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September 6, 1930

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COSTE IS ACCLAIMED BY LOUISVILLE CROWD ON HOP FROM DALLAS; A Wildly Enthusiastic Throng Greets Ocean Plane Sweeping Out of the Moonlight. MAYOR AWAITS THEM IN SKY Then Drops to Field for Greeting as Girls Bestow Flowers and Kisses. FLIERS SPEAK FROM ROOF Forego City's Celebration to Seek Night's Rest Before Proceeding Here Today. Cheering Crowd Surges Around. Forego Plans for a Banquet. COSTE IS ACCLAIMED BY LOUISVILLE CROWD Leave Dallas After Sleeping Late. Mme. Coste Exposes Fraud. Easterwood Will Fly to Paris.

By Special to The New York Times

Greeted at Louisville; Easterwood flies to Paris; Mme Coste exposes fraud in connection with attempted sale of book supposed to be Coste's; Coste's article on transatlantic flying; Wash plans for welcome

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Ford, Sailing, Predicts Early End of Slump; Prospects Good Because 'People Are Thinking'

By Unknown Author

H Ford predicts early end of slump

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PAN-EUROPE OUTLINE ON ECONOMIC BASIS READY FOR GENEVA; Customs Union Sends Suggestion to Delegates of 28 Nations to Meet Monday.WOULD END TRADE BARRIERS Federation's Aim Is to Stem Tide of American Invasion of Continental Market. BRIAND FACES FOES TODAY But He Is Expected to Win Backing of French Cabinet for His Policy at Session. First Met in July. DRAWS UP OUTLINE OF EUROPEAN UNION Few Details Revealed.

By Carlisle MacDonald. Special Cable To the New York Times

Eur Customs Union plan

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ALBANY TAX OFFICE FOUND $10,000 SHORT; Payments Credited to Taxpayers Not Received, LegislativeInvestigator Discovers.CITY TREASURER ABSOLVEDSeveral Persons Have Admitted Receiving Rebates on InterestDue on Belated Payments. Taxpayers Are Called. Medalie Aided by McCabe.

By Special to The New York Times

Shortage in tax office found; Treas J J McCabe absolved

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WORLD PULSE BEAT LAID TO RADIATION; Dr. Boss Tells Astronomers It Creates Stars and Causes Earthquakes and Hurricanes. VAST CHANGES MAY RECUR Terrestrial Phenomena Ascribed to Sun's Passing Regions of High Electrical Potential. Earth's Radiation Comes From Sun. WORLD PULSE BEAT LAID TO RADIATION Great Changes May Happen Again. Finds Proof of Einstein Theory. Cites Magnetic Poles' Position. Describes Effect on Weather. Relation to Earthquakes Shown. Compares Meteors to T.N.T.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Evolves new cosmogony based on hypothesis of cosmic radiation; s to Amer Astronomical Soc

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Notable Births

1930Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (died 2013)^[†]

Charles Foley was the co-inventor of the game Twister, with Neil W. Rabens.

1930Helmut Piirimäe, Estonian historian and academic (died 2017)^[†]

Helmut Piirimäe was a prominent Estonian historian. He was professor emeritus of University of Tartu and an honorary doctor of University of Uppsala.

Historical Events

1930Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.^[†]

Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in 1930. He was the first president elected democratically by means of the secret ballot and mandatory male suffrage established by the Sáenz Peña Law of 1912. His activism was the prime impetus behind the passage of that law in Argentina.