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March 2, 1933

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HITLER INTENSIFIES DRIVE ON THE LEFT; HUNDREDS ARRESTED; Red Leaders Jailed, Socialists' Papers Banned and Homes Searched All Over Prussia. NATION TOLD OF 'REVOLT' Goering Asserts Communists Planned to Trick Nazis Into 'Occupying' Berlin. SITUATION ALARMS LONDON Foreign Secretary Is Asked What Guarantee Britain Has of the Safety of Her Nationals. HITLER INTENSIFIES DRIVE ON THE LEFT

By Frederick T. Birchall.special Cable To the New York Times.by Frederick T. Birchall

Wholesale arrests of leading Communists and suppression of Communist and Socialist press continues; Hitler and von Blomberg rept to von Hindenburg; H W Goering says Reichstag firing was preliminary to Red revolution

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CITY BANK OFFICER BARES RAMSEY LOAN; E.F. Barrett Got City Company to Advance $10,020 After Issuing Port Bonds. TOOK NOTE, CAN'T FIND IT Whitney Voices to Senators Stock Exchange Objections to Regulatory Proposals. CITY BANK OFFICER BARES RAMSEY LOAN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

E T Barret, v p, testifies on loan to J Ramsey which was charged to expenses of syndication of Port of N Y Authority bonds; H C Sylvester testifies; Ramsey says he thought loan was personal

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BANKRUPTCY BILL READY FOR HOOVER; House Agrees to Senate's Amendment, 207 to 26, Completing Action. BALK ON FARM SECTIONS Some Member's Feel Farmers Are Slighted as Railroads Gain -- Measure Hailed Here. BANKRUPTCY BILL READY FOR HOOVER

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On bankruptcy bill

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Two Ballot Inspectors Convicted of Fraud After Juror Tries Vainly to Halt the Trial

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both convicted

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Smith to March at Inaugural In Tammany Sachem Regalia

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To march in Roosevelt inaugural parade

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Notable Births

1933Leo Dillon, American illustrator (died 2012)^[†]

Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon were American illustrators of children's books and adult paperback book and magazine covers. One obituary of Leo called the work of the husband-and-wife team "a seamless amalgam of both their hands". In more than 50 years, they created more than 100 speculative fiction book and magazine covers together as well as much interior artwork. Essentially all of their work in that field was joint.

Historical Events

1933The film King Kong premieres in Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in New York City^[†]

King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien and music by Max Steiner. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, King Kong is the first film in the self-titled franchise, combining live action sequences with stop-motion animation using rear-screen projection. The idea for the film came when Cooper decided to create a motion picture about a giant gorilla struggling against modern civilization. The film stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot. The film follows a giant ape dubbed Kong who feels affection for a beautiful young woman offered to him as a sacrifice.