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September 4, 1930

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HURRICANE STRIKES DOMINICAN CAPITAL; DISASTER IS FEARED; Wind Is Reported as High as 160 Miles an Hour-A Record if True. ROOFS TORN FROM HOUSES All Business Places Close Before Communication CeasesHavana Hears of Ruin.CUBA AND MIAMI ALARMEDBahamas Also in Path of StormCentre, Moving at 12 to 16Miles an Hour. Reported Heading for Bahamas. National Observatory Disagrees. 136-Mile Speed Officially Reported. HURRICANE STRIKES DOMINICAN CAPITAL Two Previous Records. Gulf Coast States Alarmed. 160-Mile Velocity Reported. Damage to Isle of Dominica. Land Wires Blown Down. 160-Mile Speed Also Reported Here.

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Santo Domingo hit by hurricane; communication ceases; threatens Bahamas; 136-mile speed reptd

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ENTHUSIASM ALTERS PLANS; Formal Program Turned Into Parade of Triumph in Downtown Streets. WORK STOPS ALONG ROUTE Packed Thousands Cheer and Strew Confetti on March to the City Hall. MAYOR IN WARM WELCOME Hails Coste as an Old Friend--Paris Keenly Gratified by Cordiality of Greeting. Fliers Off for Texas Today. Reception Plans Changed. Yacht Speeds Down River. Parade Forms at Whitehall Street. Walker Greets Coste Warmly. Valor of Fliers Hailed. Fliers Get Valor Medals. Bellonte Is Introduced. Scroll Extols Achievements. Fliers Phone to Wives. Feted by Advertising Club. Coste Speaks Over Radio.

By Unknown Author

Welcomes D Coste and M Bellonte

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Coste Stresses Value of Radio; Finds It as Important as Motor; He Tells How It Brought Comfort in the Knowledge That It Could Summon Human Aid-Says Lack of Preparation Has Caused Failures in the Past. Radio Bridged Gap Between Fliers and Aid. All Instruments on Plane Worked Well. Lost 600 Miles in Dodging Storms. Coste Stresses Value of Radio; Finds It as Important as Motor Certain Plane Did Not Pass Over Ste. Pierre. Thought of Byrd's Defeat by Fog. Does Not Know Yet What Ailed His Radio. Patience and Refusal to Say "Quit" Meant Success.

By Dieudonne Coste. Copyright, 1930, In North and South America, By the New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.by Dieudonne Coste

F Hawks says flight was display of nerve but contributed nothing new to aviation

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Notable Births

Robert Arneson

1930Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (died 1992)[†]

Robert Carston Arneson was an American sculptor and professor of ceramics in the Art department at University of California, Davis for nearly three decades.

William Maxson

1930William Maxson, American general (died 2013)[†]

William B. Maxson was an American Air Force Major General and vice commander, 15th Air Force, Strategic Air Command, March Air Force Base, Calif.