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August 11, 1931

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LINDBERGHS AWAY ON FLIGHT TO NOME; Take Off From Point Barrow for 532-Mile Stage as TwoDay Storm Clears.RADIO "OKEH" AN HOUR OUTPredicting Arctic Airlines, theColonel Says His Is ShortestNew-York-to-Orient Route. Natives Line Shores. Pictures Air Routes Over Arctic. LINDBERGHS AWAY ON FLIGHT TO NOME

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Leave Point Barrow for Nome

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WICKERSHAM BOARD HITS 'THIRD DEGREE' AND BRUTAL POLICE; Traces Their "Lawless" Record of Enforcement, Discovering "Unprintable Barbarity." STRESS ON NEW YORK CITY Called "One of Worst" in Report Asking for Action byCongress. MULROONEY BACKS FORCE Says Prisoners Are Not Mistreatedand Invites Citizens to See ProofIn Line-Up. Favors Action by Congress. Wickersham Report Asks for Congressional Action on Brutality by Police Report Makes 347 Pages. Fear of Retaliation. No Organized Protest. Third Degree Conditions. Bars a Speedy Hearing. Believe Charges Founded. Prizes For Violation. Courts Aware of Situation. Partial Explanation Given. The Habitual Mistake. New York City Conditions. Welts and Bruises. 'They Came Through.' Murder of Wardens. Judge Pound's Comment. Judge Describes Practices. Other Cases Cited. Rarely Admit Violence. Education. Severe Federal Questioning.

By Special to The New York Times

Natl Comm on Law Observance and Enforcement (Wickersham Comm), in rept, hits "third degree" and brutality of police; stress laid on N Y C Dept as one of worst; Comr Mulrooney and other police heads make denials; Comm favors action by Cong on new criminal code

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Nation Overlooks Centennial Of Its First Passenger Train

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ROOSEVELT IS READY TO CALL LEGISLATURE; Reported Willing to Summon Extra Session if Hofstadter Committee So Wills. GETS THE NEWS IN QUEBEC Move, Which Would Require 10 Days' Notice, Not Looked For Until His Return to Albany. Obstacles Pointed Out. See It as Legislative Duty. ROOSEVELT TO ACT ON SPECIAL SESSION FEARON FAVORS MOVE. Republican Leader Says Need for Special Session Is Clear.

By From a Staff Correspondence of The New York Times

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Planes Fail to Find Any Trace of Cramer; Fliers Fear Storm Blew Him Out to Sea; PLANES FAIL TO FIND A TRACE OF CRAMER

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 10.--No news has been received since yesterday of Parker D. Cramer, American airman, who left Lerwick, Shetland Islands, yesterday for the west coast of Norway in continuation of his flight from the United States to Copenhagen via the Arctic.

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