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September 9, 1926
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Headlines from September 9, 1926
GERMAN WITNESS TELLS FRAUD JURY HOW HE SOUGHT DAUGHERTY AND MILLER; MET JOHN T. KING FIRST Taken by Jesse Smith to Alien Property Man, He Says. BUCKNER OUTLINES CASE Promises to Trace Checks of $22,000 and $50,000 to Defendants' Accounts. CLAIM PASSED IN 72 HOURS Prosecutor Declares Foreign Agent Began Negotiations Without Proof of Rights. German Tells How He Sought Daugherty and Miller
Testifies in U S Govt's suit against H M Daugherty and T W Miller, in connection with sale of Amer Metal Co assets by Alien Property Custodian
$12,000 in Rare Wines A-Begging in Berlin As Few Heed Invitation to Sample Them
J Laus's offer to let public sample finest Moselle wine at cost unheeded; Laus says country drifts to whisky
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COOLIDGE TO STAND ON MEXICAN POLICY; He Expects Accord on Oil and Land Laws -- Finds Calles Has Conceded Much. CONFERS WITH SHEFFIELD He Cannot Yield to K. of C. Request to Use Good Offices in Church Conflict. COOLIDGE TO STAND ON MEXICAN POLICY
Conf with Pres Coolidge
Notable Births
1926Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (died 2014)[†]
Louise Abeita Chewiwi was a Pueblo writer, poet and educator who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo.
1926Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author (died 2022)[†]
Yusuf al-Qaradawi was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim, Sayyid Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abul A'la Maududi and Naeem Siddiqui. He was best known for his programme الشريعة والحياة, al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh, broadcast on Al Jazeera, which had an estimated audience of 40–60 million worldwide. He was also known for IslamOnline, a website he helped for establishment in 1997 and for which he served as chief religious scholar.