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August 12, 1931

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FESS SAYS HOOVER WILL HAVE AID PLAN READY FOR CONGRESS; Senator Declares Government Must Avert Starvation of the Unemployed. BLAINE ASKS EXTRA SESSION Reports to President's Committee Show No General Improvement in Employment.$2,095,000 AID VOTED HERE 1,175 City Workers Rehired as Year's Total for Relief of Jobless Rises to $15,775,000. Says Government Must Act. Need for Quick Action. HOOVER RELIEF PLAN WILL GO TO CONGRESS Senator Blaine's Message. Report Unemployment Rising.

By Special to The New York Times

On Hoover's jobless relief plan

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HOOVER DEBT PLAN IS SIGNED IN LONDON; Experts Call for Payment of Postponed Reparations in 10 Yearly Instalments. FIRST IS DUE JULY 1, 1933 Stocks Rise in New York With News of Completion of Debt-Holiday Program. Repayments Begin July 1, 1933. Plan for Deliveries in Kind. HOOVER DEBT PLAN IS SIGNED IN LONDON Agreement on Other Issues.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hoover plan signed; text of protocol; U S will not participate, statement; comment of Germania, (newspaper)

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COURT TO AUTHORIZE BANK OF U.S. TO PAY 30% DIVIDEND SEPT. 1; Sets Hearing for Aug. 20 on Plea by Broderick to Make First Payment of $41,139,885. TOTAL DUE IS $137,132,527 Balance After Outlay $17,000,000 Cash and $93,682,194 in Doubtful Assets. $2,488,993 FOR LIQUIDATION Banking Head Sees Best Chancefor Depositors in a ProperReorganization Plan. Little Hope of Full Payment. BANK OF U.S. READY TO PAY 30 PER CENT Avoids Any Predictions. Ready to Aid in Reopening. Second Plan Dropped. Action Must Come Quickly. $19,000,000 to Reserve Bank.

By Unknown Author

Supt Broderick asks ct approval of payment of 30% divd to depositors; submits balance sheet

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SEABURY TO EXAMINE CURRY IN PUBLIC OVER PHONE CALL, DOYLE FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM; JOINT HEARING IS PLANNED Leader and Veterinarian Must Be Heard at Same Time, Counsel Insists. FALK SUES FOR A WRIT Asks Immediate Opportunity for Client to Purge Himself of Contempt. SPECIAL SESSION SPEEDED Committee Will Send Plea to the Governor by Tomorrow-- Democrats Fight Plan. Democrats Fight Special Session. Court Order Irks Seabury. Mastick for Immunity Bill.

By Unknown Author

Will be questioned at pub hearing on telephone call from apt to Lake Placid, N Y, in Doyle case

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William Goldman

1931William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2018)[†]

William Goldman was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. Among other accolades, Goldman won two Academy Awards in both writing categories: first for Best Original Screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and then for Best Adapted Screenplay for All the President's Men (1976).