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August 3, 1931

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CATALAN PLEBISCITE DEMANDS AUTONOMY; Less Than One-fourth of 1 Per Cent of 500,000 Votes Cast Oppose Statute. MACIA CHALLENGES MADRID President Says Catalonians Want Peace, but Will Have Home Rule at All Costs.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Popular plebiscite accept:, autonomy project; members of Generalidad proclaim de facto autonomy; address by F Macia before Generalidad palace, Barcelona

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EDISON IMPROVES, MAY RESUME WORK, HIS DOCTOR REPORTS; Inventor, Feeling '105% Better,' Already Talks of Going Back to Laboratory. COLLAPSE DUE TO FOOD CUT Patient, on Milk Diet Three Years, Halved Allowance to Ease His Pains. BETTER AFTER NIGHT'S REST Alert and Chatting With Family After Six-Hour Sleep--Takes Heavier Nourishment.

By Unknown Author

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77 Saved in Fire on a Crowded Fishing Boat; Two Drown When Launch Capsizes With 16; FISHING BOAT FROM WHICH 77 PERSONS WERE RESCUED WHEN FIRE STARTED.

By Unknown Author

East River, fishing boat Usona; illus

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LINDBERGHS SPEED NORTH TO CHURCHILL; 2,000 CHEER LANDING; Fly 750 Stormy Miles From Moose Factory to Hudson Bay Port in 8 Hours 50 Minutes. HARBOR DIN GREETS PLANE Town's Eleven Women Serve as Hostesses to the Smiling Tokyo-Bound Couple. DAY'S SILENCE EXPLAINED Weak Radio Prevented Message From Moose Factory Till Press Plane Came Through to Post.

By Special to The New York Times

Arrive at Churchill, Man, after stop at Moose Factory; weak radio prevented message from Moose factory; reception; illus of Churchill; map

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WORLD FLIERS DASH ONWARD FROM CHITA; Herndon and Pangborn Are 29 Hours Behind Post and Gatty at the Half-Way Mark. BUT HOPE TO BREAK RECORD Khabarovsk Is Next Scheduled Stop, Whence Pair Will Take Off for Alaska.

By Unknown Author

At Roosevelt Field; doubt loss of record to Pangborn and Herndon; comparison of flights

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