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July 29, 1931

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ORINOCO IS TRACED TO SOURCE BY DICKEY; Party Follows River 100 Miles Beyond Known Extent to Peak in Northern Brazil. ATTEMPT EXPLORER'S FIFTH Fierce Heat, Bitter Cold, Hunger and Insect Attacks TestFortitude on Long Trek. Journey Took Five Weeks. Felt Extremes of Temperature. ORINOCO IS TRACED TO SOURCE BY DICKEY Animals Were Not Alarmed. Feared Cook Was Lost. Last Heard From June 12. Left New York April 1.

By Dr. Herbert S. Dickey

Dispatches from Upper Orinoco on

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CHILD SLAIN, 4 SHOT AS GANGSTERS FIRE ON BEER WAR RIVAL; One of East 107th Street Group Wounded by Machine Gun Bullets From Auto Dies. BABY IN A CARRIAGE STRUCK Man Lounging in Front of Club Is Target of Machine Guns Near a Police Station. MOTHERS RUSH TO STREET One Finds Two of Her Boys InJured --Fifty Detectives Are Out to Round-Up Assailants. Children at Play in Street. GANGSTERS' BULLETS FELL FIVE CHILDREN Infant Wounded Twice.

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M Vengalli, 5, killed, and 4 other children seriously wounded in gangster's gun fusillade on E 107th St; intended victim escapes; shooting ascribed to war between gangs of J Rao and V Coll

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BRITAIN IS ASSURED OF FRENCH CREDITS; Kindersley Returns Home With Promise, but Norman Delays Action on Offer. FLOW OF GOLD IS HALTED No More Sent to Paris, but $5,000,000 Goes to Amsterdam--Sterling Holds Firm. Norman Delays Acceptance. BRITAIN IS ASSURED OF FRENCH CREDITS French Credits Re-Lent to Reich. Sterling Unchanged Here.

By Carlisle MacDonald. Special Cable To the New York Times

Sterling rises in N Y

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2 PLANES FAR AT SEA RACING TO EUROPE; ONLY MINUTES APART; FOUR AIRMEN BELIEVED TO BE FAR OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC NOW

By Special to The New York Times.Times Wide World Photo

Leave Harbor Grace, N F; pors; careers of fliers; map

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HOOVER'S STAND ON WAGES UNCHANGED, CUTS OPPOSED; STEEL KEEPS WAGE SCALE; CABINET BACKS PRESIDENT No Interpretation Given of Lamont's Letter on Temporary Slashes. SECRETARY DOAK VEHEMENT Administration Has Not Shifted 'one Damned Bit,' He Says When Questioned. RAILWAY LABOR ADAMANT Leaders Intend to Fight Any Reductions--For Rate Rise if Need Is Proved. The President's Statement. Rail Labor Stand Stated. Steel a Key to Wage Policies. Doak Emphasizes Wage Policy. Hoover Policy and Rail Wages.

By Special to The New York Times

Says administration's policy on wage cuts has not shifted in the slightest

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Notable Births

1931Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)^[†]

Kjell Oddvar Karlsen was a Norwegian band leader, composer, arranger, jazz pianist and organist, and a Nestor of Norwegian music and show business, with a career spanning more than 60 years. He was the father of the singer Webe Karlsen.