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July 21, 1931

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M'DONALD SIRESSES NEEDS; British Premier Asserts Political Issues Will Be Secondary. BRUENING ASKS FOR AID German Chancellor Finds More Favorable Atmosphere, but All Delegates See Difficulties. QUICK ACTION IS EXPECTED Later Sessions Are Expected to Take Up All Relevant Problems. Delegates Reveal Differences. Bruening Tells of Plight. SEVEN POWERS MEET TO ACT ON DEBT CRISIS Questions for the French. Quick Action Necessary Would Discuss Hoover Plan Statesmen Travel Together. MacDonald Advises Bruening. Short Conference Now Likely.

By Charles A. Selden. Special Cable To the New York Times

To Ministers' Conf

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NEW CRUISERS ROLL BADLY IN HIGH SEA, SPOILING GUNFIRE; Second Construction Defect Is Found in the Eight 10,000Ton Ships.ALTERATIONS ARE ORDERED Work Already Started on Twoto Install Tanks, BilgeKeels or Fins. TARGET PRACTICE BLOCKED Trouble as to Seaworthiness Discovered After Previous Development of Stern Post Cracks. Other Ships to Be Heavier. Full Tests Are Planned. NEW CRUISERS ROLL BADLY IN HIGH SEA

By Unknown Author

8 new 10,000-ton cruisers roll sharply, spoiling gunfire; 2nd construction defect found

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Notable Births

Sonny Clark

1931Sonny Clark, American pianist and composer (died 1963)[†]

Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom.

1931Plas Johnson, American saxophonist[†]

Plas John Johnson Jr. is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sax as well as various flutes and clarinets.

Leon Schidlowsky

1931Leon Schidlowsky, Chilean-Israeli painter and composer (died 2022)[†]

Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete was a Chilean and Israeli composer and painter. He wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cello, flute, mandolin, guitar, harp, organ. About 65 pieces were written in graphic notation. His compositions have been performed in numerous countries, with orchestra conductors including Aldo Ceccato, Clytus Gottwald, Erhard Karkoschka, Herbert Kegel, Lukas Foss, Zubin Mehta and Hermann Scherchen. The scores of his graphic music have been shown in exhibitions such as Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen. Schidlowsky worked as a professor of composition both in Chile and Israel, influencing many students.