Police guard meeting of Communists in Madison Sq Garden, at which Internatl Union officials are denounced; Sigman says arbitration plans will be continued, despite Hyman's announcement he would order strikers to return to work

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1926Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (died 1986)^[†]

Robert Lawrence Layne was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns before being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the third overall pick of the 1948 NFL draft and traded to the Chicago Bears. Layne played one season with the Bears, and then with the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1958, and the Steelers from 1958 to 1962.

1926Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (died 2015)^[†]

Fikret Otyam was a Turkish painter and journalist.

Headlines from December 19, 1926

FOR THE NEEDIEST MORE HELP MUST COME; TO THESE NEEDIEST ALSO HELP MUST BE GIVEN

REIGIOUS BELIEF SURVEYED IN TWO EUROPEAN CAPITALS; Leading Parisians Discuss Immortality and Two London Papers Poll Their Readers

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Langley Is Paroled After Eleven Months; Leaves Prison for Kentucky Tomorrow

REDS IN RALLY BAR BACKERS OF SIGMAN; 200 Policemen at Garden Help Communist Cloak Men to Pick the 13,000 Allowed to Enter.

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