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May 15, 1930

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BYRD REACHES CANAL; STEPS ON HOME SOIL TO CHEERS OF THRONG; Admiral Arrives at Balboa on the Rangitiki in Sweltering Contrast to Polar Cold. CIRCLING PLANES GREET HIM He Makes Round of Official Calls and Reviews Troops and Boy Scouts. Railey First in Greeting. Tells of Discoveries. BYRD AT THE CANAL; STEPS ON HOME SOIL Officials Give Welcome. Calls on Panama's President. Big Day for Canal Zone. Position of Byrd's Ships.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Byrd, with R Owen, L V Berkner, C Lofgren, R Konter and W Haines arrives at Canal; enthusiastic welcome; int with Byrd; official calls made; position of ships

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DRY FORCE TRANSFER PASSED BY SENATE; First of Hoover Enforcement Measures Is Approved Without a Roll-Call. POISON ALCOHOL RETAINED Attempt of Tydings to Have Substitute Adopted Fails Because of Rules. Assails Dry "Arrogance." DRY FORCE TRANSFER PASSED BY SENATE Urges Alcohol Without Poison. Glass Criticizes Law Board. House Wets Move to Bring Bills Out.

By Special to The New York Times

Transfer bill passes Sen, giving Atty Gen and Sec of Treas power to decide which employes should be transferred and giving dual authority to both depts in issuance of indus alcohol permits

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DOUBTS PERSIST ON PARITY; SECRETARY ADAMS EXPLAINS THE TREATY TO TA SENATE NAVAL COMMITTEE.

By Special to The New York Times.Times Wide World Photo

At Sen com hearing on London naval pact; por

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MILLER ACTS TO HALT MANHATTAN EXODUS; ENLISTS 25 BUILDERS; Borough President Plans LowRent Flats to End Drop in "White-Collar" Population. $21 A ROOM TO BE TOP PRICE Each Company Pledged to Begin Erecting a 6 or 11 Story Apartment in a Year. STEP AIMS TO AVERT CRISIS Executive Fears Checking of Trade Progress, Saying Borough Loses 65,000 Population a Year. Lists Participating Builders. Fears Checking of Progress. MILLER ACTS TO HALT MANHATTAN EXODUS Will Call Meeting. Building to Be Razed.

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J Miller enlists builders in low-rent projects for Manhattan

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ADAMS BACKS CONCESSIONS; Were Needed to Save the Conference, He Tells Naval Committee. HE ADMITS JAPAN'S GAINS But Parity With Britain Is Assured, and the Treaty Is "An Advantage," He Asserts. HALE INSISTS BRITISH WON We Obtained Only Combat Parity, He Says--Walsh Hits Billion-Dollar Program. Compromised to Save Treaty. Few Spectators Present. Concessions by Us Defended by Adams Hale Sees Need for Publicity. Japan's Fleet "More Modern." Adams Defends Compromise. Navy Board Ignored Hale Hints. CONCESSIONS BY US DEFENDED BY ADAMS Britain Insisted, Says Adams. Additional Building Conceded. Armed Merchantmen Discussed. Adams Denies "Trade" With Japan. Economy in Battleships Cited.

By Special to The New York Times

On London naval pact at Sen hearing; por

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1930Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor^[†]

Jasper Johns is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. Considered a central figure in the development of American postwar art, he has been variously associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art movements.

Headlines from May 15, 1930

DOUBTS PERSIST ON PARITY; SECRETARY ADAMS EXPLAINS THE TREATY TO TA SENATE NAVAL COMMITTEE.

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