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April 8, 1927

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Earl Carroll's Friends Will Seek a Parole; No Pardon Is Asked; Term Starts Tuesday

By Special to The New York Times

Friends will ask parole if executive clemency is refused for sentence for perjury in connection with bathtub case

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SOVIET OFFICES IN TIENTSIN RAIDED BY CHINESE POLICE; NOW CUT OFF IN SHANGHAI; MORE DOCUMENTS SEIZED Permission for Tientsin Search Is Given by French Consul. THREAT TO MOVE EMBASSY Soviet Consul General, Before Isolation at Shanghai, Says It May Go to Hankow. PEKING EXPECTS RUPTURE Wellington Koo Resigns as Premier in North -- American Missionary Is Missing. Shanghai Consulate Under Guard.

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

On Peking raid on Soviet bldgs in Embassy compound; says Russian Embassy may be moved to Hankow as result of it

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2 Boys Killed, 5 Hurt, When Truck Hits Auto On Which 10 Were Riding Home From School

By Unknown Author

Moen, L, and C Saiya killed; 5 hurt when auto driven by S J Collins collides with motor truck driven by F Whalen; drivers held

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DAWES CONTINUES REED COMMITTEE; Declares It Has Legal Authority to Function During the Recess of Congress. FESS TAKES GOFF'S PLACE Naming of Ohio Senator Instead of Shortridge of California Surprises Washington. DAWES CONTINUES REED COMMITTEE

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Sen Fess succeeds him on Sen Campaign Fund Investigating Com

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Notable Births

1927Tilly Armstrong, English author (died 2010)^[†]

Tilly Armstrong was a British writer of romance novels from 1978 to 1998. She also wrote as Tania Langley and Kate Alexander.

1927Ollie Mitchell, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 2013)^[†]

Oliver Edward Mitchell was an American musician and bandleader. He was the son of Harold Mitchell, lead trumpeter for MGM Studios, who taught Ollie to play the trumpet.