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June 18, 1927

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CHANG TSO-LIN MADE DICTATOR IN MOVE TO BEAT BACK SOUTH; Northerners Pool Armies and Will Stiffen Resistance Against Oncoming Chiang in Shantung. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS FAIL Victory for "Die-Hards" Is Seen and a Frankly Military Regime Is Expected. FOREIGNERS REASSURED Dictator Began Colorful Career as Fierce Bandit Leader and Gained Control of Peking in 1924. CHANG TSO-LIN MADE DICTATOR IN NORTH

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

Certain foreign military and naval men seem responsible for view that legations should evacuate Peking, unless larger forces are supplied by govts to keep Peking-Tientsin Ry open, and to defend legation quarter in event of Southerners reaching city

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Notable Births

Eva Bartok

1927Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress (died 1998)[†]

Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics, known professionally as Eva Bartok, was a Hungarian-British actress. She began acting in films in 1950, and her last credited appearance was in 1966. She acted in more than 40 American, British, German, Hungarian, French, and Israeli films. She is best known for appearances in Blood and Black Lace, The Crimson Pirate, Operation Amsterdam, and Ten Thousand Bedrooms.

Paul Eddington

1927Paul Eddington, English actor (died 1995)[†]

Paul Clark Eddington was an English actor who played Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–1984) and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1988). He was a four-time BAFTA TV and two-time Olivier Award nominee.