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September 3, 1931

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EUROPE SEES A NEED OF NEW TRADE CURE; Report of Delegates of All Its Nations, Made at Geneva, Would Discard Old Ways. FREER MARKETS SOUGHT Politicians Are Asked to Help Recovery by Spreading a Feeling of Confidence. Aid of Politicians Asked. EUROPE SEES A NEED OF NEW TRADE CURE Immediate Action Not Sought. Suggestions of the Committee.

By Clarence K. Streit. Special Cable To the New York Times

Com makes pub its rept; promises no immediate action, but urges new methods

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Albert DeSalvo

1931Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973)[†]

Albert Henry DeSalvo, also known as the Green Man or the Measuring Man, was an American murderer and rapist who was active in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 1960s. He is known for having confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," a serial killer who murdered thirteen women in the Boston area between 1962–64. Due to physical evidence, DeSalvo's confession was believed, yet he was only prosecuted in 1967 for a series of unrelated rapes, for which he was convicted and imprisoned until his murder in 1973. DeSalvo's claims to have murdered multiple women were disputed, and debates continued regarding which crimes he truly had committed.

Dick Motta

1931Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach[†]

John Richard Motta is an American former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years. Motta coached the Washington Bullets to the 1978 NBA Championship, and he won the 1971 NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Chicago Bulls. Motta is eighth all-time with 1,952 games as coach, while ranking 13th in wins and fourth in losses; he has the most wins of eligible coaches not currently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 25 seasons as a coach, he reached the postseason fourteen times.

1931Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (died 2012)[†]

Guy Gustave Arthur Ghislain Spitaels was a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He was the 7th Minister-President of Wallonia from 1992 to 1994 and president of his party for thirteen years, until he was succeeded by Philippe Busquin.