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September 15, 1931

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Headlines from September 15, 1931

CURTIUS PROCLAIMS BRIAND HIS LEADER; Startles League Circles With Assertion He Will Follow the Frenchman's Peace Moves. TWO NATIONS JOIN COUNCIL China and Panama to Succeed Persia and Venezuela-- Spain Is Re-elected. Briand Jokes With Curtius. CURTIUS PROCLAIMS BRIAND HIS LEADER Firmly Decided on Collaboration. Opposes Asking Advisory Opinion. League Economy Demanded. Britain Opposes Arms Parley Delay.

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

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Tailless Plane Amazes Germans by Speed, Making 90 Miles an Hour With 30 H.P. Motor

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

BERLIN, Sept. 14.--Leaders of German aviation saw for the first time today a "flying wing" rise at Tempelhof Airport, do spectacular stunts, loops and sharp turns, glide gracefully with a dead motor and race over the airfield at ninety miles an hour with its baby motor at full speed.

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RELIEF FUND USED TO AID DEMOCRATS, SEABURY LEARNS; Party Gave Jobs to Bolster Its Strength in Richmond, Lynch Records Show. GAMBLING 'FIXERS' HUNTED Dismissal of 21 by Brodsky Is Scanned--Realty Deals of Judge Marvin Under Fire. BRONX OFFICIALS QUERIED Commissioner of Public Works Is Questioned--Reports of Unfair Assessments Are Studied. Bronx Officials Questioned. RELIEF FUND USED TO AID DEMOCRATS Fixers Hunted is Gambling Cases. Vice Squad Man Examined.

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Partial confirmation by Samuel Seabury, counsel of the Hofstadter legislative committee, that the disbursement of unemployment relief funds in some cases has been used for the advantage of the Democratic...

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OCEAN FLIERS FIGHT WIND ON WAY HERE; AIRPORTS KEEP VIGIL THROUGHOUT NIGHT; PLANE LAST REPORTED NEARING HALIFAX; BEACONS ARE LIT HERE Three in German Craft Have Fuel to Stay Up Till 5:30 A.M. STORMS IN THE ESA'S PATH Plane Swooped Over the Liner Pennland 395 Miles East of Halifax. ALL FIELDS AWAITING HER Landing Place Not Designated --Consuls of Three Nations Prepare Welcome. Planes Go Aloft Here. Fight Twenty-Mile Wind. Electric Storms in New England.

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Flying in fogs and electric storms the gray metal monoplane which left Portugal on Sunday morning was believed to be driving through the darkness to ward New York at 4:45...

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HARBORD WARNS LEGION ON 'TIN CUP' PLEA FOR BONUS; He Would Have Veterans Take Care of Own 750,000 Idle, He Tells Job Parley. RELIEF PLANS PROPOSED Billion-Dollar Appropriation for Construction and Legalized Beer Are Urged. O'NEIL VIEWS GANG PERIL Idleness Fertile Field for Red and Racketeer, He Says, Pledging Legion to Nation's Service. Goading" Is Protested. HARBORD ATTACKS 'TIN CUP' BONUS PLEA New York Pledges Support. O'Neil Warns of Gang Menace. Legion Ready to Serve. Jobs Declared Available. Legalized Beer Called Solution.

By Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.--General James C. Harbord caused a flurry at the American Legion conference on unemployment here today when he declared that it would be utterly ridiculous for the Legion to go to its...

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1931Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (died 2021)^[†]

Brian Weir Henderson was a New Zealand-born Australian radio and television personality and pioneer known for his association with the Nine Network as a television news anchor in Sydney, as well as a variety show presenter and host of music program Bandstand, the local version of the US music program American Bandstand.

Headlines from September 15, 1931

Tailless Plane Amazes Germans by Speed, Making 90 Miles an Hour With 30 H.P. Motor

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