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July 23, 1930

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Headlines from July 23, 1930

Shamrock 175 Miles Off Coast; Rumors of Mishap Discredited

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Shamrock V 175 miles off English coast; rumors of mishap discredited

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PRESIDENT SIGNS TREATY; CALLS OUR ACTION A MOVE TO RENEW 'WORLD FAITH'; SIMPLE CEREMONY IS BRIEF Hoover Uses Parley Pen in Historic Setting of the East Room. EQUAL CREDIT TO PARTIES Executive Declares Country Backs Step Toward Peace, Assuring Our Good-Will. THANKS OUR NEGOTIATORS Four Are Present With Curtis and Senate Chiefs--Shouse Acclaims Democrats' Part. President Voices Nation's Hope. Scene in Historic East Room. Hoover Stresses Unity on Treaty. PRESIDENT SIGNS THE NAVAL TREATY Shouse Gives Credit to Robinson. Democracy's Stand for Treaty. Looking to Congress Campaign. May Spend Billion in Six Years.

By Special to The New York TimesTimes Wide World Photo

Pres Hoover signs treaty; por of him and others; his comments on signing; J Shouse credits ratification to Sen Robinson; Navy General Bd begins work on construction program permitted by treaty

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THUNDERSTORM ENDS TORRID WAVE HERE AFTER 19 MORE DIE; Heavy Shower in Evening Rush Sends Mercury From 80 to 72 in Two Hours. MIST TEMPERS DAY'S HEAT Follows Night of Discomfort in Which 500,000 Sleep in Parks and on Beaches. WIDE DAMAGE FROM WINDS Heavy Blow at New Brunswick Kills One and Injures Eight as House is Wrecked. Temperature Fluctuates Here. Hourly Record of Heat. TORRID WAVE ENDED BY THUNDERSTORM Business Houses Close Early. Humidity High in Washington. Six Die in Philadelphia Area. Rain Falls in Southwest. Heat Persists in Virginia.

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Heat wave lessens; 19 die

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40 DROWN IN COBLENZ AT LIBERATION FETE; It Is Feared Casualties May Mount to 100 in Bridge Collapse at Night. HINDENBURG MAY END TRIP Singing Children Welcomed the President to City--Voyage Down Rhine a Triumph. Hindenburg There Earlier. Sun Breaks Through. 40 DROWN IN COBLENZ AT LIBERATION FETE French Ships Missing. Veterans Stand By.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hindenburg on Rhineland tour

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REPUBLICANS SCORE MAYOR, PLAN RETORT; To Ask Use of City Radio for Reply by Gen. Harbord to Administration Defense. GOVERNOR ALSO CENSURED Rival Leaders Irked at Refusal to Order Inquiry--Say Walker Repeats Old Evasions. Dilemma Expected Either Way. REPUBLICANS SCORE MAYOR, PLAN RETORT "Old Story," Says Koenig. Sees Effective Course Evaded. Baldwin Cites Omissions. Would Study Tax Practices. Governor Avoids Prohibition.

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J G Harbord asks for use of WNYC to reply to Walker

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1930Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (born 1878)^[†]

Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships. In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.

Headlines from July 23, 1930

Shamrock 175 Miles Off Coast; Rumors of Mishap Discredited

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