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October 9, 1927

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FLOUTED PERSHING, BUT WON A BATTLE; Bell Revealed as the General Who Violated Order Not to Join British in Attack. INCIDENT RECALLED BY HAIG Major Tells How Illinois Troops, Under First Fire, Showed English We Could Fight. FLOUTED PERSHING, BUT WON A BATTLE

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G Bell Jr revealed as General who violated Gen Pershing's order

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BURGOYNE'S DEFEAT ENACTED IN PAGEANT ON SARATOGA FIELD; Colonials and Foes of 150 Years Ago Thrill 100,000 Visitors on Historic Battleground. SITE SET UP AS STATE PARK Governor Smith Pledges Aid to Acquire 2,000 Acres More -- Four Governors Take Part. FOREIGN NOTABLES PRESENT America's Two Allies Participate and British Ambassador Hails Friendly Commemoration. Battle Pageantry Inaugurates Saratoga State Park

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times

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Library Open Until Midnight For 'Heavy Grind' at Princeton; Special to The New York Times.

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PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 8. -- Demands on the Princeton University library have become so heavy that for the first time in the 180 years of Princeton as an educational institution the library will have to keep open from 8 in the morning until midnight, beginning Monday.

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Bears Rout Guests at Austrian Resort When They Appear in Hotel Dining Room

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5 invade resort hotel at Eisenkappel, Austria

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Notable Births

1927John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 2020)^[†]

Sir John William Denys Margetson was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Vietnam, the United Nations, and the Netherlands.