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December 27, 1934

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NATION-WIDE POOL OF ELECTRIC POWER URGED TO THE PWA; Mississippi Valley Survey Report Asks Linking of Private and Public Systems. 5,000,000 FARMS TO SERVE Building of 500 Dams in Plan for River Control, Electricity and Conservation. UNIFIED TRANSPORT IS AIM President Says Policy Is Not Mapped but Each Region Would Share in Cost. National Unification Urged. NATION-WIDE POOL OF POWER IS URGED

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Annual rept of Mississippi Valley Com recommends unification under Fed control of entire power system of country

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PLOT TO KILL STALIN WITH FOREIGN HELP LINKED TO ASSASSIN; Slayer of Kiroff Is Said to Have Visited a Consul Who Gave Him Fund. INTERVENTION HELD AIM Trotsky's Name is Connected With Alleged Moves by Two Terrorist Groups. 'CONFESSION' IS QUOTED Prisoner Asserted Associates Put Hopes in External Action, Indictment Alleges. PLOT TO KILL STALIN LINKED TO ASSASSIN

By Harold Denny.special Cable To the New York Times.by Harold Denny

indictment of Nikolaev and 13 others links Kiroff murder to plot to overthrow Stalin and other Soviet leaders by internal terror and intervention of capitalist countries; 2 organizations headed by Kotolynof and N Shatsky cited; London Daily Express repts plea from Zinovieff to Stalin; Foreign Commissar Litvinoff understood to have asked that death penalty should not be imposed

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Notable Births

Larisa Latynina

1934Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach[†]

Larisa Semyonovna Latynina is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals for the Soviet Union. She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a female gymnast with nine. Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years. She held the record for individual event medals for over 52 years, winning 14. She is credited with helping to establish the Soviet Union as a dominant force in gymnastics.

Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

1934Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, English businessman[†]

Jeffrey Maurice Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, is a British businessman and Conservative peer. The Plaistow referred to is Plaistow, West Sussex, reflected in the land holdings in the county.