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March 25, 1927

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Headlines from March 25, 1927

Soviet Warned on Propaganda Hurting Stage as Church Rival

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M Tomsky warns Soviet authorities that theatres must present more than propaganda if they are to keep people away from church

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14 Big Atlantic Liners Race For Spring Tourist Rush Here

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

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POISONED WHISKY IN SNYDER HOME BARES EARLY PLOT; Scheme That Failed Revealed by Gray and Chemist Finds Bichloride of Mercury. NO TRACE IN VICTIM'S BODY Dr. Gettler Says 20 Tablets Must Have Been Used -- To Seek Other Drugs Today. TRIAL IS SET FOR APRIL 11 Newcombe Would Try Both at Once and Will Ask Death Penalty -Woman Protests Her Innocence. POISONED, WHISKY IN SNYDER HOME

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Poisoned whisky found in home reveals earlier plot against his life; trial date set; Dist Atty Newcombe will try both at once and ask for death penalty

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TONGMEN KILL NINE AS WAR FLARES ANEW; Two Chinese Slain in Brooklyn Restaurant While 250 Are Dining There. KILLINGS OCCUR IN 6 CITIES 27 Bullets Fired Into Man at Newark -- Banton Warns He Will Start Deportations. TONGMEN KILL NINE AS WAR FLARES ANEW

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War renewed between On Leong tong and Hip Sing tong; 9 killed in 6 cities, including Si Poy and Chin Luk, who died of his wounds, in Bklyn; 2 wounded; 45 held; Dist Atty Banton of N Y C threatens them with deportations if activities are not stopped

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Calls on Gov. Smith to Give His Views On Allegiance to His Church or State

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Asks Gov Smith to give views on allegiance to R C Ch or State, lr in Atlantic Monthly

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Notable Births

1927P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (died 2013)^[†]

P. Shanmugam was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He served from 22 March 2000 to 27 October 2001.

Notable Deaths

1927Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1843)^[†]

Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, OP was a Palestinian Catholic nun who founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, the first Palestinian religious congregation. She was beatified by Archbishop Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.