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February 23, 1932

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Notable Births

1932Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (died 2008)^[†]

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was an American actress. She was best known for her roles as various characters in the Star Trek franchise: Nurse Christine Chapel, Number One, Lwaxana Troi, and the voice of most onboard computer interfaces throughout the series from 1966 to 2008.

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Headlines from February 23, 1932

Japan Urges Reduction.; AMERICANS PROPOSE AN ARMY YARDSTICK

By P.j. Philip.special Cable To the New York Times.by P.j. Phillp

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PRESIDENT LEADS NATION IN TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON; Address to Congress Opening Celebration Urges Founder's Ideals as Guide Now. PERSHING AT VALLEY FORGE Roosevelt and Cardozo Speak at Albany -- Day Is Observed in Foreign Lands. 100,000 SEE PARADE HERE Walker Reviews 8,000 Troops and Veterans in Colorful Fifth Avenue Procession,

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Opening of natl celebration; Hoover leads tribute; text of s; foreign celebrations; Gov Rooosevelt and Judge Cardozo speak; illus

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CHINESE IN SHARP ATTACK; Force the Japanese to Throw All Reserves Into the Battle. HOLD GAINS AT KlANGWAN Defenders Oust Enemy From Miaoshin Area -- Italian Warship Hit by Shell. CHIANG'S MEN IN THE FRAY Japanese Losses Heaviest Since Fighting Began -- Need of Reinforcements Grows. CHINESE DRIVE FOES BACK AT SHANGHAI

By Hallett Abend.special Cable To the New York Times.by Hallett Abend

Chinese-Japanese relations

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The President Speaks.; PRESIDENT LEADS IN NATION'S TRIBUTE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Opens natl bicentennial celebration

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BIGGER DRIVE IS PLANNED; War Office Says Larger Force Will Permit It to Spend More Lives. SOLDIERS READY TO LEAVE Coalition Cabinet Is Predicted as Count Makino Consults Prince Sajonji for Ruler. PRESS MISLEADS READERS London Papers Received by Way Siberia Give Different Story of Shanghai Clash. PEACE MOVE SEEN IN JAPANESE TALKS

By Hugh Byas.wireless To the New York Times.by Hugh Byas

Count Makino goes to Okitsu to visit him

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CHINESE THREATEN DRIVE ON MANCHURIA; Chang Hsiao-liang, Reproved by Nanking for Inactivity, Orders Mobilization of Troops. CURB ON JAPAN'S AIMS SEEN Shanghai Resistance and New Menace in North Expected to Balk 'Defensive Expansion.' CHINESE THREATEN MANCHURIAN DRIVE

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Chinese threaten drive on Manchuria; Chang Hsia-liang orders mobilization of troops; anti-Govt troops loot Imienpo

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Poor Bahaman Fisherman Finds $60,000 Cache of Pirate Gold

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

G Fitzgerald finds cache of pirate gold, Bahamas

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Legislature Sets March 11 As Date for Adjournment

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Adjournment set for Mar 11

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REICH UNITES 2 BANKS AND ADVANCES FUNDS TO LIQUIDATE CRISIS; Merges Danat With Dresdner and Also Acts to Revitalize Two Other Leading Banks. $150,000,000 WRITTEN OFF Government Stands the Chief Loss, but Is Hopeful of Gradual Compensation. REICHSBANK BUYING STOCK Its High 1931 Profits Permit Plan -- Reich Now Controls Biggest and Third Biggest Banks. REICH UNITES BANKS, ADVANCING FUNDS

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Buys stock in Govt merger of Dresdner Bank and Darmstaedter and National Bank (Danat Bank); will practically control it; will also control 3d biggest German bank

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AKRON TORN BY WIND WHILE FACING TEST; House Investigators See Navy Airship Crippled as She Quits Hangar to Take Them Up. OFFICER AND MAN ARE HURT Damage to Fabric, Rudder and Fin Also Cancels Trip to Coast for Naval Manoeuvres. AKRON TORN BY WIND WHILE FACING TEST

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Akron damaged in wind; 2 hurt; illus

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AMERICANS SUBMIT AN ARMY YARDSTICK; St. Germain Treaty Which Gave Austria National 'Police' Is Urged as Basis at Geneva. INTERNAL NEEDS PUT FIRST Japan Asks 25,000-Ton Limit on All Capital Ships -- Cuts 'Possible,' British Suggest.

By the Associated Press

U S delegation suggests Treaty of St Germain, by which Austria was disarmed after World War, as yardstick to measure armies necessary as natl police forces; Japanese proposals handed in; N Titulescu leaves Bucharest for Geneva

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