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January 2, 1932

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OUR EXPERTS ACCEPT BUDGETARY ARMS CUT; Delegates to Geneva Probably Will Compromise With Direct Reduction. BAR SMALLER BATTLESHIPS Suggestions to Stimson Ask Continued Opposition to European Proposal. OUR ARMS EXPERTS FAVOR COMPROMISE

By Special to The New York Times

Tech advisers to U S delegation to Geneva disarmament conf suggest to Stimson that U S accept combination of direct and budgetary limitation as basic principle

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SPEND NIGHT AT GATE TO GREET PRESIDENT; Early Birds in New Year's Line Are Invited to Breakfast and Visited by Hoover. RAIN CUTS DOWN THRONG Colorful Diplomats, War Heroes and Awed Children File Through White House. WAIT NIGHT AT GATE TO GREET PRESIDENT

By Special to The New York Times

Pres and Mrs Hoover greet 3,000; rain reduces number

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Gen. Fechet Quits Air Corps to Wage Fight To Strengthen the Nation's Aerial Defenses; FECHET WILL FIGHT FOR BIG AIR CORPS

By Special to The New York Times

Maj Gen J E Fechet retires from Air Corps; to fight to strengthen U S aerial defenses

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Southern California Beats Tulane 21-12 in Rose Bowl

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The University of Southern California football team, holder of the Pacific Coast championship, defeated Tulane, champion of the South, in the annual Rose Bowl game at Pasadena yesterday, 21 to 12, before 83,000. Ernie Pinckert, back-field star, won individual honors, scoring two of Southern California's touchdowns.

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BIGGER NAVY FORCES PREPARE TWO PLANS; ONE 10, ONE 15 YEARS; Programs Drawn by General Board for Chairman Vinson of House Committee. FOR YEAR-TO-YEAR BUILDING Would Bring Sea Arm to London Treaty Maximum After Its Expiration. OFFICERS WILL BE CALLED Vinson Plans to Ask Inquiry Into Effect of Budget Cuts on the Navy's Efficiency. BIGGER NAVY FORCES PREPARE TWO PLANS

By Special to The New York Times

Gen Bd will submit 2 programs to Cong, one covering a 10, the other a 15-yr period

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FOREIGN DEFAULTS ON BONDS HELD HERE EXCEED $815,000,000; South American Nations and Divisions Comprise the Whole List, Senators Are Told. BRAZILIAN GROUP LARGEST Sao Paulo State Fell Behind $70,000,000 Yesterday -- Most Arrears Occurred Last Year. BANKERS SUBMIT REPORTS National City Profit of $24,000,000 Retold -- Kuhn-Loeb and Morgan Give No Figures. $815,000,000 OWING ON FOREIGN BONDS

By Special to The New York Times

O H Kahn supplies Sen Finance Com with list of defaulted securities; all are issues of Latin-Amer Govts, States or municipalities

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BOMB PLOTS AROUSE FIVE MORE CITIES; Two Blasts and Three Attempts at Bombings Reported in West as Wide Hunt is Pressed. SCARE IN NEW HAVEN OFFICE Mailed Package to Be Tested Today -- No Clues Found Here -- Anti-Fascists Protest. BOMB PLOTS AROUSE FIVE MORE CITIES

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Blasts in Paris, Ill, and Trinidad, Col, and attempts at bombing in Cincinnati and Bellaire, Ohio, reptd; package believed to be a bomb found in New Haven, Conn, P O; Anti-Fascists deny responsibility for bomb plots; 2 N Y Communists held in connection with Easton explosion

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