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May 11, 1930

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NEW DRY QUERIES RAISED ON ROBERTS; HIS PARTNER 'WET'; Prohibitionist Senators Now Ask Closer Scrutiny of High Court Nominee's Record. TWO TO DEMAND HEARINGS Overman Joins Simmons in Insisting Upon Search forAny Wet Influence.LAW AIDE FAVORED REPEALMontgomery's Testimony BeforeHouse Committee Cited--Leadersof Anti-Saloon League Neutral. Montgomery Testimony Recalled. NEW DRY QUERIES RAISED ON ROBERTS Further Facts Are Awaited. Dry Leaders Seem Favorable. Simmons Firm for Inquiry. Names Curran and Raskob.

By Special to The New York Times

Partner, W W Montgomery Jr, discovered to be "wet"; Senator Simmons asks closer scrutiny of record on liquor issue

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CIVIL WAR RAGING IN CHINA ON 170-MILE BATTLE FRONT; NANKING IN GRAVE PERIL; TOLL HEAVY ON BOTH SIDES Planes, Tanks, Machine Guns Add to Ferocity of the Fighting. RAILWAY IS BATTLE LINE Lunghai Road From Suchowfu to Chengchow Scene of Series of Major Engagements. NANKING DOUBLY MENACED Bandits Raid Districts Near By and Yen Threatens to Seize Northern Provincial Revenues. Lunghai Railway Is Battlefront. Bandits Menace Nanking Rear. CIVIL WAR IN CHINA ON 170-MILE FRONT Nanking Equipment Superior. Heavy Toll on Both Sides. 47 Civilians Killed at Chengchow.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hostilities between Northern coalition headed by Yen Hsi-shan and Feng Yu-hsiang and Nanking Govt forces open on 170-mile eastwest front; map; 47 civilians killed in air raid at Chengcho; Americans in peril in Kweihsien

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INDIA IS LESS TENSE; DREADED DAY QUIET; Dual Anniversary of Moslem Fete and 1857 Sepoy Mutiny Passes Without Violence. NO NATIONAL RISING IN SIGHT Police Seize All Arms in Sholapur and Lahore--SikhsVote Defiance. Sholapur Riot the Worst. INDIA IS LESS TENSE; DREADED DAY QUIET Cuts Out the Middleman. All Arms Are Confiscated. Tyabji to Lead a Salt Raid. INDIANS HERE AT ODDS. Mr. Rezmie Denounces Mr. Ghose and Contradicts His Reports.

By From a Special Correspondent. Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Notable Births

Edsger W. Dijkstra

1930Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic (died 2002)[†]

Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, mathematician, and science essayist.

Basil H. Losten

1930Basil H. Losten, American Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch (died 2024)[†]

Basil Harry Losten was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was until his death Bishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut. He was succeeded by Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky.