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March 30, 1928

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GERMAN FLYING BOAT WILL TRY OCEAN HOP; Junkers Build New Machine to Compete With Dornier and Rohrback Attempts. BREMEN HELD IN IRELAND Unfavorable Weather Keeps the Trio of Germans at Baldonnell Field. Loose Seeks Hydroplane. GERMAN FLYING BOAT WILL TRY OCEAN HOP Britisher Also Has a Flying Boat. WEATHER STILL HOLDS FLIERS. Trio of Germans Unable to Make a Start From Ireland. WHY KOEHL LEFT LUFTHANSA. Was Anxious to Go in Bremen and No Other Craft.

By Copyright, 1928, by the New York Times Company By Wireless To the New York Times

Seaplane is being prepared

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ASKS FEDERAL GUARD AT CHICAGO PRIMARY; Marshal Calls for 500 Deputies to Watch Polls, on Report of Election Conspiracy. CHURCH GETS BOMB THREAT Anti-Crowe Meeting Held There Despite This--Another Warning Halts School Gathering. Bomb Insurance Is Refused. Deneen Gets Into Campaign. BIG FEDERAL FORCE ASKED FOR CHICAGO Thompson Gives His Version.

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Federal Marshal Anderson asks for 500 special deputy U S marshals to guard polls at primary

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ROBINSON SAYS DEMOCRATS ORIGINATED OIL SCANDAL; 'SLANDERER', CRIES GLASS; SENATE STRIFE IS RENEWED Walsh Joins Virginian in Assailing Attack on Wilson Regime. EX-CABINET MEN NAMED Indianan Accuses McAdoo, Daniels and Lane as Sponsors of Leases. CHARGES AROUSE GLASS Calls Robinson "Cowardly"-- Daniels Says Charge Is "Wild and Absurd." Walsh Demands Proof. "Cowardice," Says Glass. Daniels's Name Brought In. Senate Forced Action Says Walsh.

By Special to The New York Times

Robinson says Dems originated oil scandal; accuses McAdoo, J Daniels and Lane as sponsors of leases; says Coolidge deserves all credit for revealing scandal; Sens Glass and Walsh reply; Daniels says charges against Wilson regime are false

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D.H. WILSON IS SHOT BY ESTRANGED WIFE IN HIS 5TH AV. OFFICE; Lawyer Wounded by Explorer and Big Game Hunter in Quarrel Over Money. CAST OFF, SHE DECLARES Victim, Hit by Two Bullets, Sits Calmly in Chair Till the Police Arrive. BOTH SOCIALLY PROMINENT Wilson, an Advisory Member of the Republican National Committee, Believed in No Danger. Quarrel Over Money. Admits She Shot Husband. D.H. WILSON IS SHOT BY ESTRANGED WIFE Says Husband Cast Her Off. Hystorical at Police Station. Ill on Last Expedition. Came from Washington Sunday. Unbalanced, Prosecutor Thinks. Well Know in Washington. Had Taken Flying Lessons. WILSON'S BETHLEHEM CAREER Connectcd for a Time With the Legal Department of Steel Company.

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Shot and wounded by wife

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Notable Births

Robert Badinter

1928Robert Badinter, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (died 2024)[†]

Robert Badinter was a French lawyer, politician, and author who enacted the abolition of capital punishment in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. He also served in high-level appointed positions with national and international bodies working for justice and the rule of law.

1928Colin Egar, Australian cricket umpire (died 2008)[†]

Colin John "Col" Egar was an Australian Test cricket umpire.

Tom Sharpe

1928Tom Sharpe, English-Spanish author and educator (died 2013)[†]

Thomas Ridley Sharpe was an English satirical novelist, best known for his Wilt series, as well as Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape, all three of which were adapted for television.