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June 20, 1930

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BROOKLYN MAN SHOT IN AUTO AS POLICE HUNT QUEENS SLAYER; Insurance Man Badly Wounded by "Wild-Eyed" Assailant at His Carroll Street Home. GUNMAN ELUDES SEARCHERS New Note in Killings, in Writing of Supposed Murderer,Lists Seven for Death.KILLING RUMOR STIRS BRONXBut Search There Reveals No Body--Several Suspects Freed,Asylum Clues Fail. Able to Give Description. Second Shot Goes Wild. New Murder Note Received. BROOKLYN MAN SHOT; HUNT QUEENS SLAYER Letter Mailed at Hudson Terminal. Comments on His Methods. Note Tells of New Murder. New Suspect Is Released. No Clue in Victim's Bank.

By Unknown Author

Horwitz, M, seriously wounded; supposed madman sought

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HARBOR SHRIEKS WELCOME; Los Angeles Gleams in Sky as Craft Cluster About Polar Ships. PAPER BLIZZARD LET LOOSE Crowds Pack Route to City Half --Admiral Shares Honors With His Aides. BUSINESS MEN HAIL HIM He Is Guest at Two Functions --Party to Be Received by Hoover Today. Whole Nation Hears Welcome. Reunions Forced to Wait. Honored at Luncheon. Sightseers Visit Ships. Reception Begins in Bay. Los Angeles Gleams in Sky. Admiral Hustled to Microphone. Receives Salute of Guns. Crowds Packed Along Route. Wife With Admiral.

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greetings from Lindbergh, Gov of Pa and others

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MOVE FOR REPRISALS IN FRENCH CHAMBER IF OUR DUTIES STAND; Deputies Favor Ending MostFavored-Nation Treatment Unless We Heed Protest.UNANIMOUS BACKING LIKELYEven Leaders Most Eager toHold Our Friendship SeeDrastic Move Justified.PLEA TO HOOVER EXPECTEDOur State Department Declines toComment Pending Receipt ofOfficial Representations. Committee's Statement. Stand Causes a Stir. Criticize Embassy Statement. PARIS FOR REPRISAL IF TARIFF STANDS Washington Is Silent.

By P.j. Philip. Special Cable To the New York Times

Tariff Com of French Chamber of Deputies urges suppression of most-favored nation treatment for U S and wholesale discrimination against Amer imports if new law stands

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Notable Births

Magdalena Abakanowicz

1930Magdalena Abakanowicz, Polish sculptor and academic (died 2017)[†]

Magdalena Abakanowicz was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. Known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and for outdoor installations, Abakanowicz has been considered among the most influential Polish artists of the postwar era. She worked as a professor of studio art at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland, from 1965 to 1990, and as a visiting professor at University of California, Los Angeles in 1984.

1930John Waine, English bishop (died 2020)[†]

John Waine was Bishop of Chelmsford from 1986 to 1996; and previously Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich from 1978 to 1986, Bishop of Stafford, 1975–1978. He also served as Clerk of the Closet from 1989 to 1997, and in retirement served as a lay member on the Press Complaints Commission.