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January 16, 1928

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Notable Births

1928William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist^[†]

William Joseph Kennedy is an American writer and journalist who won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his 1983 novel Ironweed.

1928Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress (died 1996)^[†]

Lorenza Pilar García Seta, known professionally as Pilar Lorengar, was a Spanish (Aragonese) soprano. She was best known for her interpretations of opera and the Spanish genre Zarzuela, and as a soprano she was known for her full register, a youthful timbre as well as a distinctive vibrato.

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Headlines from January 16, 1928

COOLIDGE IS WARMLY WELCOMED TO CUBA; GOES TO PALACE AMID SHOWER OF ROSES; TALKS TO PAN-AMERICAN MEETING TODAY; MULTITUDE ACCLAIMS HIM Tens of Thousands Line Shores and Mass in the Streets of Havana. PRESIDENT DEEPLY MOVED Standing on Balcony With Machado, He Waves One of the Welcoming Blooms. STATE DINNER TO BE GIVEN This Will End Full Day That Begins With Opening of Parley of Twenty-one Nations.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Copyright, 1928, By the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York Times

N Y S Chamber of Commerce delegation to be guests of Pres Machado

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Dig for Treasure of Incas Beneath Streets of Lima

By Unknown Author

Residents of Lima, Peru, dig for Inca treasures beneath city streets

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SMITH STUDENT GONE; HUNDREDS JOIN HUNT; Parents Offer $1,000 Reward for Miss Frances St. John Smith of This City. MISSING SINCE FRIDAY Her Disappearance Compared to That of Miss Corbett of the Same College.

By Special to The New York Times

Missing from Smith Col; parents offer reward for information; search

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Balmy Sunday Draws Thousands to Shore; New Jersey Reports a Midsummer Jam

By Unknown Author

Balmy Sunday

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Governor Returns to Albany As Wife Continues to Improve

By Unknown Author

Recovering; visitors

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PUT PREPAREDNESS AHEAD OF COMPACTS; War Secretary and Admiral Stress Security in Talks at Anti-War Session. SEES LIMIT IN BRIAND PLAN Kellogg's Aide in Negotiations Tells Women Treaty Sought Needs Backing of Nation.

By Special to The New York Times

Sessions

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H.H. CURRAN TO LEAD FIGHT ON DRY LAWS; New Yorker Is Chosen President of Association Against Prohibition Amendment. NATIONAL DRIVE INDICATED Organization Is Likely to Takea Hand in Most Congressional Districts.

By Special to The New York Times

Assn Against the Prohibition Amendment elects H H Curran Pres; Stayton quoted on growth of Assn

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Furnace Blast Causes Bank Robbery Scare; Crowds, Jam Broadway, Police Reserves Out

By Unknown Author

Furnace blast causes robbery scare

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FRIENDS OF HOOVER START DRIVE HERE TO GET DELEGATES; Mills Heads Group of State Leaders Who Open Fight to Nominate Secretary. HOLD A "SECRET" PARLEY Lawman, Donovan, Mrs. Pratt and Ward Are Among Those at the Conference. WILL OPEN HEADQUARTERS Deny the Movement Is Opposed to the Organization--To Name a Propaganda Committee.

By Unknown Author

Attends N Y C conf to launch drive for Hoover for Pres

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N.Y. STANDARD OIL DECLARES WAR UPON DUTCH SHELL GROUP; Defending Deal With Soviets, It Defiantly Asserts It Won't Change Policy. FIGHT TO FINISH LOOMS Conflict Already on in India and Is Expected to Spread to Other World Markets. BAD FAITH IS CHARGED Standard Says Royal Dutch Group Itself Sought a Monopoly of Russia's Output.

By Unknown Author

Standard Oil Co of N Y, in statement defending position, charges Royal Dutch-Shell group with bad faith in refusing deals with Soviet on account of alleged property confiscations; price war threatened; Burmah Oil Co, friendly to Royal Dutch, rept seeking tariff in India on Soviet oil to block sale by Standard

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THREE BOY HIKERS DROWNED IN QUEENS; Their Camping Outfit Found on Lake's Shore After All Night Hunt in Woods.HAD BROKEN THROUGH ICE One a Police Lieutenant's Son --Chums, Members of Scout Unit, Left Homes Saturday.

By Unknown Author

Death

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I.R.T. TO SPEED UP, ADDING MORE CARS, EXTENDING ROUTES; Increase of 23,000 Car Miles a Day, the Biggest Advance in Service Since 1922. EFFECTIVE IN FULL BY FEB. 6 One Car Added to Astoria and Corona Trains--Delays at Atlantic Avenue Reduced. PELHAM ADDITIONS TODAY West Side Rush-Hour Schedule Prolonged--South Ferry Trains to Run to Brooklyn.

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Schedule of increase on I R T lines announced by Transit Comm

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