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July 30, 1931

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CRAIG'S APPEARANCES IN PIER LEASE CASES TAKEN UP BY SEABURY; Two Sinking Fund Officials and Secretary Queried on ExController's Activities.MAYOR MEETS HOFSTADTER Gets Assurance of CommitteeThat Trip Abroad Will NotHamper City Inquiry.HE HAS PRAISE FOR DOYLELauds Ability of Jailed AppealsBoard Practitioner, but Does Not Remember Giving Him Cases. Mayor to Sail Next Week. Case Handled by Walker Up. CRAIG UNDER FIRE IN PIER LEASE CASES Sinking Fund Officials Queried. Olvany Accounts Subpoenaed. Denies Doyle Is Critically Ill.

By Unknown Author

Sec and 2 members of Sinking Fund Comm questioned regarding C L Craig's appearances before comm on behalf of steamship cos seeking city pier leases

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CONTINUE ON WAY TODAY; Round-World Pair Start for Croydon After Short Rest. HAD BEEN IN AIR 32 HOURS Poor Visibility Forced Them to Cruise Over Ireland for Most of Afternoon. SEEK TRACE OF THE OTHERS Watchers on Alert for Craft of Boardman and Polando on Way to Istanbul. First Heard Over Ireland. Will Go to Croydon Today. WORLD FLIERS SAFE, LAND IN WALES Take Off for Croydon. Washington Advised of Arrival

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Safe in Wales; stopped by fog; start for Croydon; pors

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BANKERS TO LEAVE FUNDS IN GERMANY; British and Americans Agree With Reichsbank to Extend Short-Term Loans. NATION IS MORE CONFIDENT Industrialists Call on People to Face the Crisis--Experts Are Named for Banking Inquiry. Industry Repudiates Dr. Luther. BANKERS TO LEAVE FUNDS IN GERMANY Labor Asks Supervision of Banks. France Picks Moreau as Expert.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brit and Amer bankers agree to leave credits in Germany; credits to be transferred to Gold Discount Bank for security; E Moreau chosen to represent France on World Bank com; C Melchior named for Germany

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Notable Births

Dominique Lapierre

1931Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author (died 2022)[†]

Dominique Lapierre was a French author.

Marina Popovich

1931Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (died 2017)[†]

Marina Lavrentyevna Zhikhoreva was a Soviet Air Forces colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot. In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break the sound barrier. Known as "Madame MiG", for her work in the Soviet fighter, she set more than one hundred aviation world records on over 40 types of aircraft over her career.