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April 25, 1928

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Headlines from April 25, 1928

Briand's Illness Is Causing Much Anxiety; He Overworked on Treaties and Campaign

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Wilkins Decides Against Attempt To Fly Out From Icebound Haven; Eielson, His Pilot, Writes His Story of Skimming Over Top of the World--Tells of His Consternation When the Captain Was Left Behind on Island.

By Captain George H. Wilkins

GREEN HARBOR, Svalbard [Spitzbergen], April 24.-- Well rested. We are enjoying the comforts of the mess at Green Harbor radio station and the splendid hospitality of the Norwegian official.

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HOOVER IS WINNER IN OHIO PRIMARY; SWEEPS BAY STATE; Secretary on Preferential Vote Leads Willis Ticket by More Than 2 to 1. AHEAD IN DISTRICTS, ALSO In Massachusetts Hoover Far Outruns All Other Candidates on the Ticket. SMITH WINS THERE, TOO Also Gets Big Majority of Pennsylvania Delegates and Leads Preference in Ohio.

By Special to The New York Times

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Miss Congo, the Lonely Young Gorilla, Dies At Her Shrine on Ringling's Florida Estate

By Unknown Author

Death of "Miss Congo," gorilla, subject of his scientific observations

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STEWART ADMITS GETTING $759,500 OF THE OIL BONDS; But Swears He Kept Them in Trust for Standard and Sinclair Companies. DENIES PERSONAL PROFIT Indiana Standard Last Week Voted Continental Securities to Sinclair Crude. CAN'T EXPLAIN HIS SHARE Colonel Agrees, Elowever, Deal Was "Unusual"--Senate May Drop Contempt Case.

By Special to The New York Times

Stewart, before Com, admits getting $759,750 in bonds, but says he kept it in trust for Standard Oil Co of Ind and Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co; Sen may drop contempt case

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1928Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 2011)^[†]

Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. was an American painter, sculptor, and photographer.

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1928Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (born 1878)^[†]

Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, also known as the Black Baron, was a Russian military officer of the Baltic German nobility who served in the Imperial Russian Army and as the last commanding general of the White Army in the Russian Civil War. After the White defeat, he was a leading figure of the White émigré community in exile.

Headlines from April 25, 1928

Briand's Illness Is Causing Much Anxiety; He Overworked on Treaties and Campaign

Wilkins Decides Against Attempt To Fly Out From Icebound Haven; Eielson, His Pilot, Writes His Story of Skimming Over Top of the World--Tells of His Consternation When the Captain Was Left Behind on Island.

Miss Congo, the Lonely Young Gorilla, Dies At Her Shrine on Ringling's Florida Estate

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