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February 16, 1933

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MRS. ROOSEVELT TAKES NEWS CALMLY; She Telephones Immediately to Husband and Is Relieved to Find Him Unhurt. KEEPS SPEAKING PROGRAM Assured That "He Is Not Even Excited," She Takes Train Later for Ithaca. MRS. ROOSEVELT TAKES NEWS CALMLY

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Mrs Roosevelt receives news calmly

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REPEAL VOTE TODAY SET IN THE SENATE; FILIBUSTER BROKEN; Wets Win in Test Ballots as Blaine Plan Is Stripped of Protective Clauses. ROBINSON LEADS FIGHT Borah Backs Him on Removing the Anti-Saloon Section, Voted Out 33-32. STATE LIQUOR PLAN OUT Commission Proposes to Bar the Saloon -- Limit on Places to Sell Beer. SENATE TO VOTE TODAY ON REPEAL

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Leads fight to simplify Blaine prohibition repeal resolution

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BOY GANG CHIEF, 15, ADMITS KILLING 'FOE'; Says He Stabbed Queens Lad, 12, for "Lying" About Him and Vowed to "Get" Him. VICTIM MISSING 2 WEEKS Found Bound in Closet of a Vacant House to Which Killer Had Lured Him by Ruse. BOY GANG CHIEF, 15, ADMITS A KILLING

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W Bender, 12, murdered; H Murch, 15, reptd as confessing; J Miller, 10, witness

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GUNMAN LAYS ACT TO BODY 'TORMENT'; Joe Zingara, Hackensack Bricklayer, Says Pain Made Him 'Hate All Presidents.' DESCRIBED AS ANARCHIST Man Who Fired at Roosevelt Says He Once Tried in Italy to Kill King Victor Emmanuel. GUNMAN LAYS ACT TO BODY TORMENT

By Telephone To the New York Times

Zangara gives hatred of riches and power as motive

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