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July 21, 1930

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ROOSEVELT REFUSAL DISAPPOINTS RIVALS; Rut Republican Leaders Say They Expected Their Plea for City Inquiry to Fail. HAVE NO MORE EVIDENCE Higgins Inquiries, Ordered by Walker, Into Two Bureaus Will Begin Today. Second Move by Mayor. ROOSEVELT REFUSAL STIRS REPUBLICANS Knight Sees "Plenty of Evidence." Sees "More Under Surface." Warning by Mayor Expected.

By Unknown Author

Republican leaders throughout the State voiced their disappointment last night over the refusal of Governor Roosevelt to call a special legislative session unless additional evidence of corruption were presented to him. Speaker Joseph A. McGin nies of the Assembly revealed that he would have no such ...

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NAVAL PACT VICTORY NEARER AS FATIGUE CRUSHES OPPOSITION; Watson Predicts Ratification Today or Tomorrow, With 11 Against. HEAT ENDS DELAY TACTICS Norris Reservation, of 14 Up for Votes Today, Is Only One Expected to Survive. IT BARS SECRET ACCORDS Walsh of Massachusetts Presses for His Resolution to Require Building Up Fleet. Walsh May Join Opposition. Reservations Slated for Defeat. NAVAL PACT VICTORY SPEEDED BY FATIGUE

By Special to The New York Times

Presses for passage of his reservation in Sen

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Notable Births

Anand Bakshi

1930Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 2002)[†]

Anand Bakshi was an Indian poet and lyricist. He won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist 4 times during his career. He wrote over 6,000 film songs in more than 300 films.

1930Helen Merrill, American singer[†]

Helen Merrill is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording Helen Merrill, was an immediate success and associated her with the first generation of bebop jazz musicians. After an active 1950s and 1960s, Merrill spent time recording and touring in Europe and Japan, falling into obscurity in the United States. In the 1980s and 1990s, she was recorded by EmArcy, JVC and Verve, and her performances in America revived her profile.