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February 23, 1931

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Notable Births

Tom Wesselmann

1931Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (died 2004)[†]

Thomas K. Wesselmann was an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture.

Notable Deaths

Nellie Melba

1931Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (born 1861)[†]

Dame Nellie Melba was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym "Melba" from Melbourne, her home town.

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Headlines from February 23, 1931

POLICE OPEN DRIVE ON ALCOHOL GANGS TO HALT KILLINGS; Detectives Search Speakeasies and All Underworld Haunts in City for Gunmen. INSPECTOR LEADS MAN HUNT No Trace Found of Abe Wagner as Mother Prepares for His Brother's Funeral. GUN BATTLE IN DANCE HALL One Gangster Killed, Another Is Wounded in Shooting in Crowded Brooklyn Resort. Sullivan Loads Man-Hunt. Plea for Truce Answered. Three Shot Here in Day. KILLED IN DANCE-HALL ROW. Brooklyn Man Shot Dead and Another Is Wounded in Gang Feud.

By Unknown Author

Police open drive on alcohol gangs to halt killings

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WHITE MAN CROSSES THE ARABIAN DESERT FOR THE FIRST TIME; Bertram Thomas Travels 850Mile Expanse of MysteriousWaste of Ruba-el-Khali.TREK FRAUGHT WITH PERILClosest Secrecy Maintained toEscape Murder by TribesGuarding Vast Stretch. AREA HAS BIBLICAL HISTORYMay Have Been Home of Shuhites--Explorer Folled by HostileNatives in Previous Effort. Desert Long a Riddle. WHITE MAN CROSSES THE ARABIAN DESERT

By World Copyright, 1931, by the Times, London, and the New York Times Company. All Rights Resverved.special Cable To the New York Times

Description of Ruba-el-Khali Desert from his book, Penetration of Arabia, quoted

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ATTACK ON M'DONALD LAUNCHED BY MOSLEY; Bid for Power Seen in a New Manifesto Urging Restrictions on British Parliament. TORIES AND LIBERALS AID New Plan for "Social-Fascism" Calls for Cancellation of War Debts and Tariffs. Plans Nation-Wide Campaign. ATTACK ON M'DONALD LAUNCHED BY MOSLEY Earlier Mosley Manifestoes.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Bid for power seen in new manifesto by Sir O Mosley urging restrictions on Parliament and setting up of "social-fascism,"

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POLICE MOVE TO HALT BANK BOOK INQUIRY; Counsel Will Sue to Restrain Seabury From Examining Wund on His Accounts. OTHERS PLAN COURT FIGHT Contend Investigator Has Failed to Link Police Money to Subject of Inquiries. Six Banked $500,000 in Five Years. POLICE ACT TO HALT BANK BOOK INQUIRY CONFER ON INQUIRY TODAY. Justices Again Will Consider Widening Courts Investigation.

By Unknown Author

Wund's atty, H L Falk, moves to halt bank book inquiry; 6 police banked $500,000 in 5 yrs; Wund refuses to answer questions on personal affairs

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ONLY 3 MAJOR BILLS LEFT FOR CONGRESS; NAVY FUND DROPPED; Bonus Loan, Following Veto, Muscle Shoals and 'Lame Ducks' Measures Remain. TREATY FLEET PLAN DEAD Hale Abandons Program for $90,000,000 Appropriation for Warship Construction. NO FEAR OF A FILIBUSTER With Eight and a Half Legislative Days Remaining, Extra Session Menace Has Vanished. Hoover Preparing Bonus Veto. ONLY 3 MAJOR BILLS LEFT FOR CONGRESS Factors Underlying Bonus Loan.

By Special to The New York Times

Prepares veto message

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PERUVIANS MOBILIZE PLANES AND RESERVE TO CRUSH REBELLION; Troops Move South Against Arequipa Garrison as Fliers Reconnoitre. CENSORSHIP VEILS FACTS Santiago Hears Rebels Hold the Entire South, but Lima Says Outbreak Is Limited. INSURGENTS ON TRIAL TODAY One Court Will Hear Evidence on 39 Seized and Another Will Review Their Cases. Several Loyalists Killed. Death Sentences Doubtful. PERU MOBILIZES TO CRUSH REVOLT Chile Hears Rebels Hold South.

By Unknown Author

Planes and reservists mobilized; news censorship; early trial of rebels arrested after revolt at Callao

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