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January 18, 1928

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NICARAGUANS VOTE FOR BILL OPPOSING US; Measure Against American Control of Elections Goes to Final Test. CHAMORRO CRITICIZES US Conservative Leader, Defending Action of House, Accuses Marines of Favoring Liberals.

By Harold N. Denny, Staff Correspondent of the New York Times. Copyright, 1928, By the New York Times Company By Trophical Radio

House of Deputies votes for substitute electoral bill opposing U S control, in 2d reading; E Chamorro states objections to original bill

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STEUER OPENS FIGHT TO REMOVE SCUDDER IN SEWER INQUIRY; Plea for Testimony Already Taken Is the First Step to Disqualify Justice. COURT ARGUMENTS TODAY Lawyer Contends Barring of His Client From Closed Hearing Unfits Investigator. NEW CHARGES GIVEN OUT Connolly Accused of Waste, Payroll Padding, Favoritism and a Plot With Phillips to Defraud.

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Steuer opens fight to block Scudder inquiry; seeks court order to examine stenographer who took minutes of preliminary hearings; Scudder adjourns hearings; text of amended charges against Connolly

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Notable Births

Alexander Gomelsky

1928Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach (died 2005)[†]

Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.