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March 26, 1932

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REPARATIONS ACCORD VITAL TO RECOVERY, DECLARES STRAWN; Head of National Chamber Sees No Trade or Financial Improve- ment Without Settlement. TOLD GERMANY WON'T PAY He Reports General Recognition That She Cannot Meet Even Unconditional Annuities. DIRECTORS RECEIVE SURVEY British Tariff Is Deplored and French Quota System Said to Invite Retaliation. REPARATIONS PACT HELD RECOVERY KEY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

S H Strawn sees little prospect for internatl conf to consider stabilization

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30 CIVIC GROUPS ASK SUBWAY FARE RISE AND CITY PAY CUTS; Realty Men's Support of Banks on Rate Is Expected to Give Impetus to Unification. COMMITTEE TO SEE MAYOR Meeting in Brooklyn Also for Long-Term Subway Bonds -- Wants Savings Applied in 1932. OPPOSED TO A TAX STRIKE Against Moves Harmful to City's Credit -- Committee of 10,000 Urges Speedy Opening of 8th Av. Line. 30 CIVIC GROUPS ASK SUBWAY FARE RISE

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Long-term bonds favored at conf in Bklyn of 30 civic groups

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Notable Births

Leroy Griffith

1932Leroy Griffith, American businessman[†]

Leroy Charles Griffith is an American theater and nightclub proprietor, former Broadway and off-Broadway theater producer and director, and former burlesque and adult film producer. In a career spanning over 75 years, he has owned, leased, or operated more than 70 theaters, cinemas, and nightclubs across the United States, dating from the burlesque era of the 1950s to the present. Earl Wilson, among others, nicknamed him "Burlesque King."

James Andrew Harris

1932James Andrew Harris, American chemist and academic (died 2000)[†]

James Andrew Harris was an American radiochemist who was involved in the discovery of elements 104 and 105. Harris was the head of the Heavy Isotopes Production Group, part of the Nuclear Chemistry Division of the University of California, Berkeley. Harris is known for being the first African American to contribute to the discovery of new elements.

Notable Deaths

Henry M. Leland

1932Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founder of Cadillac and Lincoln (born 1843)[†]

Henry Martyn Leland was an American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur. He founded the two premier American luxury automotive marques, Cadillac and Lincoln.