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November 24, 1930

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WAY OPENED FOR FRANCE TO ASK HOOVER TO IMPLEMENT KELLOGG ANTI-WAR PACT; GENEVA EXPECTS PARIS TO ACT QUICKLY; WOULD ADD CONSULTATION Washington Seen Ready to Confer With Others in Time of Danger. ACTION VITAL TO DISARMING League Circles Believe Move Is Essential Before the World Parley, Due by 1932. PARIS LONG KEEN FOR STEP Sought to Win Stimson During London Conference--His Approval Now Hinted. See "Some Day" Much Nearer. French Are Wary. World Parley in Offing. French Long Sought Strengthening. Consultation Urged by Briand.

By Clarence K. Streit. Special Cable To the New York Times

French Govt considers resumption of talks with U S Sec Stimson as result of Pres Hoover's s; U S seen as ready to agree to consult with other powers in event of violation

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CRAIN BOARD TO RUSH RACKET COMPLAINTS BEFORE GRAND JURY; Both Groups Sit Simultaneously Tomorrow to Hear Victims and Act Quickly on Evidence. NEW CHARGES POUR IN Lawes Estimates There Are 10,000 Racketeers Here--He Would Use Deportation Law. INDICATES THERE IS LAXITY Tells of Alien "Repeaters" at Sing Sing Who Got Bail in Actions to Send Them Out of Country. More to Speed Up Campaign. 10,000 Racketeers, Says Lawes. GRAND JURY TO SIT WITH RACKET FOES

By Unknown Author

Com of Public Safety rushes plans; new charges pour in; L L Lawes urges use of deportation law

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GALES AND FLOODS SWEEP OVER EUROPE; CAUSE WIDE DAMAGE; Storms Take Seven Lives and Heavy Toll of Property in Nine Countries. BELGIUM BEARS THE BRUNT River Scheldt Breaks Dikes, Hundreds Fleeing--Rhine and Loire Inundate Big Areas. BRITISH SHIPPING HARD HIT Craft Also Pile Up on Iberian Coast --Alpine Snows Swell Streams --Russia Entirely Cut Off. Crews of Three Barges Saved. GALES AND FLOODS SWEEP OVER EUROPE Three Great Rivers Rise. French Rivers Rise Rapidly. Five Dead in France. Storms Cut Off Russia. Belgium Suffers Heavily. Damage Severe in Germany. Hurricane Sweeps Vienna.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Floods and gales wreak havoc in 9 countries

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Notable Births

Ken Barrington

1930Ken Barrington, English cricketer (died 1981)[†]

Kenneth Frank Barrington, was an English international cricketer who played for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings "batting with bulldog determination and awesome concentration".. He is widely regarded as one of the best English batsmen of all time.

Bob Friend

1930Bob Friend, American baseball player and politician (died 2019)[†]

Robert Bartmess Friend was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between 1951 and 1966, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time All-Star, Friend was an integral member of the Pirates team that defeated the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series. He played for the New York Yankees and New York Mets in his final season of 1966. As of 2019, he still held Pirates records for career innings pitched and strikeouts. He was the first man to lead the league in ERA while pitching for a last place team.