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July 31, 1933
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Headlines from July 31, 1933
Princeton Graduates Killed in Auto Crash; Stepson of E.H.H. Simmons Is One of Victims
He and T Palmer killed and 4 others hurt in auto crash
YOUNG BROKER SLAIN IN MISHAP AT SEA; K.W. Heye 3d, Heir to Big Estate, Victim of Shot Fired by Chas. Manger on Bremen. THEY SAILED TOGETHER Details of Tragedy Lacking in Message From Captain to Rochester Attorney.
Reptd accidentally shot and killed by C Manger on S S Bremen
TEST OF OPEN SHOP LOOMS INHEARINGS ON THE STEEL CODE; Capital and Labor Line Up at Capital Today -- Secretary Perkins to Testify. RETAILERS SEE JOHNSON Basic Code Affecting 5,000,000 Workers Sought -- Oil Agree- ment Expected Soon. OPEN SHOP ISSUE IN STEEL HEARINGS
Will represent indus recovery administration at steel code hearing
RETURNS UNHURT AT 4 A.M.; Freed in Bronx, Family Says -- Albany Hears Another Version. RANSOM PAID ON FRIDAY Abductors Changed Marked Bills at Bank Here, but Money Is Considered a Clue. HE FACED DEATH THREAT District Attorney in Touch in the Dealings -- Two Men Held for Questioning. O'CONNELL IS FREED ON $40,000 RANSOM
Freed and returned to Helderberg Mt camp of uncle; $40,000 ransom reptd paid; Dist Atty Delaney reptd in touch with dealings; uncle describes captivity; 2 men held for questioning; illus of camp; por
Notable Births

1933Cees Nooteboom, Dutch journalist, author, and poet[โ ]
Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel Rituals, which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an English-language edition, published in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press of the United States. LSU Press published his two earlier novels in English in the following years, as well as other works up until 1990. Harcourt and Grove Press have since published some of his works in English.