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June 15, 1931

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350 DROWNED OFF FRANCE WHEN HURRICANE CAPSIZES CROWDED EXCURSION SHIP; 7 SURVIVORS PICKED UP Watcher on Shore Saw Captain's Distress Signal as the Boat Sank. VESSEL CAUGHT IN GALE As Passengers Rushed in Panic to One Side Gust Carried the Ship Over. WORKERS WERE ON HOLIDAY The Trip From Nantes Took Them Through Treacherous Shoals Near St. Nazaire. Ship Was on Return Voyage. Lifebelt Saves One Man. Thrown Into the Water. Tell of Sudden Black Squall. Storms Reported to Paris. Recalls Other Disasters.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sinks in hurricane off west coast of France; 350 drowned; 7 survivors picked up; survivor tells of tragedy

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10-YEAR PLAN URGED TO OFFSET RED DRIVE BY STABILIZING TRADE; Civic Federation Letter to 600 Groups Backs Woll Proposal for Coordinated Program. ASKS INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS Balanced Output and Demand, Possibly a 30-Hour Week to Be Sought for Nation. EXISTING "CHAOS" DECRIED Social Safety Under Democratic Ideal Stressed as Antithesis of Russian "Failure." Would Discuss Thirty-Hour Week. Proposes Detailed Future Plan. 10-YEAR PLAN URGED TO STABILIZE NATION Finds Industry Disorganized. Program for Congress Outlined. Warns of Government Action. Would Survey Other Proposals. Conceives Antithesis of Russia.

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Natl Civic Fed backs M Woll's 10-yr plan to combat Russian indus plans

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1931Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal[†]

Air Chief Marshal Sir Joseph Alfred Gilbert, is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command from 1984 to 1986.