Mayor Walker. Q. -- Mr. Mayor, in September, 1926, did Senator Herrick advise you that he would like some stock of the Interstate Trust Company that was formed at that time? A. -- He did not.

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SALES LEVY TEST IS NEAR; Welsh's 1.75 Per Cent Plan Is Due for Fight on Floor Today. BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT Smoot Tells Hoover the Idea Is Gathering Support -- President Is Silent. POSTAL INCREASES PASSED Bank Check Levy and Fur Excise Are Accepted -- Bill Now Lacks Only $70,000,000. $270,000,000 TAXES ADOPTED BY SENATE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen votes provisions estimated to yield $270,000,000; Sen Walsh lays proposal before Sen for 1.75% levy on all manufactures except necessities of life; Sec Mills answers Baltimore newspaper charges that he had overestimated revenues

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1932Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (died 2020)^[†]

Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, was a British Conservative Party politician.

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1932In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.^[†]

The Afsluitdijk is a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. It was constructed between 1927 and 1932 and runs from Den Oever in North Holland province to the village of Zurich in Friesland province, over a length of 32 kilometres (20 mi) and a width of 90 metres (300 ft), at an initial height above Amsterdam Ordnance Datum of between 6.7 metres (22 ft) along the section at Friesland, and 7.4 metres (24 ft) where it crosses the deep channel of the Vlieter. The height at the greater sea depths west of Friesland was required to be a minimum of 7 metres everywhere when originally constructed.

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SEABURY SUMS UP CASE AGAINST MAYOR; Challenged by the Minority, He Lists Points So Far in Record Involving Walker. SEABURY SUMS OP THE WALKER CASE

Two Big British Railroads Will Pool Receipts To Curb Losses on Lines Where They Compete

Testimony of May or Walker and Commissioner Herrick On the Purchase of Interstate Trust Company Shares

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