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June 20, 1933

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Notable Births

1933Danny Aiello, American actor (died 2019)^[†]

Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Hide in Plain Sight (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ruby (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), Dinner Rush (2000), and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). He played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries The Last Don (1997).

1933Claire Tomalin, English journalist and author^[†]

Claire Tomalin is an English journalist and biographer known for her biographies of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft.

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WALLACE OUTLINES COTTON CROP SLASH;; Cut of 25% Will Be Made in 1933 Acreage if Enough Growers Agree. PROCESSING TAX ON AUG. 1 This Would Finance Benefits to Farmers -- Secretary Predicts Acceptance of Program. WALLACE OUTLINES COTTON CROP SLASH

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cotton crop of 1933 to be reduced 25% if growers agree; $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 to be disbursed in rentals; processing tax to finance benefit to farmers; Wallace explains measure

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Roosevelt Battles Seas Off Cape Till Forced to Nantucket Refuge; Presidential Skipper Steers Rolling Schooner Five Hours in Teeth of a Blow and Then Takes Her Safely Into Old Whalers' Port. ROOSEVELT BUCKS ROLLERS OFF CAPE

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

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BRITISH OPEN NEW MOVE; Offer a Resolution for Cheap Credit and for End of Deflation. BANKS WOULD COOPERATE American Delegation Appears Largely to Share the Views Stated by Chamberlain. FRENCH SHOW OPPOSITION Bonnet Sees Slight Chance to Aid Prices by 'Artificial' Monetary Measures. LONDON IS TURNING TO PRICE PROBLEM

By Clarence K. Streit.wireless To the New York Times.by Clarence K. Streit

N Chamberlain says deflation must cease to raise prices; to offer resolution as basis for discussion by conf com

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NEW 'GUN' SPEEDS BREAK-UP OF ATOM; ' Deuton's Bullet' Frees Ten Times Its Own Energy, Scientists Are Told. BUILDING ELEMENT IS AIM Californian, at Chicago, Says Discovery May Mean Changing a Lower One Into a Higher. NEW 'GUN' SPEEDS BREAK-UP OF ATOM

By William L. Laurencespecial To the New York Times.by William L. Laurence

E O Lawrence repts on deuton, nucleus of heavyweight hydrogen

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CITY PLANS 1% TAX ON ALL BUSINESS; CAR LEVY SCRAPPED; Impost on Gross Volume Is Expected to Raise More Than $30,000,000. LICENSES WILL BE ISSUED Avoidance of the Term Sales Impost Makes the Program Legal, Officials Hold. DIRECT BOND SALE PUSHED 50 Salesmen to Be Hired at $25 a Week at Once to Offer Securities to Public. CITY PLANS TAX ON ALL BUSINESS

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Bd of Estimate com approves 1% tax on business to replace his program

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WASHINGTON PICKS RECOVERY BOARDS AND CHIEF EXPERTS; Teagle, A.P. Sloan, Swope and Hurley Are Among Advisers Chosen From Industry. TEXTILE CODE OFFERED Cotton Mills Submit Provisions for Minimum Wage, Maximum Hours, North and South. WASHINGTON PICKS RECOVERY BOARDS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Gen H S Johnson appts him Asst for industry

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PITTMAN PROPOSES BIMETALISM PLAN; Suggests in London That 80% of Metal Backing Be in Gold and 20% in Silver. FAVORS ONLY 25% COVER French Delegate Is Hostile to Idea -- Dutch Expert Stresses Stabilization. PITTMAN PROPOSES BIMETALISM PLAN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sen Pittman proposes that gold be restored as world measure of exch values and be withdrawn from circulation, that metal cover for currencies be lower than average of present reserve requirements, that 80% of cover be in gold and 20% optionally in gold or silver, that subsidiary coinage be remonetized and further debasement prevented and that arbitrary sales of silver on world market be limited by chief silver-producing countries

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