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September 23, 1930

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HOOVER TO KEEP OUT OF PARTY FIGHT HERE OVER DRY LAW PLANK; Word From the White House Makes It Plain Leaders Must Work Out State Problems. CONCERNED OVER SITUATION President's Attitude Is Made Known After Report He Favored Modification Declaration. REPEAL PLANK EXPECTED Leaders Here Predict Tuttle Will Be Nominee and Doubt He Would Run on Moderate Platform. Tuttle Nomination Held Sure. Hoover Pressure Denied. HOOVER KEEPS OUT OF PARTY FIGHT HERE NO CHANGE BY HOOVER. Party Leaders Expect Him to Run as Dry in 1932. SILENT ON CANDIDATES. Maier Also Refuses to Discuss Republican Platform.

By Special to The New York Times

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CHILE FOILS A COUP, BUT GROWING REVOLT IS REPORTED THERE; Argentina Hears That the Rebels Have Wider Support Than Santiago Admits. TWO AMERICANS ARRESTED Piloted Plane Carrying Two Exiled Officers and Three Civilians to Rendezvous. RISING NEAR A NAVAL BASE Three Army Divisions and Many Navy Men Are Said in Buenos Aires to Have Been Involved. Soldiers Urged to Revolt. Aviators Will Face Trial. CHILE FOILS A COUP; WIDE REVOLT HINTED Trouble Scented by Buenos Aires. Censorship Quickly Tightened. Quick Successes Reported. Conception Strategically Located. Chilean Regime Viewed as Stable.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Attempted revolt foiled; 2 Americans, E O De Larme and R S Doyle, arrested; growing revolt reptd

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SOVIET UNDERSELLS OUR WHEAT ABROAD; REPORT OF 10-CENT CUT HALTS EXPORT; CHICAGO PIT ASKS HYDE FOR FULL FACTS; WORLD BEAR DRIVE IS SEEN Liverpool and Rotterdam Face Problem of Big Russian Offers. FORMER MARKET RALLIES Investigation at Chicago Turns on Names of Brokers Acting for the Soviet. 'HEDGING' IS HELD UNUSUAL Hyde on Way West Declares More Transactions by Reds Have Been Uncovered. Sales Are Held Unprecedented. Chicago Prices Off Slightly. Dealings Doubled, Says Hyde.

By Special to The New York Times

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Notable Births

1930Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (died 1996)[†]

Sehba Akhtar was a poet and a film songwriter in Pakistan.

Colin Blakely

1930Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (died 1987)[†]

Colin George Edward Blakely was a Northern Irish stage and screen actor. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Sidney Lumet's Equus (1977), and was nominated twice for a Best Actor in Television. He was also an Olivier Award nominee.

Ray Charles

1930Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2004)[†]

Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians, he preferred being called "Brother Ray". Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma.