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January 11, 1927

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Headlines from January 11, 1927

Elevated Train Conductor Is Shot to Death By Passenger He Rebukes; Assassin Escapes

By Unknown Author

Healy, J, elevated train conductor, killed by passenger whom he rebuked; murderer escapes

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CHURCH SPOKESMAN AND 5 OTHER BISHOPS ARRESTED BY MEXICO; Diaz, Secretary of Episcopate, Accused of Inciting Rebels, Will Be Deported to Cuba. OTHERS ARE LATER FREED Two American Correspondents Detained, but Embassy Obtains Their Release. REVOLT IS PROCLAIMED Rene Capistran Garza Is Declared President In Manifesto Issued at El Paso, Texas. 6 CATHOLIC BISHOPS ARRESTED IN MEXICO

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Bishop Diaz and 5 other Catholic prelates arrested on charge of inciting rebels, will be deported to Cuba; all except Diaz later released; El Paso manifesto proclaims R C Gerza provisional pres

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MRS. CHAPLIN FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE; Film Star's Wife Makes Sensational Charges of Infidelity and Threats on Her Life. INJUNCTION ON PROPERTY Los Angeles Court Restrains Removal of Any Effects From State -- Actor on Way Here. MRS. CHAPLIN FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE

By Special to The New York Times

Chaplin, C, wife files suit for divorce

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Uncle Bill, 80, Is 'Sold,' Too, As Old Home Changes Hands

By Unknown Author

Sold with farm in Rose Valley, Pa

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DR. BUTLER APPEALS TO NATION TO DROP POLICY OF ISOLATION; Pleads That We Join With Europe in the Spirit of Locarno Treaties.

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Dr N M Butler appeals to U S to abandon its policy of isolation and join Europe in spirit of Locarno for peace

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1927Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.^[†]

Louis Burt Mayer was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors, and stars in Hollywood.

Headlines from January 11, 1927

Elevated Train Conductor Is Shot to Death By Passenger He Rebukes; Assassin Escapes

MRS. CHAPLIN FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE; Film Star's Wife Makes Sensational Charges of Infidelity and Threats on Her Life. INJUNCTION ON PROPERTY Los Angeles Court Restrains Removal of Any Effects From State -- Actor on Way Here. MRS. CHAPLIN FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE

Uncle Bill, 80, Is 'Sold,' Too, As Old Home Changes Hands

DR. BUTLER APPEALS TO NATION TO DROP POLICY OF ISOLATION; Pleads That We Join With Europe in the Spirit of Locarno Treaties.

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