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June 11, 1933

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FRANCE TO IMPOSE 15% TARIFF SURTAX TO EQUALIZE DOLLAR; Bill Introduced in Chamber of Deputies Is Aimed at All Depreciated Currencies. QUOTAS TO BE REPLACED Measure Backed by Cabinet Allows Speedy Decrees for Higher Customs. ADD STRENGTH AT LONDON Projects Serve Notice on the World Economic Conference That Paris Is Prepared for the Worst. FRANCE TO IMPOSE 15% TARIFF SURTAX

By Herbert L. Matthews.wireless To the New York Times.by Herbert L. Matthews

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17 JOBLESS WOMEN ENTER NEW CAMP; Rest Is Only Thing on the Schedule Now as Centre on Lake Tiorati Opens. SEWING TO BE CHIEF ITEM Many Hope to Save by Doing Their Own Needlework -- Flexible Program Planned.

By From a Staff Correspondent

BEAR MOUNTAIN, N.Y., June 10 -- Camp Tera, the first experimental camp for unemployed women, opened at Lake Tiorati, in the Palisades Interstate Park, this afternoon, when seventeen young women, most of them out of work for more than a year, arrived from New York City.

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ALTERATIONS LEAD IN HOUSING WORK; French Plan Only New Manhattan Tenement Project for First Quarter.

By Unknown Author

Alteration work continues to furnish the bulk of the construction business in the Manhattan residential field, and expenditures for this type of improvement are running ahead of last year, according to the first quarterly report submitted to Mayor O'Brien last week by Commissioner Charles S. Kerrigan of the Tenement House Department.

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RECOVERY ACT HELD OUR ONLY WAY OUT; Praising Congress, Berie Tells Harvard Session That Nation Meets Basic Obligation. FLAWS IN BILL CONCEDED But Professor Doriot Calls It Best Means to Extricate Country From Its 'Mess.'

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 10 -- The Industrial Recovery Act was defended on various grounds by two speakers at the concluding session of the anniversary meeting of the Harvard Business School.

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GALE BATTERS CITY; BREAKS HEAT WAVE; Sixty-Mile Wind and Violent Lightning Storm Leave Trail of Damage. MERCURY AT 86 HERE Continued Warmth Forecast -- 3 More Deaths in This Area -- Nation's Toll 125. GALE BATTERS CITY; BREAKS HEAT WAVE

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1933Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2016)^[†]

Gene Wilder was an American actor, comedian, writer, and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, including his collaborations with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974), and with Richard Pryor in the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991), as well as his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Headlines from June 11, 1933

17 JOBLESS WOMEN ENTER NEW CAMP; Rest Is Only Thing on the Schedule Now as Centre on Lake Tiorati Opens. SEWING TO BE CHIEF ITEM Many Hope to Save by Doing Their Own Needlework -- Flexible Program Planned.

ALTERATIONS LEAD IN HOUSING WORK; French Plan Only New Manhattan Tenement Project for First Quarter.

RECOVERY ACT HELD OUR ONLY WAY OUT; Praising Congress, Berie Tells Harvard Session That Nation Meets Basic Obligation. FLAWS IN BILL CONCEDED But Professor Doriot Calls It Best Means to Extricate Country From Its 'Mess.'

GALE BATTERS CITY; BREAKS HEAT WAVE; Sixty-Mile Wind and Violent Lightning Storm Leave Trail of Damage. MERCURY AT 86 HERE Continued Warmth Forecast -- 3 More Deaths in This Area -- Nation's Toll 125. GALE BATTERS CITY; BREAKS HEAT WAVE

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