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Workers for Richmond Ry Co, Inc, of S I, who are affiliated with the Amalgamated Assn of St and Electric Employes announce a strike as co refuses demand for pay increase
Govt will collect them in private hall of Cairo Museum, banning public view
Repubs face convention fight
Dr Graichen expects new "death ray" to split atom
1928Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor (died 2024)[†]
Karola Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host.
1928Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (born 1873)[†]
Zhang Zuolin was a Chinese warlord who ruled Manchuria from 1916 to 1928 and led the Fengtian clique, one of the most powerful factions during the Warlord Era. In 1927, he became the leader of the Beiyang government and was declared Generalissimo of the Republic of China.
1928The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.[†]
The president of the Republic of China, also known as the president of Taiwan, is the head of state of the Republic of China (Taiwan), as well as the commander-in-chief of the Republic of China Armed Forces. Before 1949 the position had the authority of ruling over Mainland China, but losing control of it after communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, the remaining jurisdictions of the ROC have been limited to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and smaller islands.