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June 25, 1927

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Notable Births

1927Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (died 1970)[†]

Antal Róka was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. He competed for a Hungary in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the bronze medal.

Arnold Wolfendale

1927Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)[†]

Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). He was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.

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WOOD FIGHTING HARD TO CONQUER ILLNESS, SAYS HE WON'T QUIT; General Insists That He Expects to Return in the Fall to the Philippines. HAS COOLIDGE'S BACKING President Voices Desire That Governor General Resume His Duties in Islands. WOOD PRAISES FILIPINOS People Progressing Under Our Rule, but Are Not Prepared for Independence, He Says. WOOD FIGHTING HARD SAYS HE WON'T QUIT

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

Progress in Culion colony reviewed by Gov Gen Wood

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BRITISH AGREE TO DELAY CAPITAL SHIP DISCUSSION TO TAKE UP OUR PROPOSALS; EXPERTS FORM COMMITTEES Hopeful of Agreement on Smaller Craft as Step to Final Success. JONES TELLS OUR NEEDS Admiral Answers Question as to What We Plan if Serious Reductions Fail. TALK OF JAPAN PEACE DEAL A Compact With America for Perpetual Amity Is Sugested to Replace Pacific Treaties.

By Wythe Williams.copyright, 1927, By the New York Times Company.by Wireless To the New York Times

rumors of possible peace pact between U S and Japan

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HARVARD CREW BEATS YALE IN VARSITY RACE FIRST TIME SINCE 1920 AS 90,000 WATCH; LEADS FOR THE FOUR MILES Throngs on Banks and in Observation Trains Cheer as Elis Close Up Gap. 1,000 YACHTS ROAR SALUTE Sirens Scream When Crimson Oars Churn Water and Send Shell Further Ahead. HARVARD WINS BY LENGTH Finds More Than Solace for Defeats of Junior Varsity and Freshman Crews on Thames. Harvard Varsity Crew Beats Yale, but Loses Junior Varsity and Freshman Events

By Robert F. Kelley.special To the New York Times.by Robert F. Kelley

Articles on boat races

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