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June 2, 1933

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CONVICT BAND ROBS BANK IN OKLAHOMA; Gunman Among 6 at Chelsea Is Identified by Picture -- They Flee Under Fire. POSSES WIDEN THE HUNT Three Trailed Into Arkansas as Officers Converge on Cookson Hills Hideaway. CONVICT BAND ROBS BANK IN OKLAHOMA

By the Associated Press

Robbed

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RESPREAD OF GOLD TO BE URGED BY US AT LONDON PARLEY; Central Bank Cooperation for Redistribution Is Likely to Be Asked. 25% NOTE COVER IN PLAN One-fifth of Metal Value Could Be in Silver -- Ratio Would Be Drop for Us. DELEGATES WORK ON SHIP Secretary Hull Calls Meeting to Organize Team Work for Speed in Conference Negotiations. SPREADING OF GOLD TO BE URGED BY US

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

U S delegates expected to urge 25% coverage for currency in circulation at London Economic Conf; central banks would be authorized to hold 1/5 in silver and balance in gold

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Finns Report Fire Sweeping Soviet Fortress of Kronstadt

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Kronstadt, fortress reptd on fire

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LAW IS COUNSEL'S TARGET; United Corporation Plan of Accounting Laid Before Senators. COUCH ON 'FAVOR' LIST R.F.C. Officer's Name Appears Among Selected Clients for Niagara Power Stock. MORGAN MASTER OF FIRM Committee Makes Public the Articles of Partnership of the Banking House. INQUIRY RETURNS TO MORGAN TAXES

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

On list of those invited by J P Morgan & Co to subscribe to Niagara-Hudson Power Corp stock

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MACHADO DENIES HE PLANS TO QUIT; Cuban President Asserts Flatly He Will Stay in Office Until 1935. DEFENDS HIS METHODS Tells Foreign Correspondents He Would Set 'Bad Prece- dent' by Resigning. MACHADO DENIES HE PLANS TO QUIT

By J.d. Phillips.special Cable To the New York Times.by P.j. Philip

Pres Machado denies intention of resigning

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Notable Births

1933Sasao Gouland, governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (died 2011)^[†]

Sasao H. Gouland was the governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia from 1990 to June 1996.

1933Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (died 1971)^[†]

Lew Russell Robinson, nicknamed "Sneaky Pete", was an American drag racer.

Notable Deaths

1933Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (born 1878)^[†]

Frank Washington Jarvis was an American sprinter, the 1900 Olympic 100 m champion, and a triple jumper.