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April 20, 1931

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FRANCE AND BRITAIN STUDY GRADE ACCORD TO END TARIFF FIGHT; Paris, Alarmed at Movement for English Duties, Acts to Hold Her Best Customer. LONDON ASKS REDUCTIONS Wants 25 Per Cent Cuts in the French Customs on 500 Import Commodities. TARIFF THREAT INVOLVED French Seek Way Out of Difficulty, but Most-Favored-Nation Clause of Pacts Presents Problem. Britain Seeks Tariff Cuts. FRANCE AND BRITAIN STUDY TRADE PACT

By P.j. Philip. Special Cable To the New York Times

Exchange of notes providing for commercial treaty; text

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Notable Births

Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby

1931Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, English lieutenant and politician (died 2014)[†]

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby was a British politician, hereditary peer, and horse welfare advocate.

John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles

1931John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician[†]

John Dawson Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles,, is a British Conservative peer and businessman. He is one of the ninety-two hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.

Notable Deaths

Cosmo Duff-Gordon

1931Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (born 1862)[†]

Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL was a prominent Englishman and sportsman who owned land in Scotland, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic.