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January 7, 1927

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Headlines from January 7, 1927

BORAH DENOUNCES CORRUPT POLITICS; WOULD END GIFTS; Urges Government Financing of Campaigns to Prevent Dominance of Special Interests. CALLS FOR ACTION IN 1928 Declares Buyers of Elections Seek Control of Legislation and Policies. COOLIDGE UPHOLDS DRY ACT Writes Committee of 1,000 Meeting at Capital on Need of Enforcement. BORAH DENOUNCES CORRUPT POLITICS

By Special to The New York Times

Pres Coolidge's lr on enforcement of all laws read at meeting of Citizens' Com of 1,000 for Law Enforcement

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Notable Deaths

Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos

1927Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1851)[†]

Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos was a Greek politician and briefly Prime Minister of Greece.

Historical Events

History of the telephone

1927The first transatlantic commercial telephone service is established from New York City to London.[†]

This history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone, and includes a brief overview of its predecessors. The first telephone patent was granted to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.