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September 7, 1931

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FLIER, AFIRE, LEAPS FROM BURNING RACER; W.J. Hunter Parachutes Safely as Plane Roars at 200-Mile Speed 150 Feet Aloft. HALL WINS FASTEST DASH Averages 222 Miles at Cleveland --Star Pilots Prepare for the Thompson Classic Today. Narrowly Misses Woman Flier. FLIER, AFIRE, LEAPS FROM BURNING RACER Doolittle Tests Plane. Moore Wins in Tiny Plane. Mrs. Haizlip's Son Onlooker. Hawks and Jackson Arrive. Derby Standings Revised.

By Lauren D. Lyman. Special To the New York Times

Leaps in parachute from burning plane; burned

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FEDERAL BUILDINGS TO EMPLOY 100,000; Hoover Announces 121 Structures Finished, With 281More Under Contract.$41,206,800 IN THIS STATEOf This Contracts and Plans inNew York City Call for anOutlay of $34,865,000. President's Report of Progress. Outlay in New York State. FEDERAL BUILDINGS TO EMPLOY 100,000 Projects Thus Far Completed. Outstanding Work Under Contract. New Jersey and Connecticut Data.

By Special to The New York Times

Pres Hoover announces 121 structures finished, with 281 more under contract; to employ 100,000 by Jan 1

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DR.BUTLER WARNS INDUSTRY TO INSURE WORKERS' SECURITY; He Would Put on It Major Part of Burden of Ending Idleness, but Favors State Insurance. AGAINST A FEDERAL SYSTEM Fears It Would Create the Dole, Turning Us Into a Nation of 'Self-Made Beggars.' ADVOCATES 5-DAY WEEK Declares In Southampton Address That Present Situation is "Full and Final Test" of Capitalism. Stresses Need for Speed. DR.BUTLER WARNS INDUSTRY ON JOBS Wants Human Problem Studied. Cites Worker Investments. Against Federal Control. Approves Five-Day Week. Deplores Tariff Barriers.

By Special to The New York Times

Warns industry to ins workers' security; against Fed ins system; s at Parrish Art Museum

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Notable Births

1931Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer and conductor (died 2009)[†]

Charles Camilleri was a Maltese composer.