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September 25, 1930

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GERMANY ADMITS USE OF BOMBS AND GERMS HERE IN 1915 AND 1916; Counsel Concedes Explosives Were Placed at Allied Ships' Piers and Horses Infected. DENIES SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN Tells Claims Body at The Hague Berlin Was Not Responsible for Munitions Blasts. CABLE SANCTION EXPLAINED Agent Says Message Was Sent at Insistence of Sir Roger Casement and Disregarded. Denies Sabotage Campaign. GERMANY ADMITS USE OF BOMBS HERE Says He Harmed Germany. Declares He Read Testimony. London Youth Died of Anthrax.

By Ferdinand Kuhn. Special Cable To the New York Times

German defense begins; K von Lewinski admits use of germs and bombs by German agents, but denies sabotage campaign; W Tannerberg riddles testimony of Amer witnesses and attempts to disprove charge that M Kristoff was responsible for explosion

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CURRY, 'INSULTED,' REFUSES TO SIGN IMMUNITY WAIVER; ALL HIS AIDES SUBPOENAED; KOHLER ALSO IS DEFIANT Leader of Tammany and Budget Chief Balk JobBuying Inquiry.ACTION SPURS GRAND JURYAll Manhattan Leaders Called, After Their Chief Quits Court Room in Anger.MRS. HEALY SILENT TOORefuses Even to Take Oath-- Seabury Aide Says He MayQuestion All Magistrates. Kresel to Sift Job Buying. Insulted," Curry Declares. CURRY AND KOHLER DEFY GRAND JURY Todd Denounces Pleas. Counsel Defends Curry's Course. Mrs. Healy Also Defiant. Hand Is Questioned.

By Unknown Author

J F Curry and C H Kohler refuse to waive immunity; Mrs Healy refuses to be sworn

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Rise in Wheat Price Rallies Stock List; Brisk Buying in Last Hour; Cotton Steadier

By Unknown Author

Heavy buying of stocks in the final hour of trading yesterday on the news of a sharp rally in wheat prices erased a substantial part of the losses caused earlier in the day when a break in the leading issues pulled scores of stocks down to the lowest levels of the year.

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Drys Are Ready to Sacrifice Tuttle in Their Fight To Keep a Repeal Plank Out of Platform, Hill Says

By Unknown Author

W H Hill says drys will sacrifice Tuttle if necessary, in order to keep repeal out of platform

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DRYS WILL BATTLE TO THE LAST DITCH; They Plan to Carry Fight to the Convention Floor, Though Conceding Victory to the Wets.TO NAME OWN CANDIDATE Will Support Professor Carrollfor the Present, but Substitute Another Later. Plans for Dry Candidate. Victor Defines Position. DRYS WILL BATTLE TO THE LAST DITCH

By Special to The New York Times

Drys may name own candidate; will support Carroll for present

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Notable Births

1930Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (died 2022)^[†]

Nino Cerruti was an Italian businessman and stylist. He founded his own haute couture house, Cerruti 1881, in 1967 in Paris. He managed the Italian family business Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti, which was founded in 1881 by his grandfather.

1930Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999)^[†]

Sheldon Allan Silverstein was an American writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. During his rise to prominence in the 1950s, his illustrations were published in various newspapers and magazines, including the adult-oriented Playboy. He also wrote a satirical, adult-oriented alphabet book, Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book.