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August 6, 1930

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SAYS GRUNDY GROUP MADE $50,000 OFFER TO SILENCE SCHALL; R.C. Stephens Tells Campaign Funds Body Manufacturers Tried to Stop Attacks. VOTING BY MINORS CHARGED Witnesses Testify Students of Pennsylvania Teachers' College Got $2 Each for Illegal Ballots. ELECTION BODY ASSAILED Pittsburgh Man Calls It a "Racket" --Lawyer Says Judge Hid With Ballot Box. Students Are Accused. Senate Race Little Discussed. SAYS GRUNDY GROUP MADE $50,000 OFFER Association Called "Racket."

By Special to The New York Times

R C Stephens charges that Pa Manufacturers' Assn offered Sen T D Schall $50,000 for use in campaign if he would cease attacks on Sen Grundy over tariff act

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HOOVER TAKES UP DROUGHT RELIEF PLANS; SAYS HE WILL 'LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED'; TWO DIE HERE AS RECORD HEAT PERSISTS; SITUATION IS UNDER SURVEY President Says Report on Affected Areas Is Set for Monday. MEASURES BEING CANVASSED Railroads Are Asked to Consider Moving Feed and Stock to Alleviate Situation. DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE No Prospects of General Rain in Afflicted States Are Seen by Forecasters. The President's Statement. Lower Freight Rates Urged. Commodity Prices Up. Prospects for Light Showers.

By Special to The New York Times

Hoover plans relief measures; Agr Dept undertakes survey; lower freight rates for feed transportation considered

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Notable Births

Abbey Lincoln

1930Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2010)[†]

Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards, as well as writing and singing her own material.