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March 16, 1926

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Headlines from March 16, 1926

CHAPMAN MUST HANG; LOSES LAST APPEAL IN SUPREME COURT; Petition for a Review of His Case Is Denied, Leaving No Hope of Escape. EXECUTION SET FOR APRIL 6 Attorneys Plan Further Moves, Hinting at New Evidence, but Won't Ask Retrial. TALK OF SEEKING A PARDON Governor Trumbull Likely to Block This, as He Has Declared Against Further Clemency.

By Special to The New York Times

U S Supreme Court refuses petition for review of case; pardon may be asked; Groehl tells of new evidence but will not ask retrial

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Ensore's Comet Fails to Keep Its Date Here; Due Again in 2026; Sun May Have Shrunk It

By Special to The New York Times

CHICAGO, March 15. -- Ensore's comet, scheduled for an appearance in the sky tonight, has mysteriously disappeared. The facts of the disappearance were revealed this morning by Professor E.B. Frost, Director of the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, where astronomers have been sitting up nights to wait for the return of the wandering comet.

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Notable Births

Charles Goodell

1926Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (died 1987)[†]

Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United States Senate from 1968 to 1971. In both cases, he took office following the deaths of his predecessors, first in a special election and second as a temporary appointee succeeding Robert F. Kennedy.

Jerry Lewis

1926Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (died 2017)[†]

Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed "The King of Comedy", he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century.

Historical Events

Rocket

1926History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.[†]

A rocket is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely from propellant carried within the vehicle; therefore a rocket can fly in the vacuum of space. Rockets work more efficiently in a vacuum and incur a loss of thrust due to the opposing pressure of the atmosphere.