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September 9, 1930

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PRESIDENT EXTENDS TRIBUTE OF NATION TO FRENCH AVIATORS; FAMOUS AMERICAN AIRMEN AID IN PRESIDENT'S WELCOME TO FRENCH TRANSATLANTIC FLIERS.

By Special to The New York Times

Por at Coste reception

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Gasoline War Cuts the Price Two Cents Here; Detail Quotation Now the Lowest in Years

By Unknown Author

Gasoline prices were reduced from forced the Standard Oil Company of 1 to 2 cents a gallon yesterday by leading distributers in the city and Parts of the metropolitan area in Westchester and Long Island.

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HARBORD DENOUNCES TAMMANY 'PLUNDER'; Over Nation-Wide Radio Net He Links Walker, Roosevelt and Smith With City's Misrule. SEES OFFICIAL DEBAUCHERY Charges Cynical Indifference by Mayor With Millions Stolen From Taxpayers.

By Unknown Author

J G Harbord on alleged misrule and corruption

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BOLTING HORSE HURTS 100 AT MARDI GRAS; Police Animal, Scared at Motor in Parade, Charges Throng at Coney Island. LAUGHTER TURNS TO ALARM Women and Children Crushed Against Buildings as Hundreds Flee in Fright.

By Unknown Author

100 hurt at Coney Island Mardi Gras when police horse bolts

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Spectator Is Killed by Sword Flung by Bull in Death Throes

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Spectator killed by sword flung by bull in death throes, Spain

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Notable Births

1930Francis Carroll, Australian archbishop (died 2024)^[†]

Francis Patrick Carroll was an Australian archbishop, the fifth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canberra–Goulburn, serving between 1983 until his retirement in 2006. Prior to his election as archbishop, Carroll served as Bishop of Wagga Wagga between 1968 and 1983. Carroll served as president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference between 2000 and 2006. He died in Wagga Wagga on 14 March 2024, at the age of 93.