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June 17, 1931

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TWO ACTORS SOUGHT FOR FAITHFULL CLUES; Edwards Believes They Were With Girl Before She Died, but Does Not Suspect Them. MAY HAVE BEEN IMPOSTORS Check-Up by Police Shows Contradictions--Young VictimCalled Veronal Addict. Conflicting Trends in Quest. TWO ACTORS SOUGHT IN FAITHFULL CASE Statement Issued for Peters. Another Tells of Screams. Two Men Not Suspects. Artist Denies Seeing Her. Texts of the Letters. Sister's Statements Related.

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J Greenaway and B Winston sought for questioning; R Stoner denies seeing her; A J Peters issues statement; lrs between Hamlin and stepfather published; statement of C F Rowley, Boston lawyer

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EWALD CASE JUROR GOT $4,500 CITY JOB; Legislative Inquiry Finds No Link, but Will Continue Hunt in Naming of Engineer. ELUSIVE WITNESS SOUGHT $10,000 Banked by $3,000-aYear Building Inspector--Bennett Upholds Inquiry Fund. Finds No Connection. EWALD CASE JUROR GOT $4,500 CITY JOB Met at Grand Central. Hunt Thorne Again Today. Building Inspector Queried.

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G L Lommel, engineering inspector of Bd of Estimate, who was juror in second trial of M J Healy and T J Tommaney, questioned concerning circumstances of his apptmt to city job soon after trial resulted in disagreement

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HARDING'S BETRAYAL BY MEN HE TRUSTED PICTURED BY HOOVER; Victim Dimly Realized Tragedy Before End, Says President at Marion Tomb. 'KINDLY AND GENTLE SPIRIT' New Problems Have Not Obscured the Constructive ActsRecorded, He Declares. PRAISE VOICED BY COOLIDGE Throng of 20,000 Hears Addressesat Dedicatory Exercises--HooverStarts for Springfield. Members of Cabinet There. Suffered From the Tragedy. Lists Harding Accomplishments. Coolidge's Tribute to Harding. Frelinghuysen Praises Friend. Applause from Civil War Men. President Starts for Columbus.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

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GOV. RITCHIE URGES BUSINESS TO CREATE NEW STATESMANSHIP; Advocates a Higher Form of Self-Government to Stabilize Economic System. SEES NEW SOCIAL CONCEPTS In Address to Advertising Men He Attacks Hoover on Tariff and War Debts. RECOVERY ON, EXPERTS SAY Babson Stakes His Reputation In Predicting Return of Prosperity Within a Reasonable Time. Experts Predict Prosperity GOV. RITCHIE PLEADS FOR STATESMANSHIP For Wider Distribution of Wealth. Scores Federal Administration. Calls for Business Statesmanship. Urges State Liquor Control.

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Urges business to create new leadership, in address before convention of Advertising Fed of Amer

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Notable Births

John Baldessari

1931John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator (died 2020)[†]

John Anthony Baldessari was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California.