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October 31, 1931

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BERLIN NOW INSISTS IT CANNOT PAY BOTH LOANS AND WAR DEBT; Holds Lamont's Proposal OverOptimistic and in Line WithOfficial French View.YOUNG PLAN "OUT OF DATE"World Bank Inquiry Under It IsOpposed and General Parleyof Big Powers Urged.REICH IS SOUNDING OTHERSVon Hoesch Arrives in Berlin forInstructions--No Decision Till HeHas Conferred With Laval. Von Hoesch Arrives in Berlin. BERLIN NOW BALKS AT WAR DEBT PLAN See Provisions Out of Date.

By Guido Enderis. Special Cable To the New York Times.by Guido Enderis

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Notable Births

Dan Rather

1931Dan Rather, American journalist[†]

Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name in September 1961 after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla. He reported on some of the most significant events of the modern age, such as from Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, 9/11, the Iraq War, and the war on terror.

Notable Deaths

Octave Uzanne

1931Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (born 1851)[†]

Octave Uzanne was a 19th-century French bibliophile, writer, publisher, and journalist.