Lindbergh inaugurates Havana-Cristobal route with B Denicke, radio operator, and B Rowe, co-pilot; arrives at Cristobal 2 hrs ahead of schedule; log of flight; map

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FAST TRAINS PHONE SPANS LAND AND SEA; Going Mile a Minute, Toronto to Montreal, Thornton Has Talk With Lamont at Washington. THEN WITH AIDE IN LONDON Static Mars Atlantic Link, but Overland Calls Are Clear, Even at Eighty Miles an Hour. Operated at 84-Mile Peak Speed. Lamont Reached In a Minute. Long London Call Blurred. FAST TRAIN'S PHONE SPANS LAND AND SEA Voice Split Up and Reassembled. "Story" Sent Here Via London. Premier Fails to Connect.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Test of phone as Sir H W Thornton talks with R P Lamont

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1930James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State^[†]

James Addison Baker III is an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, and former Marine Corps officer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House chief of staff and 67th United States secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. secretary of state before returning as the 16th White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush.

1930Carolyn Jones, American actress (died 1983)^[†]

Carolyn Sue Jones was an American actress of television and film. She began her film career in the early 1950s and by the end of the decade, in 1958, had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and, that same year, won a Laurel Award for Top Supporting Female Performance, as well as a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year–Actress for her turn in Marjorie Morningstar. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, Jones began playing the role of Morticia Addams in the black-and-white television sitcom The Addams Family.

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1930The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.^[†]

The Independence Producers were a minor league baseball team based in Independence, Kansas, United States, that played from 1921 to 1925 and from 1928 to 1932. From 1921 to 1924, they played in the Southwestern League, and in 1925 they played in the Western Association. They played in the Western Association from 1928 to 1932 as well. The 1921 Producers were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time. Perhaps their most notable alumnus was Cy Blanton. Glenn Wright, another notable Producer, made an unassisted triple play when playing Major League Baseball in 1925.

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Woman Drops Three Miles With Parachute; Youth, Hands Tied, Tries an Automatic Device

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