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October 31, 1930

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RELIEF WORK UNIFIED TO WIDEN AID TO IDLE; Emergency Committee Maps City-Wide Program With Welfare and Trade Groups.BILLION FUND FOR NATION Bishop Manning Asks $250,000 for Work of Churches--34,355 Families Are Listed. To Extend Financial Goal. Unified Effort Praised. UNIFIED RELIEF PLAN WIDENS AID TO IDLE Nation to Spend $1,000,000,000. 34,355 Family Heads Idle. Trade Groups Plan Aid. More City Workers to Help. East Side Marshals Effort.

By Unknown Author

Bishop Manning asks $250,000 fund for aid to N Y C idle

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COOLIDGE ON RADIO DEFENDS PRESIDENT IN BUSINESS SLUMP; Government Cannot Guarantee Prosperity, He Says, but It Can Foster Healthier Trade. CALLS IT WORLD REACTION No One Has Convincingly Said How Widespread Depression Can Be Averted, He Asserts. APPEALS TO THE BAY STATE Experience Counts, He Declares, Urging the Election of Allen and Butler. As to the President's Critics. "Issues Have Way of Disappearing." COOLIDGE ON RADIO DEFENDS PRESIDENT Calls for Leadership.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

C Coolidge defends Hoover administration

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LEAGUE FOES CHIDED BY PRINCE OF WALES; He Asks What Alternative They Have for Securing Peace and Rebuilding Prosperity. HEARD ON THE RADIO HERE Cites British Empire as Proof of Possibility of the Whole World's Cooperating. Sees Meeting As Proof. LEAGUE FOES CHIDED BY PRINCE OF WALES Heard Here on Radio. THE PRINCE'S SPEECH. Another Question. Says Britain Needs Peace. Praises League Union.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Prince of Wales chides critics of League of Nations

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Notable Births

Michael Collins (astronaut)

1930Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021)[†]

Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was also a test pilot and major general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Booker Ervin

1930Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (died 1970)[†]

Booker Telleferro Ervin II was an American tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and blues/gospel phrasing. He is remembered for his association with bassist Charles Mingus.