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August 22, 1931

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GREAT YANGTSE FLOOD ENGULFS HANKOW; HWAI RIVER COVERS 80 COUNTIES IN NORTH; THOUSANDS DIE, 30,000,000 ARE HOMELESS; SCENE OF THE DISASTROUS FLOOD IN CHINA.

By Times Wide World Photo.Times Wide World Photo

Japan sends fund to aid tlood sufferers

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REBELS OVERCOME BY ODDS AT JIBARA; Handful, With Vast Store of Ammunition, Had No Time to Consolidate Cuban Post. SHOT DOWN THREE PLANES Battle Was Desperate, Although Rumors of Bayonetting and Massacre Are Dispelled. Facts Upset the Rumors. Forces Engaged Not Large. REBELS OVERCOME BY ODDS AT JIBARA Men Were Few and Supplies Large. Federal Speed Amazing. Two Warships in Bay. Rebels Soon Bottled Up. Rebels Shoot Down Three Planes.

By Harold N. Denny. Staff Correspondent of the New York Times. Special Cable To the New York Times

Rebels overcome at Jibara

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NATION'S CRIME BILL PUT ABOVE BILLION; Wickersham Board Staggered by Cost, Is Unable to Estimate the Total.DRY LAW A GREAT FACTOREnforcement Efforts Take Twothirds of Federal Outlay for Criminal Justice. Cost of Dry Enforcement. Report on Crime's Cost Shows Dry Law's Big Cost Huge Sums in Police Costs. Crime Losses Still Greater. Experts Stress Economic Factor. Distribution of Costs. Burden Heavy on Cities. Propose Survey in Every City. Crimes Against Property. Frauds a Large Factor. Recommendations of Experts.

By Special to The New York Times

Wickersham Comm rept puts U S crime bill at more than $1,119,000,000; says cost of dry enforcement takes 2/3 of Fed outlay for criminal justice; statistical tables

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BROKER, 25, VANISHES; KIDNAPPING FEARED; $100,000 'Ransom' Demanded for C.M. Rosenthal, Who Disappeared Aug. 11. HE SIGNED ONE LETTER City and Lawrence (L.I.) Police and Private Detectives Join in Hunt for Wealthy Youth. Family Confirms Disappearance. BROKER, 25, MISSING; KIDNAPPING FEARED Member of Curb House. Lawyer Gets Mysterious Call. Letters Are Kept Secret. A Woman Is Linked to Case.

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C M Rosenthal, missing from Lawrence, L I; kidnapping feared

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UNION CHIEFS FORCE CRISIS ON M'DONALD; Again Reject His Economy Plans and Refer Clash to Their Congress Next Month. RUMORS OF A NEW CABINET Baldwin Hurries Nearer Home as Parties Consult in London and Cabinet Is Recalled. Summons for the Cabinet. UNION CHIEFS FORCE CRISIS ON M'DONALD Danger From Tariff Also Baldwin Goes to Paris.

By Charles A. Selden. Special Cable To the New York Times

Trade Union Council declines to negotiate further on economy program; 3 Cabinet members opposed to cuts

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