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September 8, 1931
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Headlines from September 8, 1931
LAST MUTINOUS SHIPS SURRENDER IN CHILE, ENDING REDS' REVOLT; Rebel Sailors Free Officers, Who Resume Command and Head for Port Tongoy. PENALTIES NOT DECIDED Two Communists Revealed as Leaders Who Prevented an Earlier Surrender. MANY SHIPS HIT IN AIR RAID Several Vessels Damaged Sunday, but None Seriously--Some of Men Wouldn't Fight Back. Crowds Delighted at Turn. First Heavy Blow on Saturday. Destroyers Yield in Morning. Regime Reports Victory. Loyal Officers Now in Command. Says Clique Staged Revolt. The Riquelme First to Yield. Air Force a Separate Command.
Sailors surrender; revolt ends
M'DONALD APPEALS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT; On Eve of Economy Session of Parliament He Insists Plans of Cabinet Are Necessary. UNION CHIEF ASSAILS BANKS Indication That National Control of Them Will Be Sought IsGiven at Bristol Congress. Unions Hear Attack on Banks. M'DONALD APPEALS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT Frenzied Speculation on Taxes.
S before Trades Union Cong on financial and pol situation in Gt Britain
AMERICANS TAKE OFF FROM JAPAN TO FLY PACIFIC TO SEATTLE; Moyle and Allen on 4,474-Mile Non-Stop Flight Pass Cape Erimo an Hour Later. WEATHER CLEAR AT START San Francisco Reports Storm Near Route Over Aleutians Is Passing to the North. PLANE HAS 44 HOURS' FUEL Fliers to Alternate at Controls, Catching Naps--Machine Rebuilt for Attempt. Take-Off Made Smoothly FLIERS LEAVE JAPAN ON SEATTLE FLIGHT Plane Did Well in Test. Storm Blowing to North.
Pacific flights
Notable Births

1931Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (died 2010)[โ ]
Marion Brown was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongside musicians such as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and John Tchicai. He performed on Coltrane's landmark 1965 album Ascension. AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow described him as "one of the brightest and most lyrical voices of the 1960s avant-garde."
1931John Garrett, English politician (died 2007)[โ ]
John Laurence Garrett was a British management consultant and Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich South for 19 years in two non-consecutive terms, from 1974 to 1983, and later from 1987 to 1997.