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Plant at Gary, Ind, destroyed by explosion; 35,000 out of work
Irregularly committed to an insane asylum; rescued at once by 40 friends and wed to Jennie Stiles
Sails for Europe June 16 with Mrs Hughes; trip may upset plane of N Y S Repub leaders, if he is not back for State convention
Lord Oxford seized with heart disorder; Liberal leadership quarrel complicated
1926Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)[†]
Alfred Thangarajah Duraiappah was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as Mayor of Jaffna from 1970 until his assassination. He was also a Member of Parliament for Jaffna from 1960 to 1965. Duraiappah was killed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.