By Russell Owen. Copyright, 1928, By the New York Times Company and the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. All Rights of Publication Reserved Throughout the World. Wireless To the New York Times

R Owen's articles from aboard the City of N Y

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1928Barbara Nichols, American actress (died 1976)^[†]

Barbara Marie Nickerauer, known professionally as Barbara Nichols, was an American actress who often played brassy or comic roles in films in the 1950s and 1960s.

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1928Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (born 1868)^[†]

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism and praised by great modernists such as Josef Hoffmann. Mackintosh was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in London, England. He is among the most important figures of the Modern Style.

Headlines from December 10, 1928

Pray for George V at Service Recalling War With George III

2 KILLED, 8 INJURED IN YORKVILLE FIRE; Thirty Flee Tenement and Firemen Bring Half a Dozen Down Ladders. YOUTH SLIPS OFF SILL, DIES Drops Four Stories Trying to Follow Man in Leap to Safety --Cold Causes Suffering.

Five Prisoners Felled Fighting Sing Sing Fire; 1,600, Free in Yard, Stand Quietly in Darkness

BYRD'S SHIPS GROPE WAY AMID ICEBERGS; Alter Course in Fog to Dodge Packs of Ice, for Which Anxious Watch Is Maintained. GLASS SHOWS STORM NEAR Australian Aide of Shackleton Speculates on Byrd Finding Mineral Wealth.

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