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October 10, 1928

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Headlines from October 10, 1928

TESTIFY CONNOLLY PAID $145,454 CASH ON REALTY IN 2 YEARS; Witnesses Tell of Purchases Through Others in Period of Alleged High Sewer Graft. PROSECUTION RESTS CASE Tries to Link Funds of Former Queens Head and C. B. Moore, His Consulting Engineer. LATTER MADE BIG DEPOSITS Court Considers Defense Plea to Compel State to Drop Two of Three Conspiracy Counts.

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Witnesses testify M E Connolly bought heavily in real estate from 1925 to 1926 and had 5 safe deposit boxes

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Notable Births

Leyla Gencer

1928Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)[†]

Leyla Gencer also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano.

1928Sheila Walsh, English author (died 2009)[†]

Sheila Frances Walsh was a British writer of romance novels from 1975 to 2001; she also wrote as Sophie Leyton.

Historical Events

Chiang Kai-shek

1928Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.[†]

Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and general who led the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 until his death in 1975. His government was based in mainland China until it was defeated in the Chinese Civil War by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949, after which he continued to lead the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan. Chiang served as leader of the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party and the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) from 1926 until his death.