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April 26, 1930

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DRY TRANSFER BILL APPROVED TO SENATE; Committee Amends Measure to Bar Staff Carry-Over, Aiming to Oust the Inefficient. INQUIRY WILL BE DROPPED Shift Is Made Effective July 1-- Pemit System Kept--Tydings Cites School Drinking Data. Amendment Forestalls Inquiry. DRY TRANSFER BILL APPROVED TO SENATE Tidings on High School Drinking. As to Advice on Alcoholic Effect

By Special to The New York Times

Bill favorably reptd to Sen with amendment giving Atty Gen free hand in organization; bill for inquiry dropped

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SEIZE 11 HIP FLASK PATRONS IN BROADWAY NIGHT CLUB; NEW FEDERAL RAID POLICY; CAMPBELL ORDERS ARRESTS First Made for Public Drinking but Not the Last, He Says. 16 EMPLOYES ALSO TAKEN Police Reserves Are Called as Theatre Crowd Jeers Dry Agents at the Hollywood. BAIL ARRANGED AT NIGHT Men and Women at Police Station in Evening Attire--FederalMen Invoke Nuisance Law. Makes Nuisance Charge. 600 Patrons in Club. 'HIP-FLASK' PATRONS SEIZED AT A 'CLUB' Prisoners Arrange Bail.

By Unknown Author

16 patrons, 11 employes arrested in raid on Hollywood Restaurant; raid first of series for public drinking on nuisance charge

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Notable Births

Roger Moens

1930Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster[†]

Roger Moens is a Belgian former middle-distance runner. In 1955 he broke Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 meters. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a silver medal in the 800 m.