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April 8, 1928
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Headlines from April 8, 1928
ILLINOIS NEARS END OF HECTIC CAMPAIGN; Political Experts Baffled in Attempt to Prognosticate theResult of Primary.REPUBLICANS BADLY SPLITHarmonized Democrats Likely toUse Easily Evaded Ballot Lawto Pick Victims.
CHICAGO, April 3.--The civic atmosphere is crackling with political static. Like all static the noise is more disturbing than enlightening. With the culmination of one of the most bitterly fought primary campaigns in the history of Illinois only ...
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CHICAGO ON THE WIRE
CHICAGO, April 6. AL JOLSON'S four weeks in "A Night in Spain" have turned in a big profit for all concerned, although that star is ...
SAYS HE CAN'T STOP GOUGING IN TICKETS; Moses Takes Sharp Issue With Tuttle for 'Misleading Public' in Theatre Issue. CALLS STATE LAW USELESS It Is Badly Drawn, Means Little and Is Nullified by Supreme Court, He Asserts.
On new law to end gouging by theatre ticket brokers
Notable Births

1928Fred Ebb, American lyricist (died 2004)[โ ]
Fred Ebb was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera.