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May 19, 1928

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CHINESE GET TOKIO WARNING AGAINST WAR IN MANCHURIA; PROTECTORATE MOVE SEEN; BOTH SIDES ARE NOTIFIED Japan Will Prevent Fleeing Troops From EnteringNorthern Provinces.URGES CHANG TO LEAVE NOWBut He Refuses Flatly, ThoughRetreat From Peking Will BeCut Off if He Is Beaten, JAPANESE FLEEING PEKINGOther Foreigners There Calm,but Troops Push Steps to Defend Them if City Falls. Chang Said to Be Alarmed. Text of the Memorandum. May Be Constrained to Act. Tokio Sees Move Aid to South. May Block Northern Retreat. Notice Sent to Chang Tso-lin. Tokio's Nots Stirs Peking. Mean to Block Routed Troops. Southern Defeat Reported. Japanese Flee by Thousands. Protection Plant Made.

By Henry F. Misselwitz. Special Cable To the New York Times

Japan's memorandum to China outlining interests in China and warning against spread of civil war into Manchuria given to both Northern and Southern leaders; Japanese civilians evacuating Tientsin and Peking

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GRIM SOVIET COURT OPENS TRIAL OF 52; Pallid Prisoners Arraigned in Red-Draped House of Columns for Don Mining Plot. ANOTHER RAVING IN HIS CELL Prosecutor Krylenko Begins Relentless Attack--2,000 Workers Crowd Night Session. German Envoy Watches From Box. GRIM SOVIET COURT OPENS TRIAL OF 52 Krylenko Dominates Scene. One Prisoner Raving in Cell. Prisoners Answer Roll-Call.

By Walter Duranty. Wireless To the New York Times.by Walter Duranty

Shakhta trial; trial of 52 on charges of sabotage in Donetz coal region, opens in Moscow; N V Krylenko prosecutor

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Notable Births

Colin Chapman

1928Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (died 1982)[†]

Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars.

1928Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (died 2013)[†]

Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Lawrie "Jock" Kennedy, was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command from 1979 to 1981, and Air Member for Personnel from 1983 to 1986. Following his retirement from the military, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.

Gil McDougald

1928Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (died 2010)[†]

Gilbert James McDougald was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for the New York Yankees from 1951 through 1960.

Dolph Schayes

1928Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)[†]

Adolph Schayes was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and a 12-time All-NBA selection. Schayes won an NBA championship with the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. He was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, and was also named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.