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December 24, 1930

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$1,207,400 IS RAISED FOR SALVATION ARMY; $607,400 Netted by Army-Navy Game and Women Raise $600,000 for Jobless. CANVASS YIELDS 1,857 JOBS Free Agencies Place 1,378 as Employers List Vacancies-- Laid-Off Workers Paid. 1,857 Job Openings Found. City Gives Work to 925. $1,207,400 IS RAISED FOR SALVATION ARMY SNOWFALL PRODUCES JOBS. Elizabeth, N.J., Employs 40 Extra Men to Clear Streets. CAN'T FIND MEN FOR JOBS. East Orange Recruits Only Six Snow Shovelers for City.

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Army-Navy game nets $607,400

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REPUBLICAN LEADER VISITS HOOVER, THEN BACKS LUCAS; 'PARTY PLOT,' SAYS NORRIS; SPLIT IN RANKS WIDENING Senate Regulars Silent, Implying They Back Administration. WOOD DEMANDS ACTION Nebraskan Is 'a Consummate Demagogue,' Congressional Chairman Charges. SENATOR RETORTS WARMLY Says President Aids 'These Conspirators'--Borah SpeaksUp for Colleague. Insurgents Press Demands. WOOD SEES HOOVER AND BACKS LUCAS Norris Sees a Coincidence. Says President Lends Support. Lucas Says Note Was Personal. Says He Fought Raskob Wet Views. Curran Challenges Lucas. Brookhart Enters the Fray. Nutt Supports Lucas.

By Special to The New York Times

Administration apparently backing Lucas in fight against Norris

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BANK RATE CUT TO 2%, LOWEST IN WORLD, AS SPUR TO BUSINESS; Federal Reserve Here 'Opens Doors Wide' to Make Funds Easily Available. AMPLE CREDIT ASSURED Fifth Reduction in Year and Seventh Since Market Crash Is Effective Today. BANKERS ARE SURPRISED But Hail Action as Presaging a Quick Restoration of the Public Confidence. Meeting Is Prolonged. BANK RATE IS CUT TO 2% TO AID TRADE WIDE EFFECT PREDICTED. Unofficial Washington Hails Cut in Bank Rate.

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N Y Bank reduces rate to 2%, lowest in world, as spur to business

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Notable Births

Robert Joffrey

1930Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (died 1988)[†]

Robert Joffrey was an American dancer, teacher, producer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, known for his highly imaginative modern ballets. He was born Anver Bey Abdullah Jaffa Khan in Seattle, Washington to a Pashtun father from Afghanistan and a mother from Italy.

John J. Kelley

1930John J. Kelley, American runner (died 2011)[†]

John Joseph Kelley was an American long-distance runner who won the 1957 Boston Marathon and the marathon at the 1959 Pan American Games. He was also a member of the United States Olympic teams of 1956 and 1960, competing in the marathon. He was often dubbed "Kelley the Younger" to avoid confusion with Johnny Kelley, winner of the 1935 and 1945 Boston Marathons; the two men were not related.