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August 1, 1927

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Headlines from August 1, 1927

GOV. SMITH SHOWS STATE HAS $13,965,345 SURPLUS; FOES PREDICTED DEFICIT; CHALLENGES HIS CRITICS Smith Tells Republicans to Admit Blame for Any Extravagance OR APPROVE HIS REPORT Increases in Last Ten Years Obligatory or for Needed Improvements, He Says. OVER HALF FOR SCHOOLS Rise in Expenses for Last Fiscal Year Was $29,807,871, Statement Shows. Gov. Smith Shows Financial Operations of State in Detail for the Last Fiscal Year

By Special to The New York Times.ALFRED E. SMITH~ ]

Gov Smith, in annual report on State finances, shows that over half of increased expenditures in 10 yrs have been for schools

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Notable Births

1927María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (died 2006)[†]

María Teresa López Boegeholz was a Chilean oceanographer and academic. She was considered a pioneer in the field of marine sciences.

Anthony G. Bosco

1927Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (died 2013)[†]

Anthony Gerard Bosco was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg in Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 1970 to 1987.

Historical Events

Nanchang uprising

1927The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.[†]

The Nanchang Uprising of August 1927 was the first major Nationalist Party of China–Chinese Communist Party engagement of the Chinese Civil War. It was initiated by the Communists in response to the massacre of their party comrades in Shanghai by the Kuomintang four months before.