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October 21, 1935

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VAST HOUSING PLAN URGED BY STRAUS AS A CITY PROJECT; Private Enterprise Cannot End Slums, He Tells Mayor -- Counts on Federal Aid.

By Unknown Author

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British Neutrality Rule Cuts Italian Ships' Stay

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brit Govt instructs East African authorities to apply Internatl rules restricting stay of belligerents' vessels in port to 24 hrs; SS Sursum Corda forced to leave Mombasa before completing loading of cargo as result

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ARTHUR HENDERSON, FOE OF WAR, IS DEAD; Former Foreign Secretary of Britain, 72, Headed World Disarmament Conference.

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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GOV. HOFFMAN ACTS TO END SALES TAX; Calls Special Session of the Legislature for Friday to Consider Repeal.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hoffman calls session; economic effects of repeal regarded as uncertain

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REGISTRATION UP IN CHIEF CENTRES THROUGHOUT STATE; Total for 47 Communities Is 114,609 More Than the Figure Last Year.

By Unknown Author

Rises throughout State; figures

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Notable Births

1935Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)^[†]

George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE was a Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist and composer who was best known for his accompaniment work on various instruments with The Chieftains.

1935Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)^[†]

King Malachi "Mel" Street was an American country music singer who had 13 top-20 hits on the Billboard country charts.