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March 9, 1931

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BALKAN QUAKES KILL 150 AND INJURE 500; 1,000 Houses Destroyed as New Shocks Ravage Wide Area on Yugoslav-Bulgar Border. SERBIAN TOWN WIPED OUT People Flee Homes in Storm at Night--Gales and Snow Grip Europe Over Week-End. Landslide Breaks Bridge. BALKAN QUAKES KILL 150 AND INJURE 500 Two Children Killed in Bulgaria. Houses Destroyed in Greece.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

1,000 houses destroyed, 150 dead and 500 injured in wide area on Bulgarian frontier, Pirava destroyed; map

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HOLMES, 90, GREETS NATION OVER RADIO; LAUDED BY HUGHES; In Felicitous Phrases the Chief Justice Hails 'Invincibly Young' Associate. HIS PERSONALITY 'ELECTRIC' We Give Him Not Mere Tributes of Admiration, Says Hughes, but Our Love. JURIST MAKES BRIEF REPLY Congratulations From Home and Abroad Find Him in Unusually Good Health. Response of Justice Holmes. Hughes Lauds "Growing Fame." HOLMES, 90, GREETS NATION OVER RADIO Dean Clark Presents Mr. Hughes. Address of the Chief Justice. Circumstances Were Unfavorable. Preparation Was Thorough. Holmes Called More Than "Great." Solitude Held Essential Holmes Receives Book of Tributes.

By Special to The New York Times

Celebrates birthday; career; por

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Notable Births

Jackie Healy-Rae

1931Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish politician (died 2014)[†]

John Patrick Healy, known as Jackie Healy-Rae, was an Irish Independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry South constituency from 1997 to 2011.