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July 23, 1930

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Glenn Curtiss

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.

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Headlines from July 23, 1930

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.

By Unknown Author

Heat wave lessens; 19 die

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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.

By Unknown Author

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

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YOUNG GUARD PUTS LIMITS ON MOSES; He Takes East, Gives Steiwer West, After Effort to Oust Him as Campaign Head. ASSAILED BY VANDENBERG Michigan Senator Holds Him Disqualified by 'Wild Jackass' Talk and Fighting Treaty. Vandenberg Blasts Harmony. "Wild Jackass" Resurrected. YOUNG GUARD PUTS LIMITS ON MOSES Moses Indifferent to Attack. Steiwer to have Charge in West. Moses Insists on Western Visit.

By Special to The New York Times

Criticizes Sen Moses as chmn of Sen Campaign Com

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REPUBLICAN CHIEFS DROP THEIR EFFORTS FOR INQUIRY SESSION; Knight and McGinnies Put the Responsibility on Roosevelt After Arcade Meeting. GOVERNOR WELL RECEIVED People in the Senator's Home Town Give the Executive a Hearty Greeting. DRY LAW REPEAL URGED State Democratic Leaders Adopt Plank-County Meeting Endorses Roosevelt, Lehman, Tremaine. Democrats Adopt Wet Plank. Roosevelt Warmly Welcomed. REPUBLICANS DROP INQUIRY SESSION Have No New Evidence. Recall Queens Sewer Scandal. Assert Republicans Backed Down. Interpret Offer Differently. State Leaders Aid Buffalo Harmony. Mead Attacks Dry Law.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Gov Roosevelt s at unofficial Erie County convention; wet plank adopted

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AMTORG CHIEFS' RIGHT TO ENTER COUNTRY CHALLENGED BY FISH; Tells Bogdanov at a Stormy Hearing Immigration Law Bars Red Business Men. $80,000,000 CREDIT HERE Agency Official Says He Does Not Know Who Gets Profits on American Projects. ADMITS RULE BY MOSCOW Denounces Whalen Papers and Objects to Questions Based onChallenged Documents. Cites Immigration Law. Agrees to Answer Queries. FISH QUERIES RIGHTS OF AMTORG CHIEFS Attacks Bogdanov Visa. Calls Whalen Papers Forgeries. Seeks to Trace Amtorg Funds. Denies Knowledge of Ogpu. Traces History of Amtorg. Silent on Insurance Scheme. FISH ON RADIO SCORES REDS. Representative Promises Federal Curb on "Vicious Propaganda Here."

By Unknown Author

P A Bogdanov and J Ohsol before Com; Fish questions right of Amtorg officials to reside in U S; radio s by Fish

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