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May 27, 1927

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Headlines from May 27, 1927

HUGE CROWDS LINE STREETS; Common People Acclaim Flier on Three-Mile Drive to the City Hall. POLICE FIGHT TO CLEAR WAY There He Gets City's Gold Medal -- He Drops In on War Mutilated and Visits Inter-Allied Club. HIS PLANS ARE UNCERTAIN He Wants to See Much of Europe, but May Cut Short His Visit and Return Next Week.

By Carlyle MacDonald.COPYRIGHT, 1927, By the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times

Lindbergh in Paris

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Treasury to Cut Size of Paper Money a Third; Dollar Bills First, but No Supply for a Year

By Special to The New York Times

Sec Mellon authorizes reduction in size of bills, to begin with dollar bill in about 12 mos

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Tells of Fascist Achievement.; ARMY OF 5,000,000 IS MUSSOLINI'S AIM

By Copyright, 1927, by the New York Times Companyby Wireless To the New York Times

S by Premier Mussolini on budget of Ministry of Internal Affairs

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COMMONS APPROVES BREAK WITH SOVIET; REJECTS LABOR PLEA; Motion for Inquiry Fails by Vote of 367 to 118, Order for Rupture Being Substituted. CLYNES ASKS 'FAIR TRIAL' Chamberlain Replies Verdict Is Already Justified -- Lloyd George Questions Result. WHITE PAPER OFFERS PROOF Government's Record of Moscow Intrigues Discloses Reds Here and Orders Sent From London. COMMONS APPROVES BREAK WITH SOVIET

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

S in defense of rupture of diplomatic relations, in Commons

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TAX EXEMPT HOUSING TO END SLUMS VOTED BY ESTIMATE BOARD; Mayor's Bill Is Unanimously Passed Despite Strong Fight by Realty Men. THEY CHARGE "SOVIETISM" Measure Now Goes to Board of Aldermen, Where Its Passage Is Regarded as Certain. CITIZENS ORGANIZE TO AID Douglas L. Elliman Heads Committee of 60 to Speed Construction and Interest Private Capital. TAX EXEMPT HOUSING TO END SLUMS VOTED

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Heads com of 60 to speed construction of model tenements in N Y C and to interest private capital

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Notable Births

1927Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996)^[†]

Jüri Randviir was an Estonian chess player and journalist, who four times won the Estonian Chess Championship.

Historical Events

1927The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.^[†]

The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the single-letter ticker symbol F and is controlled by the Ford family. They have minority ownership but a plurality of the voting power.