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April 27, 1931

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PRESBYTERIAN BOARD FOR BIRTH CONTROL; Special Commission Urges the Assembly to Submit Question to Presbyteries. HEALTH FACTOR STRESSED Wider Education of Youth on Marriage Also Urged in Philadelphia Report. Presbyterian Board to Submit the Question of Birth Control TEXT OF THE REPORT. Report of the Committee on Definition, &c. CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE. Parental Training Is Urged. DIVORCE. REMARRIAGE. Report on Birth Control. Report of Educational Committee. Pamphlet on Marriage Is Asked. 3. The Education of Parents. Work in Schools Stressed. 4. Education for Parenthood: Seminar for Young People.

By Special to The New York Times

Rept of Comm on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage urges wider educ of youth for marriage; text

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RUSSIA IS CUTTING TRADE ORDERS HERE AS REPRISAL MOVE; Soviet Restricts Its Purchases in America to Essentials, Including Contract Goods. CREDIT REFUSALS BLAMED Moscow Also Holds We Are No Longer Neutral, but Are Actively Hostile to Russia. MACHINE ORDERS DIVERTED Germany, Britain, Czechoslovakiaand Poland Supplying Commodities Formerly Bought Here. Will Keep Contracts Here. RUSSIA IS CUTTING TRADE ORDERS HERE Ready to Use American Styles.

By Walter Duranty. Wireless To the New York Times

Commerce

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Notable Births

Igor Oistrakh

1931Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist and educator (died 2021)[†]

Igor Davidovich Oistrakh was a Soviet and Russian violinist. He was described by Encyclopædia Britannica as "noted for his lean, modernist interpretations".