G W Titcomb and T F Purcell testify at Connolly-Seely trial; evidence shows Phillips ran pipe business from Borough Hall; agreements with J L Sigretto shown

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ROOSEVELT WITNESS ON BASEBALL POOL; Colonel, on Way to Syracuse Convention, Testifies Before Albany Grand Jury. SAID TO HAVE GIVEN NAMES He Insists He Can Prove Every Charge He Has Made--New Witnesses to Be Called. New Witnesses in Prospect. Armed With Clippings. Negro Held as Harlem Agent.

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T Roosevelt testifies before Albany Grand Jury; G W Lyttle held as Harlem agent of pool; pleads not guilty

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1928Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009)^[†]

Koko Taylor was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues, and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for her rough, powerful vocals. Over the course of her career, she was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards, winning 1985's Best Traditional Blues Album for her appearance on Blues Explosion.

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1928Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.^[†]

Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin from the mould Penicillium rubens has been described as the "single greatest victory ever achieved over disease". For this discovery, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.

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Germans Cheer the Bremen, Back for Aviation Exhibit

ROOSEVELT WITNESS ON BASEBALL POOL; Colonel, on Way to Syracuse Convention, Testifies Before Albany Grand Jury. SAID TO HAVE GIVEN NAMES He Insists He Can Prove Every Charge He Has Made--New Witnesses to Be Called. New Witnesses in Prospect. Armed With Clippings. Negro Held as Harlem Agent.

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