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March 2, 1927

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Notable Births

1927Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist (died 2017)^[†]

Roger Walkowiak was a French road bicycle racer who won the 1956 Tour de France. He was a professional rider from 1950 until 1960. He died on 6 February 2017 at the age of 89.

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Pitiful Scenes Mark Vigil at the Pitheads

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Explosion; 11 bodies recovered from shaft; over 40 still entombed; King, Queen and many public bodies send messages of condolence

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Boy of 5 Likes Fire Engines, So He Turns in Two Alarms

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W Becker, 5-yr-old boy, turns in 2 fire alarms, at 8th Av and 121st St, N Y C

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Sunspots and Sudden Deaths Associated by French Doctor

By Copyright, 1927, by the New York Times Co.special Cable To the New York Times

M Faure associates sun spots and sudden deaths

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PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR TRANSIT BILL; WALKER AT ALBANY; Mayor Confident of Victory, and Little Heckling on Subway Plan Is in Sight. DIG MORE, HIS PLATFORM Berry Ready to Back Up Walker at Hearing Against Barrage of Opposing Bodies. WORK STARTED ON SURVEY Controller Wants Committee of Citizens to Aid Him and Seeks a High-Class Engineer. PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR TRANSIT BILL

By W.a. Warn.special To the New York Times.by W.a. Warn

Mayor Walker arrives at Albany to speak for credit amendment

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DAUGHERTY JURORS LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT; Twice Ask to See Evidence in Case During Deliberations Beginning at 2:15 P.M. MILLER TARGET OF BUCKNER Prosecutor Says He Doesn't Care About Former Attorney General in Summing Up. DAUGHERTY JURORS LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT

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Jury locked up for night, after long deliberation

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TWO IN CROWD SHOT AS ROBBERS ESCAPE; Bleecker Street Proprietor Fires Five Times, Wounding a Woman and a Boy. $3,300 PAYROLL IS STOLEN Three Armed Youths Also Get $900 in Jewelry in Hold-Up of Trousers Concern. TWO IN CROWD SHOT AS ROBBERS ESCAPE

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Atlas Trousers Co, payroll and jewelry

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Kahn Urges Collegians to Go Into Banking; Gives 10 Rules of Success to Princeton Men

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O H Kahn offers 10 rules

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FORCES AT SHANGHAI BELIEVED ADEQUATE TO SAVE FOREIGNERS; 10,000 Men, Now Available, Could Conquer China, Military Attaches Say. NATIVE ARMIES MEDIEVAL While New York's Fire-Fighting Tugs Could Disperse Fleet, Naval Men Assert. SUN CHUAN-FANG IS OUT Quits Battlefield With Forces and Leaves the Defense of Shanghai to the Shantungese.

By Frederick Moore.copyright, 1927, By the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times

Shanghai situation

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CITY TAX RATE CUT, BUT HIGH VALUATION WILL KEEP BILLS UP; Aldermen Lower Base 2 Cents to $2.66; Approve Budget of $474,993,300. BOROUGH CHARGES CHANGED Cent More Than Last Year for Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx -- Less for Others. EXEMPTIONS OF $916,512,915 New Houses Not Subject to Levy -- Total of $1,542,257,368 Added to Other Values. CITY TAX RATE CUT; VALUATION IS HIGH

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Increased valuations will keep taxes high despite rate cut

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