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November 15, 1930

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WASHINGTON LOSES BLACK TOM CLAIMS; Joint Board Unanimously Rejects $40,000,000 DamagePlea Against Germany.KINGSLAND BLAST INCLUDEDProof of Sabotage in ExplosionsIs Held Wanting--Governments Receive Decision. Kristoff Was Held After Fire. WASHINGTON LOSES BLACK TOM CLAIMS Wozniak Is Held Innocent. Concerning the Black Tom Blast. Incendiarism Held a Possibility. German Guilt Minimized. Nadolny's Evidence Is Questioned. Evidence of Sabotage Plan Cited. Orders Believed Unmodified. BONYNGE SCORES DECISION. He Holds That Germany Was Responsible--His Stand Is Lauded. SKYSCRAPERS DAMAGED. Shrapnel From Black Tom Riddled Ships and Rained on Towns. GERMANY GETS DECISION. She Is Apprised of Her Victory Before Mixed Claims Board.

By Special to The New York Times

German-Amer Mixed Claims Comm dismisses claims of U S in, Black Tom and Kingsland cases; proof of German sabotage held insufficient; review of case; R W Bonynge, Amer agent, scores decision

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T.W. LAMONT SAYS INOPPORTUNE TARIFF HURT WORLD TRADE; Hung Load Around Our Necks, but "We Are Winning Through," He Adds. WORLD BANK'S AID TOLD It Is Saving Feature of a Tense Situation, G.W. McGarrah Tells Political Science Academy. WAR-DEBT WARNING GIVEN Prof. J.W. Angell Fears BreakDown of Reparations--Ogden L. Mills Upholds Young, Plan. Lamont Holds Tariff Inopportune. LAMONT HITS TARIFF AS FACTOR IN SLUMP World Bank's Work Reviewed. Assets Show Big Increase. Angell Urges Debt Revision.

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J W Angell urges revision

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Notable Births

J. G. Ballard

1930J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2009)[†]

James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media. Ballard first became associated with New Wave science fiction for post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962). He later courted controversy with the short-story collection The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which includes the 1968 story "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan", and later the novel Crash (1973), a story about car-crash fetishists.

Olene Walker

1930Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (died 2015)[†]

Olene Walker was an American politician who served as the 15th governor of Utah from 2003 to 2005, succeeding the governorship after Mike Leavitt's resignation.