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September 2, 1927

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CALLES SEES RIFT DUE TO 'INDECISION' BY UNITED STATES; Mexican President in Message to Congress Calls Relations Regrettable. ASKS CONCRETE COMPLAINT He Says Accepting Mexico's Right to Own Laws Would End Disagreement. UPHOLDS RELIGIOUS ACTS Expelling of Foreigners Was Step to "Cleanse" Country of Harmful Elements, He Declares. CALLES SEES RIFT DUE TO 'INDECISION'

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

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Walker Quits Reich, Lauding Municipalities;

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MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 1. (AP). -- Mayor Walker of New York, before embarking on the night train for Venice, bade farewell to Germany with the statement that the first time he had ever been in Germany made him feel sorry that his visit was so long delayed.

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Notable Births

Milo Hamilton

1927Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (died 2015)[†]

Leland Milo Hamilton was an American sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams from 1953 to 2012. He received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

Francis Matthews (actor)

1927Francis Matthews, English actor (died 2014)[†]

Francis Matthews was an English actor, best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC television series of the same name and for voicing Captain Scarlet in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

Alice Raftary

1927Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (died 2014)[†]

Alice Geisler Raftary was an American educator, based in Detroit, who specialized in education and rehabilitation for newly blind adults.

Notable Deaths

Umegatani Tōtarō II

1927Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (born 1878)[†]

Umegatani Tōtarō II was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture. He was the sport's 20th yokozuna. Umegatani had a great rivalry with fellow yokozuna Hitachiyama Taniemon. Their era was known as the Ume-Hitachi Era and it brought sumo to heights of popularity never before seen in the Meiji period.