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October 6, 1930

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BRITAIN STUNNED BY BLOW; People Stare at Bulletins, Appearing Unable to Realize Their Loss. KING SENDS CONDOLENCES Premier MacDonald Is Shocked by Death of Thomson, Close Friend for Six Years. PUBLIC INQUIRY IS PLANNED Bodies of Victims Probably Will Be Brought Back From France on British Warship. Climax of Many Setbacks. BRITAIN STUNNED BY LOSS OF R-101 Air Ministry Starts Inquiry. Controversy to Be Revived. Warship May Bring Bodies.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sends message of sympathy to Premier MacDonald

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BRAZIL ASKS PEACE, BUT REBELS REFUSE; Triumphant Insurgents Take 'Responsibility for Bloodshed,' Montevideo Says. CAPITAL VOTES $12,000,000 Acts to Support State of Siege --Refugees Throng Towns on Uruguayan Border. Rebels Conscript Troops. BRAZIL ASKS PEACE, BUT REBELS REFUSE Federal Censors Obscure News. Capital Votes State of Siege. Causes for the Revolt. Says Elections Were Engineered.

By Unknown Author

Rept that Govt offers peace, refused by rebels; rebels conscript troops; Govt votes sum for defense and supports state of siege; causes of revolt

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ONLY CHARRED FRAME LEFT; Pilot Tells of Vain Effort to Save Airship During Plunge to Earth. ENGINES USELESS IN STORM Two Men, Trapped by Fire, Saved by Bursting of Water Ballast Tank Above Them. 46 BODIES ARE REMOVED Identification of Dead Difficult --British Experts to Conduct Inquiry at Scene. Tragedy Is Laid to Storm. Another Blames Air Pocket. Scraps Blown 100 Yards. Pilot's Story of Catastrophe. Victims Struggled to Escape. Wireless Operator's Story. British Air Official Arrives.

By P.j. Philip. Special Cable To the New York Times

R-101 disaster

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Notable Births

Hafez al-Assad

1930Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (died 2000)[†]

Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was previously the prime minister from 1970 to 1971 as well as the regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party from 1970 to 2000. Assad was a key participant in the 1963 Syrian coup d'état, which brought the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power in the country, a power that lasted until the fall of the regime in 2024, then led by his son Bashar.

Richie Benaud

1930Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)[†]

Richard Benaud was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. Following his retirement from international cricket in 1964, Benaud became a highly regarded commentator on the game.