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Charges Queens Bldg Comr Keller with permitting bldg code violations
Brunette sentenced to life imprisonment; wife remanded to Clinton Reformatory in default of bail
Gen Chiang Ting-wen arrives in Nanking with orders from Chiang Kai-shek for cessation of hostilities; advance halted; Chang Hsueh-liang asks that T V Soong and Gen Koo Chu-tung go to Sian for parleys; W H Donald telegraphs Shanghai from Sian that Chiang Kai-shek is alive; domestic bonds higher, reflecting optimism in settlement of situation; Finance Min H H Kung in radio s says revolt must be crushed
Schurman acquits Darienzo at hearing; states Harris's conduct brought ridicule upon cts; Harris denounced by relief demonstrators after sentencing ERB strikers
NANKING, China, Friday, Dec. 18. -- Optimism in official circles over possible early deliverance of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek communicated itself to the general public here when tens of thousands of newspaper extras were sold announcing the arrival this morning of General Chiang Ting-wen from Sian, Shensi Province, with an autographed letter from the dictator.
1936Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (died 1987)[ā ]
Malcolm Kirk was an English professional wrestler who went by the ring name of "King Kong" Kirk as well as Kojak Kirk, Killer Kirk and "Mucky" Mal Kirk. He started as a professional rugby league player before becoming a professional wrestler. Kirk died of a heart attack on 23 August 1987 after collapsing in the ring during a tag team match at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The wrestling event was run by Joint Promotions with the main event being a tag team match between Kirk and King Kendo against Big Daddy and Greg Valentine in front of 1,500 people.
1936Andrija MohoroviÄiÄ, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (born 1857)[ā ]
Andrija MohoroviÄiÄ was a Croatian geophysicist. He is best known for the eponymous MohoroviÄiÄ discontinuity and is considered one of the founders of modern seismology.