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October 24, 1930

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CUT IN PHONE RATES FOR LONG DISTANCE IN EFFECT ON NOV. 1; Public Service Board Orders a Reduction in State on Calls of Over Forty Miles. DISCOUNT HOURS EXTENDED Much Wider Range in Evening Is Provided and Reversal of Charges Permitted. COMPANY PREDICTS LOSS Expects $100,000 Drop in Its Annual Revenue--Maltbie Contrasts Different Tariffs. 5-Cent Increase Under 56 Miles. Maltble Points Out Inconsistencies. PHONE TOLL RATES TO BE CUT NOV. 1 Sought Uniformity of Rates

By Special to The New York Times

Pub Service Co orders new rates on intrastate calls effective Nov 1

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WINTER DENIES PART IN JUDGESHIP BARTER; HE WILL SIGN WAIVER; Republican Leader to Testify on Story He Put $10,000 Price on a Nomination. "DOVE" TELLS OF VICE RING Police Stool Pigeon Examined by Kresel on "Framing" and "Fixing" of Charges. CONVICT CITES FAKE CASES Bogus Lawyer Goes Over Records of Actions He Says Were Disposed of Illegally. Winter Aide Denies Charge. WINTER DENIES PART IN JUDGESHIP DEAL Winter Aide Questioned. Tale of Ring Irks Kresel.

By Unknown Author

K Winter, Repub leader, denies he placed price on nomination for judicial office and offers to testify concerning nomination of J Roeder for Munic Ct; L Hofman testifies for Ewald grand jury; testimony of fixer ring continues

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SMITH RIDICULES REPUBLICAN WETS; They Illustrate Latest "Duck and Dodge" of Party on Prohibition, He Says. CITES TUTTLE AND BAUMES Opening Tour at Troy, He Entertains Crowd With Reviewof "Dry-Wet Policy." Contrasts Candidates' View. SMITH RIDICULES REPUBLICAN WETS Mullan-Gage Law Repealed. Assembly and Senate Differ. Wets Nominated. Brings "History" to This Year. Quotes Baumes's Replies. Refers to Assemblyman Jenks.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Smith scores different prohibition stands of Tuttle and Baumes

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TUTTLE SCORES RISES VOTED CITY OFFICIALS; Calls the Increase to Hubbard Especially Unwarranted After Refusal to Testify. SEES THE GOVERNOR DEFIED Predicts Roosevelt Will "Take It Lying Down" and Offers to Quit if He Does Not. Denounces Hubbard Increase. Sees Tammany Defiant. TUTTLE SCORES RISE IN OFFICIALS' PAY Lauds Woods Record. He Assails Hubbard.

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criticized by C H Tuttle

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Britain Asks Ban on Unknown Soldier Rites For 'Eradication of Memories of Great War

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brit Govt asks ban on Unknown Soldier and other war memorial rites, as means of eradicating war memories

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Notable Births

1930Jack Angel, American voice actor (died 2021)^[†]

Jack Angel was an American voice actor and radio personality. Angel voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as Super Friends, The Transformers and G.I. Joe and was involved in numerous productions by Disney and Pixar. Before becoming involved with voiceover work, Angel was a disc jockey for California radio stations KMPC and KFI.

1930The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)^[†]

Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, was an American musician and disc jockey. His best-known compositions include "Chantilly Lace", "Running Bear", and "White Lightning", the last of which became George Jones's first number-one hit in 1959.

1930Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (died 2019)^[†]

Elaine Feinstein FRSL was an English poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator. She joined the Council of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007.

1930Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024)^[†]

Johan Vincent Galtung was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and was its first director until 1970. He also established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964.

1930James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969)^[†]

Sir James Louis Fitzroy Scott Douglas, 6th Baronet was a British racing driver and a baronet.

1930Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019)^[†]

Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah was Sultan of Pahang from 1974 until his abdication in 2019, and the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, from 1979 to 1984. His abdication as sultan was decided by the Royal Council at an extraordinary meeting on 11 January 2019. A special amendment was made to the state constitution that gave the body more power for this decision, citing the Sultan's incapability to rule due to his failing health. The abdication was announced the next day which was retroactively effective on the day of the Royal Council meeting, paving the way to his son, Abdullah to succeed him as sultan immediately, and subsequently be elected as the next Yang di-Pertuan Agong later the same month.

Historical Events

1930A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.^[†]

The Revolution of 1930 was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent president Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, concluding the political hegemony of a four-decade-old oligarchy and beginning the Vargas Era.