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October 14, 1926

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PERSIAN EX-CONSUL KILLED IN LONG FALL FROM THE YALE CLUB; H.H. Topakyan Plunges 17 Stories to Instant Death in Vanderbilt Avenue. ACCIDENT, THE POLICE SAY Believe He Slipped Trying to Recover Brief Case as It Fell From Window. A FRIEND OF PRESIDENTS Gave Costly Oriental Rugs to the White House -- Honored Many Times by His Country. PERSIAN EX-CONSUL KILLED IN LONG FALL

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Topakyan, H H, Persian Ex-Consul, instantly killed in 17-story fall from window of Yale Club

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MILLS HITS INSPECTION; Asserts 74 Per Cent. of Milk Now Sold in Bronx Is Adulterated. TURNS ON TAMMANY CHIEF Attacks Olvany as Private Citizen for Suggestions to Commissioner Harris. KELBY INQUIRY IS FLOUTED Republican Candidate Says Only the State Can Act -- Demands Move by Governor.

By Special to The New York Times

Veto of N Y C increase assailed by O L Mills

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WAGERS SPAN OF LIFE WILL BE 80 YEARS; Professor Fisher Offers to Bet American Health Association Average Will Rise. VALUE OF LIFE PLACED HIGH Dr. Dublin Figures Capital Worth of Lives Needlessly Lost at $6,000,000,000 a Year. WAGERS SPAN OF LIFE WILL BE 80 YEARS

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Convention at Buffalo

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Pie and Cake Head List As Nation's Popular Foods

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Convention

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Notable Births

1926Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (died 1985)^[†]

Carel Verbrugge, known as Willy Alberti, was a Dutch singer, who sang in Dutch and Italian. He was also an actor and a radio and TV personality.