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September 26, 1931

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RESCUED FLIERS HERE TELL OF SEA ORDEAL; PLAN TO FLY AGAIN; Rody and Johanssen in Good Spirits After Clinging to Plane in Ocean Seven Days. COMPANION IS RECOVERING Legs of Crew of Esa Dangled in Waves Till They Became Painfully Swollen. WATER RATION TWO OUNCES Greeted in Behalf of City on Their Arrival, Airmen Declare They Will Try Again in Spring. Tell of Their Long Ordeal. SAVED FLIERS HERE PLAN TO FLY AGAIN Costa Viega Painfully Injured. Drank Two Ounces of Water a Day. Ice Clogged Instruments. Hope to Try Again Next Spring.

By Unknown Author

Three men who set out to conquer the long stretch of the Atlantic by airplane and escaped what seemed certain death after clinging to their wreckage for 158 hours arrived in New York yesterday afternoon on ...

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PRESIDENT STRIKES AT GROUPS BACKING RAIDS ON TREASURY; He Hails Legion's Defeat of Bonus Demands in Warning 'Organized Minorities.' COMMON GOOD PUT FIRST In Last Congress 271 of the Bills Offered Called for an Outlay of $17,000,000,000. NO WAR COUNCIL, HIS HINT Impression Is Left That He Has Enough Advice Now, Some of It From Commissions. Outlay Asked in Last Congress. The President's Statement. As to Forming a War Council. Commission's Records Recalled. Warning to Congress Seen.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times

Hoover, praising Amer Legion's action, urges other organized minorities to follow lead

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Notable Births

Kenneth Parnell

1931Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (died 2008)[†]

Kenneth Eugene Parnell was an American convicted sex offender, child rapist, and kidnapper infamously known for committing the abductions of 7-year-old Steven Stayner in Merced, California, in 1972 and 5-year-old Timothy White in Ukiah, California, in 1980. He was convicted in 2004 for attempting to purchase a child for sex and died in prison.