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July 18, 1932

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10,000 DIE IN BATTLES IN 5 AREAS OF CHINA; Government Opens Campaign Against Reds in South and Central Districts. STRATEGIC PASS CAPTURED Federal Forces Report Taking Valley in Tayu Mountains After 72-Hour Struggle.

By Hallett Abend.special Cable To the New York Times

Anti-Communist campaign plan

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500 Laws Were Enacted by Congress Session; 13,000 Bills Presented in House, 5,000 in Senate

By the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 17. -- A round 500 laws were enacted by Congress during the session ended last night. They were chosen from 18,000 bills introduced, one of the bumper bill crops in history.

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FOUR ESCAPE BY RUSE FROM MODEL PRISON; Led by Ralph Richards, They Trick Guards by Upsetting Locking System at Eastview. TWO CAUGHT AT ALPINE Half-Brother of Tennis Star and Another Are Still at Large -- Sing Sing Convict Missing. 4 ESCAPE BY RUSE FROM MODEL PRISON

By Unknown Author

Leads 4 in escape from Westchester County Prison

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Stanley Baldwin Keeps Order In Empress of Britain Fire

By Wireless To the Canadian Press

Empress of Britain (S S); fused elec wire causes little damage

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MAYOR NOW WEIGHS TONG TERM FINANCING TO SAVE ON SUBWAYS; Several Schemes Drafted, but Delaney Is Said to Be Firm for His Short-Term Plan. HE FEARS FOR 5-CENT FARE Kerrigan Working on Program for "Adaptation" to City's Present Economic Status. 'CITIZENS' GROUP APPROVES Controller Has Estimated That $264,670,062 Could Be Saved in Five Years by Change. MAYOR PLANS SHIFT ON SUBWAY BONDS

By Unknown Author

Several schemes drafted; Mayor Walker weighs long-term financing

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Notable Births

1932Robert Ellis Miller, American director and screenwriter (died 2017)^[†]

Robert Ellis Miller was an American film director.

Notable Deaths

1932Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (born 1855)^[†]

Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand was a French author and diplomat. He was the French Ambassador to the United States 1903-1925 and played a major diplomatic role during World War I.