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October 23, 1931

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HINT OF PAYMENTS IN BENCH DEAL BARED AT SEABURY HEARING; Queens Republican Admits He Asked Aspirant 'Not to Forget' Party Treasurer's Address. DEMOCRAT ALSO EXAMINED Theofel Says Party Conceded as Few Places as Possible to Appease Legislature. HAZY ON BIG DEPOSITS Asserts He Kept Cash In Tin Box in Cellar--City and Officials Bought Cars From Son-in-Law. Denies Setting $5,000 Price. Says Deal Was Necessary. Theofel Kept His Tin Box in Cellar of His Home

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J Theofel testifies before Hofstadter Com on judgeship deal; W B Ashmead admits he told E F Hazleton, nomination aspirant, to remember campaign fund

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RAIL CHIEFS ACCEPT BASIS OF I.C.C. PLAN; But Name a Committee to Seek Change Making Pool Funds Loans, Rather Than Gifts. SELF-HELP THEIR OBJECT No Immediate Effort to Cut Pay Indicated in Atlantic City Executives' Session. Wage Question Passed Over. Voluntary Cut Unlikely. RAIL CHIEFS ACCEPT BASIS OF I.C.C. PLAN Members of the Committee. Resolution Is Adopted. Hold Present Plan Is Illegal. Discuss Outside Competition

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Basis of plan accepted by Assn of Ry Execs

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CITY RECEPTION IMPRESSIVE; Laval Receives 19-Gun Salute--Crowds Cheer Him in Parade. HE URGES UNITED ACTION Premier Says Accusation That France Seeks to Dominate Europe Is "Absurd." HE IS GREETED BY STIMSON Walker Declares People Will Support Him and Hoover in an Economic Program. Hurried off to Washington. Receives Salute of 19 Guns. CITY HONORS LAVAL; HE PLEDGES PEACE Claudel Urges an Entente. Stimson Thanks the City. Wiggin Presides at Reception. Walker's Address of Welcome. Laval Replies in French.

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Notable Births

Jim Bunning

1931Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (died 2017)[†]

James Paul David Bunning was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999 and a member of the United States Senate from 1999 to 2011. He is the only Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame to date.

William P. Clark Jr.

1931William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (died 2013)[†]

William Patrick Clark Jr. was an American rancher, judge, and public servant who served under President Ronald Reagan as the deputy secretary of state from 1981 to 1982, United States national security advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the secretary of the interior from 1983 to 1985.

Diana Dors

1931Diana Dors, English actress (died 1984)[†]

Diana Dors was an English actress and singer.

Johnny Kitagawa

1931Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)[†]

John Hiromu Kitagawa, known professionally as Johnny Kitagawa, was a Japanese business magnate, promoter and record producer. He was best known as the founder of Johnny & Associates, a talent agency for numerous popular boy bands in Japan. In 2023, after his death, a BBC documentary, Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop, reignited discussion of allegations that he had taken advantage of his position to engage in improper sexual relationships with boys under contract to his talent agency. This led to an independent probe which concluded that Kitagawa had "repeated and widely" abused boys in his organizations since the 1970s.