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September 1, 1930

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SHIP REACHES PORT WITH ANDREE'S BODY; HORN TELLS OF FIND; Bratvaag Anchors at Norwegian Island and Will Reach Tromsoe Today. DISCOVERY WAS ACCIDENTAL Kerosene Lamp With Swedish Label Led to Sighting of Leg Protruding From Snow. SCIENTISTS AWAIT BODIES Only Officials Will Be Allowed to View Them--Official Report Is Not Yet Written. SHIP REACHES PORT WITH ANDREE'S BODY Sends Report to Tromsoe. Journalistic Race Starts. Scientists Await Bodies. Three Bodies Aboard. Discovery Made Early in August. No Official Report Made Yet. Thinks Balloon Will Be Found.

By Svend Elvestad. Special Cable To the New York Times

Andree, S A, Expedition

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APPEAL TO BRITAIN TO KEEP FREE TRADE ISSUED BY BANKERS; Group of 116, Including Some Industrialists, Is Headed by Viscount Grey, a Liberal. COMBATS JULY MANIFESTO Statement Takes Exception to Assertion That Prosperity Lies in Empire Trade. WARNS OF TARIFF WARS Body Also Sees Danger to British Investments Abroad If Duties Cut Countries' Exports. American Signers in 1926. APPEAL TO BRITAIN TO KEEP FREE TRADE Text of the Statement. Not Remedy for Slump. Retaliation Is Opposed.

By Charles A. Selden. Wireless To the New York Times.keystone Photo

Bankers and mfrs sign manifesto demanding adherence to free trade

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Notable Births

Turgut Özakman

1930Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (died 2013)[†]

Turgut Özakman was a Turkish lawyer, a civil servant, a dramaturge and a writer.

Dick Raaijmakers

1930Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (died 2013)[†]

Dick Raaijmakers, also known as Dick Raaymakers or Kid Baltan, was a Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of electronic music and tape music, but has also produced numerous musical theater pieces and theoretical publications.

Charles Correa

1930Charles Correa, Indian architect (died 2015)[†]

Charles Mark Correa was an Indian architect and urban planner based in Mumbai, India. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials.

Notable Deaths

Peeter PÔld

1930Peeter PĂ”ld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (born 1878)[†]

Peeter Siegfried Nikolaus PĂ”ld was an Estonian pedagogy specialist, school director, and politician, and the first Estonian Minister of Education. He was born in Puru, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia. As the curator of the University of Tartu (1918–1925), he oversaw the university's transition to instruction in Estonian in the newly independent country.