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October 15, 1930

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DIAMOND IS SINKING; 'KEY WITNESS' HELD; Ginsburg, Hotel Manager, After Surrendering to Crain,Denies He Saw Racketeer's Assailants. HIS BAIL SET AT $25,000 Four Others Detained With Him as Witnesses--Crime Is No Nearer Solution. Only One Able to Give Bail. DIAMOND IS SINKING; 'KEY WITNESS' HELD Heard Noises Like Shots. Diamond Demanded an Ambulance. Fixes Time of Shooting. Bushel Called Mulrooney. Diamond's Actions Reviewed.

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J N Ginsburg surrenders; M Strasmick and 3 hotel employes held in bail

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FLYNN IS QUESTIONED ON BRONX JUDGESHIP; ROOSEVELT PLEA UP; State Secretary Faces Grand Jury on Anonymous Letter Charging Sale of Post. TODD OBEYS THE GOVERNOR But McCook Defers Ruling on Demand for Minutes of the Bertini Investigation. KOHLER BROKER IS CALLED New Witnesses Examined in Move to Trace Jurist's Funds--Kresel Plans Public Hearing. Todd Seeks Bertini Minutes. Ewald Grand Jury Hears Three. Silent on Bronx Charge. Some Waivers Signed. Sees Situation Changed.

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Officers of Star Dem Club testify before grand jury concerning anonymous charges against Bronx Magistrate of office-buying; B Antin among those heard by Kresel; Todd asks McCook for grand jury data on Bertini to give to Roosevelt; Ewald grand Jury hears Mrs M Hirson, W Rott and H Fischman

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Notable Births

FM-2030

1930FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (died 2000)[†]

FM-2030 was a Belgian-born Iranian-American author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist, consultant, and Olympic athlete.

Ned McWherter

1930Ned McWherter, American politician, 46th Governor of Tennessee (died 2011)[†]

Ned Ray McWherter was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee, from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that, he served as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973 to 1987, the longest tenure as Speaker up to that time. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Notable Deaths

Herbert Henry Dow

1930Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (born 1866)[†]

Herbert Henry Dow was an American chemical industrialist who founded the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. A graduate of the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a prolific inventor of chemical processes, compounds, and products, notably bromine extraction from brine water, and was a successful businessman.