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September 16, 1931

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CURRY FORCES OUST BRIARLY IN PRIMARY; KEATING SLATE WINS; Tammany's Support of Sheehy in 15th A.D. Crushes Leader by Overwhelming Vote. BITTER CONTEST IN 13TH Rival's Sweep Defeats Dowd, Who Fails of Renomination to Board of Aldermen. WADSWORTH WINS OVER DRY Son of Former Senator Victor for Assembly Up-State--Governor's Man Wins Erie Fight. Governor's Leader Wins in Erie. CURRY FORCES WIN, OUSTING BRIARLY Ambro Victor in Brooklyn. Sheehy Sees Victory for Curry. Torrens Concedes Defeat. Tables of the Nominees.

By Unknown Author

Frank L. Briarly, leader of the Democratic organization in the Fifteenth Assembly District, went down to defeat in yesterday's primaries before John E. Sheehy, the candidate of John F. Curry, Tammany leader, to succeed Mr. Briarly. Mr. Briarly conceded defeat last midnight.

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GANDHI FOR EQUALITY OF INDIA WITH BRITAIN; Gives His Program for Equal Partnership, and Independence in Nations' Home Affairs. HEARERS FORGET HIS RAGS And Seek Formula to Win Him --Mahatma Denounces Waste in Lighting Display. No Note of Bitterness. GANDHI WANTS INDIA EQUAL WITH BRITAIN Talks With India Secretary. Cites British Fiscal Crisis. Becomes Lost in Palace.

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr Wireless To the New York Times.by Ferdinand Kuhn Jr

LONDON, Sept. 15.--Mahatma Gandhi flung his old demand of complete independence for India onto the round table at St. James's Palace today.

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DISORDERS IN BRITISH NAVY FOLLOW ECONOMY PAY CUT; MANOEUVRES ARE CANCELED; UNREST IN ARMY FEARED 500 Seamen, After Meeting Ashore, Sing and Dance on WarshipsOLDER MEN FIRST DISOBEYAdmiralty Takes Up Grievances --Officer Flies to London toReport on the Trouble.NATION SHOCKED BY NEWSCommons Turns Attention FromDramatic Debate--Sole Outbreak at Scottish Base. Admiralty Tells of Unrest. Possible Mutiny at Sea Avoided. BRITISH NAVY HELD IN PORT BY 'UNREST' Resent Pay Favors to Officers. Protest Made at Rosyth Base.

By Charles A. Selden. Special Cable To the New York Times.by Charles A. Selden

pay cuts

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Notable Births

K. D. Arulpragasam

1931K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (died 2003)[†]

Professor Kandiah David Arulpragasam was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic. He was the first vice-chancellor of Eastern University, Sri Lanka.

Little Willie Littlefield

1931Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2013)[†]

Willie Littlefield, Jr., billed as Little Willie Littlefield, was an American R&B and boogie-woogie pianist and singer whose early recordings "formed a vital link between boogie-woogie and rock and roll". Littlefield was regarded as a teenage wonder and overnight sensation when in 1949, at the age of 18, he popularized the triplet piano style on his Modern Records debut single, "It's Midnight". He also recorded the first version of the song "Kansas City", in 1952.

Notable Deaths

Omar al-Mukhtar

1931Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (born 1862)[†]

ʿUmar al-Mukhtār Muḥammad bin Farḥāt al-Manifī, called The Lion of the Desert, known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa, was a Libyan revolutionary and Imam who led the native resistance in Cyrenaica under the Senussids, against the Italian colonization of Libya. A teacher-turned-general, Omar was a prominent figure of the Senussi movement and is considered the national hero of Libya and a symbol of resistance in the Arab and Islamic worlds. Beginning in 1911, he organised and led the Libyan resistance movement against the Italian colonial empire during the First and Second Italo-Senussi Wars. Externally, he also fought against the French colonization of Chad and the British occupation of Egypt. After many attempts, the Italian Armed Forces managed to capture Al-Mukhtar near Slonta when he was wounded in battle by Libyan colonial troops, and hanged him in 1931 after he refused to surrender.