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Says N Y S will go Repub; predicts Hoover victory in Pres election
40 yrs engineer on Reading Co R R without accident; in his last 5 mins at throttle, train kills 2
Parades to precede Smith's closing s at Madison Sq Garden
Repubs challenge authority of judges of the Ct of Common Pleas of Hudson Co in restoring names to registration lists; Judges C N Egan, D T O'Regan, R V Kinkead and J Delaney restore 543 voters; will sit till midnight daily
Zeppelin lands at Friedrichshafen after flying 4,400 mi in 68 hrs, 46 mins; map of route; log; comment on stowaway; 101,683 pieces of mail carried; revenue estimated
1928James Bradford, American weightlifter (died 2013)[†]
James Edward "Jim" Bradford was an American heavyweight weightlifter. He competed at two Olympics and four world championships and won silver medals on all occasions.
1928The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.[†]
The Turkish alphabet is a Latin-script alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, seven of which have been modified from their Latin originals for the phonetic requirements of the language. This alphabet represents modern Turkish pronunciation with a high degree of accuracy and specificity. Mandated in 1928 as part of Atatürk's Reforms, it is the current official alphabet and the latest in a series of distinct alphabets used in different eras.