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September 19, 1931

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MRS. COLLINGS' STORY ATTACKED AT INQUEST AS SHE STAYS AWAY; Prosecutor Stresses Details Omitted in First Recital of Raid on Cruiser. POLICEMAN CHIEF WITNESS Quotes Widow as Saying Two Boats Passed During Tragedy but She Made No Outcry. SHE IS TOO ILL' TO ATTEND Lawyer, Defending Her Story Again, Says It Has Been Proved True-- Silent on Private Inquiry. Widow's Story Defended. Two Witnesses Heard. ATTACKS THE STORY OF MRS. COLLINGS Found Widow Smiling. Omission in First Account. Crowd Kept from Inquest. Asked Mrs. Collings's Presence. Tells of Finding Widow. Repeats Woman's Story. Heard Crash of Glass. Says She Did Not Cry Out. Did Not Mention Struggle.

By Unknown Author

Mrs. Lillian Collings absented herself yesterday from the inquest at Huntington, L.I., into the strange death of her husband, Benjamin, but her story of a murderous attack by pirates in Long Island Sound was related from the witness stand by ...

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LINDBERGHS ARRIVE IN CHINA FROM JAPAN; Land Safely in Nanking After 800-Mile Oversea Flight From Fukuoka. CROSS THE YELLOW SEA They Will Be the Guests of the American Consul on Visit to the Capital of China. Take Off from Fukuoka. Flight Delayed From Yesterday. Yangtse Still Dangerous. LINDBERGHS ARRIVE IN CHINA FROM JAPAN Going On To Europe.

By Unknown Author

NANKING, Saturday, Sept. 19.-- Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived here at 2:36 P.M., today 1:36 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Time) after a flight of 800 miles from Fukuoka, Japan.

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Stimson, Mellon and Lamont Meet Hoover in Night Session

By Special to The New York Times

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NERVOUSNESS STILL IN BRITISH MARKETS; Stock Liquidation Continues, Holland Withdraws Gold and Foreign Exchanges Drop. STERLING MAINTAINS RATE But Pressure From New York Indicates Inroads on Recent Credits--Stocks Fall Here. Dutch Exchange Still Low. NERVOUSNESS STILL IN BRITISH MARKETS STOCKS DECLINE HERE. Second Widest Drop of the Year Is Ascribed to London Reports.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Market unsettled

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WORLD COURT ENTRY IS URGED BY THE BAR; Meeting Asks Senate to Ratify Protocol as Step to Peace and Trade Recovery. NEW TRUST LAW SOUGHT Advance Rulings on Mergers by Trade Commission Endorsed, Also Federal Bus Control. Dispute on Air Property. WORLD COURT ENTRY IS URGED BY THE BAR Walsh Denounces Report. Virtually Unanimous on Court. Back Sherman Law Revision Interstate Trucking Excluded.

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Amer Bar Assn favors revision

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Notable Births

1931Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (died 1988)^[†]

Benjamin Franklin Peay, known professionally as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter whose music transcended rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres in the 1950s and 1960s, with hits such as "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Endlessly".

1931Derek Gardner, English engineer (died 2011)^[†]

Derek Gardner was a car designer known for designing advanced transmission systems. He was born in Warwick, and joined Formula One while employed by Harry Ferguson Research, developing four-wheel drive systems for Matra in 1969. He met Ken Tyrrell in 1970 and Tyrrell chose Gardner to design his chassis. The first chassis, the Tyrrell 001, was built in his garage at home and was raced in the 1970 Canadian Grand Prix.