QUEBEC, April 17.--Private information here is to the effect that it is not contemplated by Major Fitzmaurice to come in touch with any centres of importance, either in Canada or the United States, without his two companions.

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1928Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (died 2015)^[†]

Karl Josef Becker S.J. was a German Catholic theologian and consultor for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 15 September 1977. He taught at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

1928Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (died 2014)^[†]

Otto Piene was a German-American artist specializing in kinetic and technology-based art, often working collaboratively. He lived and worked in Düsseldorf, Germany; Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Groton, Massachusetts.

Headlines from April 18, 1928

COOLIDGE CONDEMNS FLOOD CONTROL BILL; Just as House Debate Begins, He Calls It "Most Extortionate Proposal Ever Made."MENTIONS LUMBER LOBBYAnd Questions Motives in Increase of Fund--Frear AssailsMeasure on Floor.

WET PLANK BEATEN BY REPUBLICAN CLUB; Heated Debate of Three Hours Ends in Members Heeding Plea of Expediency. DRY REPORT ALSO TABLED Leaders Said to Have Feared Move Would Aid Smith and Cause Rift in Their Party.

Slight but Real Snowfall Shocks the Spring Flowers

IRISH AND GERMANS JOIN CITY WELCOME; Help in Work on the Plans for Official Reception to the Bremen's Crew. WORD FROM THEM AWAITED Mitchel Field Prepares for a Record Crowd--Army Planes to Meet the Fliers.

MAY REQUIRE DAYS TO REPAIR BREMEN; Meanwhile Fitzmaurice Will Stay in North to Come Down With Comrades. PARTS GOING TO THE ISLAND But Melchior of Junkers Company Is Urgent That MenLeave Plane and Come Out.

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