100 Die in Explosion in German Coal Mine; Rescuers Seek 150 Others in Flooded Shafts
More than 100 killed, 80 hurt; 150 missing after explosion
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More than 100 killed, 80 hurt; 150 missing after explosion
Civic organizations' com suggests means of cutting expenditures
Pres Hoover presides at first meeting of Cabinet Comm; outlines methods; selects A Woods as organizer; unemployment figures of 3,500,000 include 1,000,000 normally changing jobs
Abduction of 7 R C priests and 10 nuns and murder of 2 priests by outlaws at Kian reptd; French priest reptd killed at Pengtse; foreign consuls protest to Nanking Govt
Resigns as chmn of administrative com of Jewish Agency in Palestine as protest against Gt Brit's new policy
1930Estela de Carlotto, Argentine human rights activist[†]
Enriqueta Estela Barnes de Carlotto is an Argentine human rights activist and president of the association of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. One of her daughters, Laura Estela Carlotto, was kidnapped and missing while pregnant in Buenos Aires, in late 1977. Through stories, she could ascertain that her daughter had given birth to a boy, and that her grandson was appropriated and his identity changed. She searched for him for nearly 36 years, until, on 5 August 2014, after a DNA check voluntarily made by the person concerned, her grandson was identified, and became the 114th in the list of recovered grandchildren.
1930José Guardiola, Spanish singer (died 2012)[†]
José Guardiola Díaz de Rada, was a Spanish singer of popular music who sang in Spanish and Catalan. He represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963.