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May 20, 1930

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CHARGES VASE GOT FREE TRIP TO EUROPE ON DAY OF PIER LEASE; Federal Prosecutor Says Judge, With Wife, Took Two Guests on United American Liner. JUSTICE COLLINS ON SHIP But Jurist Explains He Had No Free Ticket and That He Shared Every Expense. CRAIN HINTS AT BRIBERY Bases "Suspicion" on the Mystery About Transaction--Sheedy Wants Leases Revoked. Dinner Given for Collins. CHARGES VAUSE GOT FREE TRIP TO EUROPE Subpoenas Passenger Lists. Sheedy Promised Aid. Columbia Inquiry Goes On. Judge's Status in Deal.

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Charged with getting complimentary S S tickets in addition to $250,000 fee from United Amer Lines

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PENNSYLVANIA VOTES IN PRIMARY TODAY; With Liquor the Chief Issue, Outcome of the Republican Battle Is Uncertain. VARE LEADERS ARE PANICKY Defections From the Machine May Give Victory to Grundy and Pinchot, the Drys. Trend to Wet Ticket. PRIMARIES TODAY IN PENNSYLVANIA Revolt Against the Machine. Ready to Sacrifice Davis Mackey Reassures Nye. To Have Far-Reaching Effect. CONTENDERS IN PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times.Underwood & Underwood Photo

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ZEPPELIN FLIES TO SEVILLE; STARTS FOR BRAZIL TODAY ON 3,500-MILE OCEAN TRIP; THRONGS ACCLAIM FLIGHT Heat in Spain Results in Detour, Giving Africa Sight of Airship. FIRST LEG OF VOYAGE SLOW Dirigible Moored to Mast 25Hours, 22 Minutes After Leaving Friedrichshafen.WORK FOR DEPARTURE SPEDVolumes of Mail and ProvisionsPut Aboard--4 PassengersMake Way for Others. King's Cousin Probable Passenger. Heat Wave First Difficulty. ZEPPELIN TO FLY FOR BRAZIL TODAY Fresh Provisions Loaded. Volumes of Mail. A Stamp Famine.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

At Seville; description of trip; log; volume of mail causes shortage of postage stamps; map of route

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Notable Births

Sam Etcheverry

1930Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (died 2009)[†]

Samuel Etcheverry, nicknamed "the Rifle", was a professional American and Canadian football player and head coach. Etcheverry played the quarterback position, most famously with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, and was named Canadian football's Most Outstanding Player in 1954. Etcheverry's jersey #92 is one of seven retired by the Alouettes.