Sarney de Araújo Costa is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as the 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of Brazil for a month between March and April 1985.