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September 17, 1933

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All Williams in World Are Invited to Brittany

By Special Correspondence. THE NEW YORK TIMES

Plans for internatl congress of everybody named William at St Brieuc, Brittany

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CUBA LIBRE': THE NEW CHALLENGE; In the Vanguard of the Present Movement Are the Youths of the Island, Who Demand a New Economic Order and Removal of the 'Shadow' of the United States From Their Country " CUBA LIBRE": THE NEW CHALLENGE OF YOUTH The Leaders of the Movement Demand a Changed Economic Order And Removal of the "Shadow" of the United States From the Land

By Russell B. Porter

HAVANA. IN the heart of Havana, easily within reach of the most casual American tourist, stands a certain wall as a symbol which explains much that has been happening in Cuba. It is hallowed ground, a national shrine comparable, in the respect it receives from the Cuban people, to patriotic monuments in the United States in honor of our Revolutionary heroes.

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Betting Odds on O'Brien Decline to 2 to 1; He Won't Quit Race, Cannot Be Forced Out

By Unknown Author

won by A Mackenzie

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PRESS WILL HOLD INSTITUTE ON OCT. 9; ' The Newspapers and the New Deal' Will Be General Theme of Meeting.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 16. -- "The Newspapers and the New Deal" will furnish the general theme for the twelfth annual Newspaper Institute to be held Oct. 9 at Rutgers University in cooperation with the New Jersey Press Association, Dr. Carl R. Woodward, chairman of the committee in charge, announced today.

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SNIPERS' ON WORKS ASSAILED BY ICKES; Job Program Is Being Pushed as Fast as Humanly Possible, the Administrator Says. E.K. BURLEW IS DEFENDED Not 'Directing' Interior Bureau, but Is Very Able, He Declares, Criticizing News Story.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sec Ickes criticizes rept

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1933Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (died 1997)^[†]

Richard T. Gland, better known by his ring name Dick "Bulldog" Brower, was an American professional wrestler.

1933Chuck Grassley, American lawyer and politician^[†]

Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2025, a role he also held from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley is the senior United States senator from Iowa, serving since 1981. Since 2023, he has been the 45th dean of the United States Senate.

1933Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1984)^[†]

Claude Joseph Antoine Provost was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger.

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1933Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (born 1877)^[†]

Giuseppe De Piro or Joseph De Piro, was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary. He founded the Missionary Society of St Paul (MSSP) in June 1910 with a charism to form missionaries following the example of St Paul. A Servant of God, he is a candidate for beatification.

Headlines from September 17, 1933

All Williams in World Are Invited to Brittany

Betting Odds on O'Brien Decline to 2 to 1; He Won't Quit Race, Cannot Be Forced Out

PRESS WILL HOLD INSTITUTE ON OCT. 9; ' The Newspapers and the New Deal' Will Be General Theme of Meeting.

SNIPERS' ON WORKS ASSAILED BY ICKES; Job Program Is Being Pushed as Fast as Humanly Possible, the Administrator Says. E.K. BURLEW IS DEFENDED Not 'Directing' Interior Bureau, but Is Very Able, He Declares, Criticizing News Story.

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