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February 4, 1927
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Headlines from February 4, 1927
Declaration That Government 'Owns' the Air Is Asked for Radio Bill, Halting It in Senate
Objections that conf report does not contain declaration on "ownership of air" by U S halts action in Sen
CANTONESE READY TO ATTACK; Face Sun Chuan-fang at Yenchow in Drive for Shanghai.
Cantonese forces are facing Sun Chuan-fang at Yenchow, in drive for Canton; reported to have received reinforcements in Chuchow region; Cantonese Gen Chiang Kai-shek ill, map of battle line
Marines Embark at Cavite.
FORD GENIUS HELD TO BE VITAL FACTOR IN VALUE OF STOCK; Paul Clay, Security Expert, Testifies in Praise of the Plant's Efficiency. FORD FORTUNE DISCUSSED Some in Washington Put It at $2,000,000,000, With $400,000,000 in Banks. HAWKINS' FIGURES LOWER Ex-Sales Manager Thinks Father and Son Together Are Worth a Billion. FORD GENIUS FACTOR IN VALUE OF STOCK
Estimates of H Ford's wealth in connection with Govt's suit against original stockholders of Ford Motor Co for additional income taxes
Notable Births
1927Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and academic (died 1999)[โ ]
Rolf William Landauer was a German-American physicist who made important contributions in diverse areas of the thermodynamics of information processing, condensed matter physics, and the conductivity of disordered media. Born in Germany, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1938, obtained a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard in 1950, and then spent most of his career at IBM.