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September 17, 1927

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POLICEMAN IS SLAIN BY PAIR SEIZED IN CEMETERY HOLD-UP; Shot as He Takes Suspects to Face Two Women Robbed and Locked in Tomb. THEIR CRIES BROUGHT AID Queens Patrolman Motoring With His Wife Rushed to Help Victims in Vault. KILLED IN HIS OWN CAR Coatless Man Arrested in Cypress Hills -- Officer's Widow and Others Identify Him. POLICEMAN IS SLAIN BY PAIR HE SEIZES

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Killed arresting men suspected of robbing Mrs F Lewis and Mrs F Novack; B Rader arrested

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FRANCE WELCOMES PERSHING AT HEAD OF 'SECOND A.E.F.'; Outbursts of Affection Mark Arrival of Legion's Leaders in Paris. PAINLEVE RECALLS WAR TIE Minister Who Met Americans in 1917 Greets Them at Station and at Unknown's Tomb. CITY IN VETERANS' HANDS Illuminated Capital Entertains 10,000 Joyously -- Ceremonies of Convention Begin Today. FRANCE WELCOMES THE SECOND 'A.E.F.'

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Greets Amer Legionaires on arrival in Paris

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Notable Births

George Blanda

1927George Blanda, American football player (died 2010)[†]

George Frederick Blanda was an American professional football quarterback and placekicker who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Blanda played 26 seasons of professional football, the most in the sport's history, and had scored more points than anyone in history at the time of his retirement.

Kevin Schubert

1927Kevin Schubert, Australian rugby league player (died 2007)[†]

Kevin Schubert (1927-2007) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An international and interstate representative hooker, he played his club football in the Illawarra Rugby League before moving to Sydney's NSWRL Premiership to play for Manly-Warringah, which he also captained.