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May 29, 1933

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Notable Births

1933Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator^[†]

Helmuth Rilling is a German choral conductor and an academic teacher. He is the founder of the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970), the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart (1981) and other Bach Academies worldwide, as well as the "Festival Ensemble Stuttgart" (2001) and the "Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble" (2011). He taught choral conducting at the Frankfurt Musikhochschule from 1965 to 1989 and led the Frankfurter Kantorei from 1969 to 1982.

1933Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (died 2005)^[†]

Tarquinio Provini was an Italian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time world champion in road racing. Provini was also a four-time Isle of Man TT winner and won 13 Italian national championships.

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Headlines from May 29, 1933

Scientist Assembling Fossil Of 45-Million-Year-Old Snake

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To assemble bones of 45-million-year-old Patagonian snake

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500,000 IN TRIBUTE TO HITLERITE HERO; Huge Cross Dedicated on 'Holy Ground' Near Duessel- dorf Where Schlageter Fell. GOERING CALLS FOR PEACE Says All Germany Wants It -- Speakers Avoid Mention of French Executioners. 500,000 IN TRIBUTE TO HITLERITE HERO

By Otto D. Tolischus.wireless To the New York Times.by Otto D. Tolischus

500,000 pay tribute to Schlageter; speakers call for peace; French executioners unmentioned; French veterans stage simple rite at Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Paris

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PRESIDENT IN PERIL ON YACHT IN STORM; ' We Didn't Know Whether It Was the End,' Says Woodin on Return to Capital. LATTER HAS NOT RESIGNED Washington Expects Him to Defer Decision Pending End of Morgan Inquiry. PRESIDENT IN PERIL ON YACHT IN STORM

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

caught in storm

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FARLEY PROMISES FAIR PENSION CUTS; At Legion Memorial Service Here He Tells Veterans They Will Be Satisfied. VOICES WORLD PEACE PLEA Says Nation Must 'Show the Way Out' Under the New Leadership of President. FARLEY PROMISES FAIR PENSION CUTS

By Unknown Author

Memorial services

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Gandhi to End 3-Week Fast at Noon Today;

By the Associated Press

condition

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AUSTRIA TO FIGHT NAZIS TO A FINISH, DOLLFUSS ASSERTS; Chancellor Will Wage Unending War Against Absorption of His Nation by Germany. INVOKES OUR ASSISTANCE Appeals for More Trade and Tourists, Debt Interest Cut and Good Bank Relations. HITLERITES WIN IN DANZIG Obtain Majority of Popular Vote and Capture 38 of the 72 Seats In the Volkstag. AUSTRIA TO FIGHT NAZIS TO A FINISH

By Frederick T. Birchall.wireless To the New York Times.by Frederick T. Birchall

Hitlerite movement in Austria

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CUT HIGH SALARIES OR GET NO LOANS, IS R.F.C. WARNING; Jones Reveals Requirement for Corporations Has Been Applied to Southern Pacific. PREVIOUS CUTS INCLUDED Scale Runs From 60 Per Cent on Over $100,000 to 10 Be- tween $4,800 and $10,000. EXCEPTS UNION CONTRACTS Statement Warns Ruling Will Be Enforced Pending Action on Bill in Congress. R.F.C. LOANS HINGE ON SALARY CUTS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Must cut executives' salaries if excessive, to obtain loans from R F C

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Two Die in Hunger Strike at Jail in India

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

2 terrorist prisoners die as result of hunger strike in protest against alleged grievances

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Kidnappers Take Kansas City Girl; Return Her After Day for $30,000; Miss Mary McElroy, 25, Daughter of the City Manager, Is Abducted Boldly From Home and Kept in a Cellar -- Father Pays Cash to Four Men in Kansas. ABDUCTORS RETURN KANSAS CITY GIRL KIDNAPPED GIRL.

By the Associated Press

M McElroy, 25, returned after $30,000 ransom is paid, Kansas City

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SOVIET HAND SEEN IN FENG'S REVOLT IN NORTHERN CHINA; Russia May Be Acting to Thwart Japan, Foreign Observers Suggest. ROUTE IS HELD AT STAKE Tokyo Believed Aiming to Cut Off Russia Eventually From North China. REVOLT WINS SYMPATHY Troops In Pelping Continue to Strengthen Defenses In Defiance of Nanking Regime. SOVIET HAND SEEN IN FENG'S REVOLT

By Hallett Abend.wireless To the New York Times.by Hallett Abend

Feng Yu-hsiang believed supported by Soviet Russia; developments unknown as telegraphic and ry communication between Peiping-Tientsin area and Kalgan are disrupted; fighting at Kuyuan to disarm Tang Yu-lin's troops continues

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KOENIG FIGHT LINKED TO STATE CONTROL; Result of Drive to Oust Him Also May Have Bearing on Mills's 1936 Prospects. LEADERS UNDER PRESSURE Primary Contests Threatened for Those Who Are Loyal to County Chieftain. KOENIG ROW LINKED TO STATE CONTROL

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Prospects for 1936 Pres nomination analyzed

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MORGAN INQUIRY CANNOT BE HALTED, FLETCHER ASSERTS; Chairman, With Committee Split, Warns He Will Block Obstructionist Tactics. STOCK DEALS DISCLOSED Pecora Will Ask Power to Call on the Banking Firm for More Data. N.H. DAVIS UNDER ATTACK Tinkham Sponsors Resolution for a House Investigation of the Envoy's Affairs. FLETCHER PUSHES MORGAN INQUIRY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Repr Tinkham to offer resolution for inquiry into internatl business relations since 1917

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