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January 27, 1928

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CALLES POLICE SEIZE 225 IN RAID TO CLOSE CATHOLIC SEMINARY; They Allege Institution Broke Religious Law and Aroused Pupils Against Government. 20 NUNS ARRESTED ALSO Mexican Convent Closed With Other Schools on Charges of Teaching Faith to Children. WOMEN HELD AS PLOTTERS Two of Good Family Are Accused of Spreading Propaganda for "Catholic Revolution."

By Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times Company. Special Cable To the New York Times

225 arrested in raid on Cath Seminario Colegiar for violation of law against religious instruction; Gen Cruz charges anti-Govt propaganda; other arrests

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PARLEY HITS STRIDE WITH CONCILIATION ACHIEVED AT HAVANA; Leading Delegates Now Look for Practical Results, With No Friction to Impede Them. DAY'S WORK GIVES PROMISE Hughes Adjusts Border Police Tangle and Colombia Agrees on Our Aviation Clause. A.F. OF L. SENDS AN APPEAL President Green Asks Hughes for a Positive Declaration Against Intervention.

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

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Notable Births

Hans Modrow

1928Hans Modrow, Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany (died 2023)[†]

Hans Modrow was a German politician best known as the last communist premier of East Germany.

Historical Events

Bundaberg tragedy

1928Bundaberg tragedy: a diphtheria vaccine is contaminated with Staph. aureus bacterium, resulting in the deaths of twelve children in the Australian town of Bundaberg.[†]

The Bundaberg tragedy was a medical disaster that occurred in January 1928, resulting in the deaths of 12 children in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. A royal commission concluded that the deaths were caused by the contamination of a diphtheria vaccine with the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.