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May 5, 1930

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1,028 Economists Ask Hoover To Veto Pending Tariff Bill; Professors in 179 Colleges and Other Leaders Assail Rise in Rates as Harmful to Country and Sure to Bring Reprisals. Economists of All Sections Oppose Tariff Bill

By Special to The New York Times

1,028 members of Amer Economic Assn in statement to Pres Hoover, Sen Smoot and Repr Hawley oppose passage of bill; text; signers

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FIRE SWEEPS NASHUA; OVER 1,000 HOMELESS; 200 Homes and Three Industrial Plants Destroyed With $5,000,000 Loss. MILITIA PATROL STREETS Equipment Utilized to House and Feed Sufferers--Flames Jump River and Invade Forest. State Officials on Scene. NASHUA FIRE-SWEPT; OVER 1,000 HOMELESS Priests Prove Heroes.

By Special to The New York Times

200 homes, 2 chs, school, 3 indus plants

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GANDHI SEIZED BY BRITISH FOR INDEFINITE DETENTION; TROOPS POSTED FOR CRISIS; CHARGE IS NOT EXPLAINED The Mahatma Is Arrested and Spirited Away to Jail as Staff Sleeps. AIDES ELSEWHERE TAKEN Seizures Follow Explosion at Poona in Which Six Natives Are Injured. LONDON BACKS THE VICEROY Wealthy Bengalese Pledge Their Loyalty--Action Expected to Rally Other Moderates. Held Under 1827 Ordinance. Police Plans Well Laid. GANDHI ARRESTED; TROOPS HELD READY Suddenness Causes Surprise. Asks Ghandi to Attend Meeting. Approval Indicated in London. GANDHI'S THIRD ARREST. Campaign of Passive Resistance Was Begun by Him in 1907. Aided Britain During War.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

M K Gandhi arrested for indefinite detention; aides taken; London backs Irwin; Bengalese pledge loyalty to Govt; explosion near Poona; mil comdrs changed

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SCORES OF HOMES BURNES; Blazes on Staten Island Quenched Only After Manhattan Aids. SPREAD ON LONG ISLAND New Jersey Fight Directed From Air as Flames Race Through Woods and Villages. DAMAGE PUT AT $2,000,000 Regions Swept Also Up-State, and in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Smoke Pall Over Island. Master Alarm Sounded. Brush Fires Spread in Suburban Areas, Menacing Towns Change of Wind Helps Long Island Towns Threatened. Epidemic of Grass Fires. Patchogue Has Hectic Time. Fierce Blazes in Jersey. Save Gasoline Stations. All Fire Apparatus Out. Motorists Still Drafted. Two Hamlets Wiped Out. Several Blazes in Queens.

By Unknown Author

Spurred by high winds to redoubled, fury, fires swept yesterday through dry grass and tinderlike undergrowth or leaped to houses or trees on Long Island, in New Jersey and on Staten, Island, causing damage tentatively put at more than $2,000,000.

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Front Page 2 -- No Title; Naval Committee Chairman Agrees to Defer to Foreign Relations Group. ADAMS WAS TO BE HEARD Stimson Is Now Expected to Make First Statement on Naval Agreement. Hale's Taking Lead Resented. HALE POSTPONES TREATY HEARING

By Special to The New York Times

Sen Hale delays Sen hearing; treaty now before Com on Foreign Relations

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Historical Events

1930The 1930 Bago earthquake, the former of two major earthquakes in southern Burma kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.^[†]

An earthquake affected Myanmar on 5 May 1930 with a moment magnitude (Mw ) of 7.4. The shock occurred 35 km (22 mi) beneath the surface with a maximum Rossi–Forel intensity of IX. The earthquake was the result of rupture along a 131 km (81 mi) segment of the Sagaing Fault—a major strike-slip fault that runs through the country. Extensive damage was reported in the southern part of the country, particularly in Bago and Yangon, where buildings collapsed and fires erupted. At least 550, and possibly up to 7,000 people were killed. A moderate tsunami struck the Burmese coast which caused minor damage to ships and a port. The earthquake was felt over 570,000 km2 (220,000 sq mi) and as far as Shan State and Thailand; it was followed by many aftershocks including several damaging ones. A further, related, earthquake in December was similarly sized and also occurred along the Sagaing Fault.