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Pleads for more equitable standard of living, at conf of Inst of Pacific Relations
MITCHEL FIELD, L.I., July 23 (AP). -- Major Gen. Mason M. Patrick, Chief of the Army Air Corps, the oldest flier in the service, and Captain Ira C. Eaker, recently with the Pan-American Good-Will Flight, had a battle with the elements today.
U S Supreme Court sustains decision of lower courts that Co can be sued in any part of country in which it does business for violation of Sherman anti-trust law, in opinion giving damages to Southern Photo Materials Co of Ga; opinion by Justice Sanford
Influence of tariff on history of farming cited in feature article by W E Dodd
Cutter Comanche crippled by blaze; towed to Galveston
1927Alex Katz, American painter and sculptor[†]
Alex Katz is an American figurative artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints. Since 1951, Katz's work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions and nearly 500 group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. He is well known for his large paintings, whose bold simplicity and heightened colors are considered as precursors to Pop Art.
1927Zara Mints, Russian-Estonian philologist and academic (died 1990)[†]
Zara Grigoryevna Mints was a Slavic literary scientist active in the University of Tartu. She was the wife of Juri Lotman.
1927Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (born 1892)[†]
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人), was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He took his own life at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital.
1927The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.[†]
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.