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September 5, 1930

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Headlines from September 5, 1930

AIDE DENIES CRATER DESTROYED PAPERS; HUNT IS PRESSED; "Confidential Court Officer" Also Asserts Justice Did Not Exact Secrecy Pledge. CASE MYSTIFIES POLICE Roosevelt Says He Cannot Aid Search--Detective Tells of Unofficial Inquiry.

By Unknown Author

J L Mara, his aide, denies he destroyed papers before disappearance; Penney admits he would like to question him; O F Ewald's atty denies he was friend of ex-Magistrate

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SANTO DOMINGO WRECKED BY HURRICANE; 800 DEAD, HUNDREDS HURT IN CITY ALONE; WASHINGTON RUSHING RELIEF TO ISLAND; LOOTING BEGINS IN CITY Most Buildings of Capital Razed--United States Legation Unroofed. ENTIRE ARMY CALLED OUT, Soldiers and Police Join in the Chase of Maniacs Escaped From Asylum Ruins. 20 MORE DIE IN DOMINICA Plane Sent Out by Porto Rico's Governor Sends Back Meagre Details by Radio.

By Times Wide World Photo--Courtesy Pan American Airways

Santo Domingo wrecked by hurricane; over 800 dead; Gov Roosevelt of P R plans relief; illus

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PEACE EFFORTS FAIL, INDIAN NATIONALISTS UNYIELDING IN TERMS; Gandhi Is Expected to Reject Truce in Final Conference at Poona Jail Today. HIS TERMS UNACCEPTABLE He Asks Release of All Political Prisoners and Right to Carry On Independence Agitation.

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Gandhi expected to reject peace proposals; mob attacks party of police at Daulahat

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Sandringham to Have Airdrome For Use of Two Flying Princes

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Plans for private airdrome at Sandringham

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Kellogg Ready to Accept Election As American Judge on World Court; Former Secretary of State Would Sit as Successor to Hughes and for Full Nine-Year Term--League Assembly Expected to Name Him Next Week

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Will accept place on World Court if elected

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1930Robert Means Thompson, American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1849)^[†]

Robert Means Thompson was a United States Navy officer, business magnate, philanthropist and a president of the American Olympic Association. He is the namesake of the destroyer USS Thompson (DD-627).

Headlines from September 5, 1930

AIDE DENIES CRATER DESTROYED PAPERS; HUNT IS PRESSED; "Confidential Court Officer" Also Asserts Justice Did Not Exact Secrecy Pledge. CASE MYSTIFIES POLICE Roosevelt Says He Cannot Aid Search--Detective Tells of Unofficial Inquiry.

PEACE EFFORTS FAIL, INDIAN NATIONALISTS UNYIELDING IN TERMS; Gandhi Is Expected to Reject Truce in Final Conference at Poona Jail Today. HIS TERMS UNACCEPTABLE He Asks Release of All Political Prisoners and Right to Carry On Independence Agitation.

Sandringham to Have Airdrome For Use of Two Flying Princes

Kellogg Ready to Accept Election As American Judge on World Court; Former Secretary of State Would Sit as Successor to Hughes and for Full Nine-Year Term--League Assembly Expected to Name Him Next Week

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