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June 27, 1933

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HARRIMAN SPARED TO AVERT A CRASH, SENATORS ARE TOLD; Action on Bank's False Entries Held Up in Capital 9 Months, Inquiry Here Reveals. NEELY AND WITNESS CLASH Senator's Charge That Dodds Seeks to Whitewash Case Nearly Causes Fisticuffs. HARRIMAN SPARED TO AVERT A CRASH A TENSE MOMENT IN THE HARRIMAN BANK INQUIRY.

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Sen Judiciary subcom hears testimony on why closing was delayed; A J Columbo, F S Williamson, H S Schendel, N Dodds, A S Austin and W A Burke testify; Dodds and Sen Neely clash

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HUMAN-LIKE EYE MADE BY ENGINEERS TO TELEVISE IMAGES; ' Iconoscope' Converts Scenes Into Electric Energy for Radio Transmission. FAST AS A MOVIE CAMERA Three Million Tiny Photo Cells 'Memorize,' Then Pass Out Pictures. STEP TO HOME TELEVISION Developed in Ten Years' Work by Dr. V.K. Zworykln, Who Describes It at Chicago. NEW ELECTRIC EYE 'MEMORIZES' IMAGES

By William L. Laurence.special To the New York Times.by Wiliiam L. Laurence

V K Zworykin describes iconoscope to televise images

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ENTIRE CITY RAZED BY FLOOD IN CHINA; Thousands Die as the Waters Sweep Down on Sleeping Populace of Tungjen. CANNIBALISM IS SPREADING Drought Causes Starvation in Shensi, While Rains Bring Destruction in South.

By the Associated Press

Cannibalism wide-spread in Shensi

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GRAINS AND COTTON MAKE RECORD GAINS; May Wheat Rises to 99 Cents in Chicago -- 200,000,000 Bushels Traded. COTTON RISES $4 A BALE Stocks Allied With Farm Products and Oil Shares Advance on New York Exchange. GRAINS AND COTTON MAKE RECORD GAINS

By Unknown Author

Markets rept sharpest price gains in several yrs

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Recess of Arms Parley Is Expected in Geneva

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Recess of conf expected; A Henderson arrives at Geneva

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