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August 9, 1930

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OLDEST DICTIONARY IS FOUND IN SYRIA; French Discover Tablets With Unknown Script Going Back to 1400 B.C. at Least. SIX LANGUAGES EMPLOYED Zapouna Scribes Used Tablets to Aid Translation, Savant Tells Paris Academy. Scribes Worked at Palace Had List of Synonyms. OLDEST DICTIONARY IS FOUND IN SYRIA

By P.j. Philip. Special Cable To the New York Times

Expedition of F A Schaeffer discovers oldest dictionary in world in Syria; has 6 languages; goes back to at least 1400 B C

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5,000 AFRIDI RAIDERS ATTACK PESHAWAR; 50 PLANES DEFEND IT; British Beat Back Vanguard of Invaders Within Mile of Border City. MAIN BODY GOES IN HIDING Air Bombing Drives Tribesmen Into Caves--Cavalry Searches Indian Villages. SUKKUR RIOTING RENEWED Two Are Slain and Seven Wounded --Nationalists in Bombay Plan Huge Parade Tomorrow. Fifty Planes Guard City. 5,000 AFRIDI RAIDERS ATTACK PESHAWAR Mass Invasion Feared. Orakzais Debate Joining. Two More Die in Sukkur Riot. Nehrus Not Yet Transferred. Plan Demonstration Sunday.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Advance guard of hostile force of Afridis reptd to have reached village of Sorozai on way to Peshawar; 50 planes defend city

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HOOVER TO CALL 12 GOVERNORS TO CONFER ON DROUGHT RELIEF, GETS HYDE SURVEY; 1,000,000 FARM FAMILIES ARE AFFECTED; PRESIDENT ASSURES RELIEF Says American People Will Take Care of the Drought Sufferers. TO WORK THROUGH STATES Federal Agencies, in Turn, Will Cooperate With the Counties. ANIMAL FEED THE PROBLEM Report of Agriculture Department States Human FoodProduction Little Affected. President Tells Plans. Human Food Little Affected.

By Special to The New York Times

Hoover to call conf of Govs of stricken states; text of survey of Agr Dept; text of Hoover's statement; animal feed problem

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Notable Births

Milt Bolling

1930Milt Bolling, American baseball player and scout (died 2013)[†]

Milton Joseph Bolling was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1952 through 1958 for the Boston Red Sox (1952–1957), Washington Senators (1957) and Detroit Tigers (1958). Bolling batted and threw right-handed. He was the older brother of Frank Bolling.

Jacques Parizeau

1930Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (died 2015)[†]

Jacques Parizeau was a Canadian politician and economist who served as the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.