Ocean Wireless Began 33 Years Ago Today
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33d anniversary of first transatlantic radio signal
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December 12, 1934
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SALES TAX CHANGES PUT OFF FOR WEEK AS BUYING SPURTS; Deutsch Opposes Hasty Action on Amendments as System Works More Smoothly. MAYOR SEES RETAILERS They Report Levy Is Cheerfully Accepted by Public -- Scores Few 'Bread-Snatchers.' SALES TAX REVISION PUT OFF FOR WEEK
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action on revised sales tax law postponed as buying increases and collection problems smooth out; LaGuardia denounces violators; peddlers ignoring tax
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BROAD PLAN URGED IN FIGHT ON CRIME AT CAPITAL PARLEY; FOR POLICE 'WEST POINT' Cummings Wants School to Train Men From All Over the Country. INTERSTATE PACTS ASKED These Would Bar Criminals and Also Witnesses From Jumping State Lines. NEWS OF CRIME DEFENDED Editors Deny It Contributes to Law Breaking -- Politics Scored by J.E. Hoover. BROAD PLAN URGED IN FIGHT ON CRIME
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Atty Gen Cummings urges school to train men from all over country
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Notable Births
1934Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (died 2012)[†]
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.
Notable Deaths
1934Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (born 1894)[†]
Thorleif Haug was a Norwegian skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country. At the 1924 Olympics he won all three Nordic skiing events. He was also awarded the bronze medal in ski jumping, but 50 years later a mistake was found in calculation of scores, Haug was demoted to fourth place, and his daughter presented her father's medal to Anders Haugen.