Loree plan loses to 4-system merger; break between Loree and other officials averted by O H Kahn; Pa R R deserts 5-system plan; new plan subject of I C C approval

None0 words

GOV. SMITH ORDERS GRAND JURY ACTION ON QUEENS SEWERS; Acts on Shearn's Report of "Criminal Waste of Funds" and Neglect by Connolly. BUCKNER WILL PROSECUTE Ottinger Names Him a Special Deputy--Justice Tompkins to Preside April 16. CONNOLLY IS CONFIDENT Mayor Sets April 13 for Election of Borough Head--Newcombe Said to Be Leading the Field.

By Special to The New York Times

R S Newcombe said to be in lead for Queens post; date set for election by Aldermen

None0 words

1928James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate^[†]

James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. Nine years later, Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

Headlines from April 6, 1928

Coolidge Eulogizes Depew For His Personal Service

I.R.T. GETTING READY TO CHARGE 7 CENTS; Experiments With Turnstiles in Anticipation of Fare Ruling in Its Favor. GETS DESIGNS FOR TOKENS Change Could Be Made in 48 Hours--Wall St. Puzzled by Transit Stock Rise.

408,706 Men on Payrolls Of Ford and General Motors

LOREE PLAN LOSES TO 4-SYSTEM MERGER; Kahn Obtains Agreement of Railway Executives for Trunk Lines in East. FEDERAL APPROVAL NEEDED Objections From Lesser Roads Expected to Be Made to Commerce Commission.

Notable Births