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August 30, 1931

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CANNON EXPECTED TO REPLY ON FUNDS; Nye Believes Bishop, as Result of Revelations, Will Volunteer Testimony on Use of Gifts. INSISTS ON HEARING DONORS Will Call Huston, Slemp and Frelinghuysen--Prosecutions for Corruption Planned. Three Others to Be Called. May Push Contempt Actions. CANNON EXPECTED TO REPLY ON FUNDS To Decide Course Next Month. Activity in Huston's Bank Account.

By Special to The New York Times

Sen Nye expects Cannon to volunteer testimony on use of gifts

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GEHRIG GETS NO. 36, BUT YANKS LOSE, 7-4; Drive With 3 on Bases Gives New York Only Scores as Athletics Win Again. FOXX BATS IN FIVE RUNS Grove; Though Routed From Box for First Time This Year, Records 26th Victory. Grove Meets Similar Fate. Gehrig Delivers Healthy Wallop. GEHRIG GETS NO. 36, BUT YANKS LOSE, 7-4

By William E. Brandt. Special To the New York Times

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.--Two very healthy wallops by First Baseman Jimmy Foxx enabled the Athletics to make a clean sweep pf the two-game series with the Yankees by winning today's battle, 7 to 4.

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Notable Births

Jack Swigert

1931Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (died 1982)[†]

John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. Due to the "slingshot" route around the Moon they chose to safely return to Earth, the Apollo 13 astronauts flew farther away from Earth than any other astronauts before or since, though they had to abort the Moon landing.