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October 21, 1930

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1930Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2023)^[†]

Ivan Stepanovich Silayev was a Soviet and Russian politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union through the offices of chairman of the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet economy and chairman of the Inter-republican Economic Committee. Responsible for overseeing the economy of the Soviet Union during the late Gorbachev era, he was the last head of government of the Soviet Union, succeeding Valentin Pavlov.

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Headlines from October 21, 1930

NEW YORK SHIVERS ON COLDEST OCT. 20; Mercury Here at 35.5 Degrees as Up-Sate Points Struggle With Snow-Clogged Roads. FROST OVER WIDE AREA Buffalo Faces Milk Shortage-- 34 Rescued From Leaky Fishing Boat Here. NEW YORK SHIVERS ON COLDEST OCT. 20

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Mercury at 35.5

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SMITH SAYS TUTTLE RAISES FALSE ISSUE; Ex-Governor, in First Campaign Speech, Asserts Republicans Have No Program. BACKS ROOSEVELT RECORD Tells Bronx Audience of 2,000 His Party Stands on Its Achievements in State. Calls Republicans Deluded. SMITH SAYS TUTTLE RAISES FALSE ISSUE Stands on State Issues. Sees History Repeated.

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A E Smith says Repubs have no program, s at Morris High School

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6-Hour Flight From Berlin to New York Is Predicted for New German-Built Plane

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Under secret construction by Junkers plant in Germany; expected to fly at height of 35,000 ft with speed of 500 miler per hour

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MOVEMENT SPEEDED TO AID THE JOBLESS AND TO SPUR BUYING; Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston Settle Down to Task as Nation Lays Plans. HOOVER WORKS WITH BOARD He Will Be Present as an Adviser at Cabinet Committee's First Meeting Today.COGRESS IS LIKELY TO ACTCapital Expects Plans to Develop Calling, Possibly, for theOutlay of Billions. A Preliminary Organization. MOVEMENT SPEEDED TO AID THE JOBLESS Urges Program of Credit Buying. Calls It "Starvation Committee." GOES ON "SPENDING SPREE." Muskegon, Mich., Stimulates Trade 36 to 1,000 Per Cent.

By Special to The New York Times

Gov Emmerson's com perfects preliminary organization

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Stock Prices Advance in Buying Rally; Commodities Up, Too; Europe Markets Rise

By Unknown Author

Financial markets here and in the principal European centres threw off yesterday the fit of despondency which has gripped them for several weeks and in an apparently concerted return of confidence moved steadily higher.

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