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June 8, 1932
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Headlines from June 8, 1932
Atlantic City Express Wrecked, Fifty Hurt; Flier Hits Coal Train Near New Brunswick; MANY HURT IN WRECK OF TRAIN IN JERSEY
50 hurt as express hits derailed coal cars
HERRIOT REJECTS BRITAIN'S PROPOSAL TO END REPARATIONS; MacDonald Is Told Paris Stand as Cabinet Begins Talks to Frame Lausanne Policy. MINISTERS LEFT AT SEA London Hears Stimson Frowns on Cancellation, but Stats Department Denies It. BRITISH GLOOMY ON ARMS Disgust of Laborites is Spreading to Other Parties -- Opposition is Also Pessimistic on Ottawa. HERRIOT REJECTS CANCELLATION PLAN
War debts and reparations
SENATE BALKS CUT IN VETERANS' OUTLAY; Votes 63 to 14 to Eliminate Items in Committee Bill Totaling $48,714,000. SAVINGS NOW $186,000,000 President's Furlough Pay-Slash Plan Is Defeated, but Another Vote Looms. SENATE BALKS CUT INVETERANS' OUTLAY
Sen adopts provision affecting retired officers' pay; may collect pay or work for salaries but not both
BROOKHART BEATEN IN IOWA PRIMARY; Henry Field's Lead Over Senator Passes 46,000, With 142 Precincts Unreported. VICTOR IS A SEED DEALER winner's Vote Nears 45% of the Total, Obviating Selection of Nominee by Convention.
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 7 -- Senator Smith W. Brookhart, running for renominatlon for the Senate in yesterday's Republican primary, appeared tonight to have been decisively defeated by Henry Field, 61-year-old seed merchant of Shenandoah.
Notable Births

1932Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2021)[โ ]
Raymond Illingworth CBE was an English cricketer, cricket commentator and administrator. As of 2015, he was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first-class cricket. He played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire (1969โ1978) and England (1958โ1973) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1960.
1932Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (died 2017)[โ ]
Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood QC was a Senator of the College of Justice of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Inner House in 1987.