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Cooley freed by jury, which also asks his reinstatement as probation chief
At Wash; Pres receives Byrd and expedition members at White House; Natl Geographic Soc luncheon; Byrd praises Soc and Navy for aid; Mrs Byrd entertained by Mrs Grosvenor; expedition visits Sen and House of Reprs; wreaths laid on graves of Adm Peary, F Bennett and C Wilkes at Arlington Cemetary; Prep Hoover presents Byrd with Hubbard Gold Medal of Soc; s; Byrd's reply; official movies shown; telegrams from Lindbergh and J J Jusserand; State Dept studies Byrd's claims; L Gould promoted at Univ of Mich to Assoc Professorship; House passes medals bill; Byrd and crew part, crew returns to N Y C, Byrd leaves for Va; pors
Sec Mellon says law will neither retard business recovery nor hinder foreign trade; Sec Stimson says there will be no reprisals against France; Pres Hoover announces plan to change personnel of Tariff Comm; Sen Harrison attacks bill
2 London papers cut crime news from editions sold in Ireland
98.7 miles per hour attained just before accident; declared world's unlimited speed record by Internatl Motor Yachting Union
1930Gerald Kaufman, English journalist and politician, Shadow Foreign Secretary (died 2017)[†]
Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman was a British politician and author who served as a minister throughout the Labour government of 1974 to 1979. Elected as a member of parliament (MP) at the 1970 general election, he became Father of the House in 2015 and served until his death in 2017.
1930Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (died 2013)[†]
Michael Joseph McCormack Jr. was an American professional football player, coach, and executive in the National Football League (NFL). He played as an offensive tackle with the Cleveland Browns from 1954 through 1962 and served as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Colts, and Seattle Seahawks. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984.
1930One-year conscription comes into force in France.[†]
Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription for young men dates to the French Revolution in the 1790s, where it became the basis of a very large and powerful military. Most European nations later copied the system in peacetime, so that men at a certain age would serve 1 to 8 years on active duty and then transfer to the reserve force.